It's that time of the year when we start reflecting on all the good & bad things that have happened over the past 12 months, so I thought I'd see what the CDers though of 2008...I'll start you off:

Highlight - getting engaged to IMO the best man in the world & having a wonderful holiday in South Africa, wedding planning!
Lowlight - the bl***y credit crunch, constant doom & gloom, concern for jobs & very good shops closing RIP Woolworths, MFI & now Pier!!

Pier?  The Pier hasn't gone under has it??  :(

good bits: moving in with OH, getting my degree at the level desired

bad bits: crohns!! and all associated surgery :)

I was in Westfield Derby yesterday & there was up to 70% off everything & there were signs saying stock liquidation & store closing so I assumed they were in trouble.

Pier website confirms they have gone into administration.

Highlight: Not just of this year, but of my entire life- getting my Weim pup Storm :-)
Lowlight: Right now, messy break up, fights over money, stress and hassle- but it will all be worth it when the pup and I are sunning ourselves in Australia.

> Pier website confirms they have gone into administration.

Gosh, it is scary isn't it?  I love 'The Pier' stuff!

Highlights - Hound Group 3 at Three Counties ; BIS at South Yorkshire Hound Society ; getting my lovely new job.

Lowlights - the deaths of my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law and a friend, all within a few months of each other.  It's been very hard on my husband.  My friend's funeral was on the same day as Three Counties.  She bred my boy's dam.

Highlights & Lowlights of December (so far)
Low - heard a good friend had died from cancer (aged mid/late 60s) :-(
High - same day got note from favourite but rarly seen Uncle (widower for 2 yrs) saying he is getting married early Jan, He is 83 on Boxing day :-)

highlights -  getting in contact with my mum after not seeing her for 6 years! getting engaged and going on the most amazing holiday to south africa!...i sound like you gemma!! ha ha! :-D

lowlights - steven losing his job and having a big operation on my shoulder :-(

and loads more! lol! :-D

Lowlights.... Losing a very close friend from Crohns disease :-(,  being in hospital for nearly 4 months :-(, parents splitting up.

Highlights..... Being well and here :-) getting our vizzie pup. My parents getting back together :-) buying a folding camper, fostering.

highlights - getting my boy at the end of january, hes totally changed my life, cant imagine being without him now. qualifying him for crufts at our first ever show! seeing REM twice, they are my favourite band of all time!

lowlights - my boyfriend being on notice at work 3 times so far this year, he finds out on 19th dec if hes staying or going :( my sister and her partner splitting up, will only say the guy is a creep, what he done is disgusting and if i ever meet him in the street hes going to wish he hadnt!!

Highlights - meeting the most wonderful man to ever walk the planet and becoming part of his family and vice versa

Lowlights - all the bad things pale into insignificance now i've met my chap :-)

Aaah, what a load of cheese :-)

Lol Fred's Mum, that's what highlights are for! They make you forget all the bad stuff.

Highlights of 2008 - buying house with OH, getting engaged (totally outshines all of the lowlights)

Lowlights of 2008 - frustration at work, frustration with the dog warden, general frustration and 2 white hairs!

Highlights of 2008 - A year where all my family and friends are well (including my very elderly Mum), my Hubby's promotion and the success of my two lovely puppies. All my dog's health tests this year were just what I hoped for and my oldies are tip-top. A good year so far.

One big downer has been seeing the country slip into recession with it's effects on our local tradespeople and community.

highlight - winning BIS at the breeds Championship show in June :-)

lowlight - not having any money to spend this christmas :-(

Highlights: Loving my Husband even more this year and having my baby boy to walk my bad days away. getting a new wedding ring to replace the one I lost :-) Coming to terms with being a curvy but healthy chicki ;-D x

Lowlights: I can't say I have had any lowlights that we can't try to have a positive spin on, I am just glad we are alive, have each other and are skint but just keeping our head above water. I am glad we still have the oldies with us, have good friends and can laugh everyday at silly things that others find daft, I am glad that we both still have our jobs and earn a good salary. I feel lucky when I see and hear how other people are worse off and thank God everyday for all the things I took for granted before. My wish for 2008 going into 2009 is that my results from my latest biopsies are clear and I will be yipeeeing for Scotland.

I have my fingers firmly crossed for you Sandra :-)

Thank you Dexter :-)

That is Miller's brother's name

Sandra

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Highlights: All the naughty but funny things my boy has done over the past year. He also qualified for Crufts at his and my first ever Champ show. Making many new friends in the dog world

Lowlights: Having a boss who doesn't like me and shows it, loosing Bentley the most well behaved lovable Yellow Lab we've ever had..

Sandra hope you get the results we all hope for!!!

Highlights for me - getting Megan my wonderful Samoyed :-), lovely holiday in May, and that all my friends & family are healthy!

Lowlights - the credit crunch and the effect it has had on some of my friends and their jobs...cant think of any more which means 2008 must have been a pretty good year!

Highlights for me - sending one of my pups to the Dutch Royal Family :)

Lowlights - Hubby losing his job :(

Highlights- My first best puppy in breed, seeing my daughter so happy with her new pony, getting my bully baby.

Lowlights- Daughter having summer mainly in hospital, my illness, losing daughters old pony to grass sickness.

highlights- Moving in with Dave after 7 years, being a proper family,having central heating and ending the year finding my new job....

lowlights- achillies surgery,learning to walk again....living in a run down house that made me depressed..

Thanks you Suejaw

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I can't think of highlights in 2008. A year I've hated and will be remembered by me only for the loss of my wonderful Dad in October.
I hope 2009 is happier for everybody, but I know my Mum will never be happy again really.

Blimey - don't I sound miserable ?!. I try not to be - but this first Christmas is proving very difficult. I know many of you understand how I feel and I'm sure it will ease with time.

I do wish all of you a wonderful Christmas though and I hope 2009 brings all the things you dream of.

Arched you are not miserable at all but mourning the loss of your wonderful Dad and feeling sad at your Mum's heartache in losing her soulmate. At Christmas it will be so hard but remember your Dad and what he loved at this special time of year and although it will be raw to think about those memories it will be good to remember him and talk about him and how fantastic he was.

Our thoughts will be with you at Christmas.

Sandra
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Arched, trust me it gets easier.  1997 was the worst year of my life, at 12 I lost my dad.  Now, years later, we all talk about him, laugh histerically at things he would have laughed at, and better still we are getting on with living good lives - which is the best tribute you can give a dad and husband.

Hoping 2009 is a good year for everyone!

Thank you for such kind words. I'm sure we'll be ok - I am being very strong for Mum, I have to be. Bless her, they were together 60 years, married for 58 and she is so sad. We appreciate he had a long and very happy life and we are very grateful for that. We were all very lucky.

Highlights:
Showing my home bred bitch to a RCC and gaining another JW, with my young home bred boy.

Lowlights:
Losing my 'heartdog' with Lymphoma. Guess that cancels out my highlights for the year.

Good bits - meeting my boyfriend and going on holiday to the lakes with him

Bad bits - getting very hurt and having trust issues due to my ex (januray time i broke up with him i think) and losing my great auntie vera :(

Highlights: OH finally getting a permanent job, buying a caravan, getting in contact with long lost relatives, cheaper mortgage, having two weeks off work with my OH over Christmas & New Year for the first time in 2 years.

Lowlights: credit crunch doom & gloom, the awful weather, no holiday this year just long weekends away in the caravan, cost of living, expensive public transport.

Highlights - My beautiful daughter and everything she does.  My cousin having baby Zac in November.

Lowlights - Going back to work in June after nearly a year off on maternity leave.

highlight is quilfring for crufts for the first time ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lowlight going all the way to LKA and coming home with nothing.
Oh well thats the first time its ever happened so i should be very greatful, but OH didnt want to go in the first place and it took me ages to get him to agree ( as i dont drive).
never mind better luck next time.

Highlight for me - meeting (well, getting to know anyhoo) my OH.

Lowlight - well, just about everything else!!  Seriously, very bad year.  Gotten into horrendous debt to the tune of £15K (and that's without the £9.5k student loan), depression, car problems to the tune of £1600, so on and so forth.  Now in the run-up to crimbo, facing possible loss of job with nothing to fall back on, and ongoing inflammation in rib cage, gastritis, acid reflux and IBS.

Roll on 2009!!!  Can't be any worse than this year :-P

highlights - ailsa my young tt girl winning green star cacib and bob at fermoy international ch show with biggest entry of tts for the year :-) and then getting the greenstar under pat clayton ,moving house and have a good time overall at the shows , graduating from college with 2 diplomas in web design
lowlight - tough time at work at the start of the year , i finished in june but now have no job ,

roll on 2009 i am going to see my new boy 'freddy' in finland in march and he is arriving in may 09 , looking forward to showing boo in open dog again , he will be a different dog come the new year as he is on a diet ,and showing ailsa now that she is a bit older  hope to shock a few people ha

Hi lights, a full year with our two dogs, got to be the best. An achievement I went on a beach holiday and learned to snorkel - as a water scardy thats a big one. Knowing Im still v.happy with my OH after 18 years and I still fancy him.

Low bits, works diffecult due to the recesssion, eldest son breaking up with OH after three years. Youngest son not home again this christmas. OH depressed and working far too hard I worry about him.

But all in all v. grateful for my family, my friends and my beloved dogs, Ive made friends because of the dogs as well and Im slimmer than I was and much healthier due to all that walking. Roll on 2009 and Best wishes to all of you.

Highlights  for me not to meny my nephews daughter being remission from cancer after having her Kidney Removed . And the kc finaly accepting the Breed standard for our breed so we can show as of 1st jan 09

Lowbits loads lossing my tarka in July .then my sister passing away in August and my beautiful Briard passing away 4 days later.and then my nephews daughter of 7 months being dianoised with cancer of the Kidney

Oh I am so sorry, I hope 2009 will be better for you and your family.

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goodness, bring on 2009. i do hope its a better one for you