Here’s a thing that I also did last year, in which one takes the first sentence of the first post of every month from one’s blog and puts them in one handy-dandy post.

I hope you have a very happy New Year. And a happy Hogmanay, too, if that’s your thing.

January
2006. A retrospective.
It’s The All & Sundry Annual Year-End Meme Thing!

February
Da Bears and Da Don
Our friend Don loves Chicago.

March
Love Thursday: KidTalk
Relaxing with Poppy in the recliner.

April
Too much CBS
I’ll be so happy when the Method Man episode of “CSI” has aired.

May
Calling all moms
5minutesformom.com is having a Mothers Day Giveaway, and I just entered to win an iPod and chocolate. In the same box.

June
Win a date
No, not with me.

July
‘Cue Up
There was a barbecue place just down the street from our old house that made the best pulled-pork sandwiches and fried pickles.

August
It’s a good thing I don’t sleepwalk
Last night I dreamed that my friend Stephanie had us over for a murder-mystery-themed Christmas dinner.

September
Pain management
I wasn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary on Tuesday after I did the 1-hour glucose test.

October
Transitions and Little Victories
When we moved last weekend, we didn’t set up the crib in Poppy’s room.

November
Obviously not traumatized
Scene: Two-year-old prepares to leave dentist’s office after her first appointment.

December
Another chili recipe
This is hot, but tasty.