It’s been such a wonderful holiday season for me and my family.  And while I’m a little sad that the holidays are over for another year, I’m carrying with me so many memories to look back on for years to come.  My little girl Delaney is almost two years old, so this was a wonderful Christmas for us.  She learned that opening packages sllloowwwlly increased the time she got all the attention and got excited every time we drove up to our house and she saw the ‘pwetty wights!’ Daddy had put up on the house.

It was also a wonderful holiday with my ‘other family’, a.k.a. the Strictly Business team.  Although we are crazy busy with all the growth in our organization, we all took the time to get together for some festivities, played a little Secret Santa and just enjoyed each other’s company while listening to way too much Christmas music on the radio.  It’s also been a time to grow our ‘extended’ family, as we like to call our clients and readers.  I’ve loved meeting so many of you this year and I look forward to strengthening those bonds in 2009.

Speaking of 2009, I hope you enjoy our very first issue of the new year and please direct your attention to the cover, where we’re unveiling our new tagline ‘Your Source for Local Business News’. That’s really what we’ve become for our readers and we wanted to reflect that.  Happy New Year, everyone!  We can’t wait for the exciting year to come!