New Year Predictions for 2010

It is fun to make some predictions for the New Year this side of it and see how many come true. I welcome anyone's additional predictions. Here are some of mine.

• Google's phone with its' many apps will give Apple's I-Phone a run for their share of the market this year. Both are still good stocks to buy but wait for the market downturn.
• The Market should experience a pull back end of March or in April when the Obama stimulus funds run out. We are still not out of this economic soup.
• Invest in SE Asia, China and India. The Matthews funds are a great place to find good diversification and great research and track records in their funds in these countries.
• Brad and Angelina will not have any more kids this year although there is no telling about OctoMom.
• James Cameron will win the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe for his amazing sci-fi fantasy AVATAR.
• Business hiring will start to pick up again in first quarter but unemployment will not drop below 9% this year.
• Going green will continue to be embraced by more and more people and composting, recycling and energy savings Green will be the new Black.
• The Healthcare Bill will pass with only the Democratic vote and prove to be very expensive for everyone.
• Social Media will continue to grow and dominate time spent on the internet and garner more advertising dollars than network TV.
• The sun will come up tomorrow.

Enjoy the New Year. BOLDER K

Kathryn's B' Day Dance the Decades Party

Having friends and family join to celebrate my entry into the next decade was a wonderful way to recognize the passage of time and the joy of life. From the Paddy and Eve Pimp and Ho outfits resplendent in 70's bellbottoms and polyester with pink shag coats and hat to the mudflap tuxedo that Rob wore much like an Escher painting with the silver pattern of the bimbette suteley moving among the red and black satin sheen, folks were decked out. Many came as they were in one of the decades of which there were many decades to choose from given that their palette was all the decades I have rocked. The joy of dressing up in a black short strapless ball gown with a whirly twirly taffeta skirt and adorning myself with scarlet red satin, long sleeve gloves which no one wears anymore than they wear the fabulous rhinestone and fake pearl necklace and fake diamond earrings with the entire outfit topped with a signature tiara took me back all the way to the 60's......it was a bit of a pan decade dance outfit. I am so proud of my friends and family for getting into the dress up and enjoying it I hope almost as much as I did.

There was no better excuse to have a get together and dance, laugh and recall fun times and share current ones. I am grateful to my kids and husband for so thoroughly supporting me in my big celebration party. Erik drove from and back to Aspen in the same day, donning his polyester and 1/2 Cleveland while here, enjoying the crowd of rents he grew up with. Jenny fit into a red cocktail dress with a glittery rhinestone buckle I wore 15 years ago and was the great DJ of the party encouraging all to dance even though the CD player broke down 5 minutes before everyone was due to arrive. We improvised with borrowed electronics and the celebration continued. I think I hugged and got hugged more than any other day in my life and reveled in the joy of friends. My sisters from Arizona flew in and the 4 Utrup girls were together for the first time in 17 years that we can remember. In all the nite was a true success as it marked the joy of family, friends, the passage of time and embracing the next decade. Rocking on.

Myanmar (Burma) Travels 2009