Tell all the Truth but tell it slant
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant -
Success in Cirrcuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightening to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind -
Poem by Emily Dickinson
2010: A Year in Review
Accomplishments:
-Dan grew hair long and adopted the nickname “Ringo Star”
-Steph grew hair long, got a tan, and adopted the name “Snooki”
-Coda found a new way to ride in style
-Dan was recognized as the #1 sales rep in Titan Alarm
-Stephanie’s blog, www.danandstephaniedunn.blogspot.com reached 30,000 readers per month (that’s not a plug or anything)
-Stephanie lied about submitting a shameless plug into Newsletter
-Dan and Stephanie celebrated 5-year wedding anniversary
-Coda learned to jump on a trampoline
-With help of generous and talented friends (mostly Josh, pictured below, and Justin and Jimmy), we finished our basement apartment in our home and moved in while keeping our fabulous tenants in the main portion of the home.
-Dan attended an esteemed Taxi songwriter’s workshop with BFF Josh in LA
-Stephanie got accepted into her number one pick for Grad School, Seton Hill University, to study “Writing Popular Fiction”
-While living in a motel we successfully avoided confrontations with Man With an 8-inch Knife and Steroid-Popping Weightlifter who worked out at 11PM, 2AM, & 5AM while sharing a wall with us and dropping his weights loudly after every set
-Stephanie shot at least 3 new candids of Dan sleeping with his eyes open
Good Times:
-Spent a few days in beautiful Yosemite
-Got to visit parents, grandparents, siblings, nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins in CA, VA, IN, and UT
-Went to DC for a day
-Saw Michael Buble in concert
-Went to see “The Lion King” on Broadway
-Dear friends Kaitlyn McGuire became Mrs. Todd Whitcomb, and Rosa Parma became Mrs. Ben Gardner
-BFF Shannon McGuire became engaged to Ty Bailey and BFF Natalie Hess became engaged to Jim Cannon
- The Twilight movie “Eclipse” came out. Period.
-Titan Alarm generously took us on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera where we ate 2 flans a day, gained 2 lbs a day, and swam with dolphins
-Participated in Disneyland’s “VoluntEar” program where 1 million people who did service for their community received free Disneyland passes for a day. Our service was singing for an old folks community home. Stephanie may or may not having noticed certain folks turning down their hearing aids while she sang “Poor Wandering One”.
-Went to Boston to visit Shannon and Ty, and got to see Steph’s Grandfather Duke’s only-living sibling, Uncle Jimmy.
We made some new friends, and were able to be with old friends too.
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." -Anonymous
Thanks for sharing in our lives and letting us share in yours.
Happy 2011!
