Thanksgiving is old news, the Christmas tree is starting to shed, and maybe, like us, you're feeling happy to have a couple of extra weekend days to recover from your New Year's celebration and to figure out whether to call this new year "twenty-ten" or "two thousand ten."

We would like to begin this year with two very important words: Thank You.

You-our community of clients, colleagues, friends, family, neighbors and even online acquaintances-have helped us sustain our business and our spirits through a challenging market. You have been loyal, have offered us your creative ideas and your referrals and have laughed at our jokes (no truer sign of friendship!). You have helped us see and create opportunity. You have been patient with our human-ness.

For these, and for the many other gifts of your friendship, we are deeply and humbly appreciative. We hope that 2010 will be a year of good health, prosperity and, of course, good humor. Thank you.