First of all, I want to say thanks for all the emails regarding my year-end column. I know I forgot some high points of last year like the Cabot story among others - this was an interesting story because one of my favorites, James Stenbeck, was involved. I didn't like the fact that Cabot is gone and no one has any idea that he is alive. Hopefully, this year this can be corrected early on.
As this year gets started, there seem to be a number of triangles and quadrangles taking place in addition to Emily Munson being targeted for something psycho Barbara has done. Emily is paying for so many things that she did when she was a bad girl in Oakdale. I am just glad to see her doing something besides supporting Allison in one of her little dramas. I just have to wonder how will she be found innocent of all of this.

This Lily and Holden thing has been coming for quite awhile now so when he finally decided to leave Lily, it wasn't that much of a surprise. Holden says it was because of everything that they have gone through since Rose died but it's obvious that Miss Julia plays a major part in his decision. She has become such an irritant in Oakdale. I can't wait for her to be on her way out of town. I don't know if Holden and Lily have run their course yet or not. But so far everyone that Holden gets involved with leaves shortly after they start something.
I bet Lily will start to focus on Holden instead of Craig and other people's problems instead of her husband now that he is in the clutches of Julia. Julia is such a piece of work: is she getting involved with Holden because she just has to have someone else's husband or is she doing it to give her son a father or is she just the demented type that like to break up marriages. Lisa's reaction was priceless when Julia starting insinuating that Holden was next on her list - Lisa made it clear that Lily was her friend and business partner and for her to get involved with Holden was not a good idea.