2012 Recap

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

• Worked in Facilities
• Experienced a surprise pregnancy
• Paired Mint tea with Oreo cookies
• Sat in a car while Austin was driving

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


• Resolutions for 2012:
• Explore ways to cope with stress that are effective and healthy. Picking fights with your husband and losing patience with your children are not these ways.  FAIL
• Find a way to include exercise into my week on a regular basis. This goal is more to improve overall health...I mean let's be real...I don't like to exercise, so anything I do isn't going to make my legs and butt stop jiggling, but if I can get my blood pumping faster and more often, that can only be good for me. FAIL
• Engage in more physical play with Harlie. I did do this, until I got pregnant.
• Read more books (aside from book club selections).  FAIL
• Make more mix CD's. I have songs suggestions for CD's in my phone, Do I get 1/2 a point for this?
• Find ways to spend more quality time with Scott. Romance on the cheap!  Any ideas? FAIL.
• Bake with YEAST!  I bought the yeast, but I have not baked with it. FAIL.
• Let go and let God.  Sounds cheesy...but dude do I need to loosen my grip and chill the eff out.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! God thinks he's funny.
• Resolutions for 2013:
• Basically see above (let's try this again, shall we?), but throw in, DON'T BECOME AN EVEN CRAZIER CRAZY PERSON.  

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?


• Yes! Melanie! Little E was born on December 28th and is so so precious and absolutely beautiful!

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No, thankfully.

5. What countries did you visit?
None.


6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?

• More financial stability
• A new home
• A growing savings account (repeat from last year)
• A vacation...a real one. (repeat from last year)

7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

• June 10th, Ali's birthday brunch, book club and the day I found out I was pregnant.
• September 25th. the day I started my new position as SSA.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?


• My promotion to SSA, for sure, because of the significant income boost we so desperately needed.

9. What was your biggest failure?

• Not working to improve all aspects of my life. There was NO balance.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

• Does morning sickness count?

11. What was the best thing you bought?

• My iPhone could be the best and worst thing I bought.

12. Where did most of your money go?

• Food
• Daycare
• Insurance

13. What did you get really excited about?

• Ashlynne and Harlie having a little sister.
• My new job
• Summertime trip to the Tahoe House.
• Mark and Melanie's baby girl
• Christmas Festivities, and Harlie's shared enthusiasm for the holiday.

14. What song will always remind you of 2012?

• I Won't Give Up -  Jason Mraz

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

– happier or sadder? This is a complicated question because I'm an emotional wreck. Happier one moment, but sad the next.  In general I have much more to be happy about looking toward the future.
– thinner or fatter? Ha. FATTER!  I think I'll take this question off next year though, I mean who really cares?
– richer or poorer? Richer, income wise. Poorer, savings wise.

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?


Focusing on the positive and gaining perspective.

17. What do you wish you’d done less of?


• Worrying
• Nagging

18. How did you spend Christmas?

Two days before Christmas we celebrated up the hill then spent Christmas morning at home and Christmas Day at Florence's.

19. What was your favorite TV program?

Nashville

20. What were your favorite books of the year?

Cookbooks. Nigella's and Ree's.

21. What was your favorite music from this year?


Probably the songs Harlie sings/make up. They crack me up.

22. What were your favorite films of the year?

MI 4. Ha.

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 34. I can't really remember what I did...but maybe take-out and a movie???

24. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If we would have been able to buy a house....DITTO! I feel like this year is so boring because it's almost exactly like last year. Next year will be different fo sho'!

25. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?

Maternity chic, I mean maternity CHEAP!

26. What kept you sane?

Having Mel to commiserate with regarding all things pregnancy was a life-saver. I remember having that with Autumn, Shawna, Kaelin, Keri and Ali when I was pregnant with Harlie, and thankfully for the O'Connor miracle, I didn't have to go through it alone this time either.

27. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011.


Here are 3: You might think you know, but you have no idea. God thinks he's funny. The Universe just may have other plans for you.