& that's the way life goes

I feel like there has been a lot going on but nothing going on all at the same time.  I’m happy to announce that C and I made a last minute decision to continue our yearly tradition of going to Florida.  I adore last minute trips.  You don’t have to spend weeks counting down to vacation.  For us it’s like “oh we are going to Florida in 16 days” when the day before the trip was only something we talked about.

My life is really blessed that we have opportunity to do things like this.  We have bills, probably too many, but this is the way we decide to spend our money.  We may not have a huge savings account but we have a little excess money left over from the death of my mom and his dad.  I probably could benefit from a how to save money course, but it is what it is.  I also believe that my mom would want me to have fun with the money she left me.  I did do some financially responsible things too.

So in two weeks we’ll be on our way to sunny (hopefully) Tampa for a couple days to see my 2nd favorite hockey team and then head to Citrus Springs to see my mom’s good friend who moved there in September when she retired.  I’m really excited to see her new house and for her cooking.  Mmmmmm

We’ve also started finishing our basement, the drywall is almost all up.  I don’t think we can mud and sand in the winter though so the project might hit a wall until spring.

That’s the last wall that needs drywall unless you count the one section C isn’s sure he’s going to do and it requires another trip to Home Depot.

I was invited to a private party at a painting studio that allows you to have drinks last week!  It was so fun and for a non-painter like myself I think my painting turned out a-ok.  I’m going to hang it in the basement when it’s done

Other than that all I do is work, get up at 5am on Wednesdays for 90minutes of hockey drills, take the dogs to training on Thursday nights and work on my fitness.

What’s going on in your life? do you feel like it’s moving slow, lightning fast or something in between? I’m curious.

- – 12 Changes in 12 Months – -

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So here we are in the second week of January. I’m right on track for 30 miles in 30 days. Go me! I have even been battling a cold.  I caught it early so I’ve been bulking up on vitamin C, zicam, airborne and whatever holistic stuff I can find. I think I caught it in time because it is just lingering. No stuffy nose or nasty hacking. *knock on wood*

Other than that my food diary I’ve been writing in on and off. I’ve been treating myself with cookies and candy but moderately so if my scale is right the weight is slowly and painfully coming off.

If you’ve made goals how is it coming along?

I found the post I did for a look back on 2010 and I figured it should be easy enough to do again…

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?
   Traveled out of the country to Ireland, started raising a puppy, saw Kid Rock in concert
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
   I don’t really believe in new years’ resolutions though I do try to make goals for myself throughout the year.
3. What countries did you visit?
   Canada and Ireland
4. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
   A finished basement, a bay window, a slimmer waist
5. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory?
   Hiking in Dingle, the view was amazing and I was with the person who’ve I’ve spent over 8 years with.
6. What was your biggest achievement of the year??
   Starting a new job
7.  What was your biggest failure?
   Weight gain, not taking care of myself
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
   No, thanks goodness, unless you count the pulled hamstring that still bothers me.
9. What was the best thing you bought?
   Tickets to Ireland
10. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Meeting Vinny Lecavalier and getting his autograph, our first trip abroad, gaining a new furbaby
11. What song will always remind you of 2011?
    Ceelo Green’s F*ck You
12. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
    So much happier and more grateful for everything that I have
13. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    Organizing
14. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    Complaining
15.  How did you spend Christmas?
    With C, my dad and the furkids. Comfy, relaxing and perfect.
16. Did you fall in love in 2011?
    There were definitely moments where I fell more in love
17. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
    I don’t hate many people – so no
18.  What was the best book you read?
    I read a decent amount of books but nothing comes to mind.
19. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Country music! I love Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert
20. What did you want and get?
    a Kindle, puppy, Vinny’s autograph
21. What did you want and not get?
    long weekends during the summer
22. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    29 – it was the last day of my job and I just wanted a low-key evening.  C and I spent the only long weekend up north on the boat and working on the cottage.
23. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    Being more organized!
24. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
    comfort with some business casual thrown in
25. What kept you sane?
    my friends, my furbabies, hockey, tkd
26. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    Alex O’Laughlin
27. Who was the best new person you met?
    I met a whole bunch of people who are now my new co-workers
28. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010?
    Change is good.  It is hard and there are times where you question moving on but you are where you need to be.

My Netflix queue is sad.  C and I are all caught up on our favorite shows:

Dexter

Rescue Me

and Sons of Anarchy

We’ve tried Mad Men, The United States of Tara and Weeds but didn’t really get into it them as a couple.  With C’s attention span we need something longer than a half an hour.  I put Shameless in the queue today and after reading Lauryn’s post I also looked into Homeland.

Have any suggestions for us??

I know a lot of you are involved in social media professionally and I could really use your help. I have to put together a short, simple presentation for our editorial staff introducing them to social media and the benefits it has. If you’ve done anything like this before I’d love to hear your ideas.

If you like putting together presentations I’d love to hear your input too!

Thank you!! 

xoxo