Bye Bye 2012

This year has been one of ups and downs but so have the last four. This next year however, is exciting as we have lot's of transitions to a 'new normal' ahead of us.

1-What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?

Went to Farm Chicks.

Taught Junior Design Classes.

We went to Harvard and we tried to sneak in the library.

 Cory in Harvard Yard

Kiki in Harvard Yard

Made my first apple pie.

 

This year I hosted Christmas for the first time.

2-Did anyone close to you give birth?
 

Devon Gray was born in January and Adilee Joy was born in April this year.

Baby Adilee just after Thanksgiving

3-Did anyone close to you die?
 

 I've had three grandparents die within 18 months and my dad diagnosed with cancer 8 weeks after my grandmother passed and that is what made the last four years so difficult. This year, thankfully nobody passed away and my dad is now in remission.

4-What dates from 2012 will remain etched in your memory and why?

May 29th

My 26th birthday and engagement 

 

October 7th

Cory's 31st birthday in Cambridge

5-Did you suffer any illness or injury?

I've been very healthy.

 

6-What was the best thing you bought?

My flower strainer from World Market.

7-Where did most of your money go?
 

On house projects, we saved so we could finish our kitchen and build a deck.

8-What song will always remind you of 2012?
 

Carly Rae Jepson's Call Me Maybe.



9-What do you wish you'd done more of/less of?

This year I wish I had worried less and blogged more.

10-What was your favorite TV program?

I love The Middle, so much so we bought the whole of season one and did a marathon over 2 nights.

 

11-What is your best read this year?

 

I have enjoyed reading my subscriptions, and all the blogs I follow.

12-What was your favorite movie this year?

 

The Perfect Family movie with Kathleen Turner.

 

13-What did you do on your birthday? How old were you?

 

We stayed at The Davenport, got engaged and I turned 26.

14-Did you travel anywhere this year?

 

Yes.

 

We went to Las Vegas, Nevada with my mom.

 

Stayed at The Davenport, and The Davenport Towers in Spokane, Washington for my birthday.

 

Camped at Round Lake, Idaho

 

Went on a trip to Boston, Cambridge and Hyannis Massachusetts for Cory's birthday.

 

Cheesy tourists at the JFK Museum

 

Lastly, we stayed at The Nines in Portland, Oregon.

 

Gigi, Julie (my mom) and Kiki at The Nines

 

15-What national event stirred you the most?

The Newton tragedy. Oh my word.

 

16-Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.

 

I have had the opportunity to be around the cancer center and volunteer teach children about cancer. However I've learned so much more from them and their parents about how precious and valuable our one life is.

 

Don't live in the past, as it makes you depressed and bitter, nor too far in the future (which I'm guilty of) because it makes you anxious...

 

rather live in the present, be present and don't fret about the past nor the future.

 

Here's to 2013.