january: spent a lot of time at my mom's. the weather was snowy a lot (for us).
february: my cousin and aunt came to visit. I hadn't seen them in YEARS. my aunt is the person who taught me to knit so it was fun to show her the monster she created ;) saw the Punch Brothers along with a few other local shows. more snow!
march: my bff and her daughter came to visit. we went to the big aquarium in Chattanooga, thrifted, hung out. it was fun :)
april: my fried Rebecca moved back to California :( another aunt and a set of cousins came to visit. house/dog-sat for my mom and fell down her stairs in the middle of the night when the dog had an emergency, haha.
may: May was SO fun. I traveled to Virginia to stay with Tiffany and then I went along with her SnB friends to Maryland Sheep and Wool! after a decade (or more?!) of being friends with Tiffany we finally met and I had such a great time with her and the girls + being around their knitting was so inspirational! I even stayed on the beach and watched the sunrise over the OCEAN!
june: we were short on hours at work so I took advantage and went to Illinois to visit family. got to hang out with my grandma in the little town where I grew up, and had soo much fun with my adorable nephew! as always, went to the zoo with my dad and stepmom too.
july: had a fun time downtown for the 4th, spent much of it talking with a woman from Italy who was just traveling around the U.S. for fun :) went with my mom to North Carolina for a weekend where we had a few crazy adventures.
august: finally painted this dresser turquoise for our living room! my dad and stepmom came to visit, and we went to the Grand Ole Opry.
september: I turned THIRTY! had a pretty low key birthday but treated myself to going to see Yara Sofia (one of my favorite drag queens) when she was in town. it was SO FUN.
october: my adorable nephew turned ONE! we went up to Illinois for his birthday. we had a really pretty fall here, with lots of beautiful colors.
november: my computer monitor died (and I still haven't gotten a new one yet). I barely took any photos b/c it was too annoying to go to my mom's to edit/upload. had a pretty quiet November, except for a lot of yucky dental work >.<
december: I decided to take time off and go to Illinois and stay with my sister & her family for Christmas this year. I'm SO glad I did. we had a lot of one on one time together, sewing and talking. my nephew was SO fun to play with, and he was so excited for Christmas!
overall, I have to say 2011 was a good year. it was mostly quiet with a few fun adventures, and I think that's the way I like it. turning 30 was not really a big deal, but I do feel like some kind of shift happened. I'm hoping this means 2012 will be even better.
last year I wrote down a few simple things I wanted, and oddly, getting my camera out more often is the one thing I really didn't do. I basically want the same things as I did last year, especially getting our craft room organized! I only made a tiny bit of progress on that one. :P
It looks like you had a good year! :) I know what you mean about turning 30--like I don't feel like it was a huge THING, but I feel kind of different at the same time...like I'm headed in a better direction? Older, wiser? Maybe? haha :)
ReplyDeleteI hope 2012 will be good to you :)
yes, that's exactly what I mean. I think I was over my 20's (they weren't too great) and the 30's feel like an a-ok place to be :)
ReplyDeletethank you, I hope yours is too -- maybe this year you will have a nice, calm year :)