So I am playing around again with backgrounds, designs, fonts, pictures, etc. I still can't get my pics to look clear. I need a paint program, I think.
And now, my font on my banner that took forever doesn't really match the new font I chose for my page. So have to work on that again - but my lunch hour is over so back to work.
Maybe I'll have a real post this week. :)
January 24, 2011
January 12, 2011
Year in Review...
So I notice a lot of blogs I read are doing a "year in review". I'll give it a shot, in case anyone is interested. Really, this whole blog is in case anyone is interested, which I suppose isn't all that likely. ;)
January
We spent New Year's in town with friends, which was low-key and lovely. On Jan 15, I turned 30!! This was a really fun weekend. B flew in one of my oldest and bestest pals, Abby as a surprise. We had a rental house on the Guadalupe River and a whole slew of friends came out to celebrate with me. It was truly an awesome time. Then, the birthday "presents" kept rolling with my first Patty Griffin concert (changed my life) and a surprise spa weekend from Katy, Kimmer and Angie! It was SO much fun, mucho relaxing and also, muscle toning with our workout class. ;)
(Angie, Katy, Kimmer and I on our spa weekend!)
February
Nothing too exciting in February - I went home one weekend, we had a nice Valentine's Day dinner, some more good friends turned 30 - I got to celebrate with Rita here in Austin on her 30th - we had a lot of fun. And really, that's February.
March
We put an offer and closed on a house this month! There's a chance the offer part was in February, don't remember. We had all that going on in the background, and also enjoyed the SXSW music festival here in Austin. B volunteered to work the festival for the first time, and he loved it! Got a free badge and went to see a lot of shows, and I joined him for some of them. It's a really fun week to be in Austin. On March 31, we closed on our house.
(house looks a little dreary here, but it's quite cute!)
April
We moved into our house on April 2, Good Friday. :) Mine and B's parents met for the first time to help us get all moved in. The first time, and we have been dating 6 years (almost 7 at this point)! So we had the stress of that, moving into a house and some projects that we chose to do immediately (wood flooring) all to deal with on that weekend. And we survived! Our parents liked each other (there really wasn't much doubt) and we got a LOT done. Later in April, we celebrated B's 29th birthday, took a 4 or 5 day trip to Seattle to see 2 of my best friends and all that made for a VERY busy month! We also got to see Anthony Bourdain at the Paramount which was awesome...
May
My lonely month. Brandon went on a trip from May 4 until May 27. He's always wanted to go to SE Asia and the time and opportunity came along in May. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with him due to lack of vacation time. So it was slightly lonely for me (though I had Rita living with me for at least 1/2 of that time he was gone), but he had a great trip! I was very glad he got to go, as much as I selfishly would've preferred to go myself, or just keep him here. ;) Here's a pic of him in Cambodia - he took some great pictures and I got some cool souveneirs!
June
HAWAII! So, in 2009, both of our families (separately) told us they wanted to take us to Hawaii in June 2010. We were able to arrange 2 consecutive weeks - one week with my family, one week with his - so it worked out really well. The first week was with my family (mom, dad, aunt, aunt's partner, brother, niece) in Maui. It was lovely - so nice spending that amount of quality time with my family and the scenery didn't hurt! I had never been to Hawaii and I enjoyed it immensely. The next week, B's family arrived (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, sister's husband), and we traveled around a bit...met them on Oahu, went to Kauai and ended up back in Maui. This week had a bit more activities (kayaking!) and was equally fun. We were so lucky to be able to do this, and we really had a great time bonding with both of our families!
me & B in Maui...watching a hula show of some sort.
Na Pali Coast
Me & B in Waimea Canyon
July
This month we took it easy - seeing as we just returned from Hawaii. I believe there was some river floating and hanging out with friends - but mostly, pretty tame. Oh and hot as hell. Literally, it was hellishly hot.
August
This month was slightly busy - made a trip to Houston to celebrate B's family's birthdays (all 3 born in August!). I went to yoga a lot - really, that's it again. Another month of taking it easy.
September
September brought with it the beginning of soccer (B plays on a coed team), a quick visit home to see my parent's new pool! and college football. Another fun month - knowing however, that busy months were forthcoming.
October
October was a bit crazier than the past 3 months. We started off with a girls weekend for me in Austin (a pseudo Bachelorette weekend for one of my high school friends) and B fleeing the girls' weekend to visit his friend in Atlanta. The next weekend was ACL, then a weekend at home, then a trip to Houston for B's sister's baby shower, then Halloween!
(pictures in prior posts)
November
November we stayed pretty calm. We did host our first Thanksgiving, which I blogged about. Was really fun, looking forward to doing that again. Also celebrated the birth of our little nephew!
(Thanksgiving pictures in prior post)
December
Finally, December...a wedding in Lubbock (SO much fun!), Christmas parties, 2 Christmases (one in Houston, one in Artesia), back to Austin, good friends in town, New Year's Eve AWESOMENESS...
And here we are...2011. Crazy. Actually, glad I did this, b/c looking back on 2010 makes me realize it was a great year, and we had some big milestones. Looking forward to this year - I hope it is as great or better than the last!
January
We spent New Year's in town with friends, which was low-key and lovely. On Jan 15, I turned 30!! This was a really fun weekend. B flew in one of my oldest and bestest pals, Abby as a surprise. We had a rental house on the Guadalupe River and a whole slew of friends came out to celebrate with me. It was truly an awesome time. Then, the birthday "presents" kept rolling with my first Patty Griffin concert (changed my life) and a surprise spa weekend from Katy, Kimmer and Angie! It was SO much fun, mucho relaxing and also, muscle toning with our workout class. ;)
February
Nothing too exciting in February - I went home one weekend, we had a nice Valentine's Day dinner, some more good friends turned 30 - I got to celebrate with Rita here in Austin on her 30th - we had a lot of fun. And really, that's February.
March
We put an offer and closed on a house this month! There's a chance the offer part was in February, don't remember. We had all that going on in the background, and also enjoyed the SXSW music festival here in Austin. B volunteered to work the festival for the first time, and he loved it! Got a free badge and went to see a lot of shows, and I joined him for some of them. It's a really fun week to be in Austin. On March 31, we closed on our house.
April
We moved into our house on April 2, Good Friday. :) Mine and B's parents met for the first time to help us get all moved in. The first time, and we have been dating 6 years (almost 7 at this point)! So we had the stress of that, moving into a house and some projects that we chose to do immediately (wood flooring) all to deal with on that weekend. And we survived! Our parents liked each other (there really wasn't much doubt) and we got a LOT done. Later in April, we celebrated B's 29th birthday, took a 4 or 5 day trip to Seattle to see 2 of my best friends and all that made for a VERY busy month! We also got to see Anthony Bourdain at the Paramount which was awesome...
May
My lonely month. Brandon went on a trip from May 4 until May 27. He's always wanted to go to SE Asia and the time and opportunity came along in May. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with him due to lack of vacation time. So it was slightly lonely for me (though I had Rita living with me for at least 1/2 of that time he was gone), but he had a great trip! I was very glad he got to go, as much as I selfishly would've preferred to go myself, or just keep him here. ;) Here's a pic of him in Cambodia - he took some great pictures and I got some cool souveneirs!
June
HAWAII! So, in 2009, both of our families (separately) told us they wanted to take us to Hawaii in June 2010. We were able to arrange 2 consecutive weeks - one week with my family, one week with his - so it worked out really well. The first week was with my family (mom, dad, aunt, aunt's partner, brother, niece) in Maui. It was lovely - so nice spending that amount of quality time with my family and the scenery didn't hurt! I had never been to Hawaii and I enjoyed it immensely. The next week, B's family arrived (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, sister, sister's husband), and we traveled around a bit...met them on Oahu, went to Kauai and ended up back in Maui. This week had a bit more activities (kayaking!) and was equally fun. We were so lucky to be able to do this, and we really had a great time bonding with both of our families!
me & B in Maui...watching a hula show of some sort.
July
This month we took it easy - seeing as we just returned from Hawaii. I believe there was some river floating and hanging out with friends - but mostly, pretty tame. Oh and hot as hell. Literally, it was hellishly hot.
August
This month was slightly busy - made a trip to Houston to celebrate B's family's birthdays (all 3 born in August!). I went to yoga a lot - really, that's it again. Another month of taking it easy.
September
September brought with it the beginning of soccer (B plays on a coed team), a quick visit home to see my parent's new pool! and college football. Another fun month - knowing however, that busy months were forthcoming.
October
October was a bit crazier than the past 3 months. We started off with a girls weekend for me in Austin (a pseudo Bachelorette weekend for one of my high school friends) and B fleeing the girls' weekend to visit his friend in Atlanta. The next weekend was ACL, then a weekend at home, then a trip to Houston for B's sister's baby shower, then Halloween!
(pictures in prior posts)
November
November we stayed pretty calm. We did host our first Thanksgiving, which I blogged about. Was really fun, looking forward to doing that again. Also celebrated the birth of our little nephew!
(Thanksgiving pictures in prior post)
December
Finally, December...a wedding in Lubbock (SO much fun!), Christmas parties, 2 Christmases (one in Houston, one in Artesia), back to Austin, good friends in town, New Year's Eve AWESOMENESS...
And here we are...2011. Crazy. Actually, glad I did this, b/c looking back on 2010 makes me realize it was a great year, and we had some big milestones. Looking forward to this year - I hope it is as great or better than the last!