2010: The Year in Review


I guess it's that time again...time to review everything that happened in the past 12 months.

I was trying to think back over the year, remember what all has happned, and then realized I needed to LOOK back through entries....which not nearly as time consuming as you'd think, since I really didn't write as much this past year as I have in previous ones.
I can't recall too much of what did actually happen, it all went by so fast!!
Which scares me... because they say the older you get, the faster time flies...and I do NOT want to be that old!

But I digress...
I was trying to recall what happened this year in my life, and really, the only BIG thing that happened was that Greg and I got married and Molly and I moved into his house.

Well..that and a trip to Las Vegas, and a family reunion.

But nothing terribly bad I don't think.
Which is a GOOD thing.
But let me go ahead and try to do a month-by-month play-by-play...just to be sure.



~Let's see..we started the year off with Trey healing from his shoulder surgery.


Other than that, life was pretty much the same...
~school
~time with Greg
~kids on the weekends
Not much exciting stuff.
I did start my Project 365 entries...posting a picture to represent each day. I think I shall try to continue that for the coming year.



~Book studies
~Tutoring
~5th anniversary of first date with Greg
Life marched on.
~Oh, and Molly went to her first dance!




~my 43rd bday
and more importantly...

~The OFFICIAL proposal!



~stayed busy doing PR for JA
~singing at church with Molly
~starting to pack up stuff to move over to Greg's
~Easter at my sister's (Max's first)



May brought the busiest time of year (next to August!)
~Packing up the house to move into Greg's
~End of the year activities at school (testing, assemblies, saying
goodbye)
~Baby Max's first bday
~Matthew's 12th bday
~and of course...GETTING MARRIED!



June was our settling in month.
After a honeymoon in Memphis it was time to start unpacking.
Life also kept right on going...
~Dr appts/health issues for Greg
~inservice meetings for me
~and the flood that killed so many in our campground and was all over the national news for days(Albert Pike)



July was our traveling month.
~Family Reunion in Kentucky at the beginning of the month
~School conference in Las Vegas in the middle of the month

(and getting to meet a long time diary friend in person for the first time...plus running into Mike Huckabee on our flight and visiting with him)
~Greg's birthday and a Justin Bieber concert for Molly's birthday at the end of the month


The OTHER busiest month of the year...
~Molly's birthday (#11)
~family birthday bash
~getting ready for school to start and all that entails
~Watermelon Festival
~school starting!



Settling in to Life
~took control of my weight issue...set a goal of losing 30 lbs by New Year's. (made it to 22 1/2!)
~loving my class of students this year! I have an Autistic student who presents me with challenges, but I have fallen totally in love with her, even on her "bad days".
~Junior Auxiliary's Annual Spaghetti supper was a HUGE success (and I was told a lot of it had to do with all the PR I did for it!)
~started working on our Christmas Cantata for church choir
~Cheerleading began



Fall set in
~Trey turned 17
~deer season started
~after school tutoring started
~and more cheereleading!




~I was asked to sing a solo at the Veteran's Day Ceremonies
~cheerleading ended
~after school book study started
~Greg got a deer
~Thanksgiving (family brunch the weekend before, kids at their dad's for the actual holiday this year)
~first attempt at frying a turkey
~Dad's health declining, as well as his will to live



Wrapping up the year (quite literally in some cases!)
~Trey got his senior ring
~Christmas preparations and activities were upon us

**parties
**projects
**shopping
**baking and delivering of goodies
**the cantata (but I screwed up my solo in this one)
**lunch with old friends I haven't seen in awhile
~Christmas came without all the traditions. The kids spent it with their dad this year.
~and a New Year was rung in

I have to say...It's been a pretty dang good year.
Marriage
Trips
Healthy family (for the most part--nothing we haven't been able to survive yet)
Great class at school
Time with friends
and lots and lots of love.


I'm hoping 2011 holds more of the same!

Comments

Barb Smith said…
Happy New Year, honey! I'm glad to see, all in one place, just what a good year it has been for you. Keep taking care of yourself & that stubborn man of yours, love those kiddos of yours, and keep on keeping on. I love you!
Always,
~Barb~
January 1, 2011 at 11:28 PM
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