January-I went on my last Rock Boat in January. I'm sure that I might go on another for my 40th birthday or something, but it looks like this one was my last.
February-David and I had a low key Valentine's Day this year. We went to Maggiano's for the early (aka old people) seating. It was a good meal, though!
March-We had a pretty good snow that came through and I actually got a snow day from work! I also started volunteering at Goodwill this month. I teach teenagers about Job Skills and Finances.
April-We went to Matt & Courney's wedding in Mexico. This pretty much served as a second honeymoon for us and it sure was nice!
May-I went to Isle of Palms with the girls for the annual Hazlenut Hang. It was nice to get away...even got some sunburn! :)
June-I went to Cleveland for Cindy's wedding shower. Our friends Chris and Casey got married this month, too!
July-This month started our 4 10 hour day work weeks for the summer. It sounded like a great idea at first, but I think I spent most of my Friday's off sleeping in and getting everything done that I didn't do during the week. It did save me a vacation day, though, as we were able to leave early to go to Michigan for Cindy and Chris' wedding!
August-Chris and Cindy got married on the 1st. Ever since we were little girls we talked about our weddings and now we're both married! Latashia's baby shower was this month. Who would have known that 4 days later, Brody would be born?? Brian and Shannon got married this month, too.
September-We were married a year this month! We spent our anniversary relaxing and eating our wedding cake. We went to Shannon's housewarming party this month and took a trip to the zoo!
October-Part of my anniversary present was tickets to see Kathy Griffin this month. James, Jen and I went to the Gravedigger's Ball to see the Backstreet Boys and had a brush with death...lol.
November-David and I took our annual trip to the mountains and ate at a wonderful restaurant. We didn't see many leaves this year as we went later in the leave season, but we still had a great time. Thanksgiving weekend we went to see the Cavs vs. Bobcats thanks to some great seats from our friend, Brad.
December-We had our annual holiday party with friends this month and I cooked dinner for the Summey's since we were going to Cleveland for Christmas. It was great to be able to spend Christmas in Cleveland this year even though David was under the weather and couldn't do too much.
So, for 2010 I decided to make resolutions that I could work at through the year. I was always making resolutions like "I'm going to exercise more." I'd do it for about a month and then I'd give up. So, I thought I'd make some resolutions that were pretty realistic.
- Keep in touch with friends: I feel like with FB and the internet, we don't do as good a job keeping in touch with people. This year I want to hang out with my friends more and reconnect with friends I haven't seen in awhile.
- Take photography classes: I got an awesome DSLR camera in July last year. I really want to take advantage of the camera and learn how to use it better so I can start taking professional photos. I don't want to make it a full time or part time job, but I want to be able to let my friends use my services instead of paying an arm and a leg to use someone else's. [I've already started on this resolution--I'm taking an intro class at the Botanical Garden's January 16th]
- Call my Grandparents more often: This one might sound a little funny, but I never call them enough. I'm going to work on keeping better in touch with them.
- Take cooking classes: I really want to take some cooking classes at Johnston & Wales to improve my cooking skills. David is getting a little better, but I feel like I could utilize my kitchen more with a little cooking education.
- Get pregnant: This is a pretty big one that I know we don't have 100% control of, but I really want to get pregnant this year!
- Take small trips: I remember the years when I used to take a trip every other weekend. I know that's definitely not in the budget anymore, but I miss being able to get away every now and again. So now, I'm narrowing this down to taking a small weekend (or one day) trip at least every other month.
- Get dogs trained: I know, I know, we could totally do this on our own, but I really think we need to call in a professional to get this done. We have wonderful, sweet dogs, but they tend to be very stubborn and only listen to us when they want to. There's quite a few places that will come out to your home to help you train your dogs and we definitely want to get them trained this year.
- Work less at BBW: I got a 2nd job in 2008 to help with the bills and have some more money coming in which was great. Now that my full time job is getting busier I need to get my weekends and life back. I'm going to cut my hours back to working the major sales in January, June and November/December.
- Narrow down my volunteer activities and give more to the groups I stick with: As most of you know, I'm really involved with the community. However, I'm wearing myself thinner and thinner every time I take on a new activity. My resolution this year is to stick with 2 or 3 organizations and really give my all to those. I haven't decided which ones that will be (well, I know the Junior League will stay), and I know it will be hard to give some up, but this way I can give 100% to the organizations.
Whew! That made me tired typing that out! Like I said at the beginning, though, 2009 was great, but I'm making 2010 even better!!
