Two Thosand and Eleven

Stuff that went down in 2011:

• Started out the year with our first ever husband-and-wife New Year's kiss.
• Had our very first dog birthday party
• Celebrated our first Valentine's Day
• Cut my hair super short for the first time ever
• Seriously worked on my cooking skills
• Spent Spring Break and St. Patrick's Day in New Orleans with one of my besties
• Traveled to and from Austin , A LOT
• Watched my husband graduate from college
• Started working at the HobLobby
• Spent WAY too much money at the HobLobby
• Made new friends
• Phillip got a grown-up job
• Packed everything up and left College Station for Houston, presumably for good
• Moved to a new HobLobby and made some more friends
• Loved being close to family and friends
• Got way better at doing laundry 
• Got a new computer
• Got super crafty and started selling my flowers
• Phillip turned 22
• I turned 22 (jeez I'm getting old)
• Had my first ever surprise party, which was awesome
• Saw one of my best friends get married
• Went to 3 more friends' weddings
• Had our first anniversary!
• Became season-ticket holders at Moody Gardens with my parents after spending a super fun weekend there
• Got in my first auto accident and totaled my car
• Bought a new car (and had my first car payment)
• Got a call that one of my other besties got engaged 
• Realized that almost all of my friends are now married, getting married, or having babies
• Phillip got a call with a new job offer BACK in College Station
• Bought our first house! AHHH!
• Packed everything up and moved BACK up to College Station (and this time, it better be for awhile)
• Started getting the "When are you having kids?" question
• Gained some weight
• Resolved to loose some weight
• Baked Christmas cookies, from scratch, for the first time ever (with some help)
• Traveled around for Christmas
• Got my first smart phone
• Almost learned to use my first smart phone
• Upgraded our TV and got our first game console (I'm a lot more excited about one of those)
• Re-connected with old friends
• Became a nanny
• Were pretty happy.

Stuff That Will Hopefully Go Down in 2012:

• Make our first mortgage payment (Eeep)
• Grow my business
• Get a big girl job after May
• Not wreck any more cars
• Take my first Defensive Driving course
• Watch Phillip start his grad school classes
• Find a new church home up here
• Make frequent trips to Houston to visit everyone
• Be the Maid of Honor in Caitlyn's wedding
• Meet some new babies (not of my own, don't over think this) :D
• Finish unpacking my house 
• Paint my house
• Start budgeting money a little better (or at least pay more attention to it)
• Go on a big vacation (either to Colorado with family or a Cruise) (and yes I know that was on last year's list, but this year it's going to happen for serious). 
• Work out more, commit to things, start wearing contacts again, sew something impressive, get on a chore schedule, and connect with people more in real life instead of online
• Be pretty happy. 

You can find last year's year list here.