2011 Recap

I've been seeing these around the web, and although our year wasn't terribly eventful, I figured I'd recap it anyway, especially since this has been my first full year of blogging. And it was actually pretty fun to look back over the stuff we did over the course of the year!

January
--Wrapped up my attempt at the 100 Push-Up Challenge because I decided to move on to training for a 5K
--Darrell and I froze our butts off at an outdoor skating rink in single digit temperatures (something that we--remarkably--haven't really seen any of this winter. Woo-hoo!)

February
--Started the month off with two(!!) snow (aka sub-zero temperatures + windchill) days at work
--Faced the possibility of layoffs at work due to state budget cuts (and thankfully made it through unscathed)
--Took a mini-vacation with Darrell and came back to FOUR inches of ice covering our entire driveway

March
--Ran a miserably cold (and slow!) 5K and competed in a beer pong tournament with my brother's girlfriend to celebrate St. Patty's Day (watch out--Team Bigger Cups Please is ready for redemption this year!)

April
--Started our garden with some indoor seedlings and got excited when they actually started to grow! (I, II, III)
--Went to our first Twins game of the season (I heart outdoor baseball)
--Started training for another 5K

May
--Discovered that a colony of wasps had been taking up residence around our house and got started eliminating them
--Cleared the space in our backyard to build our garden plot and got the vegetables planted
--Celebrated our one-year anniversary with a hail-ridden camping adventure
--Chopped my hair off for a donation to Locks of Love

June
--Ran my PR in a 5K
--Tackled a bunch of home improvement projects: cleaning our garage, cleaning and staining our deck, and installing ceiling fans
--Went to the beach for our annual vacation with Darrell's family
--Darrell captained a boat in a cardboard boat race and won!

July
--Started to get produce out of our garden
--Received my favorite surprise ever: a Kitchen-Aid mixer
--Ran a miserably hot (and slow!) 5K
--Hit the links with Darrell

August
--Lost of few of our vegetable plants, including all of our summer squash and zucchini
--Ran my last 5K of the year with my good friend from HS and her boyfriend
--Discovered that we had not wiped out the entire wasp population
--Went to Chicago for a long weekend with three of my good friends
--Scored my first-ever goal in soccer since High School!

September
--Headed out for our annual Labor Day Camping weekend, including attending a pow-wow
--Started (and finished!) a lower-patio for our house
--Attended the Shriner's Prom
--Celebrated the first birthday of the cutest little girl ever

October
--Visited our college town for a Soccer Alumni Reunion
--Bemoaned my ability to stick with a workout program
--Carved a pumpkin for Halloween

November
--Celebrated my dad's 60th Birthday with The Party of the Decades
--Went to Sioux City with Darrell for a weekend getaway
--Updated the progress on our "101 in 1001" list
--Started plowing through a ton of holiday baking

December
--Continued our tradition of cutting down a live Christmas tree
--Had a crazy day of celebrating a wedding, birthday, and Christmas with my dad's side of the family
--Celebrated Christmas in Georgia with Darrell's family


Here's to making 2012 at least as good as 2011!