2012 in review:
- Bought a juicer
- Went to California, and did not get sick
- Celebrated the life and death of Christine
- Drove to Michigan for an impromptu ski trip
- Took the girls to Florida after summer vacation started
- Had a 30th birthday party for my brother
- Took Jill in to Children's Hospital for an eventual osteomyelitis diagnosis
- Took Jill in to the ER for chest pain
- Discovered Jill is allergic to iodine
- Paid off my car
- Paid off my student loan
- Consolidated my credit cards
- Biked to my bank and back for a total of sixteen miles, a personal best
- Took swimming lessons
- Sang with my children in church
- Started visiting my dad more regularly
- Started visiting my grandfather who is in a nursing home
- Found out Jane had cryptosporidium
- Watched my children's skills as goal keepers improve dramatically
- Sat and cried with my friend after hearing that she was diagnosed with adult onset muscular dystrophy
- Took the Love and Logic parenting class
- Ordered the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University materials
- Spent some quality time with my neighbor before she died
- Learned how to make homemade gluten free bread
- Continued to research different healing diets: GAPS, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, The Perfect Health Diet
- Started experimenting with iodine supplementation
- Found a website that explored the ratios of certain body measurements
- Went to a Brewers game with my sister
- Watched my niece when she was ill
- Heard many things about myself that I did not want to
- Bought water kefir grains to incorporate more fermented drinks into my diet
- Made my first batch of master tonic - thanks to decoy hunches for a link to the recipe
- Spent more money than I wanted to, but much less than I have previously
- Connected with a fabulous group of people who share some of my passions on Twitter
- Was invited to be a guest blogger for a baseball site
- Went ice skating with my family for my niece's birthday
- Quit volunteering at the Y because my boss was unable to train and communicate with her staff
- Met someone who was willing to give me wonderful feedback on things I've written
- Abandoned a book that I had written the end to, but was internally inconsistent. Only by leaving the bad was I able to make room for better.
- Decided to quit Facebook, decided to rethink this as the Words With Friends app is so spotty
- Written some things that I am proud of: Negative heel, Jefferson
Bootee, Balmoral, Mary Janes, The vonCube Corollary, Surviving a
hurricane, Truth and fiction are both strange., Pumpkin smoothie,
Lover's Cross, hope eraser, and a lot more no one will ever read.
- Read some books I would have rejected in the past
- Put down books that failed to captivate my interest after the first 50 pages
- Gave my children a fun day with mom instead of a traditional Christmas present
- Watched my youngest daughter become a better gymnast
- Told my oldest daughter she could quit the clarinet only to hear that she wanted to play a duet with her friend
- Learned that I had a severe Vitamin A deficiency
- Accepted that some of the people I call friends aren't, and drew some lines accordingly
- Stopped shaving
- Made strides towards loving myself more
- Celebrated my birthday with a candlelit dinner that was orchestrated by my two lovely daughters
- Cried when I saw my oldest daughter perform on stage at the end of her theater camp
- Realized that there is a time for doing, a time for thinking, a time to write, and a time to be grateful that another year has come and will soon be gone.
Special thanks to those who, through their words or actions, were a part of what made my 2012 a gem among the jewels of my life.