a new year, a fresh start

2009. A real blur of things... in no particular order.


Lost 12 pounds and kept it off.

Went to a shrink to help with the whole transitioning into marriage thing/not wanting to end up like my parents thing.. realized it was something that would just come naturally. Thankfully, it did.

Attempted a marriage intervention with my sister for our parents..turned out to be wildly unsuccessful.

Had my senior art show.. was a success in my eyes.

Graduated college with an art degree!

My best friend/sister, Hannah, got married!!

Two months after the wedding our parents split up.

The next month they were divorced.

My own marriage grew tremendously and is in a really good place.. a wonderful place actually.

Two of my best friends found out they were pregnant!! Both are due this month :)

I was lucky enough to get to see the girls twice in Dallas.

Andrew & I got baby fever (it was inevitable, really) and I went off birth control.

Realized I was just lonely and bored.. went back on birth control the next month.

Andrew & I had some fun adventures together - a weekend in Kansas City, fun dates to Memphis to watch the Redbirds & Grizzlies, and just last month we went snow skiing!

Went a whole year without a significant haircut!! Yes! Besides the occasional trim, I actually let my hair grow out... hoping to do the same this year! A victory on a small scale.

Ran a few 5K's without dying! Hoping to do many more this year.

Andrew finished his Master's degree!!!!!!! I am so proud of him... only took a year and a half!

And we finally decided, after mucho flip-flopping, that we will move away this year.. Away from all we've ever really known. Which is terrifying yet thrilling all in the same thought.

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So, 2010, bring it on. I am ready and I am excited for what the year holds. A few resolutions:

....Be a better Christian and a better person in general.
....Keep up with this darn blog thing. It really does help clear my head.
....Keep the weight off and the hair growing. I am proud that I kept those same resolutions last year!
....Take more pictures.
....Sing louder, dance crazier, dress funner, be more carefree and just more ridiculous in general.