it's a new year

On the morning of New Year's Eve Burns and I ate a fantastic breakfast of sausage, banana, orange, and yogurt. Later on in the day we went to Safeway to pick up some ingredients for our Christmas present for his parents. I finally found some marzipan...well...almond paste but close enough!!!! Arianne if you want some, I have lots. I don't think it expires until April.

After we got all the ingredients we started preparing the Heninger's Christmas dinner for the next day. I was kind of running all over the place because I was preparing food and I had to get ready for the party Burns and I were going to that night. At around 6:00 I decided to stop preparing and just finish everything on Sunday at the Heninger's house.

We hopped in the cop car and went to Burns' parents' house to drop Kobe off then we went to Goldthorp's for a potluck. It was so good. There was a lot of food....really good food. It was nice to see friends and get to know acquaintances a little better.

The Goldthorps have a tradition of writing what you regretted about the previous year or what you wish to do better the next year on a piece of paper then throwing that paper in the fire that they have going. This was mine:

Piece out 2011.

Hellooooo 2012!!!We all stayed up and played games then huddled around the TV in the kitchen for the Calgary countdown. I got to bed at around 3:00am. Fun...But before we got to go home, this happened:

On my way out the Goldthorp's door I noticed my glasses case sitting on the piano. I had forgotten that I had taken my glasses inside. I thought I had left them in the car. I shoved them in my coat pocket with them sticking half way out, we said our goodbyes, then we left to pick up Kobe. After we picked him up we started driving home then I noticed my glasses box was missing. I looked all over my seat and around it and it was nowhere to be found. We headed back to the Heninger's and I was relieved to find a black box on the road.

Oh it's crushed? We ran over it? Oh that's okay...I need a new pair of glasses anyways.......Oh.....I was going to keep these frames and just put new lenses in. I find it extremely ironic how the frames are crushed and the lenses are totally intact. Oh well....I guess it was time for a change anyways. At least my expensive contacts were virtually untouched.

Things I regret about 2011:

• Burns and I didn't go skating ONCE
• I didn't go snowboarding for the first time
• I didn't go camping

Last year I made a resolution to not buy new clothing (or used) for 6 months. I completed the challenge. I didn't really make a resolution this year. BUT here are a few things I am going to accomplish this year:

• graduate with an undergraduates degree in linguistics
• get into grad school (crossing fingers)
• if I get into said grad school I will be moving to Edmonton
• run the 10k in the moonlight run
• run a half marathon in September
• start a YouTube channel featuring Burns and me playing/singing duets

I'm pretty excited for all the changes happening this year. 

HAPPY 2012 EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!