two thousand and twelve

Last year was a year of firsts.

I went through every blog post of 2012 and so much has happened in only one year! I started with what  my goals were for last year. Taken from a previous blog post:

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

I am happy to announce that in the year 2012 I accomplished all of these things. I went skating, I went camping, and I went snowboarding!

Here were my goals for 2012:

•   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

What actually happened in 2012:

- graduated

- ran the moonlight run

- ran a half marathon

I think I did pretty good. As I said before, 2012 was a year of firsts. Let's take a look:

January

1.    Bought new glasses

2.     I started volunteering at ARBI

3.     Went to the Calgary philharmonic orchestra for the first time

5.     Got eyelash extensions

February

1.     I got pooped on for the first time

2.     Hosted my very first cookie exchange

March

1.     Ran my first 10k in the Moonlight Run

April

1.     Celebrated Earth Hour for the first time

2.     Learned how to change the oil in a car

May

1.     Hiked in the States for the first time

2.     Burns left to work up north as a security system installer

3.     Bought Burns’ car

June

1.     saw my first musical in Calgary – Sweeney Todd

2.     GRADUATED!!!

4.     Met kobe’s brother, Chase

July

1.     Burns turned 25

2.     Ran for the first time in the Raymond 10k

3.     Grandpa Wood turned 90

4.     Went on an epic bike ride with Matt and Steph

5.     Hiked up to the ice caves

6.     Went to the Stampede for AWOLNATION and Lita’s birthday at the Grandstand Show

7.     Went to Shakespeare in the Park for the first time

8.     Went camping with Brentwood Ward

9.     Got my wisdom teeth out

August

1.     Ran my fastest 5k and won in my category in the Seeba Beach race

2.     Went to Saskatchewan for the first time

3.     Went backpacking in the Rockies for the first time

4.     Ran in the Spartan Race

5.     House boat trip!

6.     Visited the enchanted forest with Kutarnas

September

1.     Whitewater rafting

2.     Ran my first Half Marathon in 2hrs

3.     Boonie started his first semester at UofC

4.     I started my first real job at C&E

October

1.     I moved to Charleswood

2.     Went on an awesome bike ride with the fam at Thanksgiving

3.     Went to the Calgary temple open house

4.     Went to the Calgary Corn Maze at night for the first time

5.     Turned 22 and went to West Ed to experience the brand new slides at the water park. 

November

1.     Hosted my first bridal shower

December

1.     Maid of Honor for Bryanne’s wedding

2.     Survived the 21^st

4.     Snowboarding

5.     GOT ENGAGED!!!

fj

dI think 2012 will be pretty hard to beat. On second thought...maybe not. I'm getting married and I will get at least 3 new nieces and/or nephews! If Alex jumps on the bandwagon then that will be 4 new babies all in 2013! I'm pretty excited!