Well, as I said in my last post, we had only planned one trip for 2013, and that was for Chicago in March. But of course, right after I said something about it, my mom called and asked if I wanted to come out and hang out with her while my dad was out of town. So that's how I ended up in New Jersey for a week.
We had a lot of fun. Unlike our previous trip, where we spent more time in NYC than at home, we just stayed put and explored New Jersey. By that, I mean, we did a lot of shopping. We went to the mall. We went to Morristown. We went to Ikea. We went to another mall. (Of all of this, the time we spent in Ikea is kind of unbelievable. I love that tiny house. And half of our trip was spent in the storage boxes area. Wait until you see what I got.)
We also spent a lot of time doing random things. Like seashell organzing. (Yes that's a thing.) And movie watching. (I finally saw "The Vow" and kind of loved it a lot.) And baby-sitting. Wine drinking (and spilling). Lots of walking around my parents' awesome neighborhood. We also had strange encounters with store employees, particularly the owner of a vintage clothing store. We had tiny delicious cupcakes from the shop next to the paper store. (Loved the paper store and my new Kate Spade pencils.)
And now, back to real life. Which might include some more blogging?
Monday, January 28, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Odd Numbers + A Look Ahead
I can't believe I haven't blogged since last year. (Last night, I said to Nathan, "I haven't been to the library since last year!" and he replied, "You love that joke, don't you?" Yes, yes I do. Even though I know it's pretty lame. So here I go, using it again.)
Among my other strange quirks (and horrible taste in jokes, based on above), I don't like odd numbers. Not even a little bit. (Well, except 5. I consider five to be an even number in my further strangeness.) But despite that, I've learned in my short-ish life that the odd years tend to be better than the even ones.
That's not to say that 2012 was bad. 2012 had a lot of good moments going for it: we were able to travel a ton (let's see if I can get it all in here: Denver, Washington, D.C., Key West, Denver (and Chadron and Rapid City), Denver, NYC, Key West. I feel like I'm missing a trip or two, though.) We spent lots of time with family and friends and had lots of visitors. Shelby learned how to be an agility dog and swim, and we learned what it was like to have a dog with no energy a few times. Our house got a lot of love--a new kitchen and landscaping most significantly--and our list of projects to complete is almost completely checked-off. (Does that mean we have to start over?) And we were able to celebrate weddings and babies and all sorts of other good news for our family and friends.
But. 2012 was still not my favorite year. It was a weird year, and it was also harder than other years, despite its greatness. I think that so far, 2013 seems like it will be pretty good. This year, we're going to Chicago. (and that's all we have planned so far. We are open to suggestions.) I'm going to finish my NaNo project. (33,000ish words to go to 50,000, so let's just say, 50,000 words to go!) And as far as resolutions, that's the only one I have, because it's the only thing that I know I really need to do.
(Though after looking over this post, maybe one should also be, use less ()s.)
(And learn how to spell parenthesis--is that right? Oh wait, spellcheck says yes. Now back down to one resolution again.)
Happy new year, to my readers. May 2013 be great for all of us!
Among my other strange quirks (and horrible taste in jokes, based on above), I don't like odd numbers. Not even a little bit. (Well, except 5. I consider five to be an even number in my further strangeness.) But despite that, I've learned in my short-ish life that the odd years tend to be better than the even ones.
That's not to say that 2012 was bad. 2012 had a lot of good moments going for it: we were able to travel a ton (let's see if I can get it all in here: Denver, Washington, D.C., Key West, Denver (and Chadron and Rapid City), Denver, NYC, Key West. I feel like I'm missing a trip or two, though.) We spent lots of time with family and friends and had lots of visitors. Shelby learned how to be an agility dog and swim, and we learned what it was like to have a dog with no energy a few times. Our house got a lot of love--a new kitchen and landscaping most significantly--and our list of projects to complete is almost completely checked-off. (Does that mean we have to start over?) And we were able to celebrate weddings and babies and all sorts of other good news for our family and friends.
But. 2012 was still not my favorite year. It was a weird year, and it was also harder than other years, despite its greatness. I think that so far, 2013 seems like it will be pretty good. This year, we're going to Chicago. (and that's all we have planned so far. We are open to suggestions.) I'm going to finish my NaNo project. (33,000ish words to go to 50,000, so let's just say, 50,000 words to go!) And as far as resolutions, that's the only one I have, because it's the only thing that I know I really need to do.
(Though after looking over this post, maybe one should also be, use less ()s.)
(And learn how to spell parenthesis--is that right? Oh wait, spellcheck says yes. Now back down to one resolution again.)
Happy new year, to my readers. May 2013 be great for all of us!
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