Phew, 2010 was a nusto year. I'm gonna pour myself a gin and tonic and make a list.
1. Ran in the Olympic torch relay, 22 yrs after my Dad ran in 1988. Whatever your feelings on the Vancouver Olympics, for me it was an empowering and special moment. I met so many amazing people who truly are working to brighten lives around them.
2. Got carbon monoxide poisoning from a malfunctioning furnace. PSA: get a carbon monoxide alarm. If you feel draggy or kinda bummed all the time and you don't usually feel that way get someone to check your furnace. We ended up buying a new high efficiency furnace and alarms.
3. Started my 2nd semester at SJSU in the MLIS program.
4. Bill and I celebrated our 6 yr of knowing each other. So far so good. I think I'll keep him around. Plus he can open jars and stuff.
5. We put our first house up on the market, which involved me painting all the trim on all three floors and refinishing the stairs by myself! I was especially proud of the stairs.
6. Bill loses his job, which was a surprise but...
7. That means we can go to Palm Springs! The most wonderful mid mod place of all!
8. Bill gets accepted to school. YAY! We officially decide we are moving to Lethbridge.
9. We sell our house, phew. Selling a house can be super stressful, but we have an awesome real estate agent who makes it almost kind of fun. Seriously, call Norm Fisher if you are selling in Saskatoon.
10. I stay in Saskatoon to finish my semester, and Bill moves to Lethbridge and lives in the dorms at 39. It's like a bad sitcom.
11. I pack up our house and recycle 6 yrs of Martha Stewart Living magazines (this was a big moment for me, I had been carting them around for ages, every issue!)
12. Our stuff goes into storage and I move into my parents basement at 29.
13. We buy our '53 bungalow, YAY!
14. I move out of my parents house and turn 30 a week later! My Mom comes over and helps me with my giant garden that I insist on planting even though it's a good month late. Later we go to Costco. It's a great birthday. I'm happy to be closer to my family.
15. Unemployed, I start a blog (and later neglect it) and finally catch up on season 3 of MadMen.
16. I do some fun contract work editing photos at my old job. If you are into design check out Veer. I'm especially in love with some of the type they carry.
17. We go camping in Nelson. I always have fun there, they have a dog beach! and clean showers!
18. I start my 3rd semester of library school.
19. I get an awesome new library job that I find out about via twitter, and become the 'breadwinner' of our family.
20. We find these same Youngstown steel cabinets in Edmonton (more on them later). We drive down to Edmo and back in one day in a rented van to purchase them. I make sandwiches with my mom's zucchini relish (it's worth mentioning cause its so delicious). We vow never to drive for 16 hrs straight again. Miraculously after a few days we like each other again.
21. I discover the Fort Macleod Santa Claus parade. Go next year! It's wonderful.
22. Bill and I have our 4th wedding anniversary, we both get horrible colds so we don't celebrate until a few weeks later.
23. We find the best burger in Southern AB at the Auditorium Hotel in Nanton.
24. We go out to the Crowsnest and spend Christmas with my folks and my wonderful sister and her husband and my Uncle.
25. I pour myself a gin & tonic and write this post.
I'm off to eat appetizers, drink champagne and watch 30rock and Arrested Development on DVD.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
