2011 Recap

January

• Went to Ohio for a late Christmas dinner with my Dad, stepmom and stepbrothers.
• My Nan (grandma) passed away on the 17th. I miss that old, perverted woman so much and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think about her.
• My grandpa who lives in Ohio passed away on the 22nd.

February

• Bought my husband a WoW Alliance ring for Valentine’s Day.
• Had the best Valentine’s Day I had had in about 4 years.

March

• Celebrated Mike’s 32nd birthday.
• Battled a major cold for several weeks.
• Started a vegetable garden.
• Became addicted to the mind numbing reality show The Jersey Shore.

April

• Celebrated my 31st birthday.
• Started the Couch-to-5K.
• Celebrated Raven’s 14th birthday.
• Bought my first pair of running shoes.
• My uncle passed away.
• Celebrated my Mom’s 53rd birthday.

May

• Fell in love with the TV show Twin Peaks.
• Found the house we wanted.
• Watched The Hangover 2 twice in the movie theaters.
• Celebrated Nan’s birthday with cake. This was the first birthday she celebrated in heaven.

June

• Cut down on how much pop I drunk, replacing it with water.
• Seemed like we would not get the house.
• Had a mini breakdown due to stress.
• Found 2 kittens outside and started taking care of them.

July

• We got the house!
• Closed on the house on the 14^th.
• My cousin Daniel towed my car for me to the family mechanic so the break lines could be fixed.
• Began working on the house.
• The girl kitten we found outside in June came up missing. We don’t know what happened to her.
• Photographed my stepbrother’s wedding.

August

• Spent half the month working on the house.
• Began getting the new kitten (who we named Nefarian)use to begin indoors and around Jedi and London.
• Moved into our home on the 18^th.
• Raven started high school.

September

• Still getting settled into our home.
• Photographed my stepbrother’s reception.

October

• Raven went to her first high school dance.
• Celebrated Halloween.

November

• Had a movie night at my house we my Mom.
• A major client of mine reduced their work load and our finances took a BIG hit.
• Started having bad headaches on the left side of my head that continue to this day,
• Went to my Sister-in-law’s baby shower.
• My Dad told me he is going to try to move back to WV!
• Celebrated Thanksgiving.

December

• Me and Mike celebrated our 10^th wedding anniversary.
• Kept remarking about how it does not feel like Christmas.
• Celebrated Christmas.
• Took maternity photos for my sister-in-law.