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We did this last year - 2011 month by month
So I think we did this last year and I thought it was fun. Can you name something that happened in your life every month last year?
I'll start.
January - Epic ski trip in the French Alps
Feb- Nothing I can remember
March - Presented at an industry awards show with comedian Sandi Toksvig
April - Went on a beautiful hike in Cornwall and spent a romantic weekend with H.
May - Turned 30! Found out I was pregnant
June - Mom came to visit. We went to Paris and celebrated H's birthday with friends. Went to South Africa for work.
July - Went to US for friend's wedding. Trip stretched into August.
August - Returned from the US. Went to Whitstable with friends.
September - Found out we were having a boy
October - Tons of friends and family in town. Spent a lot of the month showing people around. Found out my position at work was made redundant (I keep my maternity benefits).
November - We hosted a Thanksgiving here. Then we went to the US for Thanksgiving, my baby shower, another wedding and two birthdays.
December - Christmas and New Years in London!
Re: We did this last year - 2011 month by month
February- Begin interviewing for an in house position at H's company.
March- Went to US and met my new niece. Had second and third interviews for the position.
April- H's boss asks him if he'd be interested in moving to Malaysia. My job offer falls through when HR checked H's files and saw that he was slated to be sent to KL. We went to Monaco over Easter to cheer me up and talk through the possible upcoming move.
May- H said yes to the position in KL and we went on a whirl-wind month of visiting Switzerland whenever we had a free day.
June- House hunting trip to KL.
July- Moved to KL.
August- Spent the month getting settled in.
September- Singapore for the Grand Prix and later back to the US for home leave.
October- in the US for the first portion on the month, then came back to KL and bought a car for me.
November- Spent three weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia.
December- Went to Europe for just over a week to visit friends in London, Bonn, and Prague. Then came to South Africa for Christmas and New Year's.
hmm, lets see.
Jan - It took an ER visit, but I finally got the right asthma meds
Feb -
Mar -
Apr - realized the asthma meds were turning my grey hair brown again
May - We decided Delta needed to live with us and H got a promotion and raise at work
June - We refinanced the house to lower our rate by almost 3%
July - I got a promotion and raise at work
Aug - started obedience class with Delta
Sept - Our 2nd Wedding anniversary
Oct -
Nov - went to Perth for SS year 12 graduation
Dec - SS arrived to visit for two weeks
Jan - In Afghanistan, found out I my next assignment was to the UK
Feb - Home from Afghanistan, got engaged
March - Packed up my house
April - Arrived in the UK. First nephew born:-)
May - Drove to Cornwall for a few days of training, unexpectedly drove past Stonehenge (poor sense of geography). Moved into my rental house in Norfolk.
June - Drove to Scotland for 6 months of training (which has turned into 8-9 months...)
July - Flew home to the states to visit family. Did some epic hill walking in Scotland
August - Started flying my new aircraft.
September - More flying.
October - Turned 31.
November - More flying training.
December - First skiing in Scotland, more flying, and a trip home to the states for the holidays.
This year has really gone by quickly!
January - Three days into the job at the daycare.
February - Mom visits and Bahrain implodes. Pretty sure the two are unrelated. :P
March - More of Bahrain imploding, people leaving the island, work treating remaining employees like crap.
April - Things start to calm down. Apply for new job at the bank on base.
May - Get new job, turn in notice at old job, get BGP for second pregnancy, take vacation to Scotland for DH to run 10th marathon, start new job.
June - Find out a full month more pregnant than we thought. That was kinda funny.
July - Happy 4th of July! And boy, did it start to get hot here.
August - Ramadan, DH on work travel for 2-1/2 weeks, BabyD turned 2.
September - It's a girl!
October - Fly home for my brother's wedding.
November - Took a bunch of waddling, but hosted for Thanksgiving.
December - BabyGirl born just before Christmas.
Jan: Finished two epic projects at work
Feb: Went to Milan to say our final goodbye to GMIL, went there just in time as she died while we were there, stayed for the funeral
Mar: Hosted brunch at my house for a bunch of girlfriends. Bought new domain name for blog and made my first stacked, fondant decorated cake, started work on my vegetable garden.
April: had ILs visit our new home for the first time, together! Was able to grill in our new yard for the first time (nice weather), also got to harvest the first cherry tomatoes from my garden (way early due to some nice weather) and Revamped my whole website.
May - Had friends visit us from the US for a couple of days.
June - Went for a nice walk and picnic in a national park.
July - Had family of DH's come over and visit us from Italy.
August - went to London for a food blogger conference and met some great new friends.
Sept - Went to Milan again to spend time with ILs on what would've been GMIL's 100th b-day. Hosted a dinner at our house where both my parents attended (a first - ever - and it was pleasant!)
Oct - Baked pane mantovanine for the first time, won a new cookbook (after being voted best foodie blog) and got allergy tests done that came out negative (which is very positive!)
November: went on vacation to the US, celebrated Thanksgiving there with my goddaughter, went to a black tie event with my parents
Dec - DH and I signed our official legal partnership papers.
Throughout the year (from march on), helped MIL get GMIL's house ready to sell (cleaned and such) which meant we actually saw ILs way more often. My dad came to visit us a bunch of times from the US.
I loved doing this/making this list and I think I'm going to copy what I wrote and print it out as a reminder that despite the fact that 2011 sucked, it also contained beautiful memories and awesome events throughout the year. I was able to find something for every month :-) Very therapeutic!!
My food blog
What I'm looking forward to in 2012:
Eating our way through (northern) Italy on vacation
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DJanuary- celebrated DS 1st birthday
February-got to see much of Busan, South Korea over Lunar New Year
March-took in ALL of the cherry blossoms throughout Busan
April-Went on a fabulous date with DH enjoying Vietnamese Sha-bu Sha-bu. Went to Namhae Island in S. Korea and enjoyed the luxuries at the resort.
May-found out I was pregnant
June-
July-spent 3 weeks in the US for a friend's wedding, and a family vacation on the outer banks and visiting some of Dh's South African relatives.
August-preparing for move back to UK and finding out we are going to have a girl.
September-move back to UK, reconnect with friends and settle back in.
October-put our house on the market
November-Also waddle around and host Thanksgiving.
December- pretty much run around trying to get ready for Christmas, arrival of baby and DS 2nd birthday in January.
Jan - went to Turkey for our honeymoon and had our US wedding reception
Feb - back to Cape Town - started classes for my second Masters (this one in Education)
Mar - can't remember
April - turned 28
May - ?
June - went back to the States on my own to spend six weeks with my fam
July - flew back to SA - started working as Reference Assistant at the university library
August - ?
September - found a lump in my breast - had a biopsy - had surgery to have it removed - everything clear
October - DH's father passed away after years of suffering with ALS (Lou Gherig's)
November- finished the academic year (passed my classes) - went to the US with DH for Thanksgiving with my fam
December - went to China with DH, came to Italy to spend Christmas with DH's fam, celebrated our one year anniversary
Jan - will start a new job as a University Librarian back in SA
Fun! Most of mine seem to revolve around travel.
January - rang in the new year in Tel Aviv
February - nothing springs to mind. Probably spent some time looking for a new apartment
March - spent two weeks in Australia
April - long weekends in Lisbon and Cornwall. Of course the weather was gorgeous in London, but rained wherever we travelled!
May - busy travel month for DH for work, so I enjoyed a lot of alone time. But we did make a quick trip to Cambridge as we still tried to explore some of our "home" country
June - nice romantic weekend in Paris
July - Fantastic vacation to Croatia
August - celebrated 2 wonderful years of marriage to DH; finally got my UK drivers license; hosted my parents for a few weeks in my dad's first trip to visit us. It was a great month!
September - take advantage of our driving freedom and start playing golf again
October - celebrated my brother's birthday with him in Berlin
November - stressful month at work as I prepared for a big presentation at the end of the month
December - trip back to Ottawa and NYC to visit with family and friends and celebrate my birthday; first Christmas alone together in London which was so nice and quiet
Cecilia arrived 12 October 2012
I'm glad you liked it! I think it's a fun way to look back on the year.
This is fun!
January -- turned 21 while in Seattle visiting family
February -- got pregnant!
March -- found the blog hyperboleandahalf (I only know this because I saw it on facebook, haha)
April -- 2 high school friends came to visit (separately), stopped working
May -- 1 year anniversary, my graduation ceremony
June -- lived with the ILs while we did rennovations on the house, began summer school
July -- finished college!
August -- incredible 2 week vacation to Southern Spain with DH, finished nursery
September -- baby shower
October -- mom arrived, got a crockpot (this is a big deal to me! haha) Aurelia was born on Halloween!
November -- dad came to visit, untraditional Thanksgiving dinner with family
December -- joined Pinterest and found some amazing things, an exhausting first holiday season with a new baby
Dup
Thanks for the good wishes, titcole. It's definitely felt like a year of growing up. Those kind of things sure make a girl feel like an adult (also, I became an aunt as well....good things too!).
Here's to all of us having a good 2012! ::clinks invisible champagne flute::
January -- Rang in the New Year by watching the fireworks at the lake in Zurich. I traveled to see my family for a month. Including a trip south to my grandparents.
February -- Arrived back from the US. Then went to Berlin and Stralsund for our honeymoon/vacation. We basically froze are butts off for two weeks.
March -- Start of spring in Zurich. It was a pretty warm spring and the flowers were beautiful! We went to Geneva for the Car Show but it was so crowded that we left to check out the city which was a let down too. We also took the train to Rapperswil and explored for the day and then took the boat back from Zurich.
April -- This was the hardest month for me. I was basically in a haze most of the month extremely homesick and my grandfather passed away. I had my birthday and DH took me to the Jungfraujoch as my present. We watched Zurich blow up a giant snowman to see if we would have a nice summer.
May -- Babysitting jobs started to pick up and I was able to make my own money. I also started working for one family a lot more often and it was making me feel more comfortable about living in Zurich. I started a one month language class finally. Made me feel so much better now that I was getting out and learning.
June -- The snowman predicted right and Zurich had an awesome summer. The weather was beautiful! I dog walked every afternoon. Which got me out of the house and drastically lowered my depression.
July -- Went to a concert by myself and really enjoyed it! DH had his visa interview and it was approved!
August -- My mom comes to visit! I show her around Zurich and we all rent a car and drive to Lugano with a stop at the Furka Pass. I used the money set aside from babysitting to take my mom to Engelberg to see Mt. Titlis. DH and I with his mother went to visit Mt. S?ntis.
September -- Very busy month... We packed and cleaner our apartment on the weekend of our first anniversary. We were so tired we never went to our favorite restaurant for dinner and ended up ordering pizza. Then we spent two weeks visiting DH's family in Germany and Switzerland. Day trip to Amsterdam. End of the month we left Zurich and flew to Milwaukee.
October -- Another very busy month! DH found a job in three weeks. We came to Chicago for two days to apartment hunt. Found one and moved in 4 days later. Officially moved to Chicago now.
November -- Had someone get mugged outside of our apartment and a almost break in. Yet I still try to pretend I'm totally safe living in the city! We drove up to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving and I stayed up for the long weekend.
December -- Started looking at colleges to transfer too. Got into the holiday spirit. First Christmas back home with my family in two years. We had friends over and had goose for New Year's.
2012 Reading Challenge
Now Nesting from Chicago, IL My nail blog:
I like doing this. DH and I take time to do this together every New Year's.
January- traveled to Argentina for one job. Started a new job on a 3 month contract.
Feb- I cooked us a wonderful V-day dinner.
March- Started new job from Jan as a permanent position.
April- turned 26, mom came to visit, found out I was pregnant.
May- Visit to the states for BIL's wedding, friends came to visit
June- Visit to the states for friend's wedding, told everyone I was pregnant in person, fun hike in Kent
July- Found out I was having a girl, roomie from college and her bf came to visit
August- MIL came to visit, trip by myself back to the states to visit friends/family, baby shower, SIL's wedding shower
September- friends came to visit, start of a new school year
October- celebrated 2 year wedding anniversary, back to the states for SIL's wedding, saw Driving Miss Daisy with James Earl Jones
November- quiet Thanksgiving with DH, went to the Christmas markets
December- arrival of our little girl, family came to visit for the holidays
I'll play...just so I can see what a roller coaster year I had:
Jan: Got settled back in NJ with XH (then H)--moved back Dec 24. Lived with my parents
Feb: Mom's 60th bday, XH started job hunting
March: XH got a job, I got certified as a Spinning instructor, XH and I moved into our own house and XH started using again, things got bad at home...
April: Started renovating furniture, things got really bad at home...
May: Sh!t hit the fan...
June: Left XH, filed for divorce, moved back in with my parents, started golfing, got job as a Spinning instructor
July: 27th birthday, worked as Spinning instructor, BFF had her baby, got full time job in the legal field, found Starting Over board (lifesaver)
August: Read way too many romance novels and had law school girlfriend GTG in Boston
September: Got divorced! Officially changed named back to maiden name
October: Went apple picking, went to wedding in AZ
November: Thanksgiving with family, started therapy
December: Got Jewish divorce, blocked XH's number on my phone, made new friends and have a new job prospect on the horizon for March/April
Jan- My two grad school friends visit us in TX while DH was on a road trip to meet baby V.
Feb- Flew for the 1st time with baby.
March- Major sleep regression, thought I might die.
April- Put a bathing suit on again, swimming weather in Texas.
May- DH's team in playoffs
June- Family reunion in Denver, signed contract in Japan
July- Visited Michigan and Manitoba
Aug- Spent at my parents house with V while DH got things settled in Japan, moved there on the 22nd.
Sept- Spent most of the month in culture shock, joined local playgroup...lifesaver.
Oct- My sister visits us in Japan, V's first Halloween.
Nov- My mom visits Japan, V turns 1.
Dec- My SIL visits Japan, Christmas in Sapporo, V starts walking
My Blog
January -- finished up stuff in the US and moved to Australia
February -- getting settled in and furnishing the house
March -- went to Melbourne to see friends from college I hadn't seen in 15 years
April -- bookshelves!; Easter
May -- trip to Brisbane for a wedding
June -- trip to Melbourne for the King Tut exhibit; weekend drives around the area
July -- it was cold; but other than that things must not have been that exciting, I really can't remember anything
August -- birthday adventure in Melbourne
September -- started new job; cd release party in Melbourne
October -- settling into a new routine
November -- expat Thanksgiving
December -- lost job; trip around central Victoria; stormy Christmas; quiet New Year's
January -- quiet welcomed start to the year.
February -- aunt and uncle came to visit and we had a blast. Two days later left for HK and Thailand on the 28th.
March -- enjoyed HK and Thailand, had a very successful project completed at work.
April -- ?
May -- roommate and friend moves in.
June -- lots of company!! Dh's friend came to visit, my friend came to visit and the girl I use to nanny for!! All separately!!
July -- celebrated July 4 in the states.
August -- FIL visits for two weeks.
September -- ?
October -- trip to Israel and Jordan
November -- whew!! A lot. Found out grandma has cancer and brother is having a fast wedding due to deployment. Unplanned trip to the US. Stay for wedding and move grandma out of her apartment to hospice. Turn 30.
December -- visit the Christmas markets in Munich, celebrate our 5 Wedding anniversary, visit the US for Christmas and New Years.
January - Parents visited, found out it's a girl.
Feb - Pregnancy complications started
Mar - Bought nursery from the comfort of our couch, tried to relax
Apr - DD arrived 6 weeks early
May - DD came home
June - Tried to keep my head above water. Parents visited again, watched DD while DH and I got to go out for the first time alone for my birthday.
July - Much of the same.
August - Life goes on. Found a nanny, started working on my dissertation again.
Sept - Dad got diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. DH officially got paternity leave authorized from March - Oct 2012
Oct - Started going to doctoral colloquium again, started teaching English classes again.
Nov - Dad had lung biopsy, surgeon said lung transplant would be imminent. Dr (thankfully) says differently and that it can *probably* be treated.
Dec - Took DD alone on her first flight back to the States, DH joined us in time for Christmas, then back home.
January - Took James out of nappies on 01 January. Found out that Mom had a boyfriend.
February - moved SIL out of our apartment to London.
March - Moved apartments
April - Applied for job and got the job
May - Started job. James asked not to do football, but rather 'dressing up classes'. James started drama classes.
June - DH wrote exams
July - DH turned 30. School holidays started.
August - James choked on a jelly tot and ended up in ER. Went to stay with BFF in Taunton for a week. Visited Wookey Hole. Close friend moved to Australia.
September - James started school 4 days a week, fell at school, hit head open, ended up at ER. I came close to a breakdown again, went back on the chill pills. Had James' Christening
October - I turned 30, DH's cousin came to stay for a few days.
November - 5 year wedding anniversary
December - James turned 4, had a party with 14 kids. IL's came to stay for 2 weeks. Went to Longleat, beautiful. Oh, and Gareth wrote exams.
January - Visited Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius on our Indian Ocean cruise.
February - ...
March - Spent two weeks in Houston for work, which ended up being the last straw in our failing marriage.
April - Began a trial separation with DH.
May - Met my current boyfriend for the first time on a work trip to Houston. Realized he had a crush on me, but didn't think anything more about it.
June - Decided to make the separation with DH permanent.
July - Was a BM in a friends' wedding and nearly fainted. Also visited Vegas for the first time.
August - Went to the outdoor opera on an island in the fjord. In a torrential downpour! It was awesome.
September - Gave my first talk at a client conference in Houston. In addition to compliments, I received a job offer and a date.
October - This was a big month. Visited South America for the first time on a work trip to Rio de Janeiro. Started dating my boyfriend while I was there. XH and my official legal separation (pre-divorce) was processed!
November - Antarctica!
December - Spent a weekend in North Carolina with my best friend and my godson.
Fun post!
January: Celebrated the new year with a party at our place.
February: Celebrated Valentine's at an old monastary in St Maximin, ate one of the best meals of my life.
March: Persian New Year dinner party at our place.
April: Saved M from being swept away by some waves at the beach.
May: H threw me a birthday party at the beach.
June: Went to Vancouver and LA.
July: Visited family in Toronto and Montreal.
August: Came back to France, attended a close friend's wedding about an hour after getting off the flight, became a Godmother!
September: M started full day kindergarten, re-found my freedom! Started running.
October: H got a huge contract for his company, his stress levels went down, as did mine!
November: ?
December: My brother came for a visit, first time he has ever been to somewhere I live. Travelled to Carcassonne and Barcelona.
This is where having a blog comes in handy, for remembering this stuff!
Jan - Brother went to rehab. Sucked at the time, but he's been doing pretty well ever since. Fingers crossed that he keeps doing well.
Feb - Joined a gym, which didn't last but at least I tried! Went on a fun ski trip with my family.
Mar - apparently nothing. Uneventful month
Apr - Got my first job interview for the type of job I really wanted. I didn't get it, but it definitely helped me prepare for later job interviews in my field. Plus I didn't have to move to a city I didn't want to move to!
May - Got laid off. It sucked, but I think it is part of the reason I never stopped trying to get a September job, and eventually did. Also, trip to Chicago to visit BIL that was really fun.
Jun - College reunion! Great time.
Jul - This is kind of cheating because it was mostly in June, but I tagged along with my parents to London for a little vacation and it totally recharged my batteries after a tough few months looking for work and a new apartment.
Aug - Got my current, amazing job RIGHT at the last minute. August was the month from hell in so many ways, but on the 31st I started my new job and it made up for all the bad stuff.
Sept - First month of new job. Really hard, but really fun and fulfilling.
Oct - Settled into our new house.
Nov - Pleasant Thankgiving with the family, job remain fun.
Dec - Great Christmas, much needed vacation!
2012 Reading Challenge
January- still living at in-laws, H and I job hunting
February- H found job! Dad is diagnosed with epilepsy
March-Moved to Paris, got settled in apartment
April- trip to Brussels, first dinner party at new apt, I started working
May- ??
June- mom got kidney transplant
July- went to mountains, one year wedding anniv
august- ?
Sept- Cat, trip to USA, H gets offered new job, one year living abroad anniversary
Oct-I start new job
Nov-back to US, grandmother died
Dec-christmas
Christmas parties, shopping,etc, cousin came to visit
After writing that down, I realize that we kind of had a big year, both good and bad.
January- New Year's in Korea after bad flight delays. Australia for BIL's wedding
February- Nothing special
March- Horrible short term teaching job. Not going back there again!
April- Did a short bike holiday around the Netherlands. Saw pretty tulips
May- Stressed from marking from horrible short term teaching job. Fell off bike and broke my shoulder
June- Recovered from broken shoulder
July- still recovering then celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Took a nice Med cruise. 1 1/2 break from work
August- got back on a bike! Mom came over with a friend and we visited Prague and Munich
September- back to work, but not horrible short term job.
October- Went to Belgium, saw New Order for the first time (they've been my favourite forever). Did a nice biking weekend along the Main River.
November- Birthday, hung around Frankfurt
December- Went to Amsterdam. Went to London, saw New Order a second time, went to Australia to celebrate Xmas and New Year's with DH's family.
January - Stressful in work - 12hr days while 7+mths pregnant. But the snow was gone!
February - Finished work on maternity leave, liver problems with pregnancy started which meant lots of trips to the hospital and lots of monitoring. Waters broke on the 28th!
March - DD born on the 1st, home on the 3rd, she was readmitted on 5th due to dehydration/too much weight loss. Weekly trips to the public health nurse for weigh ins.
April - weekly weigh ins continue (all ok). Celebrate our 2nd anniversary (DH arranged a surprise dinner for us with his sisters minding DD). Start back on the pill but had to change because of migraine problems!
May - Realise I'm not imagining my joint pains and see the doctor. Get referred to rheumatologist. Attend friend's wedding and MIL minds dd. DD starts to sleep through the night (until 6am)
June - Sister's wedding and I'm BM - full day away from dd
July - Enjoyed the summer, walks in the park...???
August - DH off for 2 months. Family holiday to West Cork. Last month of maternity leave...! Stop taking new pill cos its making feel bleugh and put on a load of weight...
September - back to work, it's tough but DH still has DD most of the time so doesn't feel so bad. But I really miss her!!
October - Celebrate my 38th (yikes!) birthday.
November - busy in work. Still trying to balance life...
December - Crazy work but off from 23rd Dec to 3rd Jan! DD's first Christmas.
January-moved our of our home in the States because we had a renter and moved in with a friend, DH visited me in the States, my Spanish visa was approved.
February-experienced the DH visted me in the States, we met in Brazil and went to Iqcuzu Falls/Rio.
March-went to Chile for work, came to Barcelona to visit DH.
April-quit my job in the States, went to Raleigh to visit family and DH flew over, celebrated my grandma's 90th birthday.
May-moved to Barcelona to be with DH, sprained my ankles here.
June-nothing of importance
July-went to Madrid, met a IN (LadyMadrid).
August-went back to the States for a 2 week visit, chilled at home for the other 2 weeks.
September-friends came to visit and we went to Portugal with them. We met some other friends in Ireland.
October-fired my Spanish tutor and got another that I love, went to London.
November-went to Amsterdam.
December-went to Athens, DH interviewed and got an offer for a job in Amsterdam, DH turned 34.