The other day I read my post about last years “New Year” quite a night that was and quite a year 2009 was! This New Years eve was quite different seeing as Alex was sick on the couch the entire weekend (and no, we didn’t get to go on our ski trip but all is well now, thank God and a “make up” trip is being planned!) however we did manage to have the police involved both New Years ;)
……..but that’s another story that we won’t get into in blog world!
Anyway, when I read last years review of 2009 (which I have decided to do again for 2010) I noticed that I had considered most of the life changing decisions we had made as investment decisions.
We have been investing in ourselves for years and years it seems like with school, internships and more school and so it continued through out 2010, and now, all of a sudden…. “it’s” here (well majority of it… I finish in May!)
So here’s to 2011: reaping the benefits!!!
Cheers to 2010- you did us well so before we move on, here’s to the happiness, craziness and togetherness you gave us!
January:
Amanda’s First baby shower to welcome Thomas Lanier, Alex’s surprise 25th birthday party at El Porton which included my boro girls coming for a slumber party, Grams came to visit us in Roswell, mom celebrated her birthday with us and Stephanie and Joe came to visit us for a weekend!
February:
Thomas Lanier Smith was born, we had a date night at the Fernbank Museum, It snowed- a lot, we had a Valentines day date to the Bridge and Hibachi that night at our old Roswell favorite- Nagoya as well as a breakfast with heart shaped EVERYTHING, celebrated Kailey turning two and enjoyed a night of alcohol and good friends on her bouncy, we kept our tree up to decorate it for Valentines day and Tucker gave us one of the biggest scares ever with his hip!
March:
Celebrated Amara’s 35th birthday, went to Hilton Head for Alex’s last spring break and Bob’s birthday, had a Boro/Mill House reunion with friends, Jessica and Corey came to visit again and we finally got to meet Baby Thomas “in person”!
April: (a busy month)
It finally warmed up, we spent Easter at Andy and Rachel’s, I came home to Alex “surprising” me by moving our couch to the back porch “for the dogs” for the day (trash- we know), My parents came to see where I worked- MMAC in Marietta, Tucker caught his first bumble bee- and spit it out thank God, he also got his first haircut of the year- by his dad, I fell in love with oil stains and refinished an end table and chest of drawers, interviewed and got accepted to Laurel Heights Behavioral Hospital, celebrated Lance and Rachel’s Birthday-twice, dumpster dove and got lucky with a chair I love, became friends with the neighborhood ducks, experiences Live After Five in Roswell and had a fondue date at Park Cafe in Duluth, went to Kristin and Chad’s wedding- and found a kitty and spent a day with Ana and Alex at the pool like old times!
May:
Celebrated our one year anniversary with a week on the beach in Hilton Head, finished my first year of grad school, saw our moms for mothers day (which fell on the actual date of our anniversary this year), had our first annual Charleston trip with Steph, Ney, Josh and Joe, we went to Six Flags for my first time, survived through Lance’s first MMA fight, celebrated memorial day with a cook out at Amara and Seans, Cinco de Mayo with Bob and Jane, Tucker got another hair cut, I said good bye to my cherished girls at MMAC (outpt sub abuse tx center), Billy came to visit, new favorite to cook- “Tuna- Mac”, Lauryn and Anthony came to visit and we rescued the sweetest girl alive- Lilly- and found a home for her- my classmate Candace!
June:
Made my first spinach lasagna, Mills fell in love with peanut butter, Laura met my school friends- Ali and Shannon at one of Ali’s softball games, started my new job at RFW (residential sub abuse tx ctr), spent many between our pool and Andy and Rachels, we went to a braves game with Tara, mom and dad for Fathers day and had a huge feast that night, Laura and Tara (again)came up for a Rascall Flatts concert and finally decided Hydrangeas were my third most favorite flower after Sunflowers and Queen Ann’s lace!
July:
Tucker taught his friends how sitting in mud cools you off, decided to buy a house and began the search, made my first home-made potato salad thanks to Mrs. Georgette, went to Hilton Head for some sun one last time before summer ended, spent July 4th at Clark Hill with Renee, Kailey, Stephanie, Joe and Josh’s welcoming family and re-lived a night from years ago at Karen’s with a go-cart and a little rain storm. 
August:
Celebrated our 11 year “fate” anniversary, enjoyed a Jack Johnson concert in the rain, continued looking for a house, switched plans at the last minute to do an internship with Infectious Disease at Grady Hospital as oppose to Laurel Heights Hospital, Laura moved in to our cozy two bedroom apartment, made the yummiest Dulce De Leche bars (basically sugar cookies and carmel), we took a trip with Andy and Rachel to Riviera Maya, Mexico where we swam in a cenote and cave for the first time and finally school started back!
September:
Went to Alex’s mom annual pig roast, packed up our apartment (with the help of mom and dad) to move to storage and moved in with Andy and Rachel and finally decided to rent as oppose to buying a house due to the market dropping-even lower.
October:
Celebrated Autumns Birthday at Ormsby’s, decided to be no fun for Halloween and went out un-dressed up, made a trip to Mississippi to celebrate Grams 81st birthday, spent our weekends house hunting and finally found a house perfect for us!
November:
Moved into our new house (Thanks again mom and dad), walked piedmont park (first time), made my own broccoli casserole thanks to Ali and her mom, visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, fell in love with our porch and fireplace, tarped’ behind the four wheeler, went to dinner and a play with Ali downtown and went home to spend Thanksgiving with our mamas (and shopped til’ I dropped with Tara and mama)!
December:
Celebrated my birthday four times, took Julian ice skating, celebrated Karen and Seans birthday (seans 40th), did the craziness of three houses for Christmas, broke a mirror, made my first pot roast, it snowed, Alex’s family saw our new house, Tara, Billy and Angela came to visit, went back to a real Christmas tree, sent out Christmas cards, shopped religiously and finally- Alex GRADUATED and got hired on full time!
Thank you 2010 for all your memories…. they were great and we wouldn’t have missed them for the world but 2011 has a lot to offer us, so I can’t say I’m not thrilled to be done with you and moving forward!
Helloooo 2011- we have been waiting quite a while for you and couldn’t be happier to see what you have in store for us!
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