2012 year in review

2012 has been a great year for me.  I started this blog with a post on my resolutions for the year.  One of them was to have more fun.

2011 had been such a grown-up year for me, after moving back from London, changing jobs and buying a house, I wanted to make sure and relax and actually enjoy life and all its blessings.

For Christmas I made Dan a photo album of our year and maxed out the number of pages that iPhoto would allow, without even getting everything in!  So I think we managed to pack the fun in.

Here are some highlights from 2012:

January

I started this blog! (ok technically December)

We celebrated New Years in Tahoe.

We headed to Arizona to see Dan's Dad play with the Chicago Cubs (Fantasy Camp)

February

We celebrated a 30th birthday wine tasting in Napa.

Pacino had his first surgery of the year.

We took a long weekend in Pebble Beach for the AT&T Open.

March

We spent a long weekend in Hermosa Beach for the Lakers game and visiting family.

And and extra long weekend in Palm Desert.

April

I started my 1000 gifts list.
Healdsburg wine tasting weekend with friends.

May

We celebrated my review at John Ash and more wine tasting.
My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.
We celebrated my birthday in Chicago, where we found the most amazing breakfast spot.
{more Chicago here}

June

Summer relaxin' - BBQ's and burgers
A bit of nostalgia for Croatia

July

We attended the Festival of Chris (Dan's mom's birthday weekend).

We took a road trip to Hermosa Beach for a friends birthday boat cruise.

Pacino had his second surgery of the year.

Festival of Chris Part II - Italian cooking class and tour.

August

Pacino took his first boat ride and I tried paddle boarding on the lake in Tahoe.

September

Girls trip to Vegas for Labor day and my very first dive, ever.
Pacino had his first birthday.

I got to show my love around my favorite city in the world - Paris.

There was a surprise engagement in Paris!

We found out that Versailles in closed on Mondays.

A good friend from London visited for the weekend and we went wine tasting - quelle surprise.

We discovered every sort of fried food you can imagine at the Dallas State Fair.

This girl moved to New Zealand and I miss her all the time.

October

I ran / jogged / walked Nike Women's Half-Marathon.

I fell in love with autumn in New York.

November

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Dan's family and ummm... more wine tasting.

December

Celebrating the holidays with the Nutcracker and ice skating in in San Francisco.
I hosted Christmas Eve at my house - this was huge for me!

Cheers to 2012 and may 2013 be absolutely amazing for all of us!

LMF

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