2013 In Review

Here is a quick look back on 2013....

January

Celebrated my dad's birthday
Mom's tumor was shrinking.

February

Said goodbye to the Canadian penny

March

Celebrated Hub's Birthday
Celebrated my sister's 21st birthday
I started a new term position at work

April

Celebrated Easter

May

Enjoyed a 2 week vacation with my hubs, sister and parents in Mexico!
Celebrated Mother's Day
Celebrated my Mom's birthday

June

Celebrated my birthday
Celebrated stepdaughter's birthday
Attended the at-home reception of hubs friends who were married in Cuba
Celebrated Father's day

July

Celebrated our 3 year anniversary
Future king was born... Prince George
My best friend got married

August

Celebrated my 3rd blogiversary
Celebrated my brother's 20th birthday
Finished school
Went to the airshow
Hubs got his bridgewatch ticket

September

Hubs friend and wife welcomed a baby girl
My best friend and her husband bought a house

October

Bought a new purse

November

Hubs and I went to Samana, Dominican Republic
A friend of ours welcomed a baby boy

December

Celebrated Christmas with hub's parents
A friend of hubs welcomed a baby girl
We booked a trip to Halifax
We went to the Santa Claus parade
Joined back up to the gym

Happy New Year!!

Wishing everyone a very safe and happy New Year's Eve. 

Tonight is the time to spend with friends and loved ones to remember the good times and memories of the year gone by. To celebrate the upcoming new year and all that it may hold. 

 

Please be safe and don't drink and drive.

 

2013 In Review

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?
Hubs and I went to the Dominican Republic.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Not at all, but we are getting a gym membership through Hubs work for like 60% off the regular price. It's going to be full force come January!!

Here are my resolutions for this year:

2014 resolutions:

1. G to the gym
2. Eat healthier

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Hubs friends wife just had a baby girl. One of his friends from work had a baby girl in the summer.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thankfully.

5. What places/countries did you visit? 
We went to Mayan Riviera Mexico and Samana, Dominican Republic.

6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?
A little more savings, a better job, more new experiences, adding to our family.

7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 28, 2013- Graduated with my medical transcription diploma.
July 6, 2013- My best friend got married
July 10, 2013 -3rd Wedding Anniversary
November 2013- Found another spot on my moms brain.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating with my medical transcription diploma with honors!!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Staying in the job I'm in now,not losing the weight I wanted to, not starting a family like I hoped.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A minor illness that required a minor surgery at the hospital.... won't go into details.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
New computer, new purse

12. Where did most of your money go?
Trips, paying off school.

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Mexico with my family, best friends wedding and going to the Dominican.

14. What song will always remind you of 2012?
   Get lucky  

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) richer or poorer? Richer and poorer

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Excercising, eating healthier.

17. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sitting on the couch, being unhappy with my job.

18. How did you spend Christmas?
With hubs visiting his family.

19. Did you fall in love in 2013?
I continued to be in love in 2013.

20. What was your favorite TV program?
Glee, Grey's Anatomy, Walking Dead, Survivor, Amazing Race

21. What was the best book you read?
A spoonful of Sugar.

22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Too many to list.

23. What did you want and get?
A trip with my family down south.

24. What did you want and not get?
A better job, a baby.

25. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Hobbit (The 2nd one).

26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 27 and spent the day with hubs.

27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Loosing weight, new job, a baby on the way.

28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
The same as its always been.

29. What kept you sane?
My Hubs, my family and friends.

30. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Kate Middleton.

31. What political issue stirred you the most?
Don't keep up to date on political issues, my bad.

32. Who did you miss?
My family and best friend who live across the country

33. Who was the best new person you met?
Getting to know someone I met on the July2010 board on the knot.com.

34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.
Live life to the fullest, you don't know how precious life is until something threatens it. Parents are precious, don't waste your time with them because one day they wont be there.

35. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
     Can't think of one atm.

Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I hope your day is filled with good food, great family and friends and wonderful memories. 

From our home to yours!!

Merry Christmas Eve

 

Wishing you all a magical Christmas Eve. May the magic of Santa fill the hearts of all the little ones tomorrow morning when they awake to find the cookies eaten and presents under the tree.

 

Mmmm Christmas baking

The other night I made a batch of my famous ginger cookies. Every year I make them for the cookie exchange at work and everyone looks forward to them.

This year, since our kitchen closed early there won't be a cookie exchange (the other kitchen is having one but the sign up sheet was already full). 

Hubs requested some and so I made him a batch. They turned out pretty good.

Congrats!

Wishing huge congratulations to Hubs friend and his wife on the birth of their new baby girl!!!!!

She was born early this morning and was a surprise (they didn't know the sex before hand).

Welcome to the world Abigayle!!

Sidney sparkles Santa parade and sail past

Last night hubs and I had a date night at the Sidney sparkles Santa parade and sail past. We have never been to any of the Christmas parades in our community as we are either away or working late shift when they are on. Luckily this year we were able to attend and I must say I was impressed. There was free hot apple cider, hot chocolate and shortbread cookies being given out by a local realty business. The parade was about an hour long, which really shocked me as I was expecting like 15 minutes or so. The floats and lights were impressive for such a small community. 

After the parade there was a sail past of lighted boats: