Rang in the new year in Nova Scotia. Started volunteering almost every Friday morning at Annabel's preschool. Started seeing a therapist. Became the mother of an 8 year old and a 4 year old at the same time. Laurie & Jack came to visit. Chuck E. Cheese for Katie's birthday. Got a really good haircut. Kim came to visit us. Geoff went to Halifax without us. Katie took several swimming classes; Annabel took one. Rainbow cake for Annabel's birthday. Tracy & Xander came to visit. Had the "launch" at FWS with website redesign. Bought a house and moved with help from church people, Mom, Dad. Dad came up to help with new house (kitchen cabinets, kitchen floor). Trip to Chicago for photo shoots & visit with Amy (and meeting Will), trip to Ikea by myself, stayed in motel by myself. Former landlord kept our entire security deposit even after we paid to have the place cleaned; we didn’t fight it. Power outage in the middle of moving (kept us from cleaning the carpets at the rental house). Week at Potato Creek. Went to Tin Caps game. Made friends with the Fords. Made friends with Jamie. Trip to Cincinnati with the girls. Franke Park day camp for Katie & Annabel. Painted: kitchen walls, ceiling, trim, cabinets & door; hallway walls, trim, ceiling; den walls & ceiling; living room walls & ceiling; entryway walls & ceiling; dining room walls & ceiling; downstairs bathroom walls, trim, cabinet doors & ceiling; stairway walls & trim, plus risers; corner hutch in dining room; upstairs landing walls. Put up curtains in dining room, living room. Made cafe curtain for kitchen. Trip to Indianapolis to see Kehoe-Becks. Lice and the related drama-trauma. Katie started 3 grade, started taking violin lessons. Trip to Indianapolis to meet Laurie & Pete. Two Bundt cakes. Be a tourist in your hometown. Annabel writes her own name, is learning to read. Made Annabel a little red riding hood for Halloween. Trip to Great Wolf Lodge with girls to meet up with Xander & Tracy. Bought my own jigsaw, cut hole in door to basement for cat door. Hung pot rack in kitchen. Started Couch to 5K. Started series of photography classes at IPFW. Got new business cards, offered photography basket in auction at FWS. Trish visited. Spent with family: niece's birthday, Katie's birthday, Easter, Annabel's birthday, time during power outage, Josh's birthday, week at Potato Creek, Dad's birthday, my birthday, Geoff's birthday, Jace's birthday, Mom's birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & weekend after Christmas.
What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
Started teaching at a preschool. Bought a house (as opposed to a condo). Celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary.
Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't really make any other than just to try to keep on keeping on. Try to eat a little better. Try to exercise a little more. Try to worry a little less.
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