Let's pretend 2012 is over, which let's face it, since we're all on senior slide this time of the year, it effectively is. There's too many goodies at the office/home, 12 more parties to attend, shopping to finish, and a general giddiness that make doing anything productive rather unappealing right now.
Tomorrow I'll bore you with my goals for next year, so today I'll entertain you with [insert moviefone voice] "A Year in Pictures" !
February 12 - Dressing up on a Saturday night in Wausau, WI will get you labeled.
March 17 - We found the best coffee in the ENTIRE world when we walked 3 miles in 80 degree weather. In March. In Minnesota.
March 31 - Damn you, charming baby!
April 4 - Damn you, non-charming babies!
April - The garden begins! Look at how innocent it looks. Not at all like something that will try to cannilbalize itself, get me sunburned, leave me with a sea of tomatoes, or turn me into a hippie.
April 11 - We make our children walk off their Easter feast in the cold. [Note the crystal clear photo. *sob* I miss you, camera!]
April 18 - I took pictures of these fools, who just released their album. Do you like drinking or Irish music? Then you'll like their music.
April 17 - The best cake ever was decorated.
All year - Surrounded by rhinestones, The G and I hit up the East Coast, West Coast, and No Coast for a year-long ballroom dance blitz. Sometimes we sucked and sometimes we didn't, but we were always enveloped in shiny things, self-tanner, and fabulous people.
May 6 - I proved running long-distance is just as ugly as it sounds.
May 16 - The G and I had Epic Date, which included this place.
End of May - We saw a big boat. And then we made it a boatload of Bratts. Family reunion accomplished.
Still May - The ladies continued their stellar record of taking beautiful portraits together.
June 30 - V debuted her dancing skills. Watching the audience was almost better than watching her.
June 1 - If you're going to run a 5k on the hottest day of the year, obviously it should be 90% uphill and involve obstacles.
July 6 - The drive-in is where birthday magic happens.
August 5 - Zoo proves that you can't be cute all the time. Especially while eating.
August 30 - I learn how to make big hair look good.
September 1 - I recovered from forgetting my dresses and geeked out at The Bean.
September 22 - We didn't die in this slightly-creepy corn maze.
September 25 - Pittsburgh's Monongehela Incline was DA BOMB.
October 11 - I set a personal low bar for running. I think I rigged it so my next marathon time makes me look like a BEAST. Way to go, pink pants.
October 13 - The G and I continue OUR stellar record of taking awkward photos together. Ah, I see, a family trait!
October 31 - I complete a sewing project on time AND bribe my children with candy.
November 15 - They prove me wrong! Secret trick: put them up on something 5 feet up in the air, then they can't stop giggling.
December 8 - Zoo and I have the same reaction to the awesome registration area at the Bellagio.
December 11 - We return from the 70 degree desert to a foot of snow. Someone couldn't be happier.
