Farwell to 2010

This was the year that...

• I turned 35 
• I quit the hospital and went back to Maxwell
• We brought home Lulu
• Our basement suffered from three separate floods
• We learned to lay a floor
•  I got my new DSLR camera
• I started blogging about food
• We discovered Three Dog Bakery
• I had the best pizza I have ever had in my whole life, Mushrooms, caramelized onions, walnuts and blue cheese
• I went to see Jann with Aimee and Jodi
• SZJ- VI
• We got a new car
• I got to paint the basement orange
• We had Easter dinner out of doors
• Oliver turned 4 and we had a party
• Grammy had a car accident
• Phil and Nat got married
• We got a new driveway and a new retaining wall
• Lulu turned 2
• I stopped colouring my hair. Go Grey!
• Gil grew a green thumb
• I discovered FIFA world cup soccer (and the hot Argentinian goalie)
• I lost 30 lbs but then found it again behind the sofa
• We spent an amazing afternoon sailing in Chester with dear friends who we never get to see
• I hired and fired two people
• Aimee and I discovered the awesomness of pool noodles.
• Gil got a new tattoo
• Hurricane Earl
• I wrote a novel
• I started a photo blog
• Gil sent me LOTS of flowers
• We celebrated 4 years of wedded bliss
• Gil ate a $100 steak
• I went to my first Con
• We had an amazing weekend at White Point
• Cha Baa Thai opened in Burnside
• I had the best shower of my life (in Seabright)
• Gil's sister Amy came to visit from Ottawa
• Gil and I formed the Breakfast Club

 There were other things for sure, lots of things some big some small, most not mine to tell but it has been a big year, a hard year and as scary as it is for me to be going head long into 36 I am happy to see the end of this year and even though it is really just another day I look forward to the blank slate.