2011 RECAP!

2011 

I had several ups and downs through 2011

Learned from the downs,

enjoyed the ups

January:

Our first month of marriage

More snow than I've ever seen in my life!  Yeah, I'm a southern girl

Sully didn't like it!

February:

Apparently nothing much!  lol

I took no pictures!

March:

April:

J's birthday

Dang my hair was short!

4 tornadoes ripped through North Alabama 

left us, and hundreds of thousands without power for 5-7 days

We showered at a truck stop (what an adventure)

We took cold showers 

We ate room temp food

Cooked crazy food on a grill

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That space was a grocery store.  Mixed in that is what was its neighbor, a gas station, and a pharmacy

It was bad

Some folks are still recovering

May:

It was warm enough to go swimming...odd, even for Alabama

and then a few days later I was in long sleeves again...not odd for Alabama

June:
Sixth month of marriage!

We had beautiful weather

Tortured Sully in the pool

 J was preparing to leave in July for boot camp

We spent as much time together as humanly possible

J's niece was born

Proud Uncle J

He was so scared of hurting her

July:

We moved

The lollipop was J's attempt at drawing a pan

I will never again let him drive anything larger than our Kia

My birthday (I was a fish this past summer, I made him swim with me all day)


We made my yearly birthday trip to my Mama's (no pics of her, she doesn't allow that lol)

We got ready for him to leave for boot camp =(
The day before he left we went on a paddle boat ride

I went with him to MEPS to see him off

We had been crying like babies...

August:
We made it through 4 weeks of boot camp and I got a letter from him stating that he had some heart issues and they were sending him home.
Waited two long weeks for a phone call explaining what was going on (thanks, Army)
Finally, I got to go pick him up!!
Seeing him was bliss

I got him a necklace that has our phrase on it

The back has meaningful (to us) Bible verses

September:
I tortured J We had fun at Oktoberfest
Rode several spinny/upside down rides

J got a new tattoo

He may kill me for this, lol.  Wonder what the A is for?  hehehe

October:
I figured out how to curl my hair with my flat iron...yeah, milestone huh?  lol

We enjoyed some warm fall weather with walks

I became addicted to Pinterest

Pizza rolls

We tormented Sully for Halloween

November:


We went hiking

We celebrated Thanksgiving...before I had to go to work

For thanksgiving dinner, we were commissioned to make a ton of sauteed green beans

I taught J how to make them, he's a good little apprentice

December:


We went on a trip to Atlanta
Recap here, here, and here.

Decorated for Christmas

And baked cookies like mad...over 200.  It was fun

Oh!  It was our FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

We have some changes coming in 2012,
J has a job!
His start date is soon, only one more week of being spoiled with my husband always being home with me when I'm home
I'm excited to get to grow more with my husband, learn, and love.

WILW

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That J and I hit the gym!  I'm back in the gym for the first time in over a year, a year and a half actually.  I used to live in the gym, and enjoyed it, immensely.  I spent a minimum of 2 hours a day in the gym, and it showed.  I was confident, and quite pleased with my hard work. 
Life changes and that habit fell to the back burner.  But!!  I'm back at it!  It was so great to be back in, lifting again.  I'm psyched. 

After our workout, we stopped at the gas station.  J got muscle milk.  A good after workout supplement.

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What did I get? 

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and, my favorite:

real fruit juice box!  YUM!!

yeah, you'd think that I was 3...I love those things

So, yeah, J refuels his muscles with protein...I just refuel my inner child after a good workout.