2012 checklist

at the beginning of 2012

i made a to do list.

not gonna lie,

i didn't do great.

which is crazy.

because i am great at making

and completing to do lists.

but i guess it's easier to make a

daily to do list

than a whole year to do list.

so how did i fare?



did i run a marathon?

nope.

and i think i may have legit asthma

(rather than the exercise induced nonsense

i was diagnosed with in high school.)

lame.

did i climb a v4 in mexico or a v6 in the us?

nope

i'm barely climbing v0s.

thanks arizona.

did i read 52 books?

hell yeah i did;

i read 55!

did i take at least 6 trips?

yep.

i went to:

guanajuato

dallas, twice

tabasco and chiapas

nyc + dc

las vegas

cabo

lake placid

san diego

houston

sayulita

new york city

did i go to 8 new states and 5 new countries?

nope.

but i did live in mexico

for almost 6 months.

and i went to 6 mexican states:

estado de mexico

guanajuato

tabasco

chiapas

nayarit

baja california sur

did i write 150 blog posts?

yep.

i wrote 169.

so according to the list,

this year wasn't totally unsuccessful

but it wasn't hugely successful either.

except that it kind of was.

i mean, check out all of

the super cool stuff i did this year:

january --

we saw

teotihuacan

la villa de guadelupe

frida kahlo's house

february --

we saw some cool art exhibits:

picasso, mc esher, diego rivera

went to a jazz club and saw a lucha libre match.

and we went on a picnic to bosque de chapultapec.

march --

we went to guanajuato for jj and mm's boda!

saw a puma's football game.

saw a movie at a drive in movie theatre,

lived through a bunch of earthquakes

and rcg moved back to the us.

april --

i spent semana santa in dallas and ate crawfish.

and took a trip to tabasco & chiapas.

may --

we moved to tucson

and i bought a new car.

june --

i went to nyc for amp's bridal shower!

rcg bought me a new bike and

i started taking university of phoenix classes.

we went to a tucson padres game

and rcg got his first tattoo.

july --

we spent july 4th horseback riding at colossal cave

and spent a boozy weekend in las vegas.

i also started a new job

and rcg's tattoo was finished.

august --

we took a lot of field trips:

we went to biosphere 2,

floated down the salt river,

and climbed A mountain,

i met up with some friends in cabo

and went to lake placid for amp and mm's wedding.

we also went to san diego for a concert.

september --

we spent labor day weekend in houston,

saw some university of arizona football

and hiked mt. lemmon.

and the walkerz came to visit tucson:

we saw sabino canyon, mt. lemmon, el presidio,

and the san xavier del bac mission.

october --

we went back to sabino canyon

and found a new spot: bear canyon.

we also joined a kickball league.

november --

i painted kindness coins at ben's bells.

we went skydiving for my birthday

saw a burlesque

 and drove go karts.

also, i became a substitute teacher
and learned how to knit.

december --

we vacationed in sayulita,

went to the 4th ave street fair,

saw family in dallas,

and celebrated new years in nyc.

in addition,

i participated in a photo a day challenge

and took one photo every day

for the entirety of 2012.

and i participated in project life,

digitally documenting each week's activities.

it certainly wasn't the year

i was expecting,

but it turned out to be

quite a spectacular one.

well done 2012.

well done.