I need these bookends of time – that sense of finishing and starting again.  So invariably I love this time of year.  I don’t make resolutions, but I make a little list of those things I want to attempt – all the while leaving space for what will and won’t happen in these next 12 months.  Here’s the wrap up of a few things I did this past year from last year’s list (and a couple of new things we didn’t even anticipate!)…

The Year that Was (2011)

• Started the process to adopt a baby
• Became an Auntie again
• Created a great salsa recipe
• Won TWO fantasy football league championships (and won the consolation bracket in the third)
• Got a new roof
• Tried 5+ new restaurants: Meritage, Ruam Mit Thai, Tilia, Wondrous Asian Kitchen, Manny’s Tortas, The Local, etc.
• Learned how to make churros
• Joined another small group at church
• Got a kindle
• Officiated my first wedding
• Successfully baked my grandma’s famous chocolate cake
• Bought a share of a cow from a local farm + have a freezer full of awesome grass-fed beef!
• Created a personal recipe binder
• Reorganized our house + got the nursery started
• Camped in some CRAZY mud on memorial day

And a few of the items that I’m attempting for as part of my “30 in 2012″…

The Year that Will Be (2012)

• Finish the nursery
• Plant flowers this spring
• Go the playoffs in our Benchwarmer FF league
• Make pickles and jam this fall
• Attempt to make/create/do at least 15 things I “pin” on Pinterest
• Learn how to make krumkake and lefse
• Finish some volunteer leadership roles + take a little break
• Sew a quilt
• Stick with yoga
• Merge our many itunes accounts + music/movie/audiobook devices
• Read 35 books
• Learn how to bake bread
• get a fabulous new camera