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Monday, December 29, 2008

100 Things I Love about 2008

I'm not really into New Year's Resolutions, because they always involve weight, working out, and eating healthier BOO!!!! So, I gave myself the challenge of listing off 100 things I loved about the year 2008 ...not in any particular order by the way, just off the top of my head:

1. Smashbox sheer lip gloss
2. Chocolate Peppermint Coffee
3. Santoku knives
4. Quitting a crappy job
5. Starting a job as a teacher (goal: not to look like a frumpy teacher)
6. My Mama getting remarried (and to a wonderful man!)
7. Paying off my Nissan Maxima WOOHOOO
8. Organizing the office
9. Putting our house together
10. Being around to see my best friend and her husband have a baby!
11. Watching my close friend Gabbi get engaged!
12. Dermologica Face Wash (I'm not sure I spelled that right...I'm too lazy to go look)
13. My wax appointments
14. Peppermint mocha creamer
15. Gelato-chocolate hazelnut
16. My NY&Co purse I waited to go on sale and bought for $20 instead of $40
17. Making cookies in the shape of baby bottles and having them turn out decently cute
18. Highlighting my hair
19. Learning a new way to put on eye shadow
20. My OBGYN-they are freaking awesome
21. Bubble baths
22. Getting a special ed basset hound...she eats dirt and cigars now...weird.
23. Booting the doggies out of the bedroom so I can sleep all night again (THANK YOU ERIC!!!)
24. Teasing my husband (and vice versa)
25. My Humboldt Jacks sweatshirt (Thanks Sarah K!!!)
26. The location of the Christmas Tree this year-so cute!
27. Cleaning the house
28. Reading for fun
29. Being part of a book club
30. Knee high socks (I'm looking for knee high tube socks...any ideas where I can find them?)
31. Pedicures
32. Small group-they have children and are totally normal and adult like still. So awesome...
33. Tea
34. My grief share group
35. The tervis tumbler my friend Cami bought me
36. Sarah A.'s photos! freaking awesome...
37. GAP jeans
38. Ghiradelli caramel filled chocolate
39. Finding a good eye doctor-thanks Gabbi!
40. Hanging out with Garrett and Georgia. Always fun.
41. Getting a new family-especially sisters!
42. The Thai food place
43. Foodnetwork
44. Adding a list of my favorite blogs (see to the right)
45. Sleeping in and having major holidays off-not to mention two weeks off every few months. Freaking sweet.
46. The cookie exchange party at Jihae's.
47. Suffering through Dave Ramsey and FPU with a really awesome group of people
48. Figuring out our neighbors go to the same church as us
49. Working the cafe at church
50. Making fun of the book Lolita-dumbest book ever...

Yikes, I'm going to have to keep thinking...

5 comments:

Sarah Albin said...

I love this idea. I may have to copy you.... Don't know if I can come up with 100 though! Happy New Year.....

Julie said...

Go for it! You can see I got stuck at 50...

baby havin babies said...

thanks for saying that we're normal even though we have kids. we're not, but we fooled you! join us julie you will make an amazing mama!!!

april said...

such a great idea! i may have to try it myself when i have time. =)
happy new year hun!

Sarah said...

I love your list so far. So many great things!