List #122: What a Difference a Year Makes

2011 was many things. It was Tough. Heartbreaking. Challenging. Adventurous. And, well, Happy.

A Collage of Happy in 2011

It's easy to sit back on New Year's Eve and feel overwhelmed about life. But I refuse to enter the new year with a cloud over my head. And I'm going to be proud of what I have accomplished and what I have done. It was a very momentous year, after all.

What did I do right in 2011?

• Pretty Girls Weekend, NYC, February
• Spending a lot of time with my two favorite babies
• Embracing the warm hugs of friendship when they were needed the most
• Winter Walks, Spring Walks, Summer Walks, Fall Walks
• Becoming an "ordained minister"
• Marrying friends
• Professional conferences and presentations
• Tweeting
• Attending PodCamp6
• First dates 
• What comes after the first date
• Collecting a new wardrobe
• Wine country: Chautauqua and Willamette
• Deleting contact information from a cell phone
• Defriending
• Keeping memory alive
• Crying and not crying
• Seattle & Portland, Kappas West Coast, August/September
• Creating a blog
• Writing and more writing
• West Virginia,Wild and Wonderful Librarians, October
• Made new friends: real and virtual
• Sporting events from college football to professional baseball, football and hockey
• Protecting family
• Christmas in the city, NYC, December
• Cutting my hair short
• Growing my hair long
• Reading

So dear readers, what did you do right in 2011? And all the best to you in 2012. Looking forward to sharing the journey with you.