2013 Recap

Hard to believe I’m already in my 3rd year of blogging.  A recap of 2013. (Click the links to see a recap of 2011 and 2012)

1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?

•  Carried and gave birth to twins!
• Took a 9.5 month break from running
• Broke a bone
• Was asked if I was handicapped

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

2013

• Run a half marathon distance (or race) before the end of the year (after taking 10 months off, not sure how long this goal will take to achieve!) YES!
• Live more in the present – I’m keeping this one with the babies coming – if I need this one I need it now more than ever as I am sure they will grow like weeds and one day I’ll wake up and wonder where the time went – I’D SAY THIS IS PARTIALLY ACHIEVED
• Be the best mom I can be – ONGOING
• Be flexible – ALSO ONGOING

2014

• Run 6 half marathons (pending this most recent butt/back injury)
• PR a race
• Make it to a year of breastfeeding
• Read 25 books
• Spend less time glued to my phone

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?


• Many blogging and twitter friends that I’ve met this year have given birth – most of which have battled infertility (yay!)

4. Did anyone close to you die?


• We lost my grandfather at the beginning of this year

5. What countries did you visit?

• Um, that would be zero. A big fat zero.

6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?

• a vacation! A nice one!

7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

• February 18 – the big vehicle debacle is solved

I’m being all thug and sh*t

• March  – baby showers for ME!

Thanks Rachel, you rock.

My awesome host and her son

• May 14 – Our twins are born

Hi! we were just born

• July 20 – My sister gets married and we make our first LOOOONG trek with the babies

Our family

• August 19 – I turn 31. It’s not the most exciting birthday plan wise, but still one for the books since I got to spend it with Bryan, Abby and Miles

Happy Birthday Mama

• August 24 – My first comeback race

She helped me train for my first marathon

• September 19 – Feverish, I get up to go to the bathroom, trip over a bouncy seat and break my first bone

Yeah, its broken

• December 14 – my first comeback half marathon

Like my inhaler belt?

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?


• Carrying twins to our scheduled c- section day of 38 weeks
• Running a half marathon 7 months post-partum

9. What was your biggest failure?

• Wasting time with worry and stress continues to be my biggest issue
• My biggest FAIL? Tripping over a bouncy seat and breaking my pinky toe

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

• The aforementioned broken toe
• A horrible virus of some kind that took me down for a week and carried with it a 6 day fever. UGH

11. What was the best thing you bought?

• Baby stuff
• New to us SUV

12. Where did most of your money go?

• Mortgage and medical bills

13. What did you get really excited about?

• The babies
• Getting back into running

14. What song will always remind you of 2013

• Hmmm…..probably MUSE – Liquid State. I bet it listened to it the most

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:


• – happier or sadder? happier!
• – thinner or fatter?  well thinner, but that’s because I was pregnant for much of the year 🙂
• – richer or poorer? definitely a little poorer, but no complaints here 🙂

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?


• spent more quality time with Bryan

17. What do you wish you’d done less of?


• spend time online and on my phone

18. How did you spend Christmas?

• My parents, sister and brother in law spent the day at our house

Oooh paper. I can eat this?

19. What was your favorite TV program?

• Modern Family
• Dexter
• Sister Wives
• Breaking Bad – we watched the entire series over a matter of a couple weeks

20. What were your favorite books of the year?

• Man, I REALLY didn’t read much this year.

21. What was your favorite music from this year?


• Lady Gaga – Applause
• Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
• AWOLNATION – Sail
• Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
• The Neighhorhood – Sweater Weather

22. What were your favorite films of the year?

• The Hunger Games
• Despicable Me 2
• I didn’t watch that many movies either. I did watch the entire series of Gilmore Girls again though.

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

• I turned 31. I honestly don’t remember what we did. I think we went to dinner. I did get an awesome GPS watch and Hybrid bike as gifts. Best husband ever.

24. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

• I don’t think anything would have brought satisfaction that I’d consider immeasurable. I’d have liked to fix up our bathroom or do a few home fix up type things but nothing really necessary. Maybe something that would magically erase my debt?

25. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?

• I so don’t care. I just buy what I think is cute. And on sale. Bonus if its both. (This totally hasn’t changed)

26. What kept you sane?

• My husband
• My friends
• Running
• Blogging

27. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.


• Healing….every kind, takes time.