2018 Year In Review

1. What did you do in 2018 that you'd never done before?
Moved to Houston. Actually started to really like Houston as a place. Ha. 

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?Overall, I'd give myself a solid 92/100 for an A! Goals for next year are below. Mainly, I need to take the reins of feeding my body things it needs and I'll be al good in 2019. 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?Not really. 

4. Did anyone close to you die?No. We narrowly escaped 2018 without that but with an almost 94 year old grandpa and a 17 year old dog, I do not expect to have the same answer next year. 

5. What countries did you visit?Belie, twice (my stupid keyboard is broken and I cannot type the right word but it's in Central America). I fell in love with Ambergris Caye. It is my happy place. We're strongly considering buying some land there when we go back, yet again, in Feb. 

6. What would you like to have in 2019 that you didn't have in 2018?better self-control over my diet. This year was gawdawful. I know what I need to do and I just did not execute. 

7. What dates from 2018 will be etched upon your memory, and why?May 8th - we drove to Houston
May 10th - the Peloton was delivered
Basically the whole month of May. So many firsts and so many lasts and it was just overwhelming. 

8. What was your biggest achievement of this year?I got certified to teach at the Bar Method. Which was INTENSE and took from March until Labor Day weekend. 

9. What was your biggest failure?Momming. I always feel like I can do better at this whole parenting thing. It's so hard sometimes. 

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?The Bar Method was my healer. I've been ALL good this year, despite kicking my own ass on the Peloton. They are not playing when they tell you the workout and method was done with a physical therapist. 

11. What was the best thing you bought?Scotland trip that we booked on Christmas Day. 

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?I think our whole family for handling the move and all of the challenges that came along with it as best we could. 

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?My mom. I feel like she aged 25 years in this past year. 

14. Where did most your money go?Moving. Travel. House things (homeownership kind of sucks sometimes like the time the tree limbs kept breaking in the front yard and it cost $$$$ to have it removed)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?Adam finishing school. All our awesome trips. Seeing Hamilton. Calvin Harris. 

16. What song will always remind you of 2016?The Middle (from our Cali trip) One Kiss (from my Bar Method intensive in Brooklyn)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?a) way happier
b) a little fatter, womp
c) way richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?I wish I'd gotten in to the bike faster. I'm obsessed now. 

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?eating crap. 

20. How did you spend Christmas?Christmas was kind of random! We woke up, opened presents (the last one was surprising my mom and Owen with tickets to see the Rockets). We all got ready for the game, which turned out to be a blast. When we got home, Mom left, which was awesome because she'd moved out only 5 days earlier after living with us for 8 months. Adam and I stayed up and enjoyed ourselves. 

21. Did you fall in love in 2018?I don't think I fell in love with it but I really have grown to love our house and neighborhood

22. What was your favorite TV program?Fixer Upper. Adam traveled SO much this year and Owen and I got in a habit of watching Fixer Upper together on Tuesday nights. It was a really good way to spend time with my small guy. 

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?Probably not? 

24. What was the best book you read?Reading was not a thing that happened for me in 2018. 

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?Seeing DJs is totally awesome. Calvin Harris was A+ and a top ten moment of the year for me, for sure. 

26. What did you want and get?the Peloton

27. What did you want and not get?a really cheap house in Houston, hahaha! 

28. What was your favorite film of 2018?Mary Poppins Returns, Cray Rich Asians

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?I turned 37 this year. It was an average Wednesday. I went to Bar for a class, taught at noon and 5:15. Adam had a dentist appt that afternoon so I met up with him and we went to Kendra Scott together. He got his bonus that day and it was actually good this year so we had a really nice (and full of relief) celebratory dinner at Hopdoddy. 

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?The situation with my mom being better. She had a rough year. Breaking her foot cost her her independence for months. She had to live with us a lot longer and it cost her a ton of money to do so. She had trouble finding a job. She had trouble buying a condo. It was just a lot to deal with for almost 9 months of the year. 

I also could have done without basically the entire month of January. Also, buying and selling houses freaking sucks. 

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2018?In summer: running shorts and a tank (holy hotness, Houston)
In other seasons: jeans, black shirt, various colors of tieks

32. What kept you sane?I learned how to drink cocktails. Margaritas and Moscow Mules being my favorites. 

33. What political issue stirred you the most?Kavanaugh. The midterms. 

34. Who did you miss?our dallas friends

35. Who was the best new person you met?Cora. our swim team people. The staff at WBE. My boss. We got so lucky to stumble upon a great spot here in Houston.
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36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2018. 
That it really always will be ok if you just sit back and let it be ok. January almost broke me but we got out of it alive and now everything is fine.