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January 6, 2011 by 10 Comments

And so will I – a Year in Review.  Yes, I know it is the sixth of January and most year in reviews have already been posted, but I was far too busy writing about people who eat toilet paper and watching When Harry Met Sally.

So what happened in 2010 over at the Boy House?

January

I made a resolution to learn how to bake bread, and did so immediately, learning two important things: a) baking bread is not as hard as I thought it would be, and b) the key to New Year Resolution Success is to aim low.

I also ranted about the weird things people say to pregnant women and posted a picture of me with an extra seventy pounds to love.

Yowza.  I still had seven weeks to go at that point.  SEVEN WEEKS.
February
We got really, really excited about the Olympics.  We also went on our first ever winter vacation and became a parody of Canadians as the kids got off the plane wearing t-shirts emblazoned with Team Canada logos, and instantly started running around shrieking in amazement, “Mom, look!  There are FLOWERS!  And they’re REAL!  And the grass is GREEN!  And there’s no SNOW!”
March
Mark turned six!  I had my usual crises with regards to birthday party planning and Daylight Savings Time.  I cleaned out the office and found a whole box of mix tapes, some labeled “Party Mix” and one that was made for my husband from one of his old girlfriends that included songs from Richard Marx.  Hee.

April

I turned 35!  I celebrated by chaperoning on a field trip to the firehall, and cemented my cougar-like status by volunteering to try on the firefighter outfit, discovering just how heavy said outfit is, and actually saying to the young and attractive firefighter “Wow, you guys must be in great shape.”  Coo-coo-coo-choo, Mrs. Robinson.  It also snowed a lot and I wrote about attractive movie characters who would be terrible to be married to, i.e., Ralph Fiennes in the English Patient.


My friend lent me a tiara for my birthday, fulfilling my lifelong dream of birthday crown-wearing.

May
Jake’s pre-Kindergarten class had a Mother’s Day tea in which they sang a song that went “May there always be sunshine, may there always be blue skies, may there always be mama, may there always be me”, and I still tear up thinking about it.  I also cried a lot thinking about this Tim Horton’s commercial and I got way too excited about the woman with the MBA with a concentration in economics winning Miss USA.  Clearly May is an emotional roller-coaster of a month for me.
It was still snowing in May.
June
It was really cold.  On Father’s Day weekend – and Super Soccer Saturday weekend – I attended a yoga weekend workshop.  Happy Father’s Day!  Now take care of the kids all weekend.  The kids finished school and my husband came up with a plan in case my kids ever decide to be protesters at a G-20 Summit. 
My two favourite pictures of Mark ever taken.  He’s getting his groove on at the end-of-school-Stampede-breakfast.  Note that it is June and Jake is wearing his fleece jacket.
July
It was raining and cold and I decided to make yarn octopuses, which turned out as well as any craft I make does.  Terribly.  We went to the Okanagan for some sunshine.  The cold and rain made me become Miss Carpe Diem, and so any day with slightly above average temperatures had me running the kids to the pool.
The yarn octopuses, Moppy and Bum, doing a duet of Heart and Soul.
August
It was still cold and rainy.  I wrote a lot about fashion, especially the jeans with zippered ankles that came out that made me feel like I was wearing turquoise slacks and a coordinating blouse, hobbling around with my walker and my Scotch mints, with a tissue in my sleeve.  Also – and my friend just reminded me of this yesterday – I saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that said “Vagitarian”.  I still laugh evilly thinking about it.  Vagitarian.  Says the guy who lives in his mom’s basement.
September
Mark started Grade One and Jake started Kindergarten.  We got hardwood installed by two attractive young whipper-snappers which led to many “hardwood” jokes.  Also I came home to find that they had taken out my drawers to move my dresser with ease, and my panty drawer was proudly on display for all to see.  So I had to show my panties to get hardwood.  Hee.  Also, Jake turned five!
Too cool for school!  Note the boxes of hardwood at right.
October
In typical October fashion we seemed to have a lot of viruses, dead squirrels, and excitement about Halloween.  Also I went on a two-night vacation with my husband and no kids!  And we all survived!  Actually the boys had the time of their lives and still talk about how awesome it was that Grandma picked them up at school.
Boo, I’m a scary witch!  For real.
November
It snowed a lot, I got ready for Christmas, I ran the Scholastic Book Fair, Mark barfed.  That pretty much sums up November.
A foam finger!  It says “We’re #1 – bp”.
December
I blogged almost exclusively about Christmas, Christmas songs, Christmas baking, and my new awesome sexy bitch boots.

Whew!  If you’re still reading this, thank you!!!  So 2010 was a great year, and here’s to a wondeful 2011 for all of us.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Fashion, Festivities, Home Renovations, Housewifery, I almost failed Home Ec, I love my friends, Illnesses, Luckiness, Testosterone-y, Travel with kids, Weather or not, Yoga

Comments

  1. Nowheymama says
    January 6, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Excellent recap! I forgot about your awesome bread-baking skills. Mmmmm….

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  2. Mrs. Tuna says
    January 6, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    Whew, looks like you had a pretty busy year.

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  3. Marilyn (A Lot of Loves) says
    January 6, 2011 at 8:25 pm

    I think your yearly recap was one of my favourites.

    Just a reminder that May is less than 5 months away. Better start prepping yourself for all those emotional moments now.

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  4. Kimberly says
    January 6, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    You are adorable…even at 70 pounds heavier…cute as a button.
    Maybe your resolution should be on procrastination 😉 Kidding.
    Holidays are crazy busy and to go through a years worth of posts takes time!!!

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  5. Bibliomama says
    January 6, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    I’m only saying this because you’re skinny, but man, you know those pregnant women who hardly look pregnant? You were NOT one of them. 🙂 I like your month-by-month format a little better than my lazy-ass smushed-up non-format. eh. Like you said, aim low…

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  6. LisaDay says
    January 7, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    Feb. sounded fantastic. I always wanted to be a big, pregnant person. I never got that wish. oh well.

    LisaDay

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  7. Mrs.Mayhem says
    January 7, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    I enjoyed reading your year-in-review!

    It’s nice to see a pregnant shot. I was HUGE with all of my babies, too. Especially the last. Whoa. I remember when I sat down, my stomach would rest on my thighs. Not good.

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  8. Kelly @ City Mom says
    January 8, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Looks and sounds like a great year Nicole!

    And I think you looked fantastic in your pregnant picture! 🙂

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  9. Kat says
    January 9, 2011 at 1:23 am

    Sounds like it was a fantastic year! You know what a great way to start 2011 would be? Be voted site of the week on Canadian Moms, and you were! Yay! Looking forward to reading all you post in 2011! 🙂

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  10. Mom vs. the boys says
    January 10, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    I saw your button over at city mom and thought I’d pop over, your boys are so cute! I’m a mom to 3 boys myself! following you now!

    Reply

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