A Year in Review:

Dear 2011,

Just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thanks for the last 365 days. I've enjoyed our time together much more than your predecessor, 2010. I appreciate the fun times you gave us, such as:

Getting crafty around the house, including this table we made for the dormer window:

Making a t shirt quilt out of my high school shirts:

Watching it snow like crazy:

Andrew running in the Little Rock Relay Marathon:

Celebrating the retirement of a good friend (and the man who officiated at our wedding):

Celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary (!):

Our new, super amazing bikes (and all the bike rides we went on):

Celebrating Andrew's 28th birthday (and my first homemade cheesecake):

Catching the last Harry Potter movie in theaters:

Our first and last trip to Las Vegas, NV:

Making Andrew's t shirt quilt:

That time I got plantar fasciitis: 

All of the brave new cooking we did:

These were all great memories but none of these are what I hope to look back and remember about 2011. What I want to stick with me are the quiet moments in between the big ones. Those moments when we're just us, together in the quiet, doing nothing and saying nothing. I want to remember how it feels to be me at this very moment in my life -- standing on the edge of my future, side-by-side with my best friend.

Happy New Year:

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Dear 2011,

I want you to know that I'm not one for resolutions. And I will not demand anything from you. I have learned from past mistakes not to make magnificent declarations  -- that when you do, the exact opposite tends to happen. So, you can relax. I have no expectations whatsoever. That being said, I feel it's only fair that you should know that I have plans for my life and many of those plans will probably come to fruition during your reign. And just so you're informed, here is a look at what you can expect:

• Andrew's graduation
• purchasing our first home
• international adventures
• general happiness

Again, no pressure. All I ask is that you keep these plans from falling spectacularly to pieces. Just let me fly under the radar this year. No trouble. I think that will be best for everyone involved.

Thanks so much. I look forward to working with you over the course of the next 12 months.

Your friend,

Meghan

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here's to 2009! May it be exponentially better than 2008.