2010 goes down as the year with the most change, fun, laughter, tears, craziness, late nights, growth, new experiences, movies, new friends, old friends, memories, awesomeness, dancing, etc. Let's just say - 2010 was absolutely amazing! I couldn't have asked for anything more. It is my favorite year so far. I'm interested to see what 2011 has in store...but before we discuss that...I'm going to talk about some of my favorite memories from 2010. ;o)
2010 started off with a huge change. I was living in a new house...with new people...and it was AWESOME. God blessed me with two of the most amazing people...EVER. Audra and David are two of my closest friends on the planet. I can talk to them about anything. I'm completely myself when I'm with them...and they choose to love me anyway. Hahaha. I've changed a lot this year. Part of that is because of them...part of that is because of me...and a great deal of that is because of the Mighty God that I serve. They've changed a lot this year as well. But - that's a story for them to tell if they choose to do so. This..well...this is my story.
Finding the Right Balance - It's no secret that when I first moved to Center Point I completely ditched my friends that live in Moody. I was in a new place...with new people and they completely had my attention. It took me a little while to find the right balance but I finally did and I couldn't be happier about it. My Moody friends are amazing. They are super fun and are some of the best friends a girl could ask for. We did a lot of hanging out after I got my act together. Dinner, bowling, hanging at the McCullough's, etc. It's always super interesting and fun.
My favorite day this past year was our SNOW DAY! Omg. It was completely amazing. We went to work that morning hoping we would be sent home early...and we totally were! Audra and Dave waited for me to get home then we geared up for the cold. We only had one pair of gloves for all 3 of us so we improvised and used oven mitts as well. So two people had protection on their hands from the cold while the other had to suffer for a while. We would rotate who had to suffer. It was all equal. There were lots of pictures taken and lots of snowballs thrown. Then, we decided to build the most amazing snowman...ever. His name was Bradley the...well...never mind. Not all things need to be shared. ;o) It was an awesome day. For real. My favorite day of the year.
The next few memories won't fall in any kind of order. I loved them all and they most definitely hold a special place in my heart.
Late Nights with Audra and David - When I first moved to the big CP we would stay up super late...every single night. We would watch movies, sit around and talk about...everything, make crazy videos, etc. It was awesome...and it was during this time that I realized how blessed I was to be living with these people. We recorded ourselves laughing without smiling. We watched a million movies. We even watched the seasons 1-5 of Grey's Anatomy. Hahaha. We were completely obsessed with that show. I still am, actually. Those were the days. Man. It was amazing. For real.
Meeting New People - I've made quite a few new friends this year. :o) This makes my heart very happy. I'm still getting to know some of them and there are a few I've gotten to know very well. They're all super cool and very different than the friends I have now. I'm super excited about having them in my life! New friends rock. For real.
CRUISE - Audra, Jeremy, Dave, and I went on a cruise in April. We were all SOOO excited! I think it was awesome. A & J tend to disagree a little. I'm just so glad we went. We went out of Mobile and our destinations were Progresso and Cozumel. Progresso sucked. It was terrible. But - I love Cozumel. It's a beautiful place. The food was awesome. The drinks were good. The water was...breathtakingly beautiful. The dessert...OMG...warm chocolate melting cake. Enough said. Surprisingly enough...I did exercise just about everyday. I still can't even believe that. We even went all the way to the bottom of the ship and walked up all the stairs...twice. I was almost dead when we finished but I was super proud of myself. :o) I may have even skipped dessert a time or two. David has this way of making me feel guilty without even trying. Boo. I loved that trip. I'm so glad we went. It was awesome.
80's Party - This year for Dave's birthday we threw him a surprise birthday party! It was 80's themed. OMG. We had neon fishnet gloves, plastic sunglasses with neon ear pieces, and neon friendship bracelets for everyone to wear. A lot of people dressed the theme. It made me super excited! Dave knew about the party but he did not know about the theme...and he definitely didn't know what exactly we had planned. Hahaha. It was a great day. Lots of fun and laughter. I still want to pull out my neon green leggings and hot pink skirt every now and then. But - I always chicken out because I don't want people to think I'm a freak. ;o)
Rekindling Old Friendships - There are a few people that I've ran into this year and since then we've started hanging out pretty regularly. I love it when that happens. And - the friendship is better the second time around. It's not like we stopped being friends for a reason...life happened and we just stopped putting forth effort. I guess we're at a place now where we can. But - there isn't any pressure to do so. We just hang out whenever. It's super nice and I'm really excited that I have those friends in my life again.
My Birthday - I usually claim a full week for my birthday. Everyone moans and groans about it...but they are gracious enough to put up with it. This year was a little different. I didn't have to plan a thing. Which is so amazing. There were lots of celebrations which started with lunch with my family at Red Robin...yum! If you haven't eaten there...you should. They have the most amazing honey mustard known to man. For real. Anyways...then there was a trip to Guadalajara. This is our local Mexican restaurant. My brother-in-law works there so I'm usually safe from what usually happens when you go there for your birthday. Oh! Not this year. Freddie, the manager, decides he's going to ignore my request and shoves a spoonful of whipped cream in my face. Hahaha. It was awesome. It went up my nose and everything. Then that Friday Christi and Matt had a party at their house for me. We grilled out some delicious food! Plus, there was most definitely a cake from Edgar's. OMG. Then...on Saturday...Audra, Dave, and Doerun threw me the most amazing birthday party...EVER. It was alien themed and it was awesome! There were homemade glittery alien antennas for everyone to wear. There were black lights and a strobe light. Green lights were in the ceiling fan and there was even a flying saucer that had crashed in the tree outside (btw - it's totally still in the tree.). This was my favorite birthday yet. I got to spend precious time with everyone I love. The presents don't matter. I mean don't get me wrong...they're nice...but that's not what's most important. What's most important to me on my birthday is being able to spend time with the people I love the most. And - that's exactly what I was able to do. It rocked.
Friends' Christmas - This is an annual tradition that started a while back. I'm not sure how long it's been going on...but I love it! It's just a gathering of friends for a Christmas party. There's always lots of food, games played, loads of laughter, and tons of fun. This year was a little different because the location changed. And - the group of people has most definitely changed over the years as well. I don't think this is a bad thing. I think that's just what happens over time. Anyway...this year Bradley hosted the party at his house. He made taco soup and white chicken chili. Then, we were asked to bring snacks and such. We ate dinner and then we played Dirty Santa. Not everyone could afford gifts so Eric and PJ went to the Dollar Tree and purchased all the gifts. Hahaha. I wish I had pictures of all of the gifts...but there were so many! OMG. It was a great night...with amazing friends. LOVE IT!
just so you know...i helped throw that alien party for you, too! haha!
ReplyDeleteI meant to correct that part before I published it. Dang. The correction has been made, sweet friend!!
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