Best of 2010

Yeah yeah, this is a few days late. It takes awhile to go through all of these pictures, but here you go. I actually had a lot of fun going through all of these. I wil warn, though, that there will be a lot of puppy pictures. Apparently now that we have a small (fur-covered) child, we don't need to take any pictures of ourselves anymore. Works for me! So here you go, my life in 2010 summarized by a few pictures....

January

The last picture I could find from the holidays at home last year. Rarely do my sister and I take a 'normal' picture, as you'll soon find out...

February

I went on vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with my family. Kind of a last family vacation before I got married. :) We stayed at an amazing resort, one of the Palace Resort chain, and hung out in the sun all day. We also made friends with the bartender of the pool outside our room, and I tried some Saki shots. yum?

March

My birthday! The only picture I could find was from dinner at Royal Tokyo, the Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant at home in Wisconsin. It's so delicious, and I even got to wear the birthday hat! :)

April

The highlight of April, no doubt, was being able to check out the new MN Twins stadium, Target Field. It's gorgeous, and we had perfect weather for my first professional outdoor baseball game. I look forward to attending many more!

May

Jeremy celebrated his birthday with a UFC gathering, including a surprise visit from one of his best friends who was away at training for the National Guards. My other present to him this past year was our 'little' puppy, Puckett, whom we adopted from the Animal Humane Society. Look how tiny he was!

June

So, we got engaged December of 2009 (that sounds so long ago!) Once we booked our wedding photographers, Snap.Grin, we realized we needed to take a few engagement pictures. Somehow, it ended up being about 70 degrees and 1000% humidity that day, even though we took our pictures right away on an early Sunday morning. Check out more of the pictures here.

July

One of my favorite summer traditions is checking out the bands at The Basilica Block Party. We (dad and I) first went quite awhile ago (6? 7? years) and I've tried to go to at least one night every year since then. The Basilica of St Mary in Minneapolis teams up with the local radio station, Cities97, to host a huge two-night outdoor concert every summer. This year we got to check out Guster (again!) and Barenaked Ladies. I was also introduced to Ingrid Michaelson, who definitely put out a good first impression. The best part? The main concert stage is held on the entrance/exit ramp for I-394! Love this city so much.

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August

Even though we were incredibly busy, I can't really find any good pictures from August. So you get another picture of the pup, hanging out on our new bed. It was exciting to purchase some new furniture together, especially when IKEA has such wonderful deals! Oh! We also went to spend some quality time at the government center to submit our marriage application, so you can have a picture of that too.

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September

Apparently all we did in September was wedding planning, and soaking up the weather. We sent out our invitations, I was thrown two awesome wedding showers, and I had my hair and make up trials. We also spent quite a bit of time outside, from what I remember. You're getting a picture of our invitation mess... and a picture of the dog again. This time, the picture is at the dog park, after he found a lovely mud puddle. I believe it took me over 30 minutes scrubbing him clean to get all of that gunk out of his fur coat. We still love him though.

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October

I wish I had pictures from our Oktoberfest gathering down in New Ulm, MN! Instead, I found a picture of my sister and I at another concert. This time we got see Lady Antebellum at Northrop Auditorium. Northrop will always be one of my favorite concert venues, and this show was no exception. I also found a picture of the dog dressed up as a cow for Halloween. I'm surprised he sat still long enough for me to even take this picture at all!

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November

So, we got married in November. The 7th, to be exact. Somehow we ended up with a weekend of 70 degree weather, sunny, and generally perfect. The next weekend we got dumped with a few inches of snow, so I can't complain about the weather at all. Our photographers, once again, were amazing. We loved all of the pictures from the whole day. Check out the rest of the pictures here or view all 900 here.

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December

The last month of 2010 was certainly eventful for us. Jeremy had to have a surprise double hernia surgery the week of Christmas. He was a trooper though, and we still made it to (almost) all of our family Christmas gatherings. He even made the trip back home to Wisconsin with me for a few days. Sadly, though, I don't have any pictures yet from those gatherings. Instead, you get another wedding picture, because I just love them that much.

Headache, Round 3? 4?

So I've had this headache off and on for the past month and a half or so.  Sometimes it's nice enough to morph into a pounding migraine even.  I've tried advil, sleeping more, cutting out caffeine, drinking more caffeine, tea, etc.  I'm pretty sure it's just from being forced to spend every waking moment inside, inhaling the heat.  I can't wait for spring.  In the mean time though.... feel free to share any tips on getting rid of headaches!

Today was another one of those mornings where I could barely open my eyes, so I decided to suck it up and call in sick for the day.  Which leaves me at home. Alone.  I told myself I'll try to be productive at least and do some laundry or clean.  That's not happening.  Instead I've spent the last 3 hours playing around with wedding stuff.  That being said, though, I was a little productive!  I ordered all the paper for invites (see right) that we had mocked up at a local paper warehouse.  I know we won't actually start cutting and assembling them for awhile still... it's nice to have another "check" in the wedding planning though!  The color is a little crappy on that photo, because I took it with my phone, but it's a chocolate brown with dark orange and ivory/cream color.

Back to the real stuff though.  I did get up and work out Monday morning, bright and early at 5 am.  I'll be honest, I had to convince myself to get out of bed.  My ankle has been swollen for a few weeks, so Jeremy convinced me to just bike for cardio instead of the treadmill like I prefer.  It was so boring.  I'm going back to the treadmill from now on.  Maybe I'll just try and do a fast jog instead of a walk/run combo.  I think it's the running that's really harming my ankle?  I did not get up to work out this morning, so I might try and make it this afternoon.  Otherwise I'll just suck it up and go Friday morning and once this weekend to make up for it. I am planning on doing my pilates this afternoon too!