2012 In A Glitter Covered Nutshell

I have had a wonderful year and I have so much to be grateful for. 


We lost a close family member early in the year.  It was hard, it was heartbreaking, but by the end it was a blessing when the suffering came to an end.  We became closer as a family. 

I started training for a half marathon. I started in the Spring but, thanks to a muscle pull, ended up doing a lot of the heavy miles in the heart of summer.  I recovered from my injuries, and thanks to my trainers and my doctors and all the support I have at home, I survived.


I celebrated my first wedding anniversary with the love of my life.  Our original reasons for getting married were practical ones.  We had already built our life together and we are a family.  I didn't need a ring to know he loves me.  He makes that very clear every single day.  However, I find that we have grown even closer.  I didn't even think that was possible.  But its wonderful.  I wake up every morning knowing I have the most wonderful man in the world and I couldn't be happier.  Oh... and he is absolutely spectacular in bed.  I'm not saying its why I love him, but it sure doesn't hurt.  We have been together almost a decade now and still... fireworks.


This year I became a runner.  I finished my first half-marathon in November in my favorite place in the world - Disney World.  A night run was perfect for my pale sunburn prone ass, ending with an Food and Wine Festival after party at EPCOT with my wonderful husband and walking back to our room at the Boardwalk.  I <3 already="already" and="and" at="at" camera="camera" damned="damned" display="display" everyone="everyone" festival="festival" finisher="finisher" finishing="finishing" for="for" hand="hand" hollywood="hollywood" husband="husband" i="i" in="in" it="it" lights="lights" line="line" me.="me." me="me" medal.="medal." my="my" nbsp="nbsp" of="of" osborne="osborne" p="p" perfect="perfect" pretty="pretty" proud="proud" run="run" s="s" so="so" studios="studios" supportive.="supportive." the="the" there="there" through="through" too.="too." unbelievable.="unbelievable." up="up" waiting="waiting" was="was" weather="weather">
Christmas was magic, full of happily cheering kids.  We rocked the Mom and Dad of Awesomeness this year. 

And now this fantastic year is drawing to a close.  We are spending the night at home, after an unbelievable gourmet dinner we made together (my husband has taken up cooking as a hobby and OMG, yes, he is pretty much perfect) and even dessert.  I'm looking forward to that bottle of champagne and those New Year fireworks with my beloved.

Mental Notes

1.  Holy shit, Lindsey Lohan is still alive?!?!?

2.  I love Big Bang Theory.

3. I am addicted to Middle Eastern food.  Mixing those spices with the lower calorie lower fat ingredients makes my tummy and my waistline happy,

4. A plot to kill Justin Bieber?  Really?  Isn't easier to just wait for time to let the full "Leif Garrett" effect take hold?  They will need someone to host "Canada's Dumbest".

Dear Bearded Lady...

I was getting my nails done listening to a woman with a beard argue with the girl at the salon that it wasn't a "lot" of hair. This bitch looked like Gandalf, and she's giving them a hard time about it costing extra. Look we are mammals. Some chicks grow a beard. You can't control that. Some leave it be for religious reasons. Some cause they like having a beard. Some cause they are too lazy to take care of it.
But if you are at the salon asking you aren't keeping your qualifier for the ZZ Top look a like contest. You didn't keep up with your grooming. This is not the fault of the salon staff.  So shut the fuck up Sasquatch, you're paying double.
The crap salon workers deal with is unreal.

I think I am the only person on Earth that needs a safe word to get out of non-consensual physics lessons.

It doesn't work.

Now I know what Maxwell's Demon is.