2010 - An Overview

January

• I got engaged!
• My baby cat went to the vet after eating netting off of a turkey roast
• We picked a wedding venue

February

• I got the worst case of the flu of my life
• I lived through Snowpocalypse, which yielded 73 inches of snow in less than two weeks
• I found my wedding dress
• I started my very first garden seedlings (not chia pet seedlings)

March

• My brother made us a cat tree
• We built our raised bed garden
• All my mysterious plants were identified (with much help from you all)
• We got a dog
• Our basement flooded (again)
• We went to DC

April

• I had my first and only article published on another blog
• I learned to identify birds
• I dug dandelions
• Our dog ate a whole baked chicken carcass
• I took my second trip to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation headquarters

May

• Our garden really took off
• I started working our genealogy
• We went to a party at a friend's farm
• We got a hamster that was part of a senior prank
• Our dog tried to eat the hamster
• I had my first bloggerversary
• We saw Prairie Home Companion live

June

• We picked a honeymoon
• I went on a life-changing mission trip to Camden, NJ
• We kayaked on the Shenandoah River

July

• I started working two jobs at a time
• We had an earthquake for the first time that I can remember
• *B* and I had our first real disagreement
• We started marriage preparations

August

• We drove 16 hours to Indiana, while taking a detour through Michigan
• *B* married friends of mine
• I started freaking out about the wedding
• School started again

September

• I finished therapy!
• I watched a freshman administer first aid to a fellow classmate during a fire drill
• *B* and I started RCIA
• I found the most perfect white bread recipe

October

• My stress levels started to be difficult to deal with
• We had to give away our dog after she literally tried to eat our kitten
• I made and canned tons of applesauce and apple butter
• I was given a gorgeous Renn Fest dress for my birthday early
• I decided not to let stress get me down

November

• We made wedding favors over Thanksgiving break
• I turned 25

 December

• I got married!
• My husband and I took a cruise for the first time in either of our lives
• We visited four foreign countries together on our honeymoon