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Happy New Year!

I should have posted this last week, but I didn't. I've become amazingly lazy these last couple of days, since I had a 4 day weekend (Thank you boss!).  I also have immersed myself in a book series, and that never bodes well for my sleeping habits.  Anyway, since starting the first book on my way home from California last week, I have finished all 5 in the series!  I finished the last one today though, so it's the start of my "Books finished in 2013" list as opposed to being the last one on my 2012 list.  In 2012, I read 60 books!! It's a good number, though not all are crazy long or even adult oriented.  I didn't finish Anna Karenina like I wanted (still trudging through) and I already have a list of books I want to read as soon as possible.

I have high hopes for 2013.  I anticipate good times, with two of my very good friends getting married, being in Boston for Spring and Summer, and just having new adventures all around!

What's also really neat, is that it totally snowed here on Saturday.  Like, 5 inches and it's still all over the place.  Sara and I went to Whole Foods (because we were starving and had no food) and walked in the snow, flakes falling on our noses and hoods.  I took a few pictures, I will add at the end.

Today, 3 days later, it's still all over the place.  You can tell which cars haven't moved in awhile, lol.

I realized that our apartment doesn't look very homey.  It looks very bare and sad, actually.  Aunt Cathy sent Sara some Wall Art, but we haven't put it up yet.  We keep forgetting to do it when it's a good hour to do it (the neighbors would be mad if we nailed holes in the wall at 10 pm).  I'm gonna go on All Posters and maybe get some other items, to contribute.

New Years was good, we went to Sara's friend Hannah's apartment (she is who we spent Halloween with).  There were about 10 people there, food and drinks galore, and I didn't feel super awkward until the end!  It was fun, I'm glad we were invited.

My New Year's Resolutions are:

1.  Spend less money!
2.  Go running more often/try to work out every now and then/don't be a fatty.
3.  Make more friends.
4.  Do more exciting stuff!
5.  Write on the blog more consistently about exciting stuff!

And anything else I can think of along the way.  Maybe I should add spend less time in bed reading.  I probably would get a lot more done that way.

I finished Mom and Kourt's scarves right before I left, and now I am working on a simple headband (to keep my ears warm when my hair is up!).  I also have a cowl pattern that I want to tackle, I want to use one of the color yarns that Brian sent us, but I am having trouble deciding which one!  I really need to take pictures of all the stuff that  I have made, I really liked the scarves I made for mom and Kourt.  Different patterns and different yarns, but still pretty cool looking.  Most of what I make are still beginner patterns, but the one for Kourt was intermediate, so I feel like I am moving up in the world, crochet-wise.

Ok I have to unpack my suitcase from when I went home (yeah I still havent gotten around to that, I was busy with my Kindle, lol).

Pics of the snow to follow, and I'll try to update more often :)