I've been told there hasn't been snow on the ground Christmas Day in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since 1983.
A White Christmas
His first Christmas
Off to bake cinnamon buns and search for booze. You know, traditions.
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"I used to fear this life, this suburban mortgage and white fence and a baby on my hip. I want more, I used to think. I wanted Spain and novels and wild loves and adventures.
I met your dad and instantly wanted you."
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Things I want to do in 2010
1.Throw a mimosa brunch for my friends.(Photos here.)
2.Edited: Spend a night in College Station with Mike.
3. Take a few steps in the right direction of starting an organization that provides resources, encouragement and support to new moms.
4.Put together a book of memories I've been meaning to make for a special someone.
5.Run a 5K(Austin's Zooma Relay), then a 10K, then a half-marathon.
6. Host a holiday ornament exchange and cookie decorating party.
7. Make great strides in being the kind of friend who remembers and acknowledges birthdays better.
8.Edited: Introduce Kyle to family he hasn't gotten to meet yet.(my grandma; Mike's grandparents)
9. Own a great pair of investment jeans.
10. Take a vacation, no matter to where or when, with just my husband. We've earned it.
11. Read at least 20 books. (1. The Help 2. The Brightest Star in the Sky 3. Her Fearful Symmetry 4. This is Where I Leave You 5. Little Bee 6. Living Dead in Dallas 7. One Day 8. The Hunger Games)
12.Write all my addresses into my file box.
13. Buy nightstands for our bedroom.
14. Let only good, genuine things motivate me more often.
15.Throw Kyle a kick-ass birthday party(making the invitations and a banner by hand)(Also made: a crown and his thank-you cards.)
16. Make fitness and health a priority.
17.Buy a pretty dress and wear it out on the town, with my husband on my arm.(I bought this dress from Modcloth and can be seen wearing it here.)
18. Continue creating awesome, fun and inspiring content on Style Lush. (With the help of the incredible writers.)Also, host a Style Lush edited: happy hour at BlogHer 2010.
19. Make a dentist appointment.
20. Makecrab cakes, chicken masala andcinnamon buns (from scratch).
21. Look fabulous at my 10-year high school reunion.
22. Buy some art for our walls.
23. Take Kyle to an A&M football game.
24. Learn to drive a stick.
25. Watch The Wire.
Added:
26. Make (with my own hands) an advent calendar for Christmas 2010.
27. Start planning a 2011 family reunion.
28.Buy a wall mapand fill it with map pins.
29. Spend time volunteering at Jonathan's Place.
30. Finish my blogroll.
31.Go to the movies alone.("It's Complicated")
32. Make Kyle's baby blanket (from his old clothes.)
33. Stick to a budget better than years past.
34.Learn to properly pronounce the word Worcestershire
35. See all the nominees for Best Picture (Oscars): 1.Avatar2. The Blind Side 3.District 94.An Education5.The Hurt Locker6. Inglorious Basterds 7. Precious 8. A Serious Man 9. Up 10.Up in the Air
36. Discover a new artist/band once a month. (January: Eric Hutchinson
February: Denison Witmer
March: Tristan Prettyman
April: Patrick Park
May: Boyce Avenue
June: The New Amsterdams
July: Leona Naess
August: Mumford & Sons)
37.Eat at 10 new restaurants this year.(1. Brio, 2. Jack's Porch 3. La Duni 4. Classic Cafe 5. Manuel's 6. South Congress Cafe 7. Wild Sushi 8. MoMo's 9. Gerhard's 10. Taverna 11. Craft 12. Cowtown Sushi 13. Mercer Kitchen 14. Les Halles 15. All Star Sandwich Bar 16. La Peep 17. Farina's Winery 18. Ten 01 19. The Farm Cafe 20. Fenouil 21. The Field 22. C Level 23. Cafe Coyote 24. Casellula 25. Mercury Chophouse 26. Hully & Mo)
38. Get a bikini wax.
39.Enrolland finish a boot camp class, through our local rec.
40.Take Kyle to the Fort Worth zoo.
41. Read one classic book and watch one classic movie.
42.Take a cooking class at Central Market(Sushi Class, June 30, 2010)
43.Go to a concert.(Greenday)
44. Take Kyle to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.
45. Make 10 items from Food Network shows I watch. (1. Caesar spaghetti from 30 Minute Meals 2. Grilled cheese sandwich with red onion jam from What Would Brian Boitano Make? 3. Florentine mac and cheese with chicken meatballs from 30 Minute Meals 4. Corn and Mascarpone Mini Lasagnas from Giada at Home. 5. Braised Paprkia Chicken from Ask Aida 6. Pizzagna from 30 Minute Meals 7. Pork Milanese with Creamy Lemon Caper Sauce from Everyday Italian)
46. Take a dance class.
47.Visit one new state.(Massachusetts)
48. Count to ten more often before speaking when frustrated/upset/angry.
49.Go a month without: meat, alcohol and shopping(March)
50. Learn some calligraphy.
51.Run 25 miles (total) in one month.(June)
52. Go 5 days without checking my personal email.
53. Start a recipe collection.
54. Learn how to poach an egg.
55. Make one new friend in the neighborhood.
56.Host a play date at our house.
57. Make the perfect Bloody Mary.
58.Participate in DFW's Restaurant Week.(Mercury Chophouse)
Post-additions
58.Take Kyle to Sea World
59.Eat dinner in a restaurant alone.
60.Attend Comic-Con
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Looks gorgeous!! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas (and first Christmas with your boy!!).
Posted by: Manda | Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 01:17 AM
I guess I won't be hoping for a transfer to Texas if you have snow. I've had enough of snow.
And I already stalked your flickr photos and commented. Kyle is adorable, as per usual.
Posted by: barbetti | Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 11:50 PM
We had rain and then it snowed all day on the 26th. A day late and a dollar short for a White Christmas!
Hope your holiday was fantastic!
Posted by: Kristabella | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Your yard looks gorgeous! And look how adorable and excited Kyle is! I probably shouldn't say this, because I know that the big #1 is right around the corner...but he's starting to look like a little boy! ;)
Posted by: Heather | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 03:18 PM
It was too funny when I read this my mom said, wow it was your 1st Christmas that was the last one with snow...26 years ago.
Posted by: Alicia Vosburg | Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:13 PM