Last year I made
a list of New Year's Resolutions. I did an astonishingly good job at keeping none of them. One of them was to make my bed, which I made exactly zero times.
So how did I spend my time in
2011 instead of making my bed, cleaning the house and staying off
The Twitter? And hanging with these party people:
I'll tell you:
January was
snow. And more snow. And
snow days off from school. We built
snowmen. I saw
The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway with
Jill of
Glamamom.com. We had an awesome time.
February we celebrated
Valentine's Day and Magpie went to her first
Rutgers basketball game. I attended the
Toy Fair as a member of the press. It's a great trade show and I can't wait to go back again this year.
March had its fill of big events -
Purim, the
Supermoon,
St. Patrick's Day and
my brother's wedding.
April I attended the phenomenal
Rated P... for Parenthood which premiered here in New Jersey, and will soon be playing an off-Broadway run in the coming months. Counting the days until I can see the show again.
May sent me to
Bloggy Boot Camp in Boston and
BlogWorld in New York. I also got in some
puddle jumping fun with Ziggy and the kids took a bunch of
kindy photos.
June and
July were uneventful, spent mostly at the beach
eating ice cream,
strolling the boardwalk and being
pirates.
August will be remembered mostly for just one thing:
Hurricane Irene.
September my kids became
obsessed with Duck Tape.
October was an entire month of
Halloween - and while I do loathe the holiday sprawl, I decided to
embrace it instead of hating on it this year. Oh, and there was a Sno-tober snow storm, too.
November I participated in
NaBloPoMo which was such good times that I'm inspired to try it again in 2012. My adorable
niece Rosie was born. I was
published in a print magazine for the first time. Thank you,
New Jersey Family.
December was all about
holiday celebrations and I had fun putting together my first
gift guide, featuring all non-commercial products.
What else happened this year?
And does any of this really matter? No. Not just
no in the larger scheme of things, but also
no in that almost all of the traffic to my site comes from people searching for
Handprint Crafts. So I am happy to provide the people what they want - and this year, don't worry, I am going to add even more - and then even more! -
handprint crafts.
So what's next (besides the new selection of handprint crafts) now that it's 2012?
I'm not sure, but unlike last year I'm not putting any plans
on a list. Though I might try and squeeze in a visit, or possibly even two, to the gym.
And you? Are you resolving, or resolving not to resolve?
