I’m not gonna lie, as I reflect on this year I can’t help but feel relieved it’s about to be over. While many good things happened, a lot of crappy things happened, especially towards the end of the year. Here’s a look back on my 2016.
Joshua and I saw Chris Hogan’s Retire Inspired Live event up in Roseville. We went with Joshua’s dad and stepmom, and it was a lot of fun!
Had our 2016 Vision Presentation and Lunch with Three29. It was like a year in review and what we could expect for the upcoming year.
On Joshua’s birthday weekend, we had joint celebrations with our family and friends. On his actual birthday we went to Cattlemen’s for dinner with his parents and my parents, and the next day we had a brunch at BJ’s with Dani and our friends. As fun as it all was, my cold was in full swing those two days, so I spent the weekend in bed and literally only came out for those two meals.
Started a challenge this year to read a book a month/12 books in a year. First book I read was A Patient’s Guide to PCOS.
February
My birthday weekend started on Friday the 5th where Joshua and I went out of town for one night. We stayed at the Jack London Lodge; it was part of a groupon gift we got from Joshua’s brother for Christmas. We came home on Saturday and then later in the evening we went to Melting Pot for my birthday dinner. We would have gone on my actual birthday, but this year my birthday fell on Superbowl Sunday so Melting Pot was closed.
Celebrated my grandpa’s 98th birthday. Didn’t think we’d make it to this point given how his health was going down hill badly at the beginning of the year.
Took my brother-in-law Cedar to Studio Movie Grill for his birthday to see The Jungle Book.
Forced myself to learn Git and GitHub. We started a challenge at work where we’d commit everyday, and the first person to forget would buy the rest of us lunch. We lasted a month and half.
Joshua, Dani, and I had the honor of being in the bridal party for Danielle and Adam’s wedding. Dani was Maid of Honor, I was a bridesmaid, and Joshua was a groomsman.
On October 12 I took a pregnancy test and found out I was pregnant.
My brother-in-law Bobby made a career switch and was sworn in as a Sheriff of Sacramento County. I was fortunate enough to attend this swearing in ceremony on my lunch break.
I went to TopGolf with my Three29 crew as part of our End-of-the-Quarter event.
I started to participate in NaBloPoMo where I blogged (almost) everyday for an entire month. I would have been successful, but when I had my miscarriage I took a break from blogging for a little while.
Saw the movie Doctor Strange on opening night in Downtown Disney.
On Election Day I had to report for jury duty. Luckily I didn’t have to serve thanks to the fact I was leaving for Seattle the next day. But the fact I had to watch Trump get elected president ruined my whole day.
We had a major power outage thanks to a transformer box blowing up in our backyard.
Newlyweds Danielle and Adam hosted their very first Friendsgiving in their new apartment.
I took a hand lettering class with Dani and Jackie at Paper Source. Dani has gotten into hand lettering big time, and I’ve been wanting to get into it for awhile, so it was a great opportunity to get started.
I spent Thanksgiving by going to my in-laws house in the afternoon followed by dinner at my parents house. As you can imagine it was very low-key for me. I spent most of my time working on my blog post discussing what happened.
I got really excited about Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life because I was one of many that was disappointed in how the series ended. As happy as I was to see the Stars Hollow gang back in action, my reaction to the whole thing was: THAT’S IT? I really hope we get more than that because that wrap-up was almost as unsatisfying as the season 7 ending itself.
Had our 2016 Holiday Party for Three29. We got a private screening of Rogue One followed by a delicious dinner at Sutter Street Steakhouse.
Celebrated Dani’s 24th birthday. We took her out to Korean BBQ on her actual birthday, has a joint dinner with her and her best friend Danielle the following Saturday, and Sunday night was a delicious steak dinner with family.
Happy new year, Cristina! 🙂 2016 was tough for you but I remember reading a lot of these happenings on your blog as I started reading your blog more regularly. I love how you are very family-oriented and it’s also cool that we can relate over design/development stuff – I definitely hope to see more from your blog this year 🙃
Happy new year, Cristina! 🙂 2016 was tough for you but I remember reading a lot of these happenings on your blog as I started reading your blog more regularly. I love how you are very family-oriented and it’s also cool that we can relate over design/development stuff – I definitely hope to see more from your blog this year 🙃