Quick Sum Up!

It has been over a year and a half since I have blogged. Yikes! The thought of writing about everything that has happened during that time is daunting and so I will give you the Readers Digest version and then go from there. Here are just some of the main highlights:

Had an amazing trip to Boston! 10/11

My sister, Tinique got married 10/11

I have done lots of canning the last two years and I just love it! I've canned peaches, tomatoes, jam, vegetable soup, applesauce, and apple pie filling.

My parents FINALLY came to visit me in DC! 3/12

Roommate pics before our dear Crystal moved away. 6/12

For my birthday I had an Angry Birds party. I made big sling shots and we launched rubber balls from them to try and knock over the pigs! It was a blast! 7/11

My roommates gave me money to see 'Newsies' in NYC for my birthday, it was awesome!!! 9/11

I went on an amazing bike ride through CT and NY...I did take a wrong turn somewhere and got separated from the group, but it was still a beautiful fall ride! 10/12

Our family got matching shirts for Christmas with the number printed on the back of the order we came in to the family 12/12

My brother Jeffrey also got married...leaving me as the only single in the family. 12/12

I have a new nephew! Little Mason was born February 6...you can tell that I am already his favorite aunt! He is only one day old here and has the chubbiest cheeks that I just can't resist squeezing!

For Valentine's Day I made Grandma Burton's mint truffles and took  them to my friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. I had over 250 of them! It was a lot of work, but so much fun to do! 2/13

Just last weekend we had a 90's party at our place, it was great! We had 90's music playing and we did our  best to sport our best 90's look!!!

This list is just a small portion of the many exciting things I did over the last year and a half. I feel like I saw and did so much during 2012 that it would take me way too long to write about everything. I went to the State Capitol, Maymont Park, the beach, a croquet tournament, a polo match, Zoolights, the lightning of the national Christmas tree, Handel's Messiah at the National Cathedral, ice skating at the sculpture gardens, etc. It has been an awesome year and a half, and there is still so much more ahead!!!

One big thing that happened last year is that I quit my job at the ophthalmologist's office. I worked as a temp for the National Chemical Society for awhile while I looked for a permanent position. In October I got hired on at the Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union, which is a credit union for World Bank, IMF and IFC employees. I work at the International Monetary Fund building and I absolutely love my job! I get to help and interact with people from all over the world and I find that very interesting. I have been truly blessed in my life!!