January 1, 2008

Best of 2007, Bloggy Style

Two-thousand-seven is officially O-V-E-R.

At the beginning of a new year, I’m always optimistic about the great things I hope to accomplish and then I’m amazed at how quickly time flies. To commemorate all things 2007, here are some “Best of” highlights I’d like to present, month by month:

January

Best Winter Activity - Sledding with Dawson was quite fun. Although I spent most of the time pulling him on the sled, up and down hills, sweating my ass off underneath the long johns, jeans, turtleneck sweater, coat, hat and mittens I was wearing. I didn’t realize this activity was actually considered exercise. January was also the month that Karen created my current blog design that I love, love, love. (It almost won a Blogger’s Choice Award. I was only short 687 votes. Hee hee.)

February

Best Valentine’s Gift - A fabulous steak and shrimp dinner my husband cooked for me. I’m giving him and award for his culinary masterpiece. He even made twice-baked potatoes - my favorite - and he hates messing with stuff like that. February was also the month I busted my ass at the gym nearly everyday. (That reminds me, I need to get back into shape!)

March

Best Birthday Present - Since my birthday is March 17th, and I sort of freaked out about turning twenty-eight, my husband made the wise decision not to sing “Happy Birthday” to me. Instead, he bought a plain cake from the bakery and had the cake decorator write, “Forever Young” in the icing. It was the sweetest thing, and not just because of the butter creme frosting.

April

Best Spring Activity - Puddle jumping with Dawson. After several rain showers, we put on some grubby clothes, galoshes and rain jackets and stomped around in the lake at the end of our driveway. It was the best fun I’d had since I was three years old. The neighbors thought we were completely wacko, but I didn’t care. We did a lot of biking this month, also!

May

Best Mother’s Day Gift - A trip to the Milwaukee Zoo with family. I hadn’t been to the zoo since I was in preschool and it was wonderful to spend time with my mother, father, brother and of course, Dawson. Our favorite animals were the penguins because we had watched the movie Happy Feet a million times. I bought Dawson a stuffed penguin from the gift shop. He loved it so much he went to sleep with it each night, until our dog got a hold of it and chewed it to shreds. I suppose this is a great excuse to revisit the zoo next May.

June

Best Field Trip - Visiting family in Allenton, Wisconsin and then heading to Milwaukee Polish Fest. We danced, we laughed, we sang, and we ate a lot of authentic Polish food, such as Polish sausage (kielbasa), sauerkraut, pirogies and ponczkis. Yum!

July

Best Vacation Month - This is the month I attended a Polka Festival; Pulaski Polka Days — and I went to my first BlogHer conference in Chicago. I met so many wonderful people and had the best time talking to old and new friends. This month was extremely busy, but so worth it.

August

Best Month to Read Books - This was the month I read three wonderful novels. The sad part is I can’t remember a single one. I may have to read them all again.

September

Best Party - Dawson’s Birthday Bash. Even though I cleaned the house for five straight days, we all had a great time. Dawson received so many wonderful gifts from our family and friends. We are so grateful — and so very lucky.

October

Best Anniversary Yet - Doug and I celebrated six years of marital bliss and again, my beloved made an amazing dinner of BBQ spare ribs and shrimp. I swear I gained twenty pounds that night, but we found a way to work it off. (We went for a very long walk, and reminisced our courtship along the way.)

November

Best Thanksgiving Holiday Moment - My mother told the story of the deck falling off my parents house, and when my younger brother heard the noise, he ran to see what the big crash was and walked into thin air — he didn’t realize the deck was not there and fell straight down. We all laughed so hard because as he fell he was saying, “What the….(hell was that noise?)” It still cracks me up as I type this! Sadly, I never blogged about it because I was frazzled about NaBloPoMo.

December

Best Christmas Moment - Watching a video of the Christmas we celebrated in 1989, when my grandmother was still alive, and realizing how wonderful it is to gather together to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

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This post is part of the January blog exchange, in which the theme is “Best of 2007 Awards”. Dana couldn’t think of actual awards to give out — probably because she was very lazy after all the Christmas chaos. If you’d like to participate in the February’s blog exchange, click here for details.

Posted by Dana @ 11:05 am • Blog Exchange