(Inspired by Elise’s post about how she’s thriving during her husband’s deployment.)
- found a full-time job after six months of unemployment
- continued to do freelance work for several clients
- become a book reviewer for Shelf Awareness and reviewed 25 books for them (Best. Review. Gig. Ever.)
- traveled to Nashville to participate in a dear friend’s wedding
- learned to navigate the T at rush hour
- explored so much of, and found so many new favorite spots in, Boston
- burrowed deep into the community that is Brookline, and become ever more grateful for it
- tried a couple dozen new recipes
- read more than 200 books
- knitted (at last count) 4 pairs of gloves, 1 pair of mittens, 6 baby hats, 2 baby bibs, 14 mini smoothie hats, 18 regular-person hats, 4 cowls, 1 shawl, 1 scarf and 1 tea cozy
- written 3 magazine features (for Expression and ACU Today)
- worked on 3 issues of ACU Today
- spent a weekend in New York and loved it
- written dozens of blog posts
- rearranged our living room at least twice
- taken 3 online classes, with varying levels of success
- taken 1 writing class at Grub Street
- explored New England, visiting Cape Cod, Amherst, Marblehead and Portland
- spent my second Thanksgiving in Boston
- hosted a slew of friends and family
- discovered I’m going to be an aunt in May!
- deepened friendships both online and offline
- drunk hundreds of cups of tea
- gone to at least a dozen author readings
- filled up 4 1/2 journals
- survived my first Boston winter
- taken a financial management course, made a budget and stuck to it pretty well, and paid off one student loan balance in full
- made 52 (more) lists for this blog
- hosted a week of soups on the blog
- gone seven weeks without tweeting
- fallen in love with two TV shows – Castle and Mary Tyler Moore
- spent dozens of Tuesday nights talking with girlfriends over tea
- filled out a state income tax return for the first time
- switched health insurance, visited a new doctor and dealt with all the attendant paperwork
- realized I’m more Texan than I thought I was
- bid farewell to Borders and become ever more zealous about shopping local whenever I can
- marked the ten-year anniversary of an event that changed my world forever
- celebrated my third wedding anniversary
- tackled my Boston list with gusto, and made a list of 28 things to do before I turn 29
What have you done this year – and what are you planning to do in the New Year?
cakes, tea and dreams 
What a great list — you’ve done so much exploring! Also, you look stunning in this photo! I hope 2012 is full of the most exhilarating of lists…
I’m very impressed, Katie! 2011 has been good to you. If you’re ever in Nashville again, please let me know so we can meet for tea. 🙂
What a nice list! And wow, 200 books; I’m envious! Just made a trip to Powell’s in Portland, OR and my reading wish list grew tenfold.
Happy New Year!
You’ve had so many accomplishments this year…especially surviving the Boston winter 🙂
In 2011, I walked with my daughter through aggressive chemotherapy treatments. (and you helped, thank you very much.)
In 2012, I plan to savor every minute of her GREAT health! (among a zillion other things.)
Great list! I quit my job, also started at Shelf Awareness, wrote hundreds of blog posts, lost 20 lb, perfected my mint chocolate chip cookies, & watched my baby turn into a toddler!
What a fabulous list! Congrats on all your accomplishments this year. 🙂