How is it already February??

ack, i feel like i haven't quite wrapped up 2007 so before i update about NOW, here are some random thoughts of yesteryear...

-From mid-December, congrats to A&T for their 2nd beautiful daugther!

the miracle of life is indeed amazing... & this little girlie is sooo cute! btw, it seems like everyone i know is pregnant - so beware, if you know me, you might be too!

-I spent a week at home for Christmas...and gained 8 pounds during that time!! yikes!!

picture @ my grandma's house with my bro and our cousins

-Tallies:

9 weddings
15 trips (Houston 4x, Bay Area 2x, Mammoth, Julian, Oahu, Beijing, Atlanta, Vegas, Tijuana + school-related ones: Idyllwild, Catalina)

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i feel really behind... seriously, where did January go??

this is super late, but imitating my Jan 3, 2007 blog, here's my list looking back on noteable favorites for the year: (of course, w/ completely arbitrary categories)

Movies:

Action/story-telling: Apocalypto

Disturbing: Crimes and Misdemeanors & Sophie's Choice

Re-seen: Braveheart

Books:

The Good News About Injustice
(hmm...no separate categories b/c i didn't read much this year...or rather, i started a million books and never finished them. arg, bad habit to start!)

TV:

The Office - i know, i discovered this kinda late in the game...

Food:
-steak at Mastro's...actually, i liked the lobster mashed potatoes even more...
-Cousin Olive's corn pudding at a joint community group potluck
-shrimp risotto and fruit tart at Eric's wedding
-shaved ice at Matsumoto's

Gifts received:
-cards (do people write these anymore??)
-mixing bowls
-AmEx giftcards (from a couple parents of my students)

Purchases:

-Canon PowerShot SD800 IS (bought w/ birthday $)
-Northface 3-in-1 ski jacket (partially bought w/ a GC mentioned above)
-Trench coat (also partially bougth w/ GCs - woo-hoo!)

here i am @ Wicked modeling my lovely trench coat...
but also, who is that i'm with? =)

so i'll call the lucky guy above "D" - and he's lucky b/c he's w/ me. haha, just kidding! actually, part of the reason i haven't updated my blog in so long is that i haven't known what to say about him w/o gushing how amazing he is (and how lucky *I* am). he's terrific!

and since this is my blog and i can say whatever i want, why not gush? heehee...
he's brilliant, insightful, servant-hearted, incredibly affirming, and i could go on and on, but best of all, he's confident enough to be vulnerable. in fact, he's instated that our #1 rule is that we laugh at ourselves in this relationship. and laugh we do - a LOT. it's been fun. =)

my students are going to walk in any minute now so i have to cut this off, but i'm sure you'll hear about him again... =)
have a great weekend! (i'm going snowboarding!!)