December 2010

• Books: How to Plan an Elegant Wedding in 6 Months, The Old Man & The Sea, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B
• HODN xmas wine mtg
• Christmas tree/decorations
• Cake tasting & baker selection -- 1 hr in Austin, 6.5 hrs in the car, Hruskas
• Lego Harry Potter Wii
• JH holiday band concert
• Queen Vic w/ B, BP, LW, AW
• Xmas shopping w/ B (everywhere all day)
• LSSB holiday concert + B's house
• Gift wrapping
• Bass clarinet
• Wedding rings shopping; purchased mine
• Derm appt II
• Pick up invitations
• Buy garters
• Rach in town (pick up @ airport)
• Brandon's graduation (Chili's beforehand, B's house for cake afterward)
• Dad, B, & Jordan hunting
• Shopping w/ mom & Rach
• 127 Hours w/ J
• Boys back from hunting; hanging out w/ B & Rach: B's family's house, Taco C, SNL, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Carnival, Watson's Pub
• Scrapbooking
• Hanging out w/ BG & RG -- Cafe Brasil, photog, Art Supply, my apt, invitation inserts, FedEx, Subway, Granny's, fonts, Wii Just Dance, + J, Cedar Creek Bar
• Invitation stuff
• Shopping w/ J. Pick up Rach. Freebirds, Tron Legacy IMAX 3D. Wrapping last presents.
• Christmas Eve @ Granny's
• Christmas Day -- B house 1st, my house 2nd, B extended family 3rd
• Invitation addresses/labels
• Super packing
• Ruidoso, NM vacation -- driving, condo, deer, shopping, snow, skiing, wind, blizzard, power outage, sickness, sledding, driving
• NYE = 13 hour drive from NM to Houston, stop by parents to get keys & food

November 2010

• Books: How to Plan an Elegant Wedding in 6 Months, Words for Your Wedding, The Wedding Ceremony Planner, The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows & Traditions, The Old Man & The Sea
• Engagement pictures in : )
• Groceries w/ J; dinner @ BJ's w/ J & B; getting J suited up for Michigan
• K & A's wedding!!! & post-wedding celebration at Molly's pub
• Jalapeño kettle chips
• Lessons (beginners, & solos)
• Old student org. bank mtg. drama
• Spending night in Katy & taking J to airport
• Dermatologist appt
• Sushi, Half Price Books, ice cream w/ B
• Day at Granny's (tamales, visiting, Aunt C's bday)
• Way too hot of weather for the season (80s)
• Invitation searching, ordered sample
• Ceremony wording research/writing
• Wedding dress in, & accessories appt, get dress swatch, try to decide on veil
• Trip to Austin (stay w/ B&B, Calf. Pizza Kitchen, florist appt, old college roommate, Kerby Lane, hanging out, Starbucks, florist appt, Red Robin)
• Veil selection
• Bass clarinet
• Harry Potter 7 Part 1 w/ B, J, H, & his dad
• Wedding errands w/ Beck (Starbucks, photographer, bridal place, BM dresses, writing boutique, McD, Granny's, stationery store)
• Thanksgiving! (Granny's, B's family, gingerbread houses, mid 80s most of day then cold front in a few hours to 50s-40s)
• Day w/ B & R & Aunt P (wedding dress shopping for B, BM & MOTB dress shopping, Cheddar's, N'SYNC xmas CD & singing, other bridal place, Granny's, Andy's w/ more family & J, visiting)
• Skin breakout/rash
• Shopping w/ Rachel
• Invitations selected & ordered
• Visit J (McD, shopping, Pier 1, Kirklands, Express, BB&B, Garden Ridge; buy xmas tree & ornaments)

October 2010

• Books: How to Plan an Elegant Wedding in 6 Months, (Anansi Boys)
• New Tivo
• Officiant selection
• Sushi, strolling through the park at dusk (gorgeous 82 degree weather, 34% humidity), ice cream, & Wii Fit w/ B & J
• Over-sized wooden pencils
• BM dress shopping w/ L (Jack in the Box, Misora, Arby's, WBD, Lyndsey's, spent night, Cafe Pita, Skip Bo, Prison Break movie)
• Suspension of reading books
• LSSB concert, Taco C w/ B's family, R & H BM cake
• Clar lessons (beginners, & region music)
• Clinique makeup
• Apt cleaning & Halloween decorations
• Unseasonable heat
• Lemon bars
• ACL weekend w/ J (San Antonio, kitties, tacos, Starbucks, Austin, ACL, V.V., Mayfield Park, Kaitlin's, Trudy's, Spider House, driving)
• Cousin's wedding (10/10/10 Texas Ren Fest)
• Stationery research
• LSSB Christmas music
• BM dress shopping w/ Beck (Quiznos, her wedding venues, Starbucks), & BM shopping w/ R & H (& Kohls)
• Gap sale : )
• DJ selection
• UH civil engineering banquet w/ B (& B's friend B.P. & his friend P.M.)
• Ceremony musicians search
• Manicure/pedicure
• E-session
• Cake baker & florist research
• Halloween costume search & selection
• Fixed printer
• Ceremony musician selection
• Honeymoon research (down to 3 locations)
• Caramel apples & haunted house w/ B, RS, HS, GS, JR, & BJ
• Heart scan volunteer
• Registering
• MarioKart Wii
• G. Halloween wedding reception
• Insane Express shopping w/ J
• B's family Halloween gathering

September 2010

• Books: How to Plan an Elegant Wedding in 6 Months, Mockingjay, Anansi Boys
• Clarinet mtg @ BJH
• Spending the night @ J's (SYTYCD tickets, Cheddar's, Wii, Kick-Ass)
• Wedding planning (researching photographers)
• Rachel's bday party
• Cooler weather in upper 80s-90s
• Shopping (Dillards, VS, Ulta)
• Apple-blackberry pie
• Hannah's bday party
• Fun day w/ Kari (Chick fil a, wedding stuff)
• Wedding dress shopping/purchase
• Astros game w/ B, Jason, Christine
• Day in Katy w/ mom & J (J & I beat all of Super Mario Bros Wii)
• More serious workouts
• Photographer selection/contract
• Researching wedding colors/themes
• Clarinet appt
• Tan
• Catching up on last season's Grey's Anatomy
• Lunch date w/ Kari (Arby's, Half Price Books, Macy's, wedding stuff)
• Registry researching shopping trips w/ B
• Clar calls
• SYTYCD tour! w/ B
• Researching bridesmaids dresses & officiants
• Tivo on the fritz
• Browsing BM dresses w/ Kari

August 2010

• Books: Human Resource Management, ?Que Tal?, Her Fearful Symmetry, The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Mockingjay
• Return from Colorado
• Honeymoon planning & wedding planning
• Dad's 53rd bday (Landry's)
• More serious 30 Day Shredding
• Clarinet practicing
• B's dad's bday party
• My dad's bday party (Despicable Me in 3D)
• Pretty Little Liars
• Red Robin & Inception (in IMAX) w/ J
• SYTYCD finale!
• Astros game w/ B & some of his family
• Got the camper back
• Cheesecake Factory w/ my family & B
• LSSB rehearsals again
• Katy day w/ my dad (Backgammon, music, Clue)
• Becky in town, ran errands (Memorial City), Chinese buffet w/ my parents
• New beauty products (eyeshadow primer, eye quad, Moisture Replenisher, Philosophy crispy marshmallow bars)
• New dress shoes
• Haircut
• Kari's bachelorette party (Hilton Americas, El Tiempo, Washington)
• B starts fall semester of school (his last 1st-day-of-school)
• Modern Family catch up
• J out for Wii, laundry, & dinner (peanut ginger tofu)
• Day trip to Austin w/ B: lunch w/ Beth & Bryan (Kerby Lane); V.V. venue appt
• Sleeping issues
• Day in Katy w/ our families (including lunch @ Cheddar's)
• More serious calorie counting
• V.V. official
• Vanilla chai tea

July 2010

• Books: Human Resource Management, ?Que Tal?, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Her Fearful Symmetry
• Annual river trip (5 days)
• Tan
• LSSB patriotic concert
• Olive Garden w/ family
• 4th of July Fireworks w/ J, Bianca, & Sam
• Buy luggage
• Freaking hot weather
• Pedicures w/ mom, lunch at parents', shopping all day w/ J at Memorial City (& GREAT deals), sushi w/ J & B
• Big Brother
• Las Vegas trip w/ mom, dad, J, B, & Jordan (4-5 days: dinner @ parents, Up; plane ride, French bakery, walking 1/2 the strip, NYNY roller coaster, Nathan's hot dogs, gambling, pool, Serendipity; McDonald's breakfast, trip to Hoover Dam & Grand Canyon, car snacks, In & Out Burger; meet up w/ Shawna & eat at Mesa Grill, walk second 1/2 of the strip, failed trip to closed Stratosphere, indoor skydiving, gambling, Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil, Bellagio fountain shows, gambling; Stratosphere tower & rides, Planet Hollywood buffet, souvenirs, plane ride)
• Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 Wii game
• J spending night @ my apt (HP Wii, Mario, cinnamon crumb cake)
• Dinner & drinks w/ Elliott & Lauren (Brasil, Anvil, categories)
• Clothes shopping
• Iced soy chai tea lattes
• Trip to Colorado w/ B's family & Tian (9-10 days: Amarillo campground, Gander Mtn, hot tubs/pools, Colorado Springs, the man cave, Garden of the Gods, Miramont Castle, Woodland Park, The Donut Mill, rock climbing, Royal Gorge, Dan in Real Life, Pike's Peak, hail storm, Rudy's BBQ, shopping, Cheyenne Mtn Zoo, truck trouble in Trinidad CO, leave camper in Raton NM, car rental in Amarillo TX, full drive back 23 hrs awake)
• Mom's new Acura TL

June 2010

• Books: Human Resource Management, ?Que Tal?, Love in the Time of Cholera, Into the Wild, The Hunger Games
• Yoga
• Daily Plate
• Shopping for mom's bday dishes
• Mom's family bday party (Phase 10, Shrek 4 IMAX 3D, BB&B, vintage cars, 59 Diner, cupcakes, Precious)
• J out again (Wii)
• Granny being sick
• LSSB patriotic music
• Girls weekend in San Antonio (Pizza, Bananagrams, Prince of Persia, Mexican food, Scrabble Slam, Settlers of Catan, Riverwalk, Joe's Crab Shack, The Landing jazz, Pente, The Egg & I)
• Worst trip diving home ever -- frozen bank account trying to buy gas
• J out again (caught up through World 5 star coins on Wii + pizza) & mom stop by
• Categorizing magazine tabs
• Trip to J's w/ B (J apt, Neptune's, Kemah, rollercoaster, pool, 500 Days of Summer, Lupe Tortilla, Settlers of Catan)
• Father's day w/ my family (house, The Jerk, Mexican food, presents, Pictionary)
• Clarinet sectionals
• J's 21st bday (presents, dinner @ The Grove, Boondoggles bar, J apt, spend night)
• Deep clean apt
• Zeppoli w/ B
• Heart scan volunteering for Rachel w/ B
• Dinner @ mom's w/ B & HP6
• Toy Story 3 IMAX w/ Hannah & J
• Annual river trip (5 days)

May 2010

• Books: Human Resource Management, ?Que Tal?, Love in the Time of Cholera
• Katy house clean up
• Nightmare on Elm Street w/ J
• Laying out & pool lounging
• HODN mtg
• Student org Potluck
• Mother's Day (IHOP, Hubble IMAX, HMNS gardens, Granny's, presents, Crave Cupcakes)
• Sudoku
• TiVo
• Craig Ferguson
• B finishing his finals/semester!
• Slight "tan"
• Less cokes, more coffee
• Rach's visit
• Garrett's bday party
• LSSB SRO concert
• Very hot weather (90s)
• San Antonio trip (Becky, Rachael -- hang aroung apt, baby kitten)
• San Marcos trip (B's family -- camping, shopping, float river)
• Rach's bday (hang out apt, Brasil w/ J, Wii)
• So You Think You Can Dance
• Family reunion
• Wine
• J out for weekend (Wii domination)

April 2010

• Books: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Human Resource Management, Love in the Time of Cholera
• Brandon studying even more non-stop like madman for his upcoming licensing exam
• B's family bday parties
• Hanging out in Katy w/ parents
• Cheesecake
• Playing acoustic guitar
• Kirstie Alley's Big Life
• Easter
• List of all recipes
• IMAX 3D How to Train Your Dragon w/ J
• Getting allergy/cold sick
• Kylie's bday
• Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
• Stopping b.c. pills
• Cleaning out my makeup collection
• Playing w/ shopittome.com
• Empire Cafe & shopping w/ J
• Brandon's exams
• Less facebook checking, only Top News instead of all updates
• Glee
• Lunch date w/ Kari (Chick-fil-a, Half Price Books, Target)
• Jordan's bday party
• Weather in the 70s-90s
• Cookies
• Grooming/pampering
• Katy house & its renovations
• Crawfish boil w/ parents
• Computer viruses
• Student org mtg & the Meet & Greet

March 2010

• Books: The Poisonwood Bible, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, The Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• My bday & bday parties
• Brandon studying like madman for his upcoming licensing exam
• "Cheap" jewelry
• LSSB Western concert
• Highland Park (w/ Kari)
• Spring break
• Clean organized apt
• New shoe rack
• Girls weekend (Alice in IMAX 3D, Buffalo Grille, Settlers of Catan, MFAH incl. Prendergast)
• Tracking food online at Daily Plate
• Rachael visiting from Michigan
• Getting my mom on facebook
• A Very Harry Musical (youtube)
• Music of the movies (LSSB music)
• Getting new makeup & hair products
• B's bday
• Adult chewable vitamins
• Hanging out in Katy w/ parents

February 2010

• Books: The Poisonwood Bible
• Using my camera
• Light oatmeal bread
• Lowfat frozen yogurt w/ Nesquik syrup
• New matching Pier 1 lamps
• Hanging out w/ Kari
• Talking about weddings
• Winter Olympics
• Prison Break season 4 DVDs
• Apt gym weight machines
• Benjamin Button paper
• Playing Western LSSB music
• Bon Apetit, Glamour, & Real Simple magazines each month
• Online shopping -- few clothes
• New shoes

January 2010

• Books: Brave New World, The Lovely Bones, The Poisonwood Bible
• Having a tidier apartment
• Kroger donuts
• Prison Break season 3 DVDs
• Wii dates
• Symphonic band rehearsals, our western music theme
• Finding a new Listography background
• End of GA job
• Jergens express self tanner
• Eating healthier, oatmeal bread
• Shorter haircut
• My brother's new apt
• Crazy weather: 70s and 30s