circlescarvesforever

I haven't figured out how to make this circle scarf look good yet.

Imma juss wear it like dis instead.

I miss taking pictures with my fraands--it leads to self-portraiture boredom.

On the surface today seemed rather uneventful, but I quite enjoyed myself. 

I had a quality heart to heart with Elizabeth; filled out passport renewal paperwork; 

tormented my puppy and kitty cats, a lot; played Super Mario Bros on Wii; 

finished off the day catching up with my friend Matt in North Carolina. 

Overall, it was a lazy feel good kinda day.

a glance out the window

christmas morning

year in review

Read the entire Harry Potter series for the first time (yes, that deserves to be first!)

Took over the school with Brittany

Had the best Winter day ever

Strolled along Quidi Vidi with Tony

Spent Valentine's Day with some lovelies

Finally let go of a rollercoaster relationship

Had a time at the SASF Paris Ball - some of the decorating crew priming with some Mickey D's haha

Sister survived a car accident without a scratch

Two cuties got married

I quit my job and moved home for the summer

Had many fun sister roadtrips.

Started sketching again 

We lived long and prospered

Many new baking experiments

Weekend in St. John's

Another beautiful wedding

A fun Canada Day in PDG

My favourite family picture to date taken at my cousin's wedding

Early morning fishing trips//whales!

Volunteered at VBS at church

Lantern Festival

Hey Rosetta concert with a few pals

Girls nights

Spent four months living "the Disney dream"

Had amazing roomies- Jenni from Canada and then Melanie from England

Travelled more than I have in my entire life: 

Canada: (Vancouver, Victoria); 

USA: Alaska (Skagway, Ketchikan, Tracy's Arm, Juneau), California: (LA, San Pedro); 

Mexico: (Puerta Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Ensenada)

Experienced 'dry dock'

Crossed jetskiing, ziplining and parasailing off my bucket list

Danced like a pirate with friends from around the globe

My sister got engaged!

Came home in time for Christmas

Got to spend a day with Robz while she was back in town

Rang in the New Year with these lovely folks!

I have mixed feelings about 2011. I debated whether or not I even wanted to do this but in looking back, despite the constant shadow of the bad, I can see that there was a lot of goodness to be found as well. The second half of the year certainly redeemed the first and I am so very thankful for that. I am incredibly grateful for the friendships that helped me through it. I said goodbye to certain dreams but now have a more exciting future set for myself than I'd had at the start of 2011. As painful as it was, in many ways I am relieved; 

I've learned that I am strong. I look forward to more happiness in 2012!