One of the cool things about doing my Year in Pictures project is that I have a visual journal of 2011. My memory seems to get worse with each passing year, so it’s nice to have an easy reminder of everything that’s happened.
This post was inspired by Manda and Moni.
January

M and I visited the Poe Museum in Richmond, VA.
February

It snowed. A lot! A crazy amount of snow for Virginia Beach, to be honest.
March

I started getting into fitness and losing weight. (sigh) I've definitely fallen off this wagon. I'm kind of sad about it, actually. Maybe I'll get back on Wii Fit in 2012. Also in March: I FINALLY bought a DSLR!
April

I put the new Foo Fighters CD in my car and didn't take it out for MONTHS. Seriously, I've listened to this hundreds of times by now. It's that good.
May

I went to Maryland Sheep & Wool with my knitty girls and kc went with us for the first time! YAY
It was sooooo fun!
June

I put my new Nikon to good use and participated in the 7 Days (self-portrait) group on Flickr for the first time. (Unfortunately, I missed the latest round! I'll try to join next cycle.)
July

I turned 31! And after years of work-related stress, I interviewed for a new job...AND GOT IT!
August

Roughest month of all (maybe ever). My then-boss killed himself. I started my new job four days later. Hurricane Irene hit (and spared us, thankfully). Spent way too much time numb, crying, numb (lather, rinse, repeat), thinking about a lot of things I'd never had to consider before.
September

I settled into my new job at the library and finally realized that I was meant to work in a library all along. If only I'd realized this years ago!
October

My nail polish stash grew...and grew...and....I'm still buried under it, actually...
November

I had a very stressful month at work (loooong story...it's not the work, it's certain people). As always, my dogs were there to cheer me up (mopey faces aside).
December

M had a birthday and we also celebrated five years together. I gave myself a break and chose not to knit for family this year, yay me.
I’m pretty sure I’ll do another YIP for 2012 because it’s really been helpful having these photos to jog my memory. 2011 was super emotional for me, in positive and negative ways. What I’m hoping/resolving to do in 2012 is be more productive with my emotions…less bitching, more DOING, if that makes sense.
I’m not going to say that 2011 sucked entirely because I did make at least one very big, positive life change (new job FTW!), so I’m just hoping that 2012 is that much better.
May you have an even better 2012, too.