2014

I can't keep up with my Thankful Thursdays, for the love, but I will review 2014!

Some highlights I remember fondly, and a few lowlights that are, in many ways, just as important:

favorite fiction book 

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

best and priciest meal

Family style sharing at The Spence in Atlanta

most memorable celebration

Hosting my Italy travel buddies to reunite and reminisce

favorite new mode of cooking

The crock pot. (I'm always late to the party.)

the other party I was super-late to
Netflix

favorite binge TV series
Broadchurch

food obsession
Quinoa

new tech item
Amazon FireTV

favorite movie

Unbroken

new travel destination

All the glorious spots in Italy

biggest loss
Twenty unnecessary pounds

biggest disappointment

Feeling betrayed by someone close

hardest lesson 
Remembering that people will always disappoint. And it's okay. We live and learn.

proudest craft moment (that pales in comparison to last year)

The creative pumpkin stack on my front porch in October

spent my birthday

In Atlanta with these fun folks for a very fine meal.

most awesome mode of transportation

This gondola

most pleasant surprise

Enjoying a roommate

moment that made my heart the fullest

This one was up there, too.

moment that made my heart break
Bidding a premature farewell to a dear friend who was called home too soon

biggest purchase

Other than Italy travel, my living room chairs

favorite new iPhone apps

Uber

best quick friend trip
Twenty-four hours in Nashville with Lori

performing arts high
Seeing Wicked at the Orpheum in Memphis with Mom

marked off the bucket list
Zip lined. (So it was in Birmingham. Who cares.)



not on the bucket list, but did it anyway
Took a calligraphy class

song I couldn't stop listening to
"Let it Fall" by Over the Rhine

favorite album
Mortar and Stone by Jill Phillips

Three hours and some change, and we greet 2015, ready or not. Here's to more highlights than lowlights in 2015.

Happy New Year!