The yearly rewind

Apparently, I fell off the blogging truck again....I do have a few excuses, not sure if I would call them good excuses, but excuses nonetheless! Since my birthday stunk sooo bad last year, I decided to take matters into my own hands and threw myself the Golden Girls Birthday Party of my dreams! There were costumes, prizes, cheesecake and a rousing game of sardines....what could be better!

The Sophia Petrillo in me was VERY, VERY HAPPY!! Plus, I still have leftover cheesecake in the freezer, what could be better than that! The day before my birthday I started a new job...jury is still out on my thoughts on that. The weekend of my 51st birthday, I ran in my first half marathon, just to prove I could....

I could and I did! Of course, my personal motto of "if you can't run fast, run funny" was alive and well! Apparently,  I didn't think it was so bad since I signed myself up for a full marathon in March.....not sure if I'll be thinking the same thoughts in March!

Buddy and I flew out to Utah the week after my birthday to hang out with my dad for his last few bachelor days....

Then my dad got remarried...

I got to help set up the wedding/reception on Saturday and then send the newlyweds off on their honeymoon and hurry back home in time to work on Monday!

I guess I was still on a runners high, because I signed Shane and myself up for a Christmas themed beer run in our town.....

I figured someone had to run with me to drink the beer at the begin, middle and end of the race....I'm not sure what weirdo created a beer run, but, let's just say Shane came home very happy!

Then Buddy and I took off to Utah again to celebrate one of my niece's weddings....

Not only did I get the thumbs up from my dad during my visit....

I also got to have my first daddy-daughter dance AND take him for a few spins!

Now we are home again! We've had visitors with us this past week, which usually includes hanging out with them to do some touristy trap things....enjoy my touristy trap things pictures...

I'm a sucker for getting to cuddle with animals!!!! Maybe that's why I like Buddy so much! Anyway, we are about to have a ton of visitors again for the next month, but we are also getting free labor for a new bathroom in exchange for the stay (cue back to me starting a new job to pay for the new bathroom)! At least some of the visitors are providing free labor, some are just freeloaders, but it starts with free...so it's basically the same! So all in all a super fantastic, finished the year with quite the bang, day!