Looking back over 2011

Bryony gave me the idea of doing a year-in-review post, looking back over everything that happened in 2011.

Ready? Ok, here are some of my highlights!

• My website got a bit of brushing up.
• I went to the winter New York SCBWI Conference.
• I can’t deal with the word “fiance.”
• G’s last surgery on his ear!
• I participated in the Work/Life 2 Illustration Directory.  (I got super lucky and am sandwiched between two of my favorite illustrators ever:  Lisa Congdon and Gemma Correll. Good job, last name.)
• Suicidal books.
• I got diagnosed with Crohn’s.
• I started the  Video Mondays and Working Wednesdays series on this ol’ blog here
• Co-Birthday/Bachelorette Weekend in NYC
• G and I got married! (Thanks to our wonderful friends and family who helped us pull it off!)
• Honeymoon in Joshua Tree where our dear friends got married!
• Our wedding, with photos by  Li from Fat Orange Cat Studios, was featured on Ruffled.
• Clamming on Martha’s Vineyard with G’s family!
• I contributed a post to Oh My! Handmade Goodness! about our kid-friendly wedding.
• Our dog bit another dog another dog. ( Ok, not a highlight, but…a learning experience for sure.)
• One last We Are Wizards screening at the Nevada City Film Festival in a whirlwind trip to CA, NY, and CT!
• I got personal about Health Insurance.
• New Winter promo postcard.
• Falling Leaves conference was amazing.
• Cake-In-A-Mug recipe perfected.
• G, our dog, and I completed our 6 months of (self imposed) one-on-one doggy training with Christina. –Who is amazing, btw.
• I started a line of t-shirts, called Nerdbaby! (More on that in 2012.)
• My prints are for sale online through Society6.

Phew! I know I’m missing some, but that’s a pretty good list.

Tonight we begin another round of road trips–CT, VT, NJ, and NY. Looking forward to spending Christmas time with family and friends. It will be a little quiet around here until next year(!) but I’ll be chattering away on twitter. Come say hello!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody!

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