2012 in Review

January consisted mostly of wedding planning and veterinary medicine. I did a lot of sick cow work-more than in previous months apparently. I was in love with my cats. (As always!) We found Downton Abbey (It starts up again January 6th!) and enjoyed it so very  much.

February was exciting because it was my birthday! I had a great party! I also started posting lots of pictures as part of my mobile blogging plan. There was also plenty of wedding planning or procrastination about that.

March continued on with the wedding planning front-wedding rings were ordered, cake and officients were sorted out, RSVPs started to come in after being mailed at the beginning of the month. I began the exciting journey of finding a new job (in secret). Joe helped me with a calving and veterinary medicine was performed.

In April, we finally told our clients that we were no longer doing large animal medicine. I also told everyone at work that I was looking for a new job. Interviewing continued including a trip to Wisconsin and in Missouri. The Missouri interview was the absolute worst. I looked forward to finishing paying off my student loan. Wedding planning continued.

May had lots of pictures of my cats. I love my cats. We continued with wedding planning. Lots of last minute details. I found a job and looked for a place to live...which turned out not to be where we are living. I did veterinary medicine type things including pulling a premature hydrocephalic foal. I had an abscessed tooth which I ended up getting pulled. However now, I think I've got an issue with some bone or tooth remaining in the socket. I had a yard sale.

In June, Joe and I managed to pack a whole lifetime of experiences in one month. We got married, moved and I started a new job. Being that I've been a vet for two years now, I was on call the second night on the job. I ended up with at 3am calving that ended up with the fetatome coming out. It was just the beginning...

July was busy. I did a lot of dealing with emergencies and horses. I found a new place to board the ponies and moved them there in August. We went to a goatfest. It was hot. Joe and I went to Pittsburgh to see the new Batman movie and went to IKEA. I reiterated how much I hated the Olympics.

August brought a plaque of bees-we were attacked outside of our backdoor. We had several Pinterest attempts, projects and failures. Cats are cute. We went shopping which is always disappointing.

In September, I entered things in the Jamestown Community Fair. I didn't do as well as I would have liked unfortunately. There were plenty of recipes to be tried and sewing projects. I looked back over the large number of surgeries I was performing on a routine basis. I looked at the post office as being one of the most beautiful places in Greenville.

October centered around my brand new kitten (Herbie) as well as Halloween and dressing up the dogs and clinic cats. We didn't have heat towards the end of the month resulting in the replacement of our furnace in November. I did a lot of reading (I have decided to read one book from each shelf at the library. And ambitious and probably boring task.). Joe and I went to a fall festival at a creepy amusment park. I cut a foreign body (a corncob) from a dog after having dealt with him all weekend.

November was mostly a photo month. We bought furniture. I went to a CE conference. We shoehorned the vet truck into the garage. I was told I had really small hands.

In December, I showed you how to make my famous apple cake in step by step photos. I neutered Herbie. I went on a huge rant about how much it costs to have a dog. We also went back to Missouri for Christmas returning home to find 10" of snow. Yesterday, the dogs and I played in it after work. I would have played with them in it again today but fell asleep on the couch and nothing was getting me up.

Well, there's your year in review. Highlights: wedding planning, job search, wedding, cats, moving, new job, being a veterinarian, pictures of things, how to make pretty things.