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It's that time again. Another year is almost over, and it's time to thoroughly reminisce.

  As the Rent song goes, "how do you, how do you measure a year?"

I guess I could measure mine by numbers:

18- number of people at murder mysery party

0- number of people who figured out who the murderer was

5- number of cities we visited in France

1,000's- number of words I wrote about France- I really milked that topic!

4,000,000-   age in centuries of the caverns we toured on our anniversary

10- number of cave puns our tour guide, the Will Ferrell of rock jokes, told.

3- posts I wrote about feeling sad about not getting pregnant (but I only published one.)  Just gotta keep it real.  This year was not all croissants and roses.

15- times I practiced my wedding toast before nailing it on the big day 

350- pounds of gingerbread we saw on our annual tradition: see bottom of post here

18- years my brother in law kept his secret (see "Received a tattoo")

5- minutes we cracked up once we learned said secret

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But I'd prefer to just do a breakdown by month:

In January, I:

• Spoke dirty French: here

In February, I:

• Attended a murder mystery party: here
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• Learned the languages of love: here

In March, I:

• Was “Tom Cruise” Running: here

In April, I:

• Traveled to France!: here

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•     Wrote incessantly about France trip:

More Frenching: here

Pardon My French: here

Dan's Day: here

Show me the Monet: here

Can you tell what the highlight of my year was? 

Thanks for putting up with so many fromage filled posts!

In May, I:

• Mastered the art of public speaking: here

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• Had misadventures in double dating: here

In June, I:

• Enjoyed our "caves and kicking it" anniversary: here
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• Ate with the pie bride: here

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• Revealed why we still sneak into our old apartment pool: here

In July, I:

• Made homemade icecream: here

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•  Painted the living room: here

In August, I:

• Thanked a teacher: here

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• Counted my stairs: here

In September, I:

• Redid my office: here

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• Jumped on board of the food truck craze: here

Side note: does it look like I'm inadvertently flipping the bird in this pic??  Because I just noticed that my finger is placed sort of oddly... yikes!  That is one salty Mrs. Peanut.

In October, I:

• Discovered we were too old for clubbing: here

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• Admitted to feeling wistful and sad in "A little bit pregnant": here

In November, I:

• Gave thanks: here

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• Was in a flash mob to this song

In December, I:

• Received a tattoo: here

• Dreaming of a weird Christmas: here

So there's my year in review!  Now, I'm thinking about my resolutions.  Anyone else making any?

Want to read about the year I did a mud run and Dan and I rocked a costume contest? Check out 2011: here

Want to read about the year of my embarrassing sleep walking injury and my day as a juror on a murder trial?  Check out 2010: here