2010: A year in review

This year has been a long 52 weeks. Each week seemed busier than the last. There was not a lot of time for sleep (except when I slept through my alarm and was late to class/work) Looking back overall it was a pretty good year. Worked hard, learned a lot and had some fun mixed in there too. Looking forward to all that is in store for 2011!

January 1, 2010:

I spent last New Year's Eve with my wonderful

friends Stephanie and Chris in Hawaii!

January 8, 2010:

Began my office as Public Relations Chair for ZTA

February 6, 2010:

Leah and I found out that our video won

the Forever LSU Student Video Contest

March 4, 2010:

ZTA Step Team won 3rd place

March 10, 2010:

Spontaneous trip to see John Mayer in NOLA

June 5, 2010:

Sister got married!

June 7, 2010:

Started my first real job as a graphic

designer for the Forever LSU Campaign

July 14, 2010:

Repelled down a 200 foot cliff

August 23, 2010:

Began my second real job working as the Art Director for the LSU Foundation

September 23, 2010:

Became a GRAND-Big and Auntie! My Zeta Family is wonderful :)

November 7, 2010:

Accepted position of Vice President of Recruitment for ZTA

(these are all of my binders that I received when I was selected for this job!)

December 15, 2010:

Got lost and took a FERRY over the river and

through the woods to Lauren's Grandmothers house I go!

December 31, 2010:

Celebrated the New Year with home cooking,

ice skating, fireworks and yahtzee.

#4 Dinner Party

Hostest With the Mostess

The next item on my list was to plan and prepare a dinner party for my friends and family. Due to the fact that I don't have a kitchen when I am at school, my knowledge of cooking is very limited. New Year's Eve sounded like a good night to have this little gathering. Everything turned out really great (Matthew had three plates...so I guess it was good?) I made my famous BBQ Chicken, green bean bundles, Nani's twice baked potatoes and homemade bread.

A few things I learned:

- It takes a really long time to cook an entire meal! At our house we have double ovens and I had something in each oven at all times for hours!

- Then there is the quandary of how to keep everything hot for when your guests arrive. Timing is everything.

- Always have extra. I made enough food for what I estimated was 12 hungry people, but I was really only expecting 9. At the end of the night all of the platters were completely empty! (But I suppose that means everyone liked it! ha)

- "Ideally, if you serve a fruit salad, you probably shouldn't serve a apple pie." — Lenae M. Scott, Founder of the Lenae M. Scott School of Hospitality

- "Cookies aren't an acceptable dessert for a dinner party." — Lenae M. Scott

Santa brought all of the girls matching aprons :)

Wonderful friends to celebrate!

(Yummy)

#3 Sista Date

When we were in high school we would occasionally go to the local paint-your-own-pottery place, Arts on Fire to spend some quality sister time together. Then when Leigh Anne went to college we continued the tradition when she would come home for holidays. So it seemed only fitting that when she and Matt came home for Christmas that we stick to tradition.

Leigh Anne painted a Christmas Light-shaped candy dish and I painted a tall vase that I thought looked cool. It was a great way to spend the afternoon and I think they turned out to be pretty cool!

#2 sitting in the woods (aka hunting?)

Thus far I have failed to accomplish any more milestones on my list of 21 Things to do before my 21st Birthday. So now that I have "free time" I feel like I should knock a few things off that list. One of those was going "hunting" with my dad and brother.

Chad asked me to go with him over thanksgiving break but I was too swamped with school. When he asked me to go again over Christmas I didn't really have a good excuse. So we suited up (head-to-toe) in camouflage and an awesome pink hat (compliments of my hunting guide) and we were ready to go! He taught me how to shoot, and I was actually pretty good at it!! ha.

(The top 4 shots...aka ones closest to the center...are mine. Chad missed his target and hit mine. ha.)

We climbed up into the stand and started hunting. After about 20 minutes I realized that hunting is far less exciting when there is nothing to actually hunt. Then Chad talked me into going the next day because "Bubba always sees deer at this stand. It will be a GREAT day to see deer!" You sure about that? hmm...

At the end of the day it was fun to hang out with the boys, and now I have obtained a greater appreciation for all the hard "work" that Dad and Chad put into bringing home that good meat ;)