January 31

Today I went to celebrate my best girlfriend's baby turning one!! (see Jan 31, 2009). I can't believe it's already been a year since she was born. She's such a doll.

January 30

Went shopping for a birthday party for my favorite 1-year-old today. Picked up a few colorful, loud, fun things.

January 29

My contact sculpture, after taking them out at the end of a long day.

January 28

I should've just done a year of funny license plates blog. :)

January 27

Yep. It's a banana.

January 26

We saw this Grillz candy at Hy-Vee. Now you can rot your teeth out in more ways than one!

January 24

It's been raining ALL weekend, so I tried on my new "work of art" snowpants and just pretended to ski in my living room. (not really~my husband made me do it!!) I can't wait for some SNOW!!!

January 23

Meow.

January 22

DH and I and some friends went to a graduate student reception tonight. There was free live music, drinks, hors d'oeuvres and art. Okay, so the GOOD drinks weren't free, but they had punch. In 2008, the Art building on campus was completely flooded along with many others. They had some 500 pieces of their collection available for us to view tonight.

January 21

Beauty in the ice storm.

January 20

January 19

A few shots of my beautiful new wood-grain cross-country skis!! (And DH's too)

January 17

I saw this in a store. Now, I'm no fashionista, but I can't believe that it was even for sale, much less that it came with $100 price tag.

January 14

So I finished knitting my first hat ever for my hubby, and this is the hilarious result. Um, it's a little too big. Just a tad. A smidge.

January 13

I have no words for this.

January 11

Today DH took me cross-country skiing for the first time ever. We did a two-mile loop, used borrowed skis and had a blast! It was a great reminder of how unathletic and uncoordinated I am. I only fell down a few times, and it was such a great way to be outside in this cold weather and take advantage of the snow.

January 9

I'm not sure how it got there or for how long it had been in my car, but when we were shoveling it (the car, that is) out from under a snow pile left by the plow, DH noticed that this Pepsi had exploded in the back seat. Glad he caught it before it melted, because it was super easy to clean up.

January 7

Got myself a new hat. It's keeping me really warm in these frigid Iowa temps.

January 6

Hubby had an interview today for a program he applied to here at the university. I know he did a great job, and they'd be crazy not to take him! It's really competitive, and they're only taking 21 students this year.

January 5

My hubby finally decided to get rid of his 8-year-old computer, and he ended up with this new iMac. Here is is unveiling it and, of course, checking facebook to make sure it's connected to our network. It is awesome.

January 4

Funny vandalism I saw in an elevator. Happy birthday to my little brother!

January 3

I don't know what my deal with license plates is lately, but this funny one was parked right outside of my house today.

January 2

Some frost on my window.

January 1

Is this heaven?? No, it's Iowa.

Happy new year, everyone!! Just in case anyone was paying attention, I made it a whole year. I must say that I have enjoyed this project, have enjoying exploring and getting to know the blogging community and am planning to keep trying to post a photo a day, hence a new title. Thanks for everyone's comments over the year and making my first year of blogging so successful.

Here are my new year's resolutions:

• Keep taking photos for the blog and being aware of life around me
• Do more lunges
• Do more reading for pleasure
• Drink more water
• Stop worring so much about studying and try to enjoy learning
• Cook new foods and get out of my dinner rut

Stay safe, warm and happy! Cheers!