AH Monday, how I love thee so!
Ok, not really, but at least we have the Listicle to get the week started right! This week Stasha’s assignment is to list ten things we learned in 2012. If only my memory weren’t so shoddy… oh, wait… I have a blog! Every single thing of note (as well as the utterly mundane) has been recorded for posterity on the internet. Thank god! Otherwise I never would have realized that every month in the past year has brought some valuable (and, again, some not so valuable) lessons. Here they are, along with, if you’re interested and have an awful lot of free time on your hands today, links to the posts explaining them. (If you don’t have an awful lot of free time on your hands… (how shocking!) I totally understand.)
12 things I learned in 2012.
1. January – in January I learned that shooting guns is fun!
2. In February I learned that some people really do treat their pets as if they were kids and that disturbs me profoundly.
3. In March I learned that comments from readers are more valuable than I could ever have imagined.
4. In April I learned that men simply can’t pee within the confines of the toilet.
5. In May I learned that I don’t react well to the idea of anything permanent. Like buying a house. But then I got over it and now I have a house.
6. In June I learned that my kids can survive without me for a few days. I’m not sure whether this makes me happy or sad, but it certainly make me freer.
7. In July I learned that the very things I’d most like to change about myself are the things I can’t control.
8. In August I learned that people who work in Consulates are mean. And they hate me. Also, they’re mean.
9. In September I learned that everyone likes a good wedding picture (or even an entire series).
10. In October I learned that I absolutely, positively, don’t want to be pregnant (right now).
11. In November I learned that time doesn’t make loss any easier, it just makes it less painful.
12. And quite likely in December I will have yet again failed to learn that it’s not a good idea to go out on December 24th to get a few last minute gifts. But alas, we don’t always learn from past mistakes, do we?!
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The Bonny Bard 
Sounds like you had an interesting year with lots going on! Here’s to the things you’l learn and write about in 2013!!! 🙂
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it has been an interesting year… a little crazy, but interesting.
#7 is so true! Some things are just ingrained. Maybe better to enhance the awesome things!
I know, I should definitely try to focus on the stuff I actually have a say over.
I could have told you #8 before you even went! 😉 Not that they hate you, just that they are mean.
Very, very mean… and spiteful!
If you don’t go out shopping on December 24, who will? Seriously, it’s like a little service I do for the retail industry. 😉
You’re right, all that useless crap, just sitting there until boxing day…. I have to seriously remind myself daily about all I do for the economy!
I love that you went pat ten things – such a rebel. A great listicle – a lot was a lot of fun to read all those old posts.
thanks for actually reading some! I have a hard time following simple rules…
#7 is so true and a lesson learned for me this year as well.
Better late than never, I say, now I can stop fighting against the windmills!
Number 11 is so very true. I lost my brother 13 years ago at 17. The loss never goes away… just the happy memories replace the pain.
The happy memories certainly help… I’m sorry about your brother, that must have been terribly hard.
I’ve never been a fan of “it gets easier with time” in regard to loss. I do know that it gets different.
you’re right, it gets different, not better, not worse… just different.
I’ll never forget your wedding dress post! Loved it. And great lessons learned this year. Can’t imagine what the next will teach us…
I agree, I always face the new year with excitement and anticipation, wondering what’s in store for me!