2015 in Review

Time flew by and I can't believe that 12 months have passed. December had been crazy busy, family is here and the house is filled with people, at one point, ten of us and two dogs. Now that only Mom and Lione is here, life is sort of back to normal, it has to be, I am going back to work next week.

Thanks for connecting here with me and sharing so many things in 2015, here's a post to sum up.....

2015 in Review

Blogging

I have 242 posts in 2015

make 127 cards but only 10 layouts

In March, I met

 Samra in real life

I will be in Europe this May, hopefully, I can meet up a few more blog friends?

December was a busy month when family came visiting from Singapore, the blog was pretty much slow down, that makes me realized that if I blog less, will I have more time doing other things instead? We'll see!

Crafting

Buying too much, something needs to be change. Crafting supplies not only stretch to the garage, it took up some new spot in Clare's room as well, I even dive in to Copic Markers in December, seriously, am I crazy?

I do have a plan, I am going to cut down on crafting supplies, PTI and MFT are my two big investments, LOL! I am going to limit myself to just 6 purchases this year, and hopefully, no more paper this year, not even when they are 10 cents per piece, do you think I can do it?

Travel

January - San Francisco

January - Livermore, CA to see George Winston's concert

February - San Jose - Singapore Community Day

April - Grand Junction, CO

May - Valencia for Clare's graduation

May - Yosemite National Park

July - Singapore

October - Grand Junction, CO

October - Aspen, CO

December - San Francisco

December - Yosemite National Park

December - Pacific Coast Highway

December - Grand Canyon, AZ

Ever since we got Papi, leaving home is tough for me, but I do have tickets to NYC and Rome bought, Milan, Venice, Burano and Berlin are on the list right now, maybe a wedding to attend in Singapore too, but they are not road trip, that means Papi is not coming along, so I am really not very excited at this moment. I do looking forward to visit Yellow Stone National Park though.

Family and Friends

I am glad that Lione and I did more traveling in December, this way, I get a lot more photos with him

Clare came home a few times this year, she graduation in May, got a place with Jared, I am happy for her. She became a foster parent of Lila in December, the minute I saw Lila's photo, I knew that Clare will adopt her eventually, she did! Lila had some bad history, so she is a dog with problem, that bring lots of stress into Clare's life, this month when she was home, there were a lot of issues, that makes me so sad,  but these are things that I can't change so I am just praying for Clare, hope that life would be easier for her, and that she understands that I love her as much.....

Dolce will be graduating in May, she starts interning at PWC this month, will be going on a business program in Rome and Florence again, her school offered her another year to earn her Master degree, this girl who is getting her master degree is not even old enough to play at the casino yet, she is simply brilliant.

Can there be any greater love that we feel for our children?

Through the years we all will be together....

Visitors

We have quite a bit of visitors this year, Andy was here in January, and then came again in November with his girlfriend Dawn.

Marilyn was here in February, and then visited again with Angie and Chad in September

Steve came in March

Sarah and her family in June

December is filled with people from Singapore, Mom, sister, Jesse, Clare came home with Catherine and Dolce brought her friend Ming.

Joy

somebody is two and a half years old, isn't he cute?

Papillon has been to many road trips with us this year, DH sometimes laugh as he joked "Papi has been to more places than my grandma"

Outdoor Fun

We did one hike and one picnic this year, I enjoyed so much and that makes me wonder, why didn't I do it more. 

Important Events

March - Passing of Singapore founding father Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

May - Clare graduated from CalArts

Movies

The Big Short

Spectre

Ricki and the flash

Unbroken

Not a lot this year, the recent one was The Big Short, we went to the Theatre with recliner chair, and during the month of December when I was so busy with house guests, sure enough, I slept through the movie, but DH enjoyed it though.

Show

February -  Donny and Marie show

April - Barry Manilow

May Kingston trio

June - Lennon sisters

Note

I like the simple things in life and want to spend more time enjoying life's simple pleasures.

I need to decide what is more important in my life and eliminate the things that really don't matter.
Visit at least one NEW national/state park this year
Cut down on crafting supplies, those I have at home could last me for more than one life time, if I can't part with them, I should not add new ones to the stash!
NO SUGAR week has been going on for one and a half years now, hooray for cutting down on the bad white stuff.