Today was the last day of Project 365! I did it!
It feels almost as good as finishing grad school, LOL. Not quite, but almost. P365 was a rather ambitious undertaking on my part. Well, taking the photos weren't so bad. The transferring of photos to the computer, processing of photos, and blogging was the time-consuming part. However, I'm not one who can settle for a half-ass job, so I had to blog and journal about things.
Today I went to the office to work, because I actually had some deadlines. Today was a holiday for Todd's work, so he was able to spend time with his parents. They went for a walk at Miramar Lake. It was a GORGEOUS day. It was 70 degrees and sunny.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-PC310001_600.jpg)
After I came home from work, we opened our gifts to each other and had Christmas all over again! Todd got me and his mom both Ohio State Buckeye shirts. We match!
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2278_600.jpg)
And he got himself one, LOL.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2279_600.jpg)
We gave Todd's mom a recipe book that we made ourselves. We took all the food photos this year (seen on this blog), and I designed the book.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2283_600.jpg)
The title is "From Our Kitchen to Yours: Favorite Recipes from the Newman Clubhouse". We gave several as gifts and I got them printed 8x8 at Artscow. I will share pages and details in a few days. Overall I'm really happy with it, and so were the recipients!
We got Todd's dad a Hawaiian shirt from Kauai, but I forgot to take a photo of him opening it.
Todd's parents got me some glitter cardstock for my paper-crafting needs. I love it and I'm planning to use them for cards and in my Silhouette digital cutter.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2291_600.jpg)
Todd got some cooking instruments from his parents, for our newly remodeled kitchen.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2296_600.jpg)
Todd gave me a book about dumplings, which I love, and a book that teaches you how to draw cartoon animals, which I've been really wanting to learn.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2303_600.jpg)
Lastly, Todd's parents gave both of us a Garmin GPS unit to put in the car! It's an awesome gift! Now we won't get lost anymore.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2306_600.jpg)
Then we went to work on cooking our New Year's Eve dinner. I cooked my famous Cream of Mushroom Soup. This is my specialty and I've made it many times. Todd doesn't eat mushroom, so I've learned to make this myself.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2309_600.jpg)
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2310_600.jpg)
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2314_600.jpg)
It's actually pretty easy and takes about an hour, including 25 minutes of simmer time. And it's pretty healthy because you only use a little bit of half and half.
Todd made his favorite BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches. I'm aghast that I forgot to take a photo. See if you can see some on our plates.
![Photobucket](http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w25/listgirl/Project365/365_20091231-IMG_2324_600_journal.jpg)
In the evening, Todd made caramel popcorn from scratch and we all ate a bunch. So good!
I have a couple of fun things to show you.
My "09 Year-In-Review" template was featured on The Daily Digi blog today! I didn't know it, so it was such a pleasant surprise!
And... Sweet Shoppe Designs has a brand-new challenge system in 2010, and guess who is the first featured scrapper of 2010 on their blog? :)
Happy New Year everyone! Talk to you in 2010!
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It feels almost as good as finishing grad school, LOL. Not quite, but almost. P365 was a rather ambitious undertaking on my part. Well, taking the photos weren't so bad. The transferring of photos to the computer, processing of photos, and blogging was the time-consuming part. However, I'm not one who can settle for a half-ass job, so I had to blog and journal about things.
Today I went to the office to work, because I actually had some deadlines. Today was a holiday for Todd's work, so he was able to spend time with his parents. They went for a walk at Miramar Lake. It was a GORGEOUS day. It was 70 degrees and sunny.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-PC310001_600.jpg)
After I came home from work, we opened our gifts to each other and had Christmas all over again! Todd got me and his mom both Ohio State Buckeye shirts. We match!
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2278_600.jpg)
And he got himself one, LOL.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2279_600.jpg)
We gave Todd's mom a recipe book that we made ourselves. We took all the food photos this year (seen on this blog), and I designed the book.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2283_600.jpg)
The title is "From Our Kitchen to Yours: Favorite Recipes from the Newman Clubhouse". We gave several as gifts and I got them printed 8x8 at Artscow. I will share pages and details in a few days. Overall I'm really happy with it, and so were the recipients!
We got Todd's dad a Hawaiian shirt from Kauai, but I forgot to take a photo of him opening it.
Todd's parents got me some glitter cardstock for my paper-crafting needs. I love it and I'm planning to use them for cards and in my Silhouette digital cutter.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2291_600.jpg)
Todd got some cooking instruments from his parents, for our newly remodeled kitchen.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2296_600.jpg)
Todd gave me a book about dumplings, which I love, and a book that teaches you how to draw cartoon animals, which I've been really wanting to learn.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2303_600.jpg)
Lastly, Todd's parents gave both of us a Garmin GPS unit to put in the car! It's an awesome gift! Now we won't get lost anymore.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2306_600.jpg)
Then we went to work on cooking our New Year's Eve dinner. I cooked my famous Cream of Mushroom Soup. This is my specialty and I've made it many times. Todd doesn't eat mushroom, so I've learned to make this myself.
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2309_600.jpg)
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2310_600.jpg)
![Photobucket](http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss209/listgirl2/20091231-IMG_2314_600.jpg)
It's actually pretty easy and takes about an hour, including 25 minutes of simmer time. And it's pretty healthy because you only use a little bit of half and half.
Todd made his favorite BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches. I'm aghast that I forgot to take a photo. See if you can see some on our plates.
![Photobucket](http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w25/listgirl/Project365/365_20091231-IMG_2324_600_journal.jpg)
In the evening, Todd made caramel popcorn from scratch and we all ate a bunch. So good!
I have a couple of fun things to show you.
My "09 Year-In-Review" template was featured on The Daily Digi blog today! I didn't know it, so it was such a pleasant surprise!
And... Sweet Shoppe Designs has a brand-new challenge system in 2010, and guess who is the first featured scrapper of 2010 on their blog? :)
Happy New Year everyone! Talk to you in 2010!