Highlights of 2017

I spent some of my holiday time preparing my bullet journal for 2018 and thought I would make a final spread in my 2017 journal looking back on the year.

My depression and anxiety were a bit worse overall this year compared to last, but in spite of that it was a good year.

This is what I got up to in photos:

And this is the text version of my journal spread:

• January
  • First new year with Zöe
  • Start of my first year with a bullet journal
  • Learnt some new lanyard knots
• February
  • Figured out AboK 785 (lanyard knot)
  • My cousin’s baby shower
  • Another cousin’s wedding
• March 
  • WordCamp Auckland
  • Getting rid of wasp nests on our house for the first time (more of a lowlight than highlight!)
  • Saw a goat walking down the footpath near our church
• April
  • Mad Hatter Tea Party at my mum’s church
  • My birthday
  • Started knitting socks for a friend
  • Met my cousin’s baby
• May
  • Refinished some of the weathered wood on our house
  • Played Tiny Epic Galaxies
  • Pressure cleaned the back stairs
  • Equip Christian Women’s Conference
• June
  • Painted the back stairs
  • Knitted blue & purple beanie with pom pom
  • WordCamp Europe
    • Visited Paris, Giverny, Versailles, and Switzerland ❤️
• July
  • My nephew’s first birthday
  • Made a yarn swift
  • WordCamp Brisbane
  • Work team meetup on Jeju island, South Korea
• August
  • Another nephew’s baptism
  • Bought a new guitar
• September
  • Whole company meetup in Whistler, Canada
    • Visited Vancouver & Jasper
  • Saw Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox at the Sydney Opera House
  • Had a tongue frenectomy
• October
  • Octoberfest beer & food night at Salvage
  • Finished aforementioned socks
  • Went to Fibrefest, a yarn show in Singleton, with some knitting friends
  • Halloween party at husband’s workmate’s house
• November
  • Had a horrible cold
  • Went to a brush lettering workshop
  • Finished another pair of socks that are gorgeous, but I have to redo the legs as they are too tight and I can’t get my heel in them
  • My Aunt’s birthday, with random guest appearance by Mick Fleetwood
• December
  • Gave Gran an iPad & taught her to use it… it’s a work in progress!
  • Started knitting a bolero (for Christmas, but didn’t finish)
  • My baby cousin’s baptism
  • Christmas beer & food dinner at Salvage
  • Ran Waves & Wind, a sailing camp for primary school kids
  • Did some jigsaw puzzles for the first time (essentially… I probably did some as a child)

Happy New Year! Here’s hoping 2018 is tops!