Enjoying the little things

The other day (actually last year), I found this nice idea on Pinterest to remember the good things that happened throughout the year by writing the memories down and putting them in a jar to take out at the end of the year and reminisce over. Gio and I very much liked the idea and started this jar. Except that given our faulty memories, throughout 2013 we pretty much forgot to write the good things down. Alas a new year brings new beginnings. So yesterday we wrote down a few experiences to fill up our empty jar. Those good times included:

• Gio starting his first college classes (Sept 2013)
• Me considering myself fluent in Portuguese (Sept 2013)
• Gio's first job (official US taxpaying resident!) (Jan 2014)
• Feeling at home with Gio's family and son in Medellin (Nov 2013)
• Me completing a half marathon (Jan 2013 - and ready for my second one this weekend!)
• Gio's first snowblowing experience (Dec 2013)
• Discovering why the hell there's a Salvador Dali museum in St Petersburg, Florida (July 2013)
• Spending Sunday at home cooking and eating beef stew or sudado de pollo and baking these awesome cookie bars (recent Sunday tradition!)
• Also spending Sunday (mornings) rollerblading down Miami Beach with our fannypacks and wrist guards (ok, only wore the fannypack once and they were wrist, knee, and elbow guards!)

I already am excited for 2014 to be filled with new and noteworthy moments. We've got the World Cup coming up in Rio in July, best friend's wedding in June, and I'd like to program in a weekend getaway to New Orleans, Atlanta, or Chicago! But of course, I'm still trying to remember my new years resolution to remain in the present and just take one day at a time.