January in a nutshell

January is one of those months that I have always disliked because the holidays are done and I am so done with the snow and nasty weather. Also, I have always been in school and winter semester always seems to drag on. This January, however, was much different. First of all, there was hardly any snow for us here (there was freeeezing cold wind, but that's much easier to drive in than snow!), AND I didn't have school! The other great part was that Ryan didn't start class again until the 22nd, which meant that we had most weekends to do whatever we wanted!!! It was such a fun month, although, since a lot of it was just hanging out and relaxing there wasn't much to write about. But here are a few things we did do:

• Ryan was declared husband of the year only 2 days into the year when he suggested shopping at Park City, making a yummy dessert, and renting a chick flick that I've been dying to see (I won't even mention what movie it was because it would totally embarrass Ryan.... and maybe me, too. ha! But if the words "hoedown throwdown" sound familiar to you, then you know what I'm talking about).
• The next weekend, Ryan wanted to see Avatar, but since that is SO not my cup of tea, I {window} shopped at Gateway and then saw another shorter movie that ended up getting out at the same time as his. It was kind of weird seeing a movie by myself, yet I didn't mind and I'd even say it was a pretty fair compromise because we both got what we wanted!
• We also went to see BYU whoop Utah in basketball. Not only was it a great game, but BYU put on a pretty awesome pre-game show, too. Those Cougs know how it's done.
• I got a sewing lesson from my mom. This is how these work: we spend so much time picking out all the cute fabric and coming up with all sorts of ideas that by the time we get home to actually sew, I take 95 years to learn how to do it, so I end up just asking my mom to sew it for me and saying "I'll do it all by myself next time." Yeah, never happens. But I have a lot of project ideas up my sleeve, so maybe one of these days I will really learn...
• Ryan and I have been running a lot lately because we are training for another Ragnar Relay Race in southern California. We put together a family team and will run from Santa Barbara to Dana Point. Most of the run is right along the beach, so this will have much better scenery than our last one in the Las Vegas desert.
• Oh, and we kind of ate yummy banana splits for like the first half of the month (obviously I made no weight loss resolutions for 2010... not because I don't need them (I do), but because I'm all about setting realistic goals for now). So this pretty much sums up our January!