2018 Reflection! 🌟

2018 was filled with lots of love, happiness, and craziness. So many memories and fun things we did so I want to take a moment and look back on every month and write down something I did! And these might be some little things, but they’re good memories to look back on because I have a hard time remembering stuff! ❤

January:

• I rang in the new year as an engaged lady
• We closed on our new home
• Officially started buying renovation supplies for the house
• Started my last semester of college
• Tore down a wall in our house (for the first time) and it was super fun
• Made a famous soup recipe from The Spaghetti Factory and it was 🔥
• Started officially taking my blog seriously and committing time to it (I started in December of 2017, but just created one)
• Got my bridal shower invitations made, printed out, and sent out to people

February:

• Bought a really cute pink purse combo (huge step because I only buy black purses so having a different color was new to me)
• Saw Aleksandra Prijovic live in concert
• Struggled with my finance classes (lol)
• Booked my last appointment to take my braces off
• Took my niece and nephew to Sky Zone and went to eat after – my nephew drank soda and was so hyper
• Completed the tiles in the bathroom
• Talked about our wedding and looked for wedding venues
• Moved the gym from his parents basement into our garage

March:

• Took our niece to the movies to watch Peter Rabbit (such a good movie)
• Painted our house
• Put a new tub, toilet, and sink in our bathrooms
• Someone stole our AC system outside at our new house (assholes)
• Father in law got the kids new bunnies (we made sure to not attach ourselves to them otherwise we would take them home lol)
• Added the flooring into our house
• Got my braces off!!!!!
• My dad left his power tool in one of the houses he sold so he was sad until they let him get it back lol
• Went to Chicago with Ado and Nejla for a weekend (end of March, beginning of April)
  • They took us to a place called Steak 52 I think and it was super expensive but such a cool experience
  • Got drunk from a fish bowl at Sugar Factory
  • Visited the Nutella Factory in Chicago for the first time
  • Had a mimosa for brunch for the first time

April:

• Tore all the walls off in the basement
• Made bosnian bread for the first time in a long time and it was delicious
• Mirhad fell down the stairs in his basement and now has a huge scar on leg (lmao)
• Started looking at furniture for our house
• Had Husko’s chili for the first time (the best)
• Made my party favors for the bridal shower and other decorations
• Passed my second kidney stone – worst pain ever
• Looked for my graduation outfit
• Got my makeup done by my bff for my bridal shower
• Had my bridal shower!!
• Elma bought a snapchat geo filter made just for my shower ❤
• Opened up gifts at home with the families instead of at the shower, it was more fun this way and my nephew had a blast trying to open all of the gifts before me
• Put in our kitchen cabinets
• Sanela’s fam bought us a TV
• We picked the granite top for the kitchen
• Dad installed a new door, but had to knocked down some of the wall to do it
• Furnished our living room
• Bought a bed set
• Planted my first flowers 🌷

May: 

• Searched for my Mosque wedding dress
• Entered my last month of college
• Had my graduation party (earlier bc we wanted to also celebrate my dads and sister birthdays)
• Mirhad went to Boston for a couple of days
• Went bike riding in Forest Park
• Granite top was added to our kitchen
• Ordered a graduation cap topper from Etsy and got it in the mail right before graduation
• Got our kitchen completed including the appliances
• Graduated college!!!
• Got married a couple days later ❤
• Mirhad walked the stage at his graduation, but actually just now graduated a couple days ago
• My niece graduated pre-school, had a mini graduation
• Went to Colorado with Mirhad, Ermin, Sanela, and Anel and had lots of fun
• Mirhad had his eye surgery

June:

• We bought a puppy!
• My sister went to a college prep camp for 2 weeks
• We got a dining room set finally
• Mirhad and Omer killed a wasps nest by our door
• Celebrated our first Bajram as a married couple
• Mirhad drove 4 hours to pick up our puppy
• Had lots of fun, snuggles, and struggles with our pup and ended up having to give him away 2 weeks later
• I started my new job
• Went to a family picnic in St. James and fished

July:

• Mirhad was trimming the bushes in front of our house and accidentally trimmed the extension cord as well
• Celebrated 4th of July in the park we’ve been going to for 3 years now
• Went canoeing in Forest Park

August:

• Celebrated my birthday and went home earlier from work
• Went to Dallas, TX for my birthday weekend
• Tried Texas BBQ for the first time
• Went swimming on a rooftop pool
• Sat in a Tesla for the first time
• Made my fall wreath
• Went to a Card’s game
• Made a coffee bar
• Surprised my nephew with a birthday cupcake and a mini trampoline

September:

• Attended one of my best friends brothers wedding
• Chilled on a hammock with Mirhad and ate fruit
• Ate a spongebob ice cream
• Attended another friends wedding
• Went on our trip to Seattle, San Fran, Yosemite, and Vegas
• Celebrated Mirhad’s birthday in the West Coast

October:

• Decorated pumpkins and put them in front of the house
• Got a patio set
• Took some photos in a pumpkin patch
• Tried a pumpkin spiced latte for the first time ever
• Watched our friends get engaged
• Surprised Zana with a baby shower
• Searched for fall leaves in every park and took lots of pics
• Had a picnic in Forest Park

November:

• Put up my Christmas tree
• Had our first sleepover with my niece and nephew
• Dyed my hair dark brown
• Heard a car crash into the river by our house (scary)
• Parked our car in the garage for the first time (after it was all cleaned out)
• First snow at this house
• Had Friendsgiving at our friends house
• Got this super cute purse from my hubs

December:

• Celebrated my nieces 6th birthday
• Got to meet baby Adnan
• Got Mirhad Airpods for his New Years present
• 2 of my bff’s graduated college
• Went to Chicago for a weekend to see the lights
• Finished wrapping all presents and put them under the tree

And now as this year is about to wrap up, I wish everyone a very happy and safe New Years! Hoping for lots of happiness, love, and adventures in 2019! ❤