Highlights of 2011

January

• Relaxing at the spa.
• Getting a purple acoustic Daisy Rock guitar.
• Mel & Dave's wedding.
• Being interviewed by Company Magazine.
• Attending the Top Drawer exhibition at Earl's Court.
• Visiting Tower Bridge and Cross Bones Graveyard.
• Day tripping to Birmingham, making nibs at the pen museum and visiting Bourneville, the home of Cadbury.
• Holding a gold bar at the Bank Of England.
• Taking Tom on our family holiday to Tenerife.
• Feeding the animals at Monkey Park.

February

• Swimming on a beach with black sand.
• Befriending the cats in Masca.
• Amazing cemeteries in Guimar and pretty beaches at Candelaria.
• Visiting the monkeys again before flying home.
• Hanging with Joe & Katie and Hawlie & Lee on the same day.
• Going to the Cartoon Museum with Sean & Catherine.
• Spending Valentine's Day in Berlin and seeing Azure Ray.
• Exploring Berlin and eating vegan currywurst.
• Spending 22 hours in Stockholm, seeing Bright Eyes and meeting Mike Mogis.
• Sitting front row at The Savoy during London Fashion Week, attending dozens of shows and meeting Grazia.
• Meeting Buck 65 again.
• Having manicures and an amazing tea party at The House Of Intrigue.
• Getting a free hair cut and makeover at LFW.
• Being invited to Whisky Mist, one of London's most exclusive clubs.

March

• Interviewing Harley Quinn from Batman and releasing the New York issue of Snippets.
• Travelling to the centre of the universes at Greenwich's Prime Meridian.
• Tom appearing on TechCrunch.
• Having bubble tea and taking purikura photos with Beckii Cruel.
• Meeting The Clothes Show.
• Visiting Kensal Green cemetery.
• Paying our respects at the Pet Cemetery.
• Attending Vanessa G's red carpet fashion show with gold leaf quail eggs, Konnie Huq and Sophie Ellis Bextor.
• Drinking champagne and eating cupcakes at The Box Boutique's grand opening.
• Creating fBlog, our very own blogging platform.
• Meeting Twinkie Chan, watching the Oxford v. Cambridge boat race and being guests of Ladytron at their DJ set at Centre Point.
• Attending the Syncapse after party at Kensington Roof Gardens.
• Getting amazing goody bags at the Blow press day.
• Tom presenting fBlog to Facebook and the awesome after party.

April

• Using the flower press my Dad made me.
• Taking my Mum to a press day at The Savoy and exploring Limehouse.
• Visiting Pollock's Toy Museum, exploring the Petrie Museum with a flashlight, and picnicking on Primrose Hill.
• Day tripping to the south and visiting Portsmouth, Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton.
• Discovering Soho's Secret Tearoom, the Sagen Press Day at vegetarian food at Ottarian.
• Attending a diamond party in honour of the world's first entirely diamond ring.
• Visiting the Museum of Childhood and a biker bar in the same day.
• Dim Sum at Dim T and fashion shows on the south bank.
• Visiting the American Embassy and getting our 6 month tourist visas.
• Jack's BBQ in Broccoli.
• Hanging with Loraine and visiting The Vault.
• Seeing the Queen on a day trip to Cambridge and visiting Ely, Southend and Essex.
• Exploring the Crypt Gallery and petting animals at Freightliner's Farm.
• Watching the Royal Wedding in Green Park with a picnic.
• Taking a day trip to Wiltshire and The Cotswolds.

May

• Learning how to skate in Queen's Park.
• Visiting the Houses of Parliament and attending a book launch at Punk.
• Making the last minute decision to jump on a sleeper train to Cornwall.
• Exploring St Ives & Cornwall, and getting all the way to Land's End.
• When Tom's parents visited London.
• Moving out of the Mews which was sad :(.
• Pitch 'n putt advenute golf in Dunfermline.
• Baking scones and having a tea party with the family.
• Holding baby chicks at Auchingarrich.
• Driving along the shore to North Berwick with my parents.
• Moving to Omaha, Nebraska.

June

• Our first day in Omaha.
• Discovering Hollywood Candy, the most amazing shop ever.
• Going to see Jenny Lewis and Bright Eyes in Iowa.
• Buying a super cool organ for $20 and the Taste Of Omaha festival.
• The Ice Cream Man giving our free ice cream during the Slowdown pub quiz.
• Swimming in our new pool and hot tub on the roof.
• Watching amazing lightening storms from our apartment.
• BBQs on the roof and the Project Condom Fashion Show.
• Discovering amazing sushi happy hours.
• Watching the start of the College World Series and fireworks from the roof.
• Attending Benson Summerfest and pancakes the size of our heads.
• Watching a tornado forming outside our window and surviving.
• Getting an iPad.
• Watching the fireflies wake up at sunset on Gene Leahy Mall.
• Getting free popcorn at Film Streams.
• Visiting the Durham Museum.
• Getting a Little Square Microphone.

July

• Drawing on the iPad.
• Getting a SpiceCam polaroid camera and going to the Cinedine.
• Amazing fireworks on the 4th of July.
• Omaha Girls Rock and meeting Orenda Fink.
• The Joslyn Museum, Blanc Burgers and making a polaroid phone cosy.
• Tom getting his Nebraska driving license.
• Meeting Megan aka Princess Lasertron in her amazing studio.
• Railroad Days and getting to travel all over Omaha and Council Bluffs.
• Releasing the Japan Issue of Snippets.
• Winning a prize for our photobooth picture.
• The grand opening of the Saddle Creek Shop with Orenda Fink and Laura Burhen.
• Perusing the Birdhouse Collective.
• Admiring the art at the Bemis Centre.

August

• Watching our local bakery compete on Cupcake Wars.
• Hanging out with Danion and Josh, members on CO+K.
• Getting a purple satchel and eating at the interactive opening of Saigon Surface.
• Riding a two person bike around the Old Market.
• Visiting the Donut Stop and getting a Tarina Tarantino necklace from Tom.
• Spotting rabbits and the Tim Kasher instore at Saddle Creek.
• Car shopping and exploring Dundee, Omaha.
• Releasing the first ever Crafterella comic.
• Receiving the World's Tiniest Post Service in the mail.
• Getting our first car and finally making it to Hollywood Diner.
• Extreme Coworking at Camp and Princess Lasetron's secret fashion show.
• Going on an adventure to Bellevue, Beaver Lake and driving home through a tornado on Tom's birthday.
• Skyfari at Henry Doorly Zoo and champagne on tap for my birthday.
• Taking the Dodge on Safari.
• Baking Angry Birds Whoopie Pies and Omaha Fashion Week.
• Getting a copy of Motel Art Improvement Service from Jason Little with a sketch inside for me.
• Hanging out with Kat from Rock 'N Roll Bride and going to a block party at the Slowdown.
• Watching an airshow at Offutt Airforce Base and the finale of Omaha Fashion Week.
• Taking a road trip through Des Moine, Iowa, seeing the Buddy Holly crash site and arriving in St Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Exploring Minneapolis, sneaking across the state line in to Wisconsin, going to the Mall Of America and hanging out with Bruno of Curbly.
• Driving home through North and South Dakota and eating fried twinkies.

September

• Meeting Saddle Creek and eating salad with flowers on top.
• Releasing the Wedding Issue of Snippets.
• Road tripping to Colorado, taking a steam train, visiting a ghost town and driving to the top of a mountain.
• Exploring Denver & Boulder and seeing a drive-in movie.
• Spending Fashion's Night Out with Miss Iowa and Miss Nebraska on a LimoBus.
• Learning how to make ice cream with Ted & Wally.
• Eating Zombie burgers in Des Moines and drinking pie shakes in Iowa City.
• Exploring Chicago which is such an amazing city.
• Having more fun in Chicago and meeting Peter Rojas and Ryan Block from GDGT.
• Road tripping through Indiana & Michigan, exploring the Henry Ford Museum, drive-by visiting Detroit and eating ice cream in Hell.
• Road tripping through Ohio and seeing the amazing mushroom house in Cincinnati.
• Meeting the KFC Colonel, visiting Fort Knox and watching bands in Nashville.
• Waling in Memphis, hugging Arkansas' little rock, visiting an alligator petting zoo and seeing a merman.
• Exploring Oklahoma City, drinking at Pop's Soda on Route 66 and having our meals delivered by model trains.
• Almost finding a lost cat and exploring Kansas City.
• Being sent an Instax Camera and gambling at Harrah's Casino.
• Being interviews by Les Femme Folles.
• Showing Mum & Dad around Omaha.
• Shooting a gun for the first time, dining with racoons and taking a horse and carriage ride.

October

• Driving through South Dakota, feeding prairie dogs, visiting Mount Rushmore and Sundance.
• Looking for bears in Yellowstone Park, spotting elk; moose and deer, and watching Old Faithful errupt.
• Driving through Idaho, Wyoming and Montana to Canada.
• Visiting Kirkcaldy in Canada and dressing up as Vulcans in Vulcan.
• Taking a ride on the Edmonton Queen paddle boat.
• Playing with kittens at the adoption centre.
• Eating dim sum and visiting Jennifer's horses.
• Visiting the amazing Gopher Hole museum, driving through Banff and visiting Lake Louise.
• Exploring Vancouver with Bruce.
• Trecking in Lighthouse Park, enjoying fried oysters in Horseshoe Bay and eating Japadogs.
• Taking Bruce on a road-trip to Seattle and catching up with Tom and Megan.
• Exploring Seattle, holding a baby kangaroo and the largest milkshakes ever.
• Eating voodoo donuts in Portland, Oregon and sleeping in a train caboose.
• Arriving in California, touring Stanford and staying with Grazia.
• Exploring San Francisco and hanging out with Twinkie Chan.
• Eating at In 'N Out and arriving in Los Angeles.
• Exploring Hollywood and really loving LA.
• Touring the Warner Brother Studios, driving through the desert and gambling in Las Vegas.
• Road tripping to Utah and visiting the Hoover Damb.
• Visiting the Grand Canyon, bear cubs in Bearizona, UFO diners in Sedona and sleeping in a wigwam motel in Arizona.
• Writing a Halloween Song, driving through the Petrified Forrest and dining at a haunted restaurant in New Mexico.

November

• Looking over in to Mexico from El Paso and the Border Patrol Museum.
• Hanging out with Facebook and dressing up as a sugar skull for Day Of The Dead in San Antonio.
• Exploring Austin, food from trucks, cake at Sandra Bullock's cafe, the cathedral of junk and a Sean Of The Dead quote-a-long.
• Dessert at Apple, hanging out with Hawlie and Lee, watching bats and giant donuts.
• Sleeping in a cabin on a gator-infested swamp in Louisiana.
• Exploring the voodoo museum, eating beignets and drinking Hurricanes in New Orleans.
• Exploring Atlanta, Athens and Savannah, Georgia.
• Spotting an aligator in Okefenokee swamp.
• Road tripping up through South and North Carolina.
• Visiting the White House and Washington, DC.
• Touring Penn State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and gambling in Atlantic City.
• Eating rainbow pancakes, meeting Mr Potato Head and visiting Boston.
• Visiting the witches in Salem.
• Making it to Vermont, visiting the Ben & Jerry's factory and having seen all of the states in America.
• Visiting the world's tallest filling cabinet and crossing the border in to Montreal.
• Travelling from Montreal to Toronto.
• Eating poutine in Toronto.
• Rainbows at Niagara Falls and the Muppets movie.
• Driving the Dodge in to New York City and knowing we'd made it.
• Walking the Highline, Central Park and cracking candy cocktails.
• Exploring Brooklyn and hanging out with Peter Rojas.
• Selling the Dodge :( and flying home to the UK.

December

• Seeing the family again and getting our Christmas tree.
• Eating fish and chips in Anstruther.
• Finding an amazing new Mews in Edinburgh and getting an iPhone 4s.
• Lunch at the Kingswood with Duncan.
• Crafting again and making paper crowns and Christmas crackers.
• Making a gingerbread house.
• Catching up with friends for Christmas drinks.
• Baking Christmas pudding cake pops and making fairy lights with my glue gun.
• Getting awesome presents on Christmas day.
• Doing well in the Boxing Day sales.
• Having breakfast in Perth, visiting the Hermitage and hanging out with Louise and Marcella.
• Celebrating my 9 year anniversary with Tom.
• Welcoming the new year in with fireworks and drinks on Burntisland beach.