Recapping the Year...

Well, my friends it has been quite a year. If at the beginning of 2012 you had told me where we would be at the end of 2012 I would never have believed it. I would have thought that we would still be in Korea, getting things wrapped up to come home to the States this summer. But now we're living in Africa of all places and in coming and going we have had many bonus adventures. In fact in 2012 Team Stolasz has touched down on every continent except for South America and Antarctica! (I'm writing this from Amsterdam...) That's gotta be a record we will never break, but I always say, never say never.
To re-cap the year I thought we would do a scale of 1-10 list for 2012, with 1's being terrible and 10 being awesomeness. Here we go:
1.) Cancer, school shootings, African crime statistics, public restrooms in China, fiscal cliffs
2.) Camels, broken puppy legs, visa delays, Korean cab drivers, jet-lag, Australian insects/reptiles, cats that spend the entire day outside and then come in to use the litter box, floods, trying to run in the PE wind, flying through Joberg
3.) Korean emails/greeting cards, IT band injuries, imploding stills, saying 'goodbye' to the HFC, the reliability of the South African power grid, trying to run on sand, air sickness, the Mayan Calendar
4.) Monkeys, weather in PE, driving on the wrong side of the road, global time differences, moving, running at the gym, washers/dryers in any country OTHER than the USA, South African power outlets (C'mon people!)
5.) Braai'ing, having domestics, school uniforms, iPads, Home Plus, African keys (???)
6.) Leaving Korea, having a yard again, Lunar New Year ski trips, lemon trees, Roxy (who should be higher but will STAY at #6 until she stops pooping in the garage), having a good book to read on the beach
7.) Surfing, biltong, judo, Maximus's hunting abilities, race expos, tree swings, anything with Goofy on it, Australian Accents, the smell of Tibetan yak butter
8.) Saying "Gamsamnida" for the last time, Ninjago (Teddy's pick), Elephants, South African restaurants, Brazilian fiddle music, Kangaroos, 'The Walking Dead', empty peanut butter jars (Roxy's pick), kids that assemble their own Lego sets
9.) $250 WDW premium annual pass discounts (!!), Blue Ridge Distilling shipping product, trips with extended family, Disney cupcakes, race medals, Christmas boxes full of candy canes, the LLL family, reconnecting with my big sis, my Dad still being with us
10.) Knowing that we have friends and family all over the world. Sooo good to see you if our paths crossed this year, and if they didn't know you are missed! We hope you have a wonderful 2013 filled with God's blessings!
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