Best of 2013

I'm following Christielli and doing a best of 2013 list. I agree with her - what a great way to look back on the year.

Best Book

I'm so excited about this book because I had my eye on her for a while. Not because of a recommendation, good reviews, best seller list or anything. It was just a feeling. Then I found one of her books at The Book Sale.

This book was seriously right up my alley - the writing, subject, characters - everything. There was even a bit of mystery thrown in. I thought a lot of it was like Downton Abbey but that just explains why I love it so much.

Best Album

I realize this album came out in 2012, but I was soooo into Neil Halstead this year it was out of control. In fact, for the entire fall season I couldn't listen to anything else except him and Craig Cardiff.

Neil's music is so gentle and even raw at times. His voice and melodies soothe my soul. He seems to have a smooth, quiet way about him that I'm digging at the moment.
Favourite song: Loose Change.

Best Movie

I'm not a big movie person and we rarely go to the theatre to see new ones. If I had to pick one and thinking back...I would pick Gravity.

I am heavy into space movies and it's so rare to find a good one. There were a few scenes you had to take with a grain of salt (which seems to be the norm with Hollywood) but I can get past it. Kudos to Sandra Bullock for pulling off a really intense role.

Best Blog Post

I don't have much material to choose from since I fell out of blogging for part of the year. Sadly, it's a work related post but it makes me smile when I look back on it.  I made some friends laugh offline and even garnered comments from my old BIM manager and others who rarely comment.

Best Completed Craft Project

This is a tough one. I made an amazing nephew sweater* and two quilts plus lots of other smaller projects.

I'm going to choose my nephew J's Rocketship quilt because I didn't end up giving it the finger while I was making it. Plus, I finally learned to make perfect corners and used a walking foot for the first time.

Best Instagram

Really hard to pick, but I'm going with this one because it sums up what's most important in my life. It was also taken on a trip we took this summer before everything went mental.

So that's it, I missed out on a lot of blogging in 2013. There was a lot of good material too but it is what it is. I'm stoked for 2014, like my brother in law said:

It's going to be the year of Jabba!


* I can't believe I have no completed photos of this sweater posted because it's off the rails cute. I'll do a blog post soon.