Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Bret's 2015 Favorites

Here are my favorites for 2015

Favorite Movies:

1 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2 - Jurassic World
3 - The Martian
4 - Furious 7
5 - Mad Max or Ex Machina (from Cleanflix)

Favorite Books:

1 - Ready Player One
2 - Firefight
3 - The Martian
4 - Okay For Now
5 - Star Wars: Dark Disciple

Favorite Songs (see playlist on side):

I loved Twenty One Pilots new album as well as Imagine Dragons. I probably could put more than 2 from each of those, but I didn't.

- Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
- Tear in my Heart - Twenty One Pilots
- Gold - Imagine Dragons
- I'm So Sorry - Imagine Dragons
- Good For You - Selena Gomez
- New Americana - Halsey
- Gooey - Glass Animals
- Lean On - Major Lazer, etc.
- Can't Deny My Love - Brandon Flowers
- Renegades - X-Ambassadors

Favorite Meal - first dinner in Jerusalem with Tevia at a small street vendor on a cold evening. So good.

Favorite TV Show: Didn't see many, so I'd say it's still Arrow since that is about the only show I watched.

Favorite Concert: Imagine Dragons (fun with Kathy, Jimmy, Cari)

Fun year!

Bret's 2015

2015 was an amazing year. As I looked back at what happened, I can't believe how much I did this year. Here are some of the highlights:

- A trip to Israel. This was a definite highlight as I have always wanted to go to Jerusalem. And my work gave me the opportunity to go - and so we decided to have Tevia come by, too. It was an amazing (though quick!) trip. And a great spiritual experience.
- Peru/Machu Picchu. We had been planning this trip for over a year and it was wonderful. This was another on my top 5 list (along with Israel), so I was able to scratch two off of my top 5 list this year! Being there with Tevia and her family made it even more fun.
- Quick anniversary trip to Mexico. Since we had so many other trips, our anniversary trip was scaled down. We went to Rocky Point just the two of us for the first time. And it was amazing. So fun and easy.
- Trip to London. I hadn't been to London for a while so it was fun to go back and work there for a week. One highlight was watching "Wicked".
- New work experience. I was asked to go on a new client this year that has been challenging and fun. It was a good time to get a change and I have been able to create a great team that is innovative, creative, and fun.
- Hiking the Grand Canyon. Tevia wanted me to join her this year on the rim-to-rim hike on the Grand Canyon. This was a great experience, though very tough. It was a beautiful trip and gave a great sense of satisfaction after hiking 24 miles in one day up and down the canyon.
- Star Wars. Having waited years for the next Star Wars movie, our entire family was ready for it this December. I was happy to have my expectations met - and even exceeded. We had fun going to the midnight showing and let the boys bring some friends, too. (we've seen it a couple of times afterwards, too)

Let's hope 2016 is just as fun.