I saw this idea over on http://www.multitaskingmama.com/ and decided to give it a whirl.
What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Hmmm...I rode a dolphin. That was pretty freakin cool. I've swam with them before, but this was the first time I rode one. Also I climbed an ancient Mayan pyramid. That was pretty awesome, too.
Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't even remember what they were, so it's a pretty good bet that I didn't keep them.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
While several people I know gave birth, none of it affected my day-to-day.
Did anyone close to you die?
Just my doggy Jasper. And he was 12, and suffering, so in the long run it was really okay for him to go.
What countries did you visit?
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I think I would like to have more peace and less stress.
What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Hmmm...April 17 my baby turned 6 and September 20 my big boy turned 8.
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
This year was the year that we made our last car payment and credit card payment. That's a pretty big deal to me.
What was your biggest failure?
We didn't manage to save up money for the future like I had hoped we would.
Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing major this year at all, for any of us.
What was the best thing you bought?
Well, we've put a deposit down on a brand new puppy, that we'll be getting in just a few weeks!
Whose behavior merited celebration?
My kids, at times. I am very proud of the people they are becoming. They are both smart, athletic, kind and honest. What more could a mama want?
Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Most politicians, as usual. And Tiger Woods.
Where did most of your money go?
The mortgage, as always
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I am really really excited about the upcoming new puppy. I can't wait to watch him grow up and see what fun Rico and the kids will have with him!
What song will always remind you of 2009?
Maybe "If Today Was Your Last Day" by Nickelback.
Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
a) happier
b) same
c) same
What do you wish you’d done more of?
scrapbook - but I need to learn to let go of the guilt I feel for being so far behind.
What do you wish you’d done less of?
stress!! There is only so much I can do, and honestly in the grand scheme of things, if my family is healthy and happy, nothing else really means crap.
How did you spend Christmas?
Relaxing and enjoying each other!!
Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope, been there, done that.
What was your favorite TV program?
LOST has been my fave since it started. Can't believe 2010 will be it's final season.
Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don't waste time with hate. As I said, if someone or something doesn't affect my family, it doesn't matter in the long run.
What was the best book you read?
I think maybe my favorite book of the year was "Duma Key" by Stephen King. Very good book. But I read pretty much daily so there are a lot of great books on my list. I got very into vampire books this year (thanks a lot, Twilight) so there were a lot of good ones in that genre this year, too.
What was your greatest musical discovery?
Huh, don't think I had one, really. Still heart my iPod, but that's nothing new.
What did you want and get?
I wanted a Cricut for scrapbooking, and got it in November at a Black Friday sale. Woohoo.
What did you want and not get?
New flooring in my master bedroom. Maybe in 2010.
What was your favorite film of this year?
Definitely "The Hangover". Funniest movie ever. And honestly if you get married and DON'T go to Vegas for your bachelor/bachelorette party, I feel sorry for you, because it really is that fun.
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 35 in 2009, and went to sushi with my friend Evelyn, and then a Japanese steakhouse with my family.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Unlimited cash to do all the things I would like to have done around the house.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Bold
What kept you sane?
focusing on the little things in life
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hmmm...maybe Taylor Swift. That girl has class and talent.
What political issue stirred you the most?
Health care reform. We'll see what comes of all this mess in 2010
Who did you miss?
I got back in touch with several old college friends in 2009, and chatting with them made me miss some of the other people and good times we used to have back in the day.
Who was the best new person you met?
I met quite a few new people this year. I think the best, as far as good hearted, genuine person that I had the pleasure to meet this year was Evelyn. Her courage and strength is simply astonishing.
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009
I learned that what doesn't matter just doesn't matter. Let go of the little things and focus on what is fabulous in your 'right now'.
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
"Toes" by The Zac Brown Band
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Friday, February 20, 2009
Another meme from Ginny
More fun from Ginny:
1. What brand & flavor of toothpaste do you use? I'm not particular. It's currently cinnamon flavored something.
2. If you were in charge, what time would work start and at what time would work be finished? Not sure, but it would NOT be a five day work week.
3. Hot Dogs or Hamburgers? Turkey burgers
4. If you could bring any one famous person back to life, who would it be? nobody I can think of (I'm sucking at this aren't I?)
5. What is one thing we would always find in your fridge... what one thing would we never find? always diet coke and never peppers
6.If you could 'have' one feature from any of your friends, what would you take and from who? Melissa's amazing outlook on life.
7. What is the last scrapbooking thing you purchased? more Thickers
8. What is something that you own that you should probably just throw in the trash, but you never will? a bunch of sweaters that I never wear
9. I push you into a room and lock the door. I leave you there for 6 hours. The walls are hiteboards' and in the middle of the room there is a box of colored markers. What will be written/drawn on the walls when I let you out? well, that depends on whether or not I KNOW you're coming back in six hours. If I think I'm trapped, possibly forever, then I'd write evil crap about you for locking me in. If I knew it was just for six hours, I'd draw flowers. Two very different responses to two very different scenarios. lol.
10. What would be your ideal car? one that cleaned itself inside and out nightly while I slept
11. What was for breakfast? oatmeal
12. Name one thing that is so normal to you now that someone who was your age 50 years ago would think was abnormal. surfing the web
13. I'm letting you trade places with any actor or actress for any performance. Who are you trading with? Kate Winslet for Titanic. Who wouldn't want to make out with Leo!
14. How are you different now from when you were 15? (And weight or grey hair cannot be your answer!) much more grounded in reality
15.Which famous picture would you like to have taken? the flag at ground zero
1. What brand & flavor of toothpaste do you use? I'm not particular. It's currently cinnamon flavored something.
2. If you were in charge, what time would work start and at what time would work be finished? Not sure, but it would NOT be a five day work week.
3. Hot Dogs or Hamburgers? Turkey burgers
4. If you could bring any one famous person back to life, who would it be? nobody I can think of (I'm sucking at this aren't I?)
5. What is one thing we would always find in your fridge... what one thing would we never find? always diet coke and never peppers
6.If you could 'have' one feature from any of your friends, what would you take and from who? Melissa's amazing outlook on life.
7. What is the last scrapbooking thing you purchased? more Thickers
8. What is something that you own that you should probably just throw in the trash, but you never will? a bunch of sweaters that I never wear
9. I push you into a room and lock the door. I leave you there for 6 hours. The walls are hiteboards' and in the middle of the room there is a box of colored markers. What will be written/drawn on the walls when I let you out? well, that depends on whether or not I KNOW you're coming back in six hours. If I think I'm trapped, possibly forever, then I'd write evil crap about you for locking me in. If I knew it was just for six hours, I'd draw flowers. Two very different responses to two very different scenarios. lol.
10. What would be your ideal car? one that cleaned itself inside and out nightly while I slept
11. What was for breakfast? oatmeal
12. Name one thing that is so normal to you now that someone who was your age 50 years ago would think was abnormal. surfing the web
13. I'm letting you trade places with any actor or actress for any performance. Who are you trading with? Kate Winslet for Titanic. Who wouldn't want to make out with Leo!
14. How are you different now from when you were 15? (And weight or grey hair cannot be your answer!) much more grounded in reality
15.Which famous picture would you like to have taken? the flag at ground zero
Monday, February 9, 2009
25 things meme
Ginny posted this on one of my yahoo groups, so here's mine:
1. I am addicted to the snooze button. I hit it for about an hour every morning. Drives dh crazy.
2. I LOVE the smell of dog feet. They smell like love to me. Rico's smell better than Jasper's, but Calvin's smelled the best of all.
3. I've lived in six states, from east coast to west coast and far north to far south.
4. I am an only child, and I do think that it forced me to be more creative growing up so I wouldn't get bored.
5. I am still not on Facebook. I might remedy that anytime now.
6. I am on MySpace, but I forgot my login information ages ago so I've not been on in probably a year.
7. I adore shopping. I can't get enough. Online or in person, I am most definitely a shopaholic.
8. My little toe is odd. It’s way shorter than the other toes and kind of curls sideways under the toe next to it.
9. Despite the oddity of my toes, I get pedicures regularly, and almost always have my toenails painted five different colors. Most people call them skittles or m-n-m’s.
10. I’ve had the same toe ring on for 12 years. Prior to that I lost many, frequently.
11. I love to gamble, esp. Blackjack and Three Card Poker. I was so very excited when we got those games at Hard Rock here in Tampa.
12. When I was little I used to think I wanted five kids. Now, not so much.
13. I chew pen caps all the time. I keep a stash by all my computers, and also by the bed and in the car. If I can’t find one for some reason when I want one I’m like a junkie looking for a fix, digging through the pen holders in the house. It’s pathetic.
14. I was a double major in English and Theatre in college. Then I got out and realized I needed a skill, so I taught myself web design.
15. One of the wildest jobs I ever had was right after college, working as a shot girl and beer tub girl in a bar, dressed in a bikini. VERY good money.
16. I grew up in a tiny little town that didn’t even have a fast food place.
17. If it were up to me I would take in every stray animal I came across. DH is not on board with that plan, so we have just three cats and two dogs (at the moment!)
18. One of the fishies in our fish tank had babies that we just discovered yesterday. I am so excited about this, though I know the odds are good that the other fishies will eat them.
19. I have two tattoos, one that I got when I was 17 and one when I was 21.
20. I like to cook but I don’t have time anymore.
21. I am pretty fairly consistently two years behind in my scrapbooking and I don’t know how I will ever manage to catch up.
22. I think Sugar Free Sobe Adrenaline Rush is about the yummiest non-alcoholic drink in the world.
23. I constantly make new attempts at keeping a journal and I always fail, typically stopping after only one or two entries. Then when I go back and find them again they always seem to start out with “this time I’m really going to keep up on journaling”. Ha
24. I have very little patience, and that’s something I desperately need to work on.
25. I’m really bad about lurking on people’s blogs, and not commenting. But I’m out there!
1. I am addicted to the snooze button. I hit it for about an hour every morning. Drives dh crazy.
2. I LOVE the smell of dog feet. They smell like love to me. Rico's smell better than Jasper's, but Calvin's smelled the best of all.
3. I've lived in six states, from east coast to west coast and far north to far south.
4. I am an only child, and I do think that it forced me to be more creative growing up so I wouldn't get bored.
5. I am still not on Facebook. I might remedy that anytime now.
6. I am on MySpace, but I forgot my login information ages ago so I've not been on in probably a year.
7. I adore shopping. I can't get enough. Online or in person, I am most definitely a shopaholic.
8. My little toe is odd. It’s way shorter than the other toes and kind of curls sideways under the toe next to it.
9. Despite the oddity of my toes, I get pedicures regularly, and almost always have my toenails painted five different colors. Most people call them skittles or m-n-m’s.
10. I’ve had the same toe ring on for 12 years. Prior to that I lost many, frequently.
11. I love to gamble, esp. Blackjack and Three Card Poker. I was so very excited when we got those games at Hard Rock here in Tampa.
12. When I was little I used to think I wanted five kids. Now, not so much.
13. I chew pen caps all the time. I keep a stash by all my computers, and also by the bed and in the car. If I can’t find one for some reason when I want one I’m like a junkie looking for a fix, digging through the pen holders in the house. It’s pathetic.
14. I was a double major in English and Theatre in college. Then I got out and realized I needed a skill, so I taught myself web design.
15. One of the wildest jobs I ever had was right after college, working as a shot girl and beer tub girl in a bar, dressed in a bikini. VERY good money.
16. I grew up in a tiny little town that didn’t even have a fast food place.
17. If it were up to me I would take in every stray animal I came across. DH is not on board with that plan, so we have just three cats and two dogs (at the moment!)
18. One of the fishies in our fish tank had babies that we just discovered yesterday. I am so excited about this, though I know the odds are good that the other fishies will eat them.
19. I have two tattoos, one that I got when I was 17 and one when I was 21.
20. I like to cook but I don’t have time anymore.
21. I am pretty fairly consistently two years behind in my scrapbooking and I don’t know how I will ever manage to catch up.
22. I think Sugar Free Sobe Adrenaline Rush is about the yummiest non-alcoholic drink in the world.
23. I constantly make new attempts at keeping a journal and I always fail, typically stopping after only one or two entries. Then when I go back and find them again they always seem to start out with “this time I’m really going to keep up on journaling”. Ha
24. I have very little patience, and that’s something I desperately need to work on.
25. I’m really bad about lurking on people’s blogs, and not commenting. But I’m out there!
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