year end quiz

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?

Went ski­ing and I enjoyed it

2. Did you keep your new year’s res­o­lu­tions, and will you make more for next year?

I did make res­o­lu­tions and didn’t stick to any of them!

3. Did any­one close to you give birth?

No

4. Did any­one close to you die?

No.

5. What coun­tries did you visit?

Does the US count?  France and Portugal.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

Con­fi­dence and a ban­gin’ body.

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your mem­ory, and why?

hmmm uuuuuuh.

8. What was your biggest achieve­ment of the year?

ski­ing and lik­ing it!

9. What was your biggest fail­ure?

not los­ing 25lbs

10. Did you suf­fer ill­ness or injury?

No.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Nikon D200

12. Whose behav­ior mer­ited cel­e­bra­tion?

Barack Obama.

13. Whose behav­ior made you appalled and depressed?

George W Bush.

14. Where did most of your money go?

What money?  I’m a SAHM!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Noth­ing got me really really really excited but I am happy that I now know what I want to be when I grow up.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?

That’s not my name by the Ting Ting’s

17. Com­pared to this time last year, are you:

a) hap­pier or sad­der? Hap­pier
b) thin­ner or fat­ter? Fat­ter
c) richer or poorer? About the same– broke.  I did men­tion that I’m a sahm.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Walked more and taken more risks.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

I spent too much time on this blasted computer.

20. How did you spend Christ­mas?

Spent it at home with my pod.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?

Yes, I’m repeat­edly falling in love w/ the Garner’s.

22. What was your favorite TV pro­gram?

CSI Las Vegas, NCIS and Numbers.

23. Do you hate any­one now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Hate is a strong word.  I do dis­like some­one that I didn’t dis­like last year.

24. What was the best book you read?

Do children’s books count?

25. What was your great­est musi­cal dis­cov­ery?

That would involve actu­ally lis­ten­ing to music.

26. What did you want and get?

A new camera

27. What did you want and not get?

A Mac.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

By default Mama Mia– it’s the only movie I’ve seen in 2008.

29. What did you do on your birth­day, and how old were you?

Noth­ing, Wal was out of town.  38

30. What one thing would have made your year immea­sur­ably more sat­is­fy­ing?

Noth­ing.  I have enjoyed being a sahm and watch­ing, mold­ing and enjoy­ing my daugh­ter grow, learn, speak and con­trol her bowel movements!

31. How would you describe your per­sonal fash­ion con­cept in 2008?

I wear jeans and a black top every.single.day so I’ll say FRUMP.  I hope to change that this year and take more risks.

32. What kept you sane?

Pho­tog­ra­phy.  Oh and Wal, Squidge, my friends and this blog.

33. Which celebrity/public fig­ure did you fancy the most?

I’m a loyal gal so I’ll have to say Brad Pitt.

34. What polit­i­cal issue stirred you the most?

too many to list.  Let me just say Ding Dong the dunce is almost gone!

35. Who did you miss?

ALL of my fam­ily and friends in the US

36. Who was the best new per­son you met?

Joy and Julia– I hope to see  more of them this year.

37. Tell us a valu­able life les­son you learned in 2008.

If I push myself and work through my fear I can do anything.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

eeeer.

totally stole this from her