A fellow blogger/friend posted this and I felt like doing the same. Still working on uploading pics and video from the Jackson Hole trip. :)
1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
Breast feed.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm pretty sure my resolution was the same as it's always been: eat less, exercise more...one day I'll actually do it.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
YES!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, Bill's grandfather.
5. What would you like to have in the coming year that you lacked in the previous year?
the discipline to control my eating and the volume of my voice when Littleman is pushing my buttons.
6. What countries did you visit?
Just the lovely US of A.
7. What date from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 18 - gave birth to my Finny Finn Finn.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
successfully breastfeeding - WITHOUT a nipple shield!
9. What was your biggest failure?
gaining ten pounds AFTER I lost the 25 I gained during pregnancy. ug. i am hopeless.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
gestational diabetes. that was fun.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Playground/swing set in the back yard for the boys...its even better than the house we bought. :)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Liam - he really embraced being a big brother.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I guess my own...only because of the overeating situation. otherwise, I am pretty psyched about being a mommy to two and not being completely insane.
14. Where did most of your money go?
probably mortgage...but I'd bet the money I spend on diet coke comes pretty close to that...
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting to take Littleman to Disney World to cheer my sister in the marathon way back in January!
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Inside of Love" Nada Surf
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? about the same
iii. richer or poorer? richer (in many ways...)
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
write
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
eat sweets
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
already done -- spent it with family...
There was no #21. Never has been. Tradition is important.
not sure what this is about...
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
with Finn...and all over again with Bill AND Littleman
23. How many one-night stands?
none
24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Office
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
i really don't hate anyone
26. What was the best book you read?
really enjoyed David Sedaris
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rogue Wave
28. What did you want and get?
an iTouch
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
hmm....didn't see too many...
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 34 and I had s'mores in my back yard with my hubby, sons, and a few friends.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
more days/time in the Albany area over the summer...
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept this year?
does it have easy access to the milk factory?
34. What kept you sane?
diet coke
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
bailouts...
37. Whom did you miss?
It's a pretty long list...you know who you are...
38. Who was the best new person you met?
gonna have to say Finn
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
The impossible can be done with support...and often, simply, the right circumstances.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"I wish I were the moon tonight..." Neko Case
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