Sundry’s New Year’s Quiz

It’s not too late for this – right?

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? A TON of stuff – much of it centered around raising my first baby (now 13 months), but more interestingly – I never read (or wrote) a blog until 2008.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Made none, so none to keep or break, and that will stay the same for 2009.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yep, Karin D. most recently.

4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully not.

5. What countries did you visit? The baby pretty much brought any international travels to a halt for the time being.

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

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?  2/11 – First day of daycare and the start of Kellen consistantly sleeping through the night!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Managing motherhood and work while maintaining my sanity and my marriage.

9. What was your biggest failure? Not having lost all the “baby weight”.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No.

11. What was the best thing you bought? A 2GB XD card for my camera – sounds basic, but it is SO much better to be able to take as many pics as I want without deleting.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Definitely the boy, he is the best baby anybody ever had.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Let’s just say practically every politician, “journalist”, and 53% of voters, and Casey Anthony.

14. Where did most of your money go? Technically, percentage-wise? to TAXES . The rest  – just living expenses, nothing extra to spend or save this year.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Planning a big vacation with friends for May 2009.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis

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

a) happier or sadder? Happier

b) thinner or fatter? thinner

c) richer or poorer? poorer…..but all three by very slim margins.

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

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Fight with my husband.

20. How did you spend Christmas? With our families.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008? Over and over again (duh, the baby)

22. What was your favorite TV program? A tie between Dexter and TrueBlood, oh – and So You Think You Can Dance?

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No.

24. What was the best book you read?  Twilight series, but that’s ALL I read.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery? Very sad department really, most of the new music that I heard and liked was from So You Think You Can Dance.

26. What did you want and get? A new job.

27. What did you want and not get? A new kitchen, fence around the pool, diamond earrings, Miele Vacuum, O the list is long.

28. What was your favorite film of this year? Twilight, but I just saw it and it’s fresh in my mind.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 34, and my parents took us all out to dinner at Burton’s, and we took a day trip (sans baby!) to the Vineyard a few days later.

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

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Also a sad topic. Generally it was transistioning from maternity clothes, into my old “fat” clothes, and far too slowly into my “newer” smaller stuff, making for complicated, disorganized closet with far too many clothes and still very little to wear!

32. What kept you sane? My mother.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Will you throw shoes at me if I admit – Sarah Palin?

34. What political issue stirred you the most? The election.

35. Who did you miss? The Brady’s and The Hobb’s.

36. Who was the best new person you met? Kate Riley at my new job.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. Being judgemental is SUCKY.

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

Irresponsible, expectable

Stable on what’s going on

Self to carry

Help the helpless

But always remain

Mostly a little selfish

Get the balance right, get the balance right