December 30, 2008

2008 - Looking Back

Even though I don't update nearly as much, I try to at least do a looking back meme at the end of the year. Not much has been going on lately, getting over a cold right now. DH has a cardiologist appt. on the 15th, so maybe we'll get some sort of conclusion to all of this. I just want to know something so we can move forward, no matter how good or bad it is. I say that, but right now, its too easy to forget about it, its too easy to make it not real. I don't think its anything really awful.. all of his tests have come back normal (except the tilt table). Anyway.. moving on..

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Sold a car, stayed on budget for xmas, made peanut butter balls, took my husband to the doctor (several many times)

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't really make resolutions, next year, I think I might make a few small ones.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? A sort of friend

4. Did anyone close to you die? My sort of friend's baby died a few hours after birth

5. What places did you visit? Wow, first year in a long time that we didn't go anywhere!

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A vacation, a resolution to DH's health problem, a new camera (Lumix G1 in red *drool*)

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The day my sort of friend lost her baby, the baby's funeral, the day my husband fainted in front of me, the day we won a free cruise (and also getting a different one for free)

8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year? Paying off a few credit cards, wohoo! Selling one of our cars to save $$, planning 3 vacations for the next two years, winning a cruise and getting another one for free!

9. What was your biggest failure? Paying off a credit card only to have something major come up and having to charge it back up

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I tore the meniscus in my knee, I had a few bad UTI's, and the cold I have now

11. What was the best thing you bought? The vacation package to the lake next summer, we are going with a big group of friends

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My husband.. he's such a good person, he astounds me sometimes by how much he thinks of and does for others

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My friends, K & T...I'm just sad that we aren't that close anymore, but its just frustrating to be around them

14. Where did most of your money go? Bills, paying off credit cards, saving for a trip

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Getting a free cruise and winning another one

16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Second Chance by Shinedown, Hate My Life by Theory of a Deadman

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? I'd say the same
b) thinner or fatter? Dunno, the scale is hidden under the bed, haha
c) richer or poorer? About the same

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Organizing the house, spending time with friends

20. How did you spend Christmas last year? Xmas morning at the in-laws, afternoon at my mom's, evening at my aunt's

21. Did you fall in love in 2008? Over and over again with my husband

22. How many one-night stands? Zero

23. What was your favorite TV program? New ones..Fringe and The Mentalist

24. What did you do for your birthday in 2008? Had a small b-day party with friends and family

25. What was the best book you read? I read too many.. but the latest The Undomestic Goddess was good, but Sophie Kinsella always is!

26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Don't know that there were any

27. What did you want and get? To get rid of our other car

28. What did you want and not get? Completely debt free, but we're working on it!

29. What was your favorite film of this year? The Dark Knight

30. Did you make some new friends this year? Yes, two girls that work with me..they really make it bearable here

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? I don't know, I think it was a pretty good one

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Old Navy, lol

33. What kept you sane? Friends, old coworkers retiring and getting awesome new ones, my husband

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Christian Bale and Joshua Jackson

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

36. Who did you miss? My friends when we weren't talking much

37. Who was the best new person you met? Bri and Tek!

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

To not judge a book by its cover. It really hit home this year.

ameliorating at 10:49 a.m.

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so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ joseph campbell