2006 Meme
#1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Nothing really…
#2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make any!
#3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Raewyn with Jasmine, Nadine with Riley
#4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, luckily, though my cousins lost their grandfather.
#5. What countries did you visit?
None :(
#6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Overseas travel.
#7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
None specifically
#8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Starting up SPY with Barbara. It’s a youth group for yrs 7-10 at our church and we’ve gone from having 5ish members to starting with 11 in 2007! It’s been heaps of fun, and the kids are great!
#9. What was your biggest failure?
Not finishing my thesis
#10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Illness? Ha! In Jan of 06 I got a bronchial type virus, anyway, it gave me a major cough and yip, I’ve still got it, 12 months later… It’s fun not being able to breathe…
#11. What was the best thing you bought?
My new phone. Mainly cos I hardly brought anything at all this year. Oh, and Grey’s S1 and Alias S4
#12 and #13 disappeared somewhere… into oblivion
#14. Where did most of your money go?
What little money I had from work - lunches and boring old toiletries….
#15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
2006 finishing
#16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars. I love the song but it was a little over played…
#17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? Ekk, fatter. But my ankle is slowly getting better so I can start running again.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer
#18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
My thesis, even though it drove my nuts
#19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating…
#20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with my family, at my sister’s house in Wellington. And it was cold. Thankss summer.
#21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No, but I had crushes.
#22.How many one-night stands?
None, it’s totally not me.
#23. What was your favourite TV program?
McLeod’s Daughters, Grey’s Anatomy, Alias, Mitre 10 Dream Home!!
#24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t like to hate
#25. What was the best book you read?
My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Piccoult. It’s an amazing book and I think everyone should read it.
#26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Damien Rice
#27. What did you want and get?
My jewellery hanging doll thingy..
#28. What was your favourite film of this year?
Hardly saw anything…
#29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 24, and I took the day off from working and my mum and I went to a beach and sat on the sea wall with lunch, and some friends came over for dinner. Oh, and opened presents at the same time as Matt while talking to him on the phone. It’s totally not the same without him.
#30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finishing my thesis (there’s a pattern here..)
#31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?"
Wearing whatever is in my wardrobe and drawers and that fits and is comfy.
#32. What kept you sane?
V. And Coffee
#33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Daniel Carter.. doesn’t everyone? Oh, and Rob and Riley from McLeod’s!
#34. What political issue(s) stirred you the most?
The government passing a law to make the illegal things they did, legal.
#35. Who did you miss?
Angela. As always.
#36. Who was the best new person you met?
The kids at SPY
#37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Things have got to get messier, before they can get tidier. This also applies to tidying bedrooms.