2013 in review
It's that time of year again! My favourite yearly questionnaire meme!
1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
Visited Rome
Had a conversation in Italian with the locals
Climbed waterfalls in Spain
Attended Myah's Christening
Made jewellery
Ran a craft stall at Clutter City
Meditated in a floatation tank
Had Hypnotherapy
Put a breeding pair of snakes into brumation
Got bitten by a snake
Went to A&E in an ambulance
Shut my finger in a car door
Had my first panic attack
Skinned, plucked and ate pheasant and partridge
Went clubbing in London in a limo bus for Chris' 30th
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolution(s)?
Broke all three of them. (get in touch with old friends, draw every day, finish my non-fiction.)
3. Will you make more for next year?
Yes. I'm going to be vegetarian.
4. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
5. Did anyone close to you die?
Thankfully not
6. What countries did you visit?
Italy and Spain.
7. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?
Money saved up for trips outside of Europe for 2015 and a finished second draft of my first fiction novel.
8. What date(s) from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I think I've finally figured out when my friends' kids' birthdays are.
9. What was your biggest achievement of 2013?
My sense of perspective and figuring my head out.
Listening to myself and knowing when to quit (temporarily) and when not to give up.
10. What was your biggest failure?
I can't fail if I don't stop trying.
11. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Didn't even catch a cold.
I slammed my finger in a car door on 23rd December though.
12. What was the best thing you bought?
A piece of artwork that took many, many artists nine years to complete and my two albino gopher snakes, Ruby and Red.
13. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Chris, for being the best band of hus (husband)
14. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Always my dad
15. Where did most of your money go?
Holidays, mortgage, food. Same as the year before and the year before that.
16. What did you get really excited about?
Rome and Spain
17. What song will always remind you of 2013?
Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us'
18. Compared to this time last year, are you:
-Happier or sadder?
Same
- Thinner or fatter?
Same
- Richer or poorer?
Same
19. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Writing and drawing.
20. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Candy Crush Saga
Letting fear get the better of me
21. How did you spend Christmas?
Opened presents round Mum's with Chris, Bob and Jenna for an hour then spent the rest of the day at the in-laws' with Michelle and Rob as well.
22. Did you fall in love in 2013?
I've always been in love :)
23. What was your favourite TV program?
BREAKING BAD!!! Adventure Time, The Walking Dead, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Mad Dogs
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I actually 'hate' everyone a lot less haha (I put it in inverted commas because I never really hate to begin with)
25. What was the best book you read?
Oh God, I read the first half of about ten books and never finished one.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Showtek, High Contrast, Macklemore, violin dubstep.
27. What did you want and get?
A Kindle and a 3DS XL
28. What did you want and not get?
A greenhouse! Getting one in the Spring.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Gravity
I still haven't seen the second Hobbit film!
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Had a great My Little Pony themed birthday party, playing pass the parcel, musical chairs, hit a pinata, had a treasure hunt and Gemma made me a MAGNIFICENT rainbow-layered cake... I turned 29.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finishing one of my books.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
Dresses, leggings and skinny jeans.
33. What kept you sane?
Hypnotherapy
Putting everything into perspective
My art studio
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jennifer Lawrence
35. What political issue or news stirred you the most?
North Korea. I'm obsessed with documentaries and books about the place.
Oh, and Blackfish.
36. Who did you miss?
Same old people as always.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I don't believe I met any awesome new people this year, regrettably.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.
To be more forgiving with myself and less outwardly opinionated.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Can't think of one sorry! I've got to wrap this up as our NYE party is about to start!
40. List some other notable things that happened in 2013.
Visited the Orton Hall in Peterborough again with Chris this time.
Greenski died