2008
pinkcrusader completes one of these each year...thought I would give it a go.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Find contentment in my own being.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
yes I did and yes I will.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes Jenni & Zoe.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. They will be sorely missed.
5. What countries did you visit?
I never left Scotland this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
financial security and job satisfaction and become a parent.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?
Will have to think about this one.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting well again
9. What was your biggest failure?
Nothing....see how therapy works for me! LOL
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Anemia.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my cuttlebug LOL
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Poppys!!! LOL
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
pinkcrusader said well here .....
so am gonna keep her answer and add mine onto it,
The government not supporting the charities who have money frozen in Icelandic banks.
And some "family and friends" but they know who they are!!
14. Where did most of your money go?
mortgage, living, Poppy.....and (crafting!)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
B's pregnancy, Sammi getting engaged and pregnant, Alexei being born.....lots of things...
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Run covered by Leona Lewis.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Everything.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
bleeding! LOL
20. How did you spend Christmas?
with Andrew and Poppy & a friend, quietly & happily, it was just what I wanted and needed! Bliss!
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Was already in love !
23. How many one-night stands?
none.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
Outnumbered.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no, not hate....but I have tolerated some folk less and cut a few folk out of my life that I needed to. And I have no regrets about doing it!
26. What was the best book you read?
The Wheel of the Wiccan Year by Gail Duff
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Duffy
28. What did you want and get?
A good nights sleep!
29. What did you want and not get?
*sigh* .....a few things. World peace!
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Mama Mia.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 37 and had a quiet day at home, Andrew cooked me a meal.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being a parent. And some people not being arseholes!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Comfy and colourful.
34. What kept you sane?
Andrew, Poppy and my friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
The bloke on the crab fishing programme!!! Edgar! hahahahha
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the credit crisis.
37. Who did you miss?
Amy.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
oh all my bloggy mates. Thanks for all your support!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
That people do not always play fair and sometimes lie to you!
But you can walk away no matter how hard it is and have a better life for it!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. Got to be ABBA!!
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream