As I was trying to catch up on my favorite blogs, I stumbled across a December post from an excellent one,
Pilgrim Steps, about a year-end
meme. And while, yes, it is February, I decided to look back on the fabulous year that was 2009.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Got married! Went to California and Yosemite National Park!
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made any for 2009. I did make one for this year - to get to work earlier - and I'm not doing so hot.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not any of my closest friends - they all did in 2008 and back. Some got pregnant in 2009, though.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank goodness. But people that I care about lost loved ones.
5. What countries did you visit?
Just the United States.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Two working showers in the house.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
5/09/09 - my wedding day.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Training our puppy Murphy to be the lovely dog that she's becoming.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I didn't exercise at all - seriously.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing worth writing about.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Our wedding (of course, I didn't purchase it alone, but it was definitely money well spent).
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Murphy's - such a good girl.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
People who kill children. I don't think I will ever comprehend.
14. Where did most of your money go?
The wedding!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My honeymoon!
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"Swing," by Savage. For some reason it became my and Kyle's theme song. (Ignoring the actual lyrical content, of course)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
- Just as happy
- Fatter, most likely.
- Poorer, but not in spirit.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Running
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Tossing and turning in bed.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With family: Kyle's first, then driving to Palatka and spending time with my parents, my brother and his wife, and my husband. :)
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes, again and again.
22. What was your favorite TV program?
"No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
24. What was the best book you read?
I can't remember reading a "best" book.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I didn't really have one.
26. What did you want and get?
A meaningful, lovely wedding and honeymoon.
27. What did you want and not get?
Fitter.
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
"Coraline"
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 36 and frankly, I don't remember what I did. It came after the wedding and the honeymoon, so probably nothing too exciting.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had made it to Maine.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
A little too casual.
32. What kept you sane?
Kyle, cooking, an awareness of how lucky I am.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Obama.
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Health care.
35. Who did you miss?
My Nana Knight.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
I'm not sure I met anyone new in 2009.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
That the only thing good about missing someone is that it brings the realization of how deeply you loved that person and how much they loved you.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Every long, lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true:
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
