End of 2008

The end of this year actually seems fairly anti-climatic. I am not complaining, because I know this year has been anything but anti-climatic for several people I know and not necessarily in good ways. So I'll take my boring old 2008 and my wonderful life and just savor it all. All&Sundry a blog that I was turned on to by my friend Kelly, has challenged us to answer the end of the year questionnaire as she has been doing for several years herself. So here goes. I challenge you to do the same :)

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Paint an entire interior of a house
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make resolutions
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Kelly and Heather
4. Did anyone close to you die? Uncle Ken on Valentines Day
5. What countries did you visit? Just stayed in the US
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? One house payment
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Valentine's Day because we lost a great great man
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting this house in shape to move in
9. What was your biggest failure? Wow that's a tough one, probably just not being as patient with my kids as I needed to be
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I hurt my ankle painting the bath. Don't stand on a bathtub to reach higher.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My new washer and dryer oh yeah and the house.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Stephanie Vest
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I can't say there is anyone that appalled me or depressed me, I had my shake my head moments, but really I won't let someone get to me that much.
14. Where did most of your money go? The house
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Moving here
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? American Boy
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter- do you think those two are related?
c) richer or poorer? Poorer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Exercise
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Eating
20. How did you spend Christmas? In Colorado with the Smith clan
21. Did you fall in love in 2008? Just stayed in love
22. What was your favorite TV program? Top Chef
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Don't be a hater.
24. What was the best book you read? Twilight series
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? I fell in love with Kid Rock after seeing an interview with him and realizing how intelligent he actually is. It still has me puzzled so don't ask.
26. What did you want and get? A new washer and dryer
27. What did you want and not get? A boob job
28. What was your favorite film of this year? Twilight
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 35. We had just moved in here so we didn't really do anything special.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having J.R. around a little more
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Comfy
32. What kept you sane? Zoloft
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Sarah Palin
34. What political issue stirred you the most? The presidential election
35. Who did you miss? Nicole
36. Who was the best new person you met? Felicia Nigro
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. Talk Less
38. Quote a song lyric or something from a book that sums up your year. I am going to quote something from the book, The Shack that was very powerful for me "paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions. Most emotions are responses to perception- What you think is true about a given situation. If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too. So check your perceptions, and beyond that check the truthfulness of your paradigms-what you believe. Just because you believe something firmly doesn't make it true. Be willing to reexamine what you believe. The more you live in the truth, the more your emotions will help you see clearly. But even then, you don't want to trust them more than me(God)."

Here is to another uneventful 2009 of happiness and truly living life and looking for ways to improve myself. And you?