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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Because Everyone's Doing It

i had a friend point out that i haven't updated my blog recently (what else is new?) and so having come here to check it out plus see the updates of the blogs i follow, i read alot of 2010 recaps. so this one's for you Alida...and thanks to Ashley for this 2010 questionare. hope you don't mind that i'm pirating your idea.


1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? lived with in-laws
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? moving was it and yes we did; i've got a couple goals in mind for '011
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? some old friends had babies
4. Did anyone close to you die? a couple people i was acquanted with

5. What countries did you visit? none
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? a vacation?
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? late feb...when we got "the call" (from PSU); perhaps the closing date on our home, Aug. 5, pretty much the whole summer
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? finding our new job and new home

9. What was your biggest failure? saying too much and not saying enough (how's that for deep)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? no
11. What was the best thing you bought? a house with land and some front loaders
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? superman's (getting this job and passing his P.E.) and Q. for staying dry for the last two months of 2010 (you go girl! and Hajleluiah!)
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? mine

14. Where did most of your money go? our new home
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? selling our house in inola
16. What song will always remind you of 2010? Poker Face (ask me sometime an' i'll share)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? fatter (by 5#)
c) richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? moving my body

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? laying around
20. How did you spend Christmas? with my family (including my extended fam) in our new home
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? yes, with some pretty white Samsung's sitting in my laundry closet
22. What was your favorite TV program?House Hunters
23. What was the best book you read? Seabiscuit

24. What was your greatest musical discovery? Lady GaGa
25. What did you want and get? a new home in the country
26. What did you want and not get? bigger boobs
27. What was your favorite film of this year? Remember Me stood out, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (i can't resist Nicolas Cage...not sure why, he's just...) but maybe Secretariat instead if i'd seen it...except Nicolas Cage...

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? turned 31 and we went house hunting in Pittsburg, KS
29. What's one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? a bewitched nose
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010? the usual
31. What kept you sane?am i?
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? taylor swift
33. What political issue stirred you the most? the reinvestment act (retarded but thanks Obama, couldna' done it without ya')
34. Who did you miss? my mom
35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010: can't hurt to ask; worst thing they can say is no.

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "This town is colder now, i think its sick of us; its time to make a move, i'm shakin' off the rust; i've got my heart set on anywhere but here, i'm staring down myself, countin' up the years. Steady hands just take the wheel..." Stop and Stare by One Repulic (its on my playlist at the bottom of my blog if you wanna hear it)

2011 here we come.