I stole this from Jessie :)
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
I moved a thousand miles away from everything I've ever known and started my first real person job.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Nope, I failed! I only lost 10 of the 30 lbs. However, I did graduate college and get a job.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Well, a bunch of my MKE girlfriends had babies! 2009 is going to be full of new babies too :)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank God.
5. What countries did you visit?
Nope, not unless visiting my hillbilly drunkles (thanks Jessie, I love that word!) counts. It's like a different country there.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Enough willpower to finally get back in shape
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 1st--Nate and I's first date
January 4th--The day I moved to Steamboat Springs
November 14th--The day I found out I had a mass on my brain, and later a brain tumor
December 2nd--Brain surgery!
December 15th--The last day of those god-awful steroids
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Surviving my first year in a real person job and living alone
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't know?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Ha, ya! Hello my little friend (brain tumor)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Adobe Creative Suite 3 software, how good it is to have it back!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Oh gosh, everyone who has been so supportive! Especially Nate... he has been absolutely incredible.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I can't pinpoint just one right now.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Gas, rent, scrapbooking supplies
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Every time I got to see Nate :) And my Cricut and my Garmin
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
The entire Sara Bareilles CD and "Calling You" Blue October
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter, thank you steroids :(
c) richer or poorer? Both, richer because I actually have income, poorer because of my huge student loan debt and upcoming medical bills
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Explored Steamboat: hiking, fishing, skiing. Read more.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sitting on my butt!
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Oh yes, more and more every day.
22. What was your favorite TV program?
CSI, How I Met Your Mother, and Ghoster Whisperer
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Not hate, but I do feel differently about some people
24. What was the best book you read?
I didn't read much this year :( But I promise to get back in the habit during radiation vacation!
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rise Against, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Kate Voegele, Lady Antebellum, Matt Nathanson, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sara Bareilles, and Tristan Prettyman
26. What did you want and get?
Nate :D, Garmin GPS, Spice Rack, Wafflemaker, a good diagnosis!
27. What did you want and not get?
Oh, there's a lot of kitchen stuff I want ;)
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn't see a lot of movies last year, but I liked all of the ones that I did!29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I met some of my friends for dinner and went out for drinks. I ended up walking home shoeless (the sidewalks were clear and it was a warm night in April!) with a few of my friends. I turned the ripe old age of 22 ;)
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to see Nate more than once a month.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Dress pants, nice top, and heels during the week; shorts/sweats and t-shirt on the weekends
32. What kept you sane?
Nate, my Steamboat friends, and waking up to mountains every day :)
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Eh?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Sarah Palin makes me insanely angry. I do not want to get started on the subject right now.
35. Who do you miss?
I miss Nate, my family, and friends when I'm in Steamboat. I miss Steamboat and my friends there when I'm in WI.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Number 1, of course, is Nate! I'm happy to have met some of my TIA girls in person finally and will be meeting more tonight!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
When someone tells you that you can't do something, prove them wrong. Believe in yourself, and be true to yourself. When you find the person who loves you exactly how you are, hold on tight!
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I've found all I've waited for, and I could not ask for more."
