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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
My Year in Review

I got this from everyone else:

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Went to San Francisco, joined a gym, blogging, pay mortgage


2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make new year resolutions, I forget them before the week is over.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.


4. Did anyone close to you die?
A good friend who was also my daughter's godmother


5. What countries did you visit?
nada


6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A job I love that pays well


7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 18... my daughter's first birthday


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Being a mom to Clara... an ongoing accomplishment


9. What was your biggest failure?
Overcoming procastination


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope


11. What was the best thing you bought?
Our bedroom furniture... finally our bedroom looks warm and homey instead of just a room with a mattress.


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Clara's...she finally took to her car seat. It took more than a year for her to sit willingly in it.


13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?
No one comes to mind


14. Where did most of your money go?
Clara's needs, Clara's clothes, Family expenses


15 What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving into our new house


16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Usher's Confessions... it was played on the radio every time I turned it on


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter?fatter
iii. richer or poorer? richer... though not in a monetary sense


18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I was able to sleep more... Clara still wakes up in the middle of the night and it makes me feel groggy in the morning. I feel I lived the year half awake.


19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Nothing comes to mind... whatever it is , it's all good.


20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with family and friends.


22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
yes...with Clara and my hubby... over and over again ♥


23. How many one-night stands?
nada


24. What was your favourite TV program?
CSI, Forensic Files


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no


26. What was the best book you read?
No time or energy to read


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Don't listen to music that often... but I still strangely am attracted to Eminem's music...


28. What did you want and get?
I wanted to move out of our apartment.... and we did!

29. What did you want and not get?
I wanted to win a spa getaway... unfortunately, I never win those online sweepstakes.


30. Favorite film of this year?
As I don't get to watch often, the only film that comes to mind is Finding Nemo.


31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I honestly don't remember but I'm sure there was a noodle dish and a cake involved. I turned 29.


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Fitting into my pre-pregnancy jeans.


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Very laid back sometimes rugged attire....t-shirt/tank top, shorts, cropped pants and flipflops for spring/summer; t-shirt, jeans and sneakers for fall/winter...


34. What kept you sane?
The occasional dinner with just hubby and me, Clara's daily hugs and kisses


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I was especially interested in Oprah. She must have had a good year coz she gave away a ton of stuff in various episodes.


36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don't know if this considered political but ACLU's issue with the cross on the county seal irritated me with their pettiness and so called "cause".


37. Who did you miss?
My mom.


38. Who was the best new person you met?
I haven't met them yet but I consider them my new friends. They are the people who's blogs I visit daily. Some of them are listed on the left side of this page. Reading their entries makes me more open minded to things happening in different parts of the world. They make me laugh out loud, think more deeply and appreciate what I sometimes take for granted.


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
I learned that everything you heard about and read about having kids is true.


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
I have become comfortably numb. - Pink Floyd

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