Better Late than never....?
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?

Oh wow....so many things...but I guess the biggest thing would be we moved not for the PROMISE of jobs but becuse we both HAD jobs. Big difference from the last 2 times we moved.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more resolutions for next year?

I don't make resolutions other than to not make resolutions, so I guess the answer would be yes, I kept my New Year's resolutions for last year and this year should be a breeze too.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My friend Gail had a baby girl. Other than that, nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Thank heavens, no.

5. What countries did you visit?

Franklin, Mercer, Ohio, Belmont, Lake, Mahoning...oh wait...you said COUNTRIES....I thought that said COUNTIES! :-)

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?

Other than a house, we have everything we need.

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory and why?

There really isn't one, but I am rather fond of June.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Both of us working and making more than minimum wage.

9. What was your biggest failure?

My first job in Columbus. That was a COLOSSAL mistake!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nothing I want to go into here. It's all good now though.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

My..er--I mean OUR car. First brand new car I...er--WE ever owned.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Taylor's ability to adapt to her new environment and maintain her A-average. The kid truly amazes me.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My in-laws...I don't call them my "outlaws" for nothing.

14. Where did most of your money go?

junker car..food...junker car...rent...junker car...more food...junker car...new car...food...rent...(can ya tell I'm glad we got rid of the "junker car"?

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

The possibilities of what our lives could be like.

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?

My Immortal by Evanescence

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? thinner or fatter? richer or poorer?

Happier now than then, about the same size, definitely richer and not just monetarily.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

I wish I would have written more and procrastinated less. I wish I would have posted in my blog more. I wish we would have moved to Columbus sooner (but I really believe we got here then God wanted us here). I could say I wished I would have exercised more and ate less, but I would be lying. How's THAT for honesty?

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Worrying and trying to please everyone else.

20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?

I spent New Year's Eve with Lou and Taylor. WE made dacquiri's, watched the ball drop and wished Dick Clark would have been well enough to do his New Year's Eve show. I like Regis and all, but he was BORING!

21. How will you spend New Year's Day?

We did some shopping, but pretty much just hung out at the house.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?

No need....I was already IN love. :-)

23. How many one-night stands?

Yeah, right...I don't have sex....I'm MARRIED, remember? :->

24. What was your favorite TV program?

Don't really have one...but if forced to choose, I would say Desperate Housewives, since it reminds me of a neighborhood I know of.

25. Do you hate anyone now who you didn't hate this time last year?

Hate is such a waste of emotion. You spend all this time feeding these negative feelings and thought about someone and you never tell them how you feel, so they blithely live their lives your feelings eat away at you. Yeah, real productive.

26. What was the best book you read?

Oh no...asking a writer about the best book she ever read is a mistake. I've read a lot of good books....I don't have a favorite.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Evanesence.

28. What did you want and get?

A car and a job that I like.

29. What did you want and not get?

To win the lottery

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Notta clue. Can't remember what came out this year that I saw.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I was 35. We went to a chinese restaurant...and hubby gave me Babylon 5--season four. Very cool.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I would have gotten a book deal. Of course, submitting my book to agents/publishers MIGHT have helped.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?

At least I'm not naked. Seriously, comfortably chic.

34. What kept you sane?

Nothing...it was too late for that. I embraced my insanity back in 2002 and things have been great ever since. At least for me...I'm sure others around me might have a different opinion.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

None. Celebs don't impress me.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

Fahrenheit 911, Election 2004, and the War in Iraq

37. Who did you miss?

My mother-in-law (tell anyone I said that and I will deny it.) She just had a way of getting her son to do things that I still haven't mastered.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Moi

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:

If there is someting you really want, then you need to suck it up and just do what you need to do, no matter what anyone else thinks. Trust yourself.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

I know now who I am, if only for awhile
I recognize the changes
I feel like I did
Before the magic wore thin
And the baptism of stains began

...later in the song...
All my life they said I
was going down,
but I'm still standing,
stronger, proud.
And today I know there's
so much more I can be.

Someone Else - Queensryche
- posted by Kim @ 10:17 PM