End of Year Meme
Hello everyone, yes I'm still alive! :)
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got married, moved out of home, assisted with wedding photography, did secondary teaching pracs, got a music teaching job, learnt classical guitar
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
didn't make any
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
not really close friends or family
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. Which countries did you visit?
Stayed in Australia
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Not that I lack this, I just want to develop my skills more as a music teacher
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2nd Feb - My wedding. Not really any others
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting married, finishing uni, getting a job
9. What was your biggest failure?
Don't know... not spending enough time with God
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really, but I was constantly sick, more than I have ever been before getting married!!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
dunno... chocolate?
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My husband :) My friends, my family
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
No-one really, thankfully
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, stuff
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hmmm... I'm just not the kind of person that gets really excited about things. My Wedding day.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
You're my Home - Billy Joel
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter
iii. richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Dancing, Running, Taking time out to enjoy creation, Playing my flute
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating maybe?
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
None
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I stayed in love, and grew in love
23. How many one-night stands?
Stupid question. None.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
So You Think You Can Dance... and Scrubs
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I don't hold grudges.
26. What was the best book you read?
I enjoyed some new books this year, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, Twilight Series, Diary of Anne Frank, some Jodi Picoult books, Mercedes Lackey and more....
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
John Meyer, Lior
28. What did you want and get?
A Husband :)
29. What did you want and not get?
I can't think of anything. I'm content
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
The only film I can remember watching (at the movies) was Twilight. Oh, and Get Smart. That was good.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 22, and I was on teaching prac at Woodvale SHS, and my mentor teacher called in sick and asked me to take more classes than I was going to and I got really exhausted. Then I got taken out to The Witch's Cauldron by my husband, and it was very nice.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I was perfect :P
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Comfortable, casual.
34. What kept you sane?
Matt logic, reading
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Don't care.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
No political issue ever stirs me. Not even slightly.
37. Who did you miss?
Matt, when I was away for 4 days, Matt, when I was away for 2 days, my friend Sarah who moved to Busselton
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I met lots of new people who were very cool. Singling them out is awkward.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
If you don't do it now, it's going to sit there and annoy you until its done, and you still have to do it.
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got married, moved out of home, assisted with wedding photography, did secondary teaching pracs, got a music teaching job, learnt classical guitar
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
didn't make any
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
not really close friends or family
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. Which countries did you visit?
Stayed in Australia
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Not that I lack this, I just want to develop my skills more as a music teacher
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
2nd Feb - My wedding. Not really any others
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting married, finishing uni, getting a job
9. What was your biggest failure?
Don't know... not spending enough time with God
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really, but I was constantly sick, more than I have ever been before getting married!!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
dunno... chocolate?
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My husband :) My friends, my family
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
No-one really, thankfully
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, food, stuff
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hmmm... I'm just not the kind of person that gets really excited about things. My Wedding day.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
You're my Home - Billy Joel
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter
iii. richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Dancing, Running, Taking time out to enjoy creation, Playing my flute
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating maybe?
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
None
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I stayed in love, and grew in love
23. How many one-night stands?
Stupid question. None.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
So You Think You Can Dance... and Scrubs
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I don't hold grudges.
26. What was the best book you read?
I enjoyed some new books this year, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, Twilight Series, Diary of Anne Frank, some Jodi Picoult books, Mercedes Lackey and more....
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
John Meyer, Lior
28. What did you want and get?
A Husband :)
29. What did you want and not get?
I can't think of anything. I'm content
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
The only film I can remember watching (at the movies) was Twilight. Oh, and Get Smart. That was good.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 22, and I was on teaching prac at Woodvale SHS, and my mentor teacher called in sick and asked me to take more classes than I was going to and I got really exhausted. Then I got taken out to The Witch's Cauldron by my husband, and it was very nice.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I was perfect :P
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Comfortable, casual.
34. What kept you sane?
Matt logic, reading
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Don't care.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
No political issue ever stirs me. Not even slightly.
37. Who did you miss?
Matt, when I was away for 4 days, Matt, when I was away for 2 days, my friend Sarah who moved to Busselton
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I met lots of new people who were very cool. Singling them out is awkward.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
If you don't do it now, it's going to sit there and annoy you until its done, and you still have to do it.