New Year's Questionnaire

Finding Radiance posted a little new year's questionnaire and I thought I'd answer it too...

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Lost 25 pounds (technically, I've done that before... but not for years)

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did pretty well with not bringing soda into the house. I listed my 2009 ones in the post below.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
I had a niece born this summer.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Luckily, no.

5. What countries did you visit?
Did not go outside of the USA.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A trip alone with my husband.

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
September 28th - when I decided I'd had enough and started tracking my points with WW.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Doing something for myself and putting myself first - something I have a hard time doing.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Spending way more money than we brought in.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A wii

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My 8 year old ran a 5K and my 3 year old started enjoying preschool.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Some of the politicians as they campaigned.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Into the mortgage.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Having a little time to myself when my little one started preschool.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long"

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? The same
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner by 25 pounds
c) richer or poorer? Poorer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercising.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eating.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
With family.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Still in love with my husband.

22. What was your favorite TV show?
Lost, Top Chef, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No... actually, maybe one of my neighbors that I had words with. Although I don't think it's really hate - just strong dislike.

24. What was the best book you read?
Twilight

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
???

26. What did you want and get?
Too many things to list.

27. What did you want and not get?
A lottery win (guess it would help to play!).

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
None come to mind.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 37. Can't remember exactly what I did.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had won a bunch of money.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
A year of not fitting into the clothes in my closet and doing something about it instead of shopping for bigger sizes.

32. What kept you sane?
My family, although they drive me insane some of the time

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

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
The whole election.

35. Who did you miss?
My sister, who lives too far away

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
The only person that is going to change anything for me is me.

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
???