1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Moved out of Utah. Ok, so technically I've moved from state to state before (California to Utah when I was 3 years old) but this is the first time I made the decision to make a big move as an adult.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No and yes, see this post.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, but an old high school friend adopted a baby girl and my two sisters-in-law are both pregnant (a girl and a boy. ANOTHER BOY!!! SQUEEEE!)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. I had a relative pass away, but I didn't know her very well.
5. What countries did you visit?
Mexico
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
For both John and I to be happy in our jobs.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Getting in the car and following John in the moving truck away from our home in Utah and toward our new life in Oregon. So many unknowns, everyone in our family mad at us, but hopeful that this was the right decision for our family.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
It's a really "soft" type of achievement, but feel like I really came into my own as a mother in 2009. I feel like something "clicked" and I finally knew exactly what kind of mother I want to be for my boys. I feel like I was much more confident in the decisions I made for them and our family in general.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't really see any big failures. Some would say that we should have sold the house and got jobs before we left for Oregon, but, I don't know, despite the whole house fiasco in Utah that's currently going on, I still feel like we made the best decision we could have given our situation.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I fell on my knees (due to Fancy yanking on the leash to chase another dog). I still can't kneel (this is sad, sad news to John you understand). I also got the flu.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
It's funny, I said the Garmin last year, and this year we bought a second Garmin for our second car. Still the best thing EVER! Use it every day.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My kids have been through a lot of changes, from moving and leaving their family and friends to Mommy going back to work. They've taken it all in stride and I am so proud of them!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I got very depressed for a while due to the way our families were reacting to our decision to move. I understood why they felt that way, but John and I were already scared and worried. We were unemployed with a family to support, bills to pay and we were trying very hard to make the best decisions we could with the situation we were in. We needed SUPPORT from the people we loved, instead we got guilt. Thankfully everyone came around. And those who didn't, well, they ACTED like they came around. That meant everything to us and their eventual support gave us the strength to push through the unknown.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Our entire savings is gone because we used it to move to Oregon and lived on it until we found jobs. So, I guess it went to food/housing/etc.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My trip to Mexico with my cousins, aunts and Grandma.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song because my kids sing it ALL DAY LONG!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
I'm about the same, until I got all stressed out about the move and unemployment, I could have said thinner, but I've pretty much gained most of what I'd lost in 2009 back already c) richer or poorer? but not for long!
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
exercising (same as last year)
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
eating (same as last year)
20. How did you spend Christmas? Dinner with John's cousins in Vancouver, working, playing with the toys Santa left with the boys.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Oh Oregon, how I love thee...
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Whose line is it anyway (US version). I started recording reruns of this on the DVR and I love it just as much now as I did back in the 90's when it originally aired.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Not really, I still hated Glen Beck in 2008.
24. What was the best book you read?
Change your thoughts, change your life. It's basically The Tao Te Ching with commentary by Wayne Dyer.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? MIKA! How did I not know about him before??
26. What did you want and get?
I wanted to leave Utah for 20 years. AND I DID!
27. What did you want and not get? A well paying job. I got a job, but it doesn't pay very well.
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
We saw a lot of great movies this year thanks to NETFLIX.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 32 this year and we didn't do much of anything. Birhdays aren't a big deal for me. John did give me a wad o' cash and a mom necklace which was awesome :)
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? not having to have used up our savings and get back into credit card debt.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Jeans and t-shirts are prety much all I wear.
32. What kept you sane?
My husband and children.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? hmmm, none really I guess.
34. What political issue stirred you the most? States keep denying gays the right to marry. Seriously straight people WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE?
35. Who did you miss?
My mom. I didn't realize how much I took for granted that she's always 10 min away. Now she's 2 DAYS away!
36. Who was the best new person you met?
I've met a bunch of cool new people the last few months
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Enough is enough. This year we've had too much (money, stuff, space...) and we've had too little (money, stuff, space...). My goal moving forward is to just have enough. Give away extra, and strive for more when we NEED it only.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Dance your cares away
Worry's for another day
Let the Fraggles play
Down in Fraggle Rock!
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