03 January, 2010 - 12:02 p.m.
hank you to the lovely strawberrri for giving me inspiration for an entry!! Ok, I went to her place and stole her idea, but the result is the same!! ;-)
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Tried mint Bailey's! Mmmmmmmmm.!!
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't really make them. Only the general, any time of year type, ie: be a good mum, good partner etc.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No-one very close. Unless you count the woman who lives opposite! Don't know her name, and have never even said hello, but she's geographically close!!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Again, thankfully, no-one close.
5. What countries did you visit?
None.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Sleep!
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
30th January, as that was when Monkey SHOULD have been born!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Managing to breastfeed Monkey, right up to a year old.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Housework!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No more than a couple of colds and some blocked duct/mastitis issues!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My new hoover!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
K's. She has been an angel helping me with her little brother.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
A couple of people. But one is forgiven and the other I don't give a damn about anymore. So let's just 'check the gate' and move on.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Restaurants and take-aways!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Our holiday to Center Parcs in September. Our first as a family of four.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
I don't know yet. I won't know until further down the line when I actually listen to something and say “Ooooh, that reminds me of 2009!!” But possibly Black-eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling, as it reminds me of our holiday.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
(i) Happier or sadder?
Happier
(ii) Thinner or fatter?
About the same. Luckily, I didn't put on any weight during the pregnancy, apart from baby weight. So once I'd given birth, I had no more weight to lose. And I've maintained that weight. (Despite all the restaurants and take-aways!)
(iii) Richer or poorer?
In monetary terms, about the same. In all other ways, much richer!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Slept!
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Moaning.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it at home with my beautiful man and our adorable children.
21. How will you be spending New Year?
The same as Christmas!
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Well, I grew more in love than I already was! Even though I wouldn't have believed that possible!
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favourite TV programme?
Either "Big Brother", "The Inbetweeners", or "How Not To Live Your Life".
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I'm not going to be wasting a perfectly good emotion on scum! ;-)
26. What was the best book you read?
It would either be an In The Night Garden , Peppa Pig, or Little Princess book!! They're the only ones I get a chance to read nowadays!;-)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My son! ;-)
28. What did you want and get?
A new hoover!
29. What did you want and not get?
Sleep!
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Didn't get to go to the cinema, so it would have been one on dvd. My mind's a blank though, so none can have made a big impression!
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 36, and I went to Reading with my beautiful family and had lunch at Ask.
32. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Sleep!
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Breastfeeding friendly!
34. What kept you sane?
Who says I kept sane??!!
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
My darling, beautiful Newman. That's NOT cheating, he IS a star to me!!!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
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A woman's right to breastfeed in public. Something I had to look into!
37. Who did you miss?
My dad, always. And Newman when he was either at work, or uni, or doing his uni work!! (Which at some points appeared to be all the bloody time!)
38. Who was the best new person you met?
My little Monkey has become a person with a huge personality in the past year, having started 2009 as a 2 day old! So I would say him.
I also bumped into and met the lovely Vanoonoo, with whom I'd shared many phone, msn, and text chats over the years, but never had the priviledge of meeting in the flesh.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Never take things for granted.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
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“We're all in this together”.
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