Year Sum Up Meme

Yet another meme done on the road. This will be the last post for a while on this blog. I'll be posting pictures in 2007 and not as much chat...some, but not as much. These past 2 months have been fun, but sometimes not so much fun.Once I get the pictures going I will post on where they are....

Happy New Year to all my readers...you know who you are :-)

1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Took a 16 hour plane ride out of the country

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?Yes I did and yes I will

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?.
Hong Kong, China.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Motivation to exercise more, run a few more 5K's and the time and energy to complete more house projects

7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 2006, I flew 16 hours to Hong Kong and was there for 10 day...I'll never forget that

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Deciding to quit a job that I had been at for 16.5 years

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not keeping ALL of the weight off that I lost with WW

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No

11 What was the best thing you bought?
A $300 green leather jacket for $35

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
78's engagement

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Nothing comes to mind......maybe Tom Cruise or Paris Hilton :-)

14. Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage on home

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Hong Kong to visit 78 and staying at HK Disney, being on the streets of HK by myself.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Nothing in particular

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

Much happier,same,same

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

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Playing on the computer

20. How will you be spending/did you spend Christmas?
With 76 and 78 and their SO's and soon to be new members of our family

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Been in love with the same person for 32 years

20. How many one-night stands?.
none.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
West Wing

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No

24. What was the best book you read?
Several books by Jodi Picoult

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Trans Siberian Orchestra

26. What did you want and get?
Happiness and love for 76 and 78. Both now have that.

27. What did you want and not get?
I have everything that I need. Want and need are two different things.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
"CARS"

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Probably went out to dinner....forever 29

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?.
Finishing more "thing's" in the house

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I bought very few new clothes in 2006.

32. What kept you sane?
Quitting my job and having the chance to travel with my SO

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
See #13

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
All the political mud slinging during the fall elections. Nobody is perfect!

35. Who did you miss?
Robbie, the nurse that quit after I did and moved to LA

36. Who was the best new person you met?
The women in the Navy Wives Club..all neat women.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
When it comes time to end something, just end it and don't look back!

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I've had the time of my life"