December 19, 2006
Year In Review
Autumn sent this around to our e-mail/friend group, and since I put it on my site in 2005, I figured I might as well do it again!
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? Went on a mission trip; Used my passport three times in one year.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I did not keep a one, and I’m not making them anymore. Save the ever-present motivation to simply Do Better.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister-in-law gave birth to my nephew, Michael Edward. And two of my girlfriends are expecting in early 2007.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What places did you visit? Texas, Jamaica, Siesta Key, Las Vegas, Hilton Head Island, Romania, Ohio, Destin, Albuquerque and Cancun
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? Financial stability.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Feb. 18 – Sarah & Doug’s wedding; July 6 – Michael was born; July 11 – departed for Romania; Oct. 31 – Melissa told me she got engaged!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I’m not sure. Maybe just a bunch of little ones: surviving homeownership on my own; doing things that scare me; effectively widening my social circle.
9. What was your biggest failure? Getting involved in situations/relationships that I know are unhealthy and/or wrong for me. You’d think I’d have learned that lesson by now.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nope!
11. What was the best thing you bought? iPod video! (And I didn’t buy her, but the best thing I got this year was Scout.)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Waumba volunteers, Romania team, trivia group, my mother, yours.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I’m sure they know.
14. Where did most of your money go? Boarding my dogs!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Romania, Labor Day Retreat, Sarah’s wedding, my 30th birthday, Buckhead Church, the one time we won Team Trivia!
16. What song will always remind you of 2006? “Mighty to Save”
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Much happier and I was pretty happy last December, so that’s saying a lot
b) thinner or fatter? A lot fatter
c) richer or poorer? A whole lot poorer, and I’m not sure how that happens.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Spent more time with my family
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Being crazy
20. How did you spend Christmas last year? Same way I’ve spent every other Christmas, with my mom and family at my parents’ house. We have brunch, open presents and then head over to my Aunt Jane’s for dinner and dominos.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006? If you count Michael Edward, (which I do!), then YES.
22. How many one-night stands? None.
23. What was your favorite TV program? The Office! (“I once outran a black pepper snake.”)
24. What did you do for your birthday in 2006? The day of my actual birthday I went to Loca Luna with about 18 people and ate lots of food and danced. The next day we went to Sarah’s family cabin with all the dogs and cooked out and ate a lot. (A running theme.)
25. What was the best book you read? Probably "Searching for God Knows What" by Donald Miller, which I finished in January and have been passing on to all my friends ever since!
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Death Cab for Cutie, maybe. Which makes me way behind everyone else, I know.
27. What did you want and get? An iPod and a laptop that lasted me about three whole months. Still working on getting that back. Thanks, Dell!
28. What did you want and not get? An LV Speedy. I’m ridiculous, I know.
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Little Miss Sunshine was good, but probably Marie Antoinette.
30. Did you make some new friends this year? If so, who? Yes - quite a few. My small group, the boys’ small group, Waumba people. New work friends.
31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Less house drama!
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? Can’t-buy-any-new-clothes-because-I-have-too-many-and-I’m-in-too-much-debt-to-buy-yet-another-pair-of-shoes.
33. What kept you sane? Friends. Faith. Dogs!
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Totally random, but I really like Sherri Shepherd right now.
35. What political issue stirred you the most? Poverty. The GOP’s complacency.
36. Who did you miss? Melissa. Michael. My mom.
37. Who was the best new person you met? I couldn’t narrow it down.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006. That my passion for issues may not be shared by people I assume would share it; that people pay attention to the random things I say so I need to guard more closely what comes out of my mouth; that people will hear what they want to hear and believe what they want to believe, regardless of the evidence or lack thereof. That God is bigger than all of us and that I need not worry about anything.
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