A cool little meme I saw at Trop’s.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Geocaching.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn’t make any resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My Dad, my grandma, and an old friend.

5. What countries did you visit?
Sadly, I was confined to the US this year.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Materially speaking, a finished basement. Otherwise, confidence.

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
3/6/09, when Dad died.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I can’t really point to anything. This year was really a lot about surviving and overcoming, but there was not a huge milestone event that would be the “aha” moment.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Gaining weight. Not speaking up about my true feelings re: my job.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, both. Knee and neck injuries, swine flu.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Bikes and attending bike racks. GPS is a close second.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I really don’t have a good answer for this one. Certainly not mine.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A lot of people’s.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Accumulating then paying off debt.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Geocaching.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
“Wish You Well”, by Katie Herzig

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

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Talking to my parents. Kayaking. Biking.

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

20. How did you spend Christmas?
At home with my Swine Flu Princess.

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes, all over again.

22. What was your favorite TV program?
Trueblood.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t have anyone I hate.

24. What was the best book you read?
“The Code Book”.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Buying the Les Paul and starting to learn harmonica.

26. What did you want and get?
The bikes and bike rack.

27. What did you want and not get?
Cured of my demons.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
None. I don’t watch movies.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 35. It wasn’t much of a celebration, they told me Dad would be removed from life support that day.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
My honey being in less pain.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
A rumpled, ugly mess.

32. What kept you sane?
My honey, friends, and geocaching.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Anna Paquin didn’t hurt my eyes, and neither did Brandi Carlile.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
The gay marriage debates, and the Obama-bashing.

35. Who did you miss?
My Dad, mainly.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Our friends V & D, via geocaching.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Make time for those you love, even if it’s not much and it’s not as often as you’d like. It’s better than wishing for conversations that never happened after they’re gone.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“I/I wanna wish you well/I didn’t watch you go/cause I suppose/I don’t know how/I will remember you/Not the way you left/but how you lived/and what you knew…” -”Wish You Well”