I haven't done a meme before, but this one, from Momma to LG, looked good so I thought I'd copy her!
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Joined a playgroup.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes, my goal was to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight so I could get pregnant again! My goal for this year is to just survive the first few months with an infant and toddler.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Erin had her sweet baby Logan & Minsue had Zachary (I hope to meet him someday!)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My great-uncle Albert.
5. What countries did you visit?
France & Qatar
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Not sure, but I know I had more sleep in 2006 than I will in 2007.
7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 14, 2006: Anna turned one; November 29, 2006: the day we found out we're having another girl.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
My photography business made a profit!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Being impatient as usual.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Black MacBook! Wahoo!!!!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mother, she never fails to impress me with her selflessness.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Tom Cruise, I guess (just appalled, not depressed)
14. Where did most of your money go?
Electronics as usual.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Watching Anna grow and learn.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Pop! Goes the Weasel: the most played song on my iTunes and the iPod.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner and fatter (I probably weigh the same or a little less right now as I did last year at this time but I'm wearing bigger clothes since I'm pregnant so it's a different kind of fatter), richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercising
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Complaining
20. How did you spend Christmas?
At home (in Qatar) with my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
More and more with my family
22. How many one-night stands?
Um, none
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No, I'm pretty sure I don't hate anyone!
25. What was the best book you read?
Mary Karr Cherry and Jeanette Wells Glass Castles
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Music that Anna & I both like (Cake Mahna, Mahna, several songs on our Jazz for Kids CD, Dan Zanes, John Lithgow, a lot of Louis Armstrong, The White Stripes We're Going to be Friends... always on the lookout for more!)
27. What did you want and get?
Support
28. What did you want and not get?
Our air shipment... we'll keep waiting into 2007.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
I am not absolutely positive I watched any this year (surely there were one or two but I can't recall what they were!)
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
We went out to dinner and gelato; I turned thirty.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I could have convinced myself to keep up my workout routine into this pregnancy, hoping I can pick it up again soon.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
"comfortable" (I really need to work on this!)
33. What kept you sane?
Playgroup
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I don't know how to answer this one; I go to Celebrity Baby Blog a lot though.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Hanging Saddam on the first day of Eid al Adha (and seeing the photos on CNN.com constantly—if I wanted to see the photos, I'd click on the article!)
36. Who did you miss?
Tillie, she would have been so great with Anna
37. Who was the best new person you met?
The moms in playgroup.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
Patience is a virtue.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
" you'll never know dear how much I love you, and I love you more everyday"
