Bye bye 08!

2008 in Review

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?

I got married! :)


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

I don't think I made any last year, I have some for this year though...


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yep - Brittany!


4. Did anyone close to you die?

No...thankfully


5. What countries did you visit?

None :(


6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

A baby? Okay bad answer lotsa people would kill me, lets sayyy a Wii and Wii fit!


7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

September 13 - I married the love of my life.


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Not having a meltdown while planning my wedding.


9. What was your biggest failure?

Getting a C in that stupid class.


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Actually...besides getting sick, no! (I am pretty surprised being that I hurt myself...often)


11. What was the best thing you bought?

Our GPS!


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

My dad and his wallet who took some severe blows during my wedding planning...THANKS DAD!!!


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My dog and his poop....not so much anymore but at the beginning of 08....I can't believe one dog can go THAT many times a day!!!


14. Where did most of your money go? Bills...gas...bills...


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

The wedding!


16. What song will always remind you of 2008?

"Love me tender" by Norah Jones... yep our first dance song!

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? about the same...probably a little fatter.
c) richer or poorer? In what sense?


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

Gardening.


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

Gluing vellum to candles


20. How did you spend Christmas?

With my family! (Minus Linds and Mark :( ) It was really nice Christmas.


21. Did you fall in love in 2008?

I was already in love :)


22. What was your favorite TV program?

Desperate Houswives and Sons of Anarchy (bipolar I know)


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

I don't have time to hate people


24. What was the best book you read?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows....DUH!!!! (And Jodi Picoult's "Nineteen Minutes")


25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

That my husband sings "In the jungle" strangely well...


26. What did you want and get?

Married


27. What did you want and not get?

A Wii


28. What was your favorite film of this year?

Iron Man!


29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I was 23 and ON my bday I had class with my favorite cousin and then went shopping with her and we went to dinner at my hubby's restaurant!


30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Paying off ALL of our debt


31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?

Bad.


32. What kept you sane?

Kristal and Lindsay.


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

Hmm I really am not sure... I guess Jax from Sons of Anarchy


34. What political issue stirred you the most?

Listening to uninformed people talk about the election


35. Who did you miss?

My mom.


36. Who was the best new person you met?

Did I meet anyone this year?


37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.

Things don't always go as planned, but that is ok, life has it's own surprises in mind...just go with it!


38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

But the good news is there's angels everywhere out on the street
Holding out a hand to pull you back upon your feet
The one's that you been dragging for so long
You're on your knees You might as well be free
Guess what I'm saying

If you're going through hell
Keep on going, Don't slow down
If you're scared, don't show it
You might get out
Before the devil even knows you're there

It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!!

I am so excited that it is almost christmas! I have wrapped all the presents and now I am just anxiously waiting Christmas morning! It is really kind of sad how excited I get about this holiday...like a kid! I keep wondering though, what will be different next year at Christmas? Will I be an Aunt? A mom (to-be)? Will my dad have picked one of these contestants..er..i mean ladies? It just seems like so much changes every year, I can't help but wonder what will change this coming year. I have a lot of hopes for 09...but I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Here are some pictures of my Christmasy house :)

Oops...

I guess I got sidetracked...for a month. Sorry! Life has been busy, and crazy...but I love it! Kristal and I are wrapping up the semester and trying to decide our next move, I am so glad we are doing this together, it makes things much easier when you have someone to laugh with when you are looking at cadaver muscle...yeah, its like that. :) Anyways, Dave is working a LOT of hours at his new job that he loves! So I miss having him around all the time but I am glad he is happy and we are lucky that he has such a good job.


As a side note, I colored my hair today! Just a little bit, but I love it!!

Mondayyy

Yucko Monday. I am thinking the chinese that sounded **SO good** last night...was a bad idea and led to a rather pukey morning. (You are most welcome for the details) Of course when I got sick my boss heard it...gross I know, but her only question was "could it be..." Which is when I promptly cut her off and said NO I just got off AF.

In other less disgusting news, Dave is ALMOST 26...a few more days! 26 seems like one of those times where right now it seems so old but in a few years we will laugh abouot thinking that. I already ordered Dave's present and it should be here today or tomorrow!

Tonight Dad, and Dave's Dad are coming over for dinner...we are doing fondue! (hopefully by tonight the word fondue wont send waves of nausea through my body like it just did...) Anyways it should be fun and I am looking forward to spending some time with my dad...it's hard to keep up with him these days!!

Okay thats it for now...maybe I will take pictures of our fondue dinner and post them!

Here we go!

I havent decided who I am doing this blog for...my family?..maybe. My friends...being that I have like one...probably not...myself? maybe. My husband? nah he listens to me all day ;). Anyways, I am doing this, and I don't really care who it's for, I am just doing it!

Here we are a little over a month into marraige and it is...the same. But in a good way, Dave and I have always been happy and so we still are, now with a little more bling! We have been cooking a LOT which is nice, because it is so much cheaper...and tastier than most restaurants (I love my chef husband!) Our puppy is ONE...I can't believe it, it seems like we just got him yesterday! Now he is our big 72 lb boy who still thinks he is tiny and climb all over us (note to self: training is a MUST this winter). The pictures below are the pup fairly recently and when he was a little guy!!