End of Year Post 2010

1.What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?

Got my car stuck in a ditch

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

I dont really make news year's resolutions I did join a couple of reading challenges and then didnt keep my record of them going

what Ive decided to do this year is what a bloggy friend of mine does and record once a month what Ive read for that month and then maybe review one of the the books for that month if it was really good

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

not really close however I have recently become a great aunt (Im concentrating on the great part otherwise I feel old lol)

4. Did anyone close to you die?

a dear friend at church :(

5. What countries did you visit?

none never been overseas

did go to New Plymouth and Wellington (briefly)

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?

Im pretty content

7. What date(s) from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

maybe the Christmas visit from Sarah - we get on so well now - I LOVE her company

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year

making it into the top 10 sales person for Home Care for one week

9. What was your biggest failure?

trying to get my car out of that ditch - I couldnt - however if Id kept on trying it would have been worst

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

my sciatica has been troublesome

11. What was the best thing you bought?

the Cliff Richard ticket?

getting shoes on sale?

my walking shoes?

I know what the best thing that was brought for me!! my washing machine and my food parcels from my sister and bil

bless Granddad and sis and bil

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

Billy got 2 certificates this year 1 for volunteering at the SPCA and one for social studies

Daniel is usually a very good boy too :)

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

Daniels dad :(

14. Where did most of your money go?

Rent

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

nothing really stands out

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?

I do like Just the Way You are by Bruno Mars whether that will remind me of 2010 only time will tell

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Happier or sadder? more content

Thinner or fatter? about the same

Richer or poorer? about the same

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

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

nothing really I feel everything was in its right proportions

20. How did you spend Christmas?

see here and here

21. How will you be spending New Year?

might go into town to the free concert

22. Did you fall in love in 2010?

nope

23. How many one-night stands?

Im not the type of girl!!!

24. What was your favourite TV programme?

I dont watch a lot of TV

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

Hate is a strong word however I have gotten wiser to the tricks someone tries to play with me

26. What was the best book you read?

Oh my shall I go and count the number of books Ive read this year??? I couldnt pick just one or two.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Bruno Mars and Nice Peter

28. What did you want and get?

I dont know whether I wanted it

I sure needed it

My washing machine

29. What did you want and not get?

I have 2 dreams - one is going to Wellington to see Te Papa ( the Museum of New Zealand) one is to own a lap top

30. What was your favourite film of this year?

I dont go to the movies a lot however it would have to be a toss up between

Inception and Knight and Day

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

I was 40 and you can read about here

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

I am satisfied already :)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?

casual with a splash of dressy at times and always accompanied by accessories (sounds good doesnt it LOL)

34. What kept you sane?

my meds, my kids and my faith :)

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

37. Who did you miss? my friend who died on my birthday and my sis

38. Who was the best new person you met?

one of the mothers at school :)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.

• I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become

• I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different, especially if one of those people is a male

40. Quote(s) that sums up your year.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Author: Bill Copeland

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Author: Plautus