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1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
lost my job twice at the same company...figure that out.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i don’t make resolutions anymore due to my track record of keeping them.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
tina-one of my best friends! alexis rochelle fabian was born on august 15th!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
not personally close no...but sometimes that doesn't matter.

5. What countries did you visit?
i didn't visit any countries...does that make me pathetic?

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you didn't have in 2009?
the same job...all 365 days :)

7. What dates from 2009 will be etched upon your memory, and why?
march 15th...josh proposed :)

8. What was your biggest achievement of this year?
i learned a little bit more about myself than i did in 2008...i consider that an achievement, no matter how small.

9. What was your biggest failure?
being unemployed twice in one year.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
actually no, which is fabulous

11. What was the best thing you bought?
a 47" tv :)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
what a weirdly worded question. i know this is a but cheesy but i think josh wins this award. he has an immeasurable amount of pressure and responsibility on his shoulders and he handles and carries it well. he rarely complains and i certainly don't blame him when he does. i may be too hard on him at times but i am very humbled by my future husband. i am so very thankful for him.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
jon gosselin...seriously, wtf?

14. Where did most your money go?
RENT. and other bills i wish i didn't have to pay.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
getting engaged and planning our wedding!

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
"all the single ladies" -beyonce and "chicken fried" -zach brown band

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
i am OVERALL happier...just wish we could actually afford for me to stay @ home :), i am defiantly fatter (sad) and a little poorer (also sad)...but in the end i think happiness is the most important.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
spending one on one time with josh and relaxing.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying and stressing

20. How did you spend Christmas?
in roseau with all my favorite people :)

21. Did you fall in love with 2009?
more in love ;)

22. What was your favorite TV program?
greys anatomy, one tree hill, the bachelor and the vampire diaries

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i can't bring myself to say i "hate" anyone but i do HATE what a certain someone does to someone i care a LOT about.

24. What was the best book you read?
the twilight series...oh edward how i love thee.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
eh, this question bores me.

26. What did you want and get?
i wanted a diamond ring and i defiantly got it :)


27. What did you want and not get?
a job that i L.O.V.E.

28. What was your favorite film of 2009?
new moon :) duh.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
24 on 5.28.09 and we had sushi and hung out @ home :)

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
no regrets. we’re both happy and healthy and i think if you have both of these things going for you you’re in pretty great shape.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2009?
odd for sure. a mix between work attire and sweatpants :) then i discovered leggings and oh how i fell in love...i like to be trendy...sometimes people probably think it's over the top but that's me...take it or leave it.

32. What kept you sane?
josh

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
omg...just look at who our president is. puke.

34. Who did you miss?
anyone who wasn't a short car ride away!

35. Who was the best new person you met?
i really can't answer this...is that bad?

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
nothing is guaranteed.

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
not my year but josh's year. "so i drive, and i think about my life..." -highway 20 ride (zach brown band)