New year survey

I copied this off of my friend Heathers blog and she copied it off of her friends blog so I'm sure that she won't mind! Travis is at a meeting for young mens right now so I am BORED!! If you feel so inclined to copy this too, be my guest!

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Turned apples from my own trees into applesauce and apple juice

2. Did you keep your New Years Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't have one, never do~

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My sister-in-law Alisa and my sister-in-law Amy

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My Grandma

5. What countries did you visit?
none

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
Another baby! (I'm running out of time to do that though)

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched on your memory and why?
Sept. 23rd, Lana had her second birthday

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting my house mostly organized

9. What was your biggest failure?
not spending more time just playing with Malana

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope!, This time last year Travis was recovering from having the tumor removed from under his ear and that was enough excitement to last us for a while.

11. What was the best thing that you bought?
my Camera

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Travis, he is almost done with Grad school and he did awesome, getting straight A's and 1 B

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
no ones, although Malana is making her way to that, being in the terrible two's and all!

14. Where did most of your money go?
fixing up the house and school

15. What did you get really really really excited about?
Found out we are going to Disneyland in March, and I've never been!

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Glenn Becks Christmas satires on socialism

17. Compared to this time last year are you?
happier or sadder ..... at this moment sadder but it alternates day to day
thinner or fatter... fatter!...unfortunately
richer or poorer.... poorer, Travis is in school

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
FHE, scripture study, family prayer... etc. cliche' I know but true

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Watching T.V.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
surrounded by my family

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I fell in love in 2002 and I haven't hit the bottom yet!... still falling!

22. What was your favorite TV program?
Amazing race

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

24. What was the best book you read?
"The hunger games" by suzanne collins

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
none

26. what did you want and get?
My camera

27. What did you want and not get?
A baby : (

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Can't say, the most recent one we've seen that I thought was decent was "Eagle Eye"

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 25, and I do not recall what we did, obviously not much

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A baby! (Do you notice a theme here?)

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Stay-at-home mom meets comfy blanket... whatever is most comfortable, and easily washable.

32. What kept you sane?
Travis, he is an amazing man!!

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy most?
none.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election

35. Who did you miss?
Chelesea, she had to go and move to Oklahoma

36. Who was the best new person you met?
I have meet lots of really interesting and neat people in our ward.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
God has taught me patience and faith, I never seem to learn that lesson, he has tried to teach me them a few times. You have to let go trying to control things and what you perceive as what should happen in life, and trust in God, even if it may seem like he's not listening. As well as to have confidence in Travis because he makes great decisions for our family, loves me dearly and he is a strong and intelligent man.

38. What is one thing you said this year that you never thought you'd say?
Drawing a blank!

39. What is one thing you heard this year that you never thought you'd hear?
Can't think of anything!

40. What do you anticipate will be the biggest change in your life in 2009?
Travis graduating the masters program... wahoo!!!!!!! (and I'm hoping for another baby still)