Monday, January 2, 2012

reflections of 2011

a friend posted her answers to these questions on livejournal and i liked the questions enough to do this for myself.  so here it is ~~~



1.      What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
Started really opening up to people about my past and my future plans
2.     Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I dont make New Years resolutions for the simple fact that I am constantly trying to better my life and only making resolutions or goals once a year is just crazy talk
3.     Did anyone close to you give birth?
I love this question this year because we started out the year with Kameo having Kailyn on new years day 2011 and ended the year with KC having Gunner on Dec 28th it is amazing how much I live for the babies in my life and I am blessed to have great friends and family that let me be the greatest auntie ever
4.     Did anyone close to you die?
My father was killed in a traffic accident on Oct 1st this year.  It was a major blow for me because I hadnt realized how close we had become the past few years and how much I would miss him even though he drove me crazy all the time
5.     What countries did you visit?
I feel that this would be much more interesting if I changed it to counties instead of countries I dont have a passport therefore I did not leave this country but I have been doing a lot of exploring of Washington state as well as going to Kentucky when my father passed away
6.     What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
A stable home life.  A job.  Actually letting myself share my life with someone else even though I might get hurt
7.     What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 3rd that is when I found out my father had died
January 1st that is when Kailyn made her appearance in the world finally
December 28th that is when Gunner made his appearance in the world
December 30th finding out that my cousin Emily has a brain tumor
8.     What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Probably staying sane through the whole year minus one major meltdown in april
9.     What was your biggest failure?
I dont have failures only restarts J I wish my scrapbooking business idea would have gone further, but it didnt, so time to rethink and restart J
10.    Did you suffer illness or injury?
This has been a pretty healthy year no major medical issues this year still dealing with the fibro, the arthritis, the chronic pain and the ptsd but I am dealing with them and that is the point
11.     What was the best thing you bought?
My xbox 360 I absolutely love playing my games in my room
12.    Whose behavior merited celebration?
Jaymee she had a hard year but came through it all with flying colors.  While I may not have approved of every choice she made looking back I can see that they were choices she needed to make to progress in her life to where she is today
13.    Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My brother all this petty fighting over my fathers estate (which is nothing) and trying to strongarm me into doing things his way make me ashamed to even call him my brother
My nephew he spent his second Christmas in a row in jail instead of spending time with his daughter
14.    Where did most of your money go?
To life in general and my trip to Kentucky took a huge chunk that I had thank God
15.    What did you get really excited about?
Watching William.  He brings such joy to my life
Going to Kentucky and meeting my Johnson family
16.    What song will always remind you of 2011?
Someone like you Adele it was an amazing thing to realize that I was ready to try dating again
17.    Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
 
Happier in general but sadder cuz my dad died
ii. thinner or fatter?
 
Thinner still losing slowly
iii. Richer or poorer?
Poorer because I ran out of unemployment and now I have no actual income as I work for the roof over my head and utilities
18.    What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hiking and spending time in nature
19.    What do you wish youd done less of?
Job hunting it is really hard to be told no over and over
20.   How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas was spent with Sammy and Rich and William as well as Jesse, I just wish Rich would have made Jesse feel more welcome here
21.    How will you be spending New Years Eve?
New Years Eve was spent with Richs family, and Robbie well Robbie and I talked all day online and texting
22.   Did you fall in love in 2011? 
Not that I am aware of unless you count my fake celebrity boyfriends lol
23.   How many one-night stands? 
none
24.   What was your favorite TV program? 
Glee, Glee Project, New Girl, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Survivor, Amazing Race, Once Upon a Time, Grimm, being human
25.   Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I dont believe in Hating others
26.   What was the best book you read?
Probably the Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
27.   What was your greatest musical discovery?
Memnoir is great they rock
28.   What did you want and get?
A new hoodie
29.   What did you want and not get?
A job so I could have stability in my life
30.   What was your favorite film that you saw for the first time this year?
The only movie I saw in theaters this year was breaking dawn pt 1 but I have watched a lot of movies this year that I liked
31.    What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 43 on my birthday and me and jaymee went to the casino
32.   What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A job boy I sound repetitive
33.   How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
Ummm same as always I live in jeans/sweats, tank tops and hoodies
34.   What kept you sane?
Good friends
35.   Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Taylor lautner is hot, ummm other pretend boyfriends zac from ghost adventures, steve from ghost hunters
36.   What political issue stirred you the most?
The repeal of dont ask dont tell, the assassination of osama bin laden, the pulling out of our troops from iraq
37.   Who did you miss?
My mom, my dad, Melanie, mac, kyle, misty,
38.   Who was the best new person you met?
Umm didnt meet too many new people this year Richs sister Sara is pretty cool
39.   Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011.
To live my life for me
40.   Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
We're getting older the world's getting colder
For the life of me I don't know the reason why
Maybe it's livin' making us give in
Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide
We're balanced together ocean upon the sky
~~Dog and Butterfly by Heart

Enjoy
peace and luv to all
Laura

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