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borrowed from Chew's Place 1.What

borrowed from Chew's Place
1.What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? I kept this weblog and wrote in it almost daily. This is the best I've ever done with keeping any kind of regular journal.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I'm no good at keeping most resolutions, so the only one I made was to be kind to myself, and I think I did well. I will stick with that as a continuing resolution. I also would like to be more postive.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? not yet, but I'm sure I'll notice if they do
4. Did anyone close to you die? My puppy died in February.
5. What countries did you visit? Just this one as far as I know.
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003? a vegetable garden
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? What memory? Why what?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Probably this weblog.
9. What was your biggest failure? No idea. I try to stay positive.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing serious -- just a bad cold.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I guess my parents' old mini-van.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Rush Limbaugh
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Hard to pick because there were so many: Madonna, Howard Dean, Tom Daschle, John eFF-ing Kerry
14. Where did most of your money go? I wish I knew. Did you take it???
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Calm down please, my life is not that exciting. But I did have a fun anniversay with Scott. We stayed in a cabin with a wonderful view in the snow in January up in Eureka Springs and read to each other by the fire.
16. What song will always remind you of 2003? I can't think of one, and even if I did I still wouldn't remember unless I wrote it down.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? happier
Older and wiser? yes yes
Thinner or fatter? a little thinner
Richer or poorer? less money + less debt = about the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? dieting & exercise
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? eating and sitting
20. How will did you be spending Christmas? We spent Christmas Eve with Scott's family and Christmas Day here.
21. Question 21 seems to have been left out...
22. Did you fall in love in 2003? yes, but with the same man I've been in love with since 1982.
23. How many one-night stands? You've got to be kidding. No way would that even interest me -- I'm married to a wonderful man.
24. What was your favorite TV program? I don't watch much TV at all, but I still like the same stuff -- Seinfeld, Law & Order, and Star Trek (any generation).
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Hating is a bad idea -- no.
26. What was the best book you read? Anna Karenina (almost done with it)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Return of the King soundtrack
28. What did you want and get? A scanner, book I wanted, DVD's and wonderful Bath & Body Works stuff.
29. What did you want and not get? The Sims Makin' Magic and some other DVD's and books. I'm not disappointed, though. I can't get everything I want.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Return of the King, definitely.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I can't remember because I'm getting old. ;) But I'm sure Scott took me to dinner. However, I do know that I turned 36.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If one of my children had made better choices.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003? If I had a fashion concept, it would have been simple and comfortable, but not tacky.
34. What kept you sane? I'm sane? Oh, uh... God, Scott, Lexapro, and this weblog.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Define fancy. I don't really care enough about celebrities, and there are plenty of public figures. If I had to pick someone to admire, I guess it would be director Peter Jackson. He did such a wonderful job creating the Lord of the Rings movies.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? It would be hard to pick just one -- I stay stirred up.
37. Who did you miss? Cassandra
38. Who was the best new person you met? I guess I'll have to say my new son-in-law Mark, although he didn't endear himself to me right away.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003: Don't worry, it will all work out -- somehow.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "Just keep swimming, swimming, what do we do? We swim... swim..."

Oh, and did I mention that I think George W. Bush is a Great President, not a Miserable Failure?