I ran 5 races...most of which were 5Ks! And I ran each and every one with my best friend!
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm sure another was to get/stay healthy. I guess I kind of did that! However, I wish I would have done a little better towards the end of this year!
And I think another was to read more. Yeah. That really didn't happen. I did complete 1 book while starting about 3 more...all still unfinished at this point!! But with 4 kids and a daycare...YIKES! At least I know I haven't forgotten how to read yet!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Well, yes! ME! For the last time, I might add! Close to me...no. But friends, yes! My college roommate and her husband had their first little lady! Also a good friend from high school had their first little lady, too! But she joined her big brother in their family! Congrats to you both K and A!!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
With a saddened heart, yes. My grandpa passed away in March. I remember it very well, the day I got the call from my dad. We knew he was going to be heading to Heaven with our Savior, but it's still a heartbreaking call to get. And what made it even harder was he passed away just a few days before his youngest (at this point) great grand-baby was going to be born. I was struggling with what to pray for. Selfishly I wanted him to meet our Peanut. On the other hand I wanted him to be out of pain and just take a walk with our Lord. Well, the Lord won!! Gratefully. But man do I miss my grandpa. (Here come the tears.) He was grumpy, but man did he light up when he saw us kids and my kiddos (and nephew)!!! I know he's smiling down on us now while carving something into his block of wood! And I'm sure he's making little cradles for all the babies up in heaven that he loves to rock/sing to sleep.
My husband's grandma also passed away in 2010. (And he had just lost his grandpa just before Christmas 2009.) She lived a long and healthy and God-loving life! She was ready to meet her maker after spending such a wonderful life here on earth.
5. What countries did you visit?
Oh man. Let's see...lots of God's country! Driving to South Dakota and Iowa was enough country to me. Outside of that, NONE! (But one of these years I'll be able to say that I went to Holland again!!!)
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
This year I would love to have more self-confidence. I think that's been lacking for longer than just 2010, though. I would also like to have some consistency in our household!! That, too, has been missing for a few years now.
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
This is going to be for a future post! Stay tuned! But a few quick highlights: March 23 (the day my Peanut was born); December 17 (the day my husband graduated from medical school)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hmmm. My first thought is I didn't have any. But I guess that's why I answered the way I did in #6. So when I actually hear what others would say, I would say completing five 5Ks and the swim part of a triathlon! Probably the swim part more so because I shaved off almost five minutes from a couple years ago!!
9. What was your biggest failure?
This is a hard question for me to answer. Because I don't really feel that I have many achievements for 2010, then it would be pretty easy for me to say that I really didn't accomplish anything, which means my life is a failure. But then I would be sounding pretty pathetic. So, if I had to pick one, I would say not being a better and more consistent parent. My kids are my everything, and sometimes I forget that. (When I asked my husband, he answered that my biggest failure was that I didn't take more time for myself. Good answer, honey!)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a pretty healthy 2010 (thank the good Lord!).
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A shelving unit for the daycare toys in my living room. It was a start to cleaning up the clutter in my living room.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The answer that keeps coming into my head is maybe not the best one to put on here. Only because I put myself in her shoes and wonder how she did it (and is still doing it). I have a friend who is probably one of the most sincere and loving person I know. No judgments. Would do anything for anyone within her means. Has a beautiful smile that she shares with everyone around her! But in 2010 her life was flipped upside down due to infidelity. She was broken, but had to stay strong for her kiddos. She is working through it with her husband. I don't know how she is doing it! I don't know that I would have the strength, honestly. But the way she has handled herself, her marriage, her family...deserves a celebration of life. She was, and most definitely still is, a person that I genuinely look up to.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Tiger Woods, actually. Marriage is hard as it is. Then you see someone who, I, at least, thought was a good role model for a good husband. Just kidding, I guess.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Diapers....lol. And bills. Then Target!
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Meeting my baby. Having my husband home from South Dakota. My new snow blower.
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
What Faith Can Do, Kutless
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier!!! Two. Hands. Down!!
b) thinner or fatter? Definitely thinner!!! (Although I was 7 months pregnant this time last year, so that's an unfair question!)
c) richer or poorer? Way poorer! (About to change though!!)
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Oh man. I don't want to dwell on what could've been. But I'll answer the question. Spend more quality time with my blessings. Read. Exercise.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Worry.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
For the first time ever, we spent Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day home alone as a family. And it. was. beautiful! I could definitely get used to that tradition. B took both those days off from studying (hope that doesn't hurt him this Thursday when he takes his boards!)!! We had family time. Uninterrupted family time! It was beautiful! Truly. We played with cars. We watched zhu zhu pets crash into each other. We watched our Peanut rip paper off her presents for her 1st Christmas! We watched a couple movies that Santa brought us! And we stayed in our pajamas. Except for when we went to Christmas Eve service, which our older 2 acted in for the Nativity scene! That, too, was a first! It's definitely a Christmas that I'll remember!!
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
Again! (Smiling as I sit here thinking of how I fell in love AGAIN with my husband!)
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Biggest Loser (or the BL, as we call it in our house). It was a family thing. It was time with my husband. And it was inspiration to live a healthier life!
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Nope, still dislike her. But no hatred in my heart for anyone.
24. What was the best book you read?
If you've made it this far, you know I only finished one book. Well, that's not entirely true. I finished probably 125 books. But only 1 of them was an adult book...LOL. But I read a book by Harvey Ronglien about his account of growing up in the only orphanage in the state of MN...and it was located only 20 minutes away from where I live! A Boy in C-11 was a book that I could not put down.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Can't say that I had any musical discovery. Still listen to the same uplifting music as I did in 2009.
26. What did you want and get?
I really wanted a new snow blower. Probably for a few years. With a little help from my father-in-law, Santa brought me one just before our first (of 3 or 4) snow storms!
27. What did you want and not get?
I don't know that I really wanted anything that I didn't get. My family is filled with love. My marriage is stronger. We have a house to keep us warm. Oh yeah. And I got my snow blower:)
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Toss up between 3. Time Traveler's Wife, Avatar, and Tangled.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 31 in October. I got to go to dinner at Olive Garden with my husband after opening decorated candle holders from my kiddos and a Caribou from my husband!
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
My husband being done with school. Consistency.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Oh boy, let me tell you! Started off in maternity clothes for the first few months! Then just big sweat pants and large shirts. By the time Peanut was about 7 months I thought I could step it up a few notches. So I started wearing jeans. LOL! At the very end of the year I would say I felt there were times where I was actually somewhat fashionable. I wore fitted jeans and sexier shirts. I actually wore my hair down and blow dried! Crazy, huh!
32. What kept you sane?
Prayers. Lots and lots of them! And my rock- my husband! Oh yeah, and those one pills that the dr. gave me. :)33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I don't really fancy celebrity or public figures.
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Politics alone stirs me. It makes me go crazy! But I would have to go with the commercials for the political issues! So glad that's done for now!
35. Who did you miss?
Beth, my best friend (who's not my husband)! I miss her a lot.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Did I meet anyone new in 2010? Really? Being at home I don't get out much. But I would say Heather Carlin! In fact I've kind of missed her the last few weeks!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
You emotions affect your thoughts. Your thoughts affect your actions. Your actions affect your thoughts. So start with a positive thought.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I might have to come back to this one.... The one that keeps coming back to me is,
Clean up, clean up
Everybody, everywhere.
Clean up, clean up
Everybody do your share!
LOL! Maybe that's because I sing it every damn day!
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