When to celebrate the New Year?

When you finally feel better! Which means I unloaded the car from my New Years Eve trip to Southern Cal (the visit that didnt include Andrea Braun and the champ due to their germs and mine), and took down the Christmas tree (darn it, I its always down before CEM's birthday)and am getting caught up on blogs.

So to celebrate the New Year; I got this from ABBA,who got it from Margarita on the Rocks, Lots of Salt so did Queen B

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’ve never done before? Motorcycle ride to San Diego, mom/sister adventure to South Dakota, Staycation

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yes, Yes

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? JennAnn

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Uncle Clyde Young

5. What countries did you visit? Mexico,Mexico and Mexico. USA - CA, NY, SD, TX, UT, NV,

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Exercise

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? August 2009 - Girls Beach Adventure and 20th High School Reunion

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Achieving all green SLA's

9. What was your biggest failure? Too few trips to Utah and Pasadena

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Thank goodness, No!

11. What was the best thing you bought? Jewelry in Sedona

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My kids - they are so cool

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

yeah this should be question #13

14. Where did most of your money go? Costco

15. What did you get really excited about? HCBC Reunions, 20th High School Reunion

16. What song will always remind you of 2009? My life would suck without you (Kelly Clarkson)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- happier or sadder? HAPPIER.- thinner or fatter? Uh ya not thinner.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
car talk time

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
cleaning the floors

20. How did you spend Christmas?
1 week off preparing, 1 week with all family, 1 week with kids AWESOME!

21. Did you fall in love in 2009? Why is this question 21 and not 22?

22. What was your favorite TV program? The Good Wife

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
This is definitely a 23 question. See #13


24. What was the best book you read? The White Queen (Phillipa Gregory)

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
 Kelly Clarkson (Im a little slow)

26. What did you want and get? jewelry, shoes, new suits, BBQ grill

27. What did you want and not get? my photo albums

28. What was your favorite film of this year? Ironman

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 37 - Surprise Party with red velvet cake :)

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Trip to Greece with Kim and Marco

32. What kept you sane? My home

33. Who did you miss? Chris Hernandez

34. Who was the best new person you met?

Demetra Souliotis and Stacy Malcolm

35. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
 Party in the USA (Miley Cyrus)