End of Year Meme - 2010

Found on Head Tale:

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Got married, lived in a foreign country for 4 months.


2. Did anyone close to you give birth? No


3. Did anyone close to you die? No, thankfully


4. What countries did you visit? Canada, Germany, England (just to run through the airport to my plane, though), The Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland


5. What would you like to have in next year that you lacked this year? A Master's degree, a library job and the whole year on the same continent as Aaron


6. What date from this year will remain etched upon your memory? 2 October, when I got married


7. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Planning an amazing wedding


8. What was your biggest failure? Spraining my ankle on my 29th birthday and having to spend 2 weeks on the couch


9. What was your biggest surprise? How much harder it was to spend 4 months away from my family and friends than it used to be.  Part of growing up, I suppose


10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Sprained my ankle on my birthday (ick) and still dealing with the repetition motion injury at work


11. What was the best thing you bought? My wedding dress


12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? My friends and family who send me cards and letters and emails and had Skype conversations while I was in Hamburg.


13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? I am going to keep my answer from last year: The government in relation to the health care bill.  They need to stop thinking about their parties and lobbiests and start taking care of the people.


14. Where did most of your money go? Tuition and Germany


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? My wedding:-D


16. What song/album will always remind you of this year? "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:


18. Happier or sadder?  Happier


19. Thinner or fatter? About the same


20. Richer or poorer? Poorer, as I make much less money than in the past


21. What do you wish you’d done more of? Budgeting so I could have done more traveling around Europe


22. What do you wish you’d done less of? Being homesick


23. How will you be spending did you spend Christmas? Worked from 7:30 - 3, then at Aaron's parents.  Spent the week before Christmas with my family.


24. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with? My mom, she's pretty much the only person I call.  Text-wise is Aaron.


25. What was your favourite TV program? Grey's Anatomy, this season was awesome


26. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No, I hate all the same people;-)


27. What was the best book(s) you read? Julie and Julia, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Eat, Pray, Love


28. What was your greatest musical discovery? None I can think of


29. What did you want and get? A Librarianship Into the Future Award at school, which is a half-tuition scholarship


30. What did you want and not get? To exchange my plane ticket home for one a few weeks earlier without having to spend a massive amount of money


31. What were your favourite films of this year? The Social Network, Up In the Air


32. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 29.  I went to my anthro class, then slipped on ice and sprained my ankle, spending 6 hours in the ER, followed by a trip to Wegman's for painkillers, Indian for dinner with Aaron, then fell asleep at about 7:30pm.  At least it was memorable;-)


33. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If I had kept up my running.  In Hamburg I was running 3-5 miles a night, then I stopped when I got back and am now picking up from scratch


34. How would you describe your personal fashion concept this year? Sweatshirts and jeans


35. What kept you sane? Downloading books from Onondaga County Public Library, running around the lake in Hamburg, having supportive family and friends


36. What political issue stirred you the most? The health care bill and the repealing of Don't Ask, Don't Tell


37. Who did you miss? Aaron while I was away


38. Who was the best new person you met? I met a bunch of amazing people in Hamburg


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year. Savor the week of your wedding and take lots of pictures.  It happens so quick


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? "I'm a rover and I'm bound to sail away;  I'm a rover can you love me anyway?"


41. What do you hope the next year brings?  Graduating with my MSLIS, getting a library job and a new, larger apartment

End of Year Meme - 2009

Found on Head Tale:

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
   I had a lot of firsts this year.  In January I went to Germany and began my first ever blog, in May I became engaged and in August I began graduate school and went to my first library conference in October.  This was a fantastic year for firsts and I look forward to what they lead to in the new year and new decade.
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
   My best friend from college, Lauren, gave birth to her first child, Mikah, who is incredibly adorable.  A few friends of Aaron's also gave birth, Karen and Stephanie (they each had a girl).
3. Did anyone close to you die?
   For the first time ever I will answer yes to this question, as my grandpa died November 29th.  At some point I will post on this, I just haven't yet figured out what to say.
4. What countries did you visit?
   Germany, Austria and Canada
5. What would you like to have in next year that you lacked this year?
   Free time, as school pretty much took all of that away.  I would also like to find a job at a library to get some experience.
6. What date from this year will remain etched upon your memory?
   May 8 - When Aaron and I got engaged.
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
   Getting into the MSLIS program at SU
8. What was your biggest failure?I didn't do nearly as much genealogy work as I would have liked, but I wouldn't really consider that a failure, just a last of time.
9. What was your biggest surprise?
   Being proposed too:-D
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    I'm slowly developing a repetitive motion injury from work at Starbucks, but otherwise just a few colds I think.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
    My Germany vacation with Aaron.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?Aaron is amazing as always and dealt with a very busy and exhausted me.  My new friends in library school are all fantastic.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
    The government in relation to the health care bill.  They need to stop thinking about their parties and lobbiests and start taking care of the people.
14. Where did most of your money go?
    Rent and car (which I paid off, finally!)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Planning a wedding (I detect a theme here:-))
16. What song/album will always remind you of this year?"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, "Waking up in Vegas" by Katy Perry, "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson, Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker's albums.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder?  So much happier.
2. Thinner or fatter? &nbs
   p;Fatter:-( (Not used to having someone in the house who cooks well)
3. Richer or poorer? Poorer because of student loans.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    Living in the moment, exercising
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    Worrying and complaining
20. How will you be spending did you spend Christmas?
    Worked from 7:30 - 3, then at Aaron's parents.  Spent the weekend before Christmas with my family.
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
    My mom, she's pretty much the only person I call.  Text-wise is Aaron.
22. What was your favourite TV program?
    Grey's Anatomy (getting good again:-))
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
    No, I hate all the same people.  
24. What was the best book(s) you read?
    The Book Thief was brilliant and one would never guess it was a young adult novel.  I finally broke down and bough Evidence Explained, which is very helpful for my genealogical work.  Library-wise, The Accidental Library Manager was better than any of the books I read for class.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Lady Antebellum
26. What did you want and get?
    I have gotten more than I ever dreamed of yesterday.  I wanted to get into school and get the Germany experience, both of which I did.
27. What did you want and not get?
    I had wanted a graduate assistantship and straight A's.  No assistantship, but A and A-'s, which is close enough considering I was working full-time as well as full-time school.
28. What were your favourite films of this year?
    (500) days of summer, Paranormal Activity
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    I turned 28 and worked all day, then had the last night of my 511 class, but it was the fun class on gaming in libraries and everyone brought food and hung out
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    Can't think of anything
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept this year?
    Sweatshirts and jeans, as well as the ever-popular all-black Sbux regalia
32. What kept you sane?
    Aaron and playing around online instead of doing work
33. What political issue stirred you the most?
    The health care bill
34. Who did you miss?
    My grandfather
35. Who was the best new person you met?
    I can't pick one, I have met about 40 awesome people in school
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year.
    "Don't let procrastination be your primary time management skill"
37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
    "I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some"
38. What do you hope the next year brings?
    A fun
    time in Germany and an amazing wedding

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