When you're too worried your blog entry will sound like one long big winge... do a Meme... (correction... thanks to http://synapsesonshuffle.blogspot.com/ for the meme)

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Fly across the Atlantic with a not quite yet 2 year old on my own.


2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Didn't make any but next year apathy is the enemy.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Seestor! Miss Charlotte Reielle Heaney

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My friend eric's grandmother.

5. What countries did you visit?
England, Holland, Canada

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A job for Fredu (and a camera for him to do said job)

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 8th - My appendix removal date
Sept. (?) when Alfredo's camera was stolen
Nov 25th when miss Charlotte was born
Dec 5th- when i flew home to Canada for xmas

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
surviving it

9. What was your biggest failure?
Apathy (with a capital A)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Appendicitis

11. What was the best thing you bought?
pink suede shoes

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Vero's for her baby making triumphs

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The wicked person who stole Alfredo's camera. It truly ravaged an already challenging year for us. I hope they really needed it more than we did!

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent (sigh)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Coming home for xmas

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Black eyed peas... that one that goes... 'Tonight's going to be a good night..."

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? sadder
b) thinner or fatter? fatter (thanks to xmas in Canada)
c) richer or poorer? way poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Enjoying life instead of drowning in sorrows (but there was just so many)

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
working

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Without Fredu in Canada :(

22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Still in love

23. How many one-night stands?
None

24. What was your favorite TV program?
American Dad

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
the camera thief! oh and yea Apple. Feck you itunes I hate you.

26. What was the best book you read?
Beach Music

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Martina Topley Bird's new album (I had no idea it had come out) not that I have it yet

28. What did you want and get?
More support at work (new project managers!)

29. What did you want and not get?
a job for fredu and a new camera oh yea and the passport!!
Resolution for any of my fights with the tax office

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Only saw one (slumdog millionaire) in the cinema... it was okay..but I'm hoping to see it's complicated before I leave Canada (with my mum) looks nice and pinky!

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
my 33rd birthday I was still recovering from the appendectomy the week before but had low key fun with the lovely miss joey and andrea who flew in to celebrate with me.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Work for fredu

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
black and mysterious

34. What kept you sane?
My Mum

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Perez Hilton

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Any stupid American Mallarky

37. Who did you miss?
The old me

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jacob and Millie!

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Apathy is very very difficult to shake

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

I'm not here... this isn't happening.. (Radiohead)