01 What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
I stopped drinking mountain dew cold turkey...

02 Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more?
I don't do new years' resolutions...

03 Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes... My 2 sis-in-laws and my friend Tammy did!!

04 Did anyone close to you die?
No...

05 What countries did you visit?
None

06 What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
Let me get back to you

07 What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 15. – I told my old boss to go shove it…..
April 2005 – finding out I had diabetes

08 What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Telling my old boss to go shove it…

09 What was your biggest failure?
Not telling my old boss to go shove it earlier…

10 Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was diagnosed with diabetes in April.

11 What was the best thing you bought?
Can’t think of anything right off the bat

12 Where did most of your money go?
THE BOY and THE HUSBAND

13 What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My little brother coming out to visit me… hadn’t seen him since 2003 and this was the first time he ever met THE BOY….

14 What song will always remind you of 2005?
My Humps – by Black Eyed Peas = heard that for the first time and lost all respect for them…..

15 Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder – Happier
older or wiser – ummm well…..
thinner or fatter? – a little thinner
richer or poorer? – both

18 What do you wish you'd done more of?
Taking better care of myself

19 What do you wish you'd done less of?
I don’t know…

20 How did you spend Christmas?
With my husband and my son plus our weekend son….

22 Did you fall in love in 2005?
Just deeper in love with my husband…

23 How many one-night stands?
None…

24 What was your favorite TV program?
I have become addicted to Law and Order SVU and CI

25 Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t hate people I just get disappointed in them if they cross me

26 What was the best book you read?
Unaware Angel by Charyl Pingleton – she is a fellow blogger

27 What was your greatest musical discovery?
I don’t know….

28 What did you want and get?
New clothes….

29 What did you want and not get?
ehh

30 What was your favorite film of this year?
Crash

31 What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I am 27 now and I sat at home with my son because my hubby was out of town… but I had lunch with the guys at work… that was nice!!


32 What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
That my husband was home more…. 27 weeks out of the year was pretty hard not having him around…

33 How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Casual and comfortable

34 What kept you sane?
My son

35 Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I admire Jennifer Aniston because she pulled through a rough patch this past year and didn’t crumble in public… She kept a smile on her face and moved on!!

36 What political issue stirred you the most?
When Kayen West said something along the lines of the president doesn’t like black people - why are people stupid....

37 Who did you miss?
My mom

38 Who was the best new person you met?
I met 2
Tim: he is a fellow co-worker and is one person that no matter what I have to smile because he is who he is...
Eric: he works with my husband but has become a dear friend and I am thankful for his friendship… (our weekend son)

39 Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Life isn’t all that bad….

40 Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Who can say where the road goes,
Where the day flows, only time?
And who can say if your love grows,
As your hearth chose, only time?