2010 in Review

1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
I planned my mother's 80th birthday

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for this year?
I rarely make NY resolutions but this year I have made 2: let go of the little things that really do not matter in the grand scheme of things and continue on last year's resolution of being more patient as I obviously did not get it right yet

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yes one of our sons and daughters in law to Conall

4. Did anyone close to you die?
our 10 year old cat died a couple of days ago

5. What countries did you visit?
stayed close to home this year

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
a home business that makes money

7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Msy 21st. It was my mom's 80th birthday. She had never had a birthday party in her life and we were able to bring in some of her cousins from all over Canada some of which she had not seen since she was a little girl

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Reaching 2 1/2 years of being cancer free

9. What was your biggest failure?
putting so much burden on Keith

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
nothing new that wasn't there before

11. What was the best thing you bought?
well we didn't actually buy it but we got a new car from one of our neighbours!! And just because I am so special :)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
my granddaughter Senthia who started grade ELEVEN!!!!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
an RCMP officer who decided to insist that I was driving inebriated a couple of weeks back and made me take a breathalyzer test not once but twice!

14. Where did most of your money go?
what money?

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the birth of our new grandson!

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Today I'm Going To Change The World by Johnny Reid

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? same
iii. richer or poorer? same

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
gotten on my knees, listened, not insisted that my point of view was the only correct one

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

20. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope, I was already in love.

21. What was your favorite TV program?
Survivor, Amazing Race, CSI's

22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No Comment, hate is a bad word, and I would just as soon work on that one privately

23. What was the best book you read?
uhmmm my mind is blank right now but I have Diana Gabaldon's new book as well as Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive sitting on my book shelf calling me so loud it is giving me a headache.

24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I could listen to music that wasn't country

25. What did you want and get?
finish the year cancer free

26. What did you want and not get?
to get off my medications

27. What was your favourite film of this year?
Extraordinary Measures

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
we went camping as a family and I am 54

29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
if our extended family had come out to visit us

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
same as always, comfy casual

31. What kept you sane?
Keith

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hmmm can't think of anyone

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
HST!!!

34. Who did you miss?
my children/grandchildren in Alberta

35. Who was the best new person you met?
Janet C.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
That I can delegate and still live

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
GONNA TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME
I'VE MADE MY RESOLUTION
I'VE OPENED UP MY EYES
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

I'M GONNA SAY HELLO TO MY NEIGHBOR
GREET HIM WITH A SMILE
SHAKE THE HAND OF A STRANGER
SIT AND TALK FOR A WHILE
TELL SOMEONE I LOVE THEM
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

(REPEAT CHORUS)

GONNA MAKE SURE MY CHILDREN
KNOW THERE'S A RIGHT AND WRONG
I'LL NEVER TURN MY BACK
ON THOSE OF US WHO NEED SOMEONE
I'M GONNA TRY TO SEE MYSELF
THROUGH ANOTHER'S EYES
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

(REPEAT CHORUS)

TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR THOSE I'LL LEAVE BEHIND
I'VE MADE MY RESOLUTION
CHANGE IT ONE DAY AT TIME
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD