*ehem*

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
broke up with someone. geh! honestly, I can't think of anything I did this year that I had never done before. sad, right? OH WAIT! I got a job! I WORKED!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Chances are I didn't, but I'm not sure what they were. I'm hoping to keep the ones for this year, but chances are I won't keep those either. Not for the whole year anyway. I mean honestly, does anybody keep their new year's resolutions for the entire year?

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Negative

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandmother

5. What countries did you visit?
Sadly I visited no other countries in 2006

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
a solid relationship with God and then maybe when that's on track, some love.

7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory?
Apparently I didn't have a memorable year!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting a job and doing it really well

9. What was your biggest failure?
Disobedience

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
negative

11. What was the best thing you bought?
The blanket on my bed :)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
gray miller's (like woah), harrison jones', ginnie friddell's

13. Whose behavior made you feel disappointed?


14. Where did most of your money go?
very unnecessary things because I am entirely too materialistic

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about in 2006?
Lake Week.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
When I listen to a song that reminds me of a certain time, I don't generally think, "OH MAN, this brings me back to 1998!", I think "Wow, middle school." So, my thinking is that a song would remind me of either sophomore year of college or junior year of college, of which I spent one semester each in 2006. Then there was the summer. Since the entirety of the summer occured in 2006, I'd have to say either, "Heal Over" by KT Tunstall, or "She Doesn't Get It" by The Format. "Heal Over" was just a song that I listened to a lot - but I have vivid memories of sitting on the dock at lake week watching Harrison go crazy listening to the new Format CD, specifically "She Doesn't Get It." I think I'll always think of that when I listen to that song.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder?: happier
ii. thinner or fatter?: thinner
iii. richer or poorer?: poorer (despite having a job over the summer)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
praying

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
buying and complaining

20. How did you spend Christmas?
at home with my beautiful family

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
no

22. What was you! ! r favorite TV programs to watch in 2006?
American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, 24, Charmed, Alias (while they were still on)

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't like this question

24. What was the best book you read?
I have to name two because they go together: A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard, both by James Frey.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ingrid Michaelson

26. What did you want and get?
a camera

27. What did you want and not get?
something I shouldn't have gotten anyway

28. How did you begin 2006?
with Brandon

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
it's a tie: V for Vendetta and The Prestige

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My birthday happened before my birthday - I celebrated it over the weekend and my birthday was on a Monday, so the weekend was really great (melting pot, california pizza kitchen, two days of wonderfulness) and then the day of was nothing spectacular. I turned 20.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
loving God a whole lot more

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
plain and comfortable

33. What kept you sane?
The Family

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
i have a girl crush on Jennifer Garner. I wouldn't say I fancy her, obviously, but I think we'd be really good friends. Weird.

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
When the Richmond family (the ones who owned World of Mirth) was tied up in their basement and their throats were cut. It was their entire family, young daughters and all, and it was random. I bawled.

36. Who did you miss?
The Family

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Claire, Butters, Sted, Christy, Teryn and Chala (Chala may have been really late 2005 but I don't count that. We didn't really know each other until 2006)

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Life is a whole lot better when you love Jesus.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
So what can I say

What can I do

But offer this heart O God

Completely to You?



So I'll walk upon salvation

Your Spirit alive in me

This life to declare Your promise

My soul now to stand



So I’ll stand

With arms high and heart abandoned

In awe of the One who gave it all



So I’ll stand

My soul Lord to You surrendered

All I am is Yours



"The Stand" - Hillsong