Living Blossoms

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to Oregon, went sightseeing in Seattle, got put in charge of a business's financial stuff, got a modeling contract, voted in a presidential primary, met a presidential candidate, was in a nationally-released TV movie (sure, I filmed it in '07, but it aired this year), bought a new roof, started CVSing, Project 365, and more that I can't remember at the moment.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I always make the same one (though it's not really a resolution), and always fail. PLEASE pray that this year I will actually do devotions consistently!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth or get pregnant?
Carol. =o) And I'm not really close to Melanie or Amy, but they are definitely my friends and I'm very happy for them about Amelia (already born) and Barrett (soon to be born). E.T.A.: Holy cow, I forgot my SIL Joy! Well. She's pregnant, and I'm happy to have another niece or nephew!

4. Did anyone close to you get married?
No one I'm really close to, but a lot of good friends did. Mandy, Amy, Erica, Laura, and probably more I'm forgetting (sorry!), as well as several friends from WOL. E.T.A.: As if forgetting Joy above wasn't enough, I forgot my brother Nathan's wedding. Heh.

5. Did anyone close to you die?
No - for which I am grateful. My mom's dad died in April, but we were never close.

6. Did you travel?
To Washington state, Oregon, Connecticut, northern NY, Washington D.C. (for all of an hour, hehe), Indiana (returning from there is how I started the year), El Salvador, Atlanta, and Charleston.

7. Did you move anywhere?
Nope!

8. What was the best month?
Oh, that's hard. Hmm. It was either May, June, July or November. May because we got to surprise Isaac's grandpa who had previously pretty much disowned us and have him greet us with open arms, as well as meet lots of his extended family who I had never met, including his awesome cousins, and we got to hang out with the regular CT family too. June because of my brother Nathan's wedding, which meant we got to spend more time with him, my new SIL Nicole, and my nephew James than ever before. Plus, I got to be their main photographer. July because of El Salvador. I absolutely love going there. November because that's when the whole modeling process started. I'm still so thrilled about it all. I can't choose. =o)

9. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
The usual - a consistent quiet time. Also? A child. Wow, that feels weird to say.

10. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 7 - Nathan's wedding. November 4 - when Obama got elected; otherwise known as the Day of Suck. Heh. November 20 - when I heard from the modeling agency. December 29 - our 5-year wedding anniversary.

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+ These guys are absolutely my new heroes. If I had the time and the gas money, I would so do that.

+ I finally got around to altering and re-uploading my Gilmore Girls and Firefly shirts. They are not nearly as cool as the previous versions, but since the phrase "gilmore girls" and the word "firefly" are not actually mentioned on them anymore, they should be kosher. I'm not holding my breath, though, so if you want one, you'd better buy sooner rather than later. Gilmore shirt is here, and Firefly shirt is here. (katharhino, I only used Papyrus on the Firefly one because it's used on the Serenity movie stuff. Don't hurt me! LOL.)

+ Some friends from church called and asked if we had plans for tonight. We didn't, so they invited us to attend Simply Ballroom with them, since they had extra tickets. I had never heard of it, but I love dancing, so we said yes. I looked it up online, and it sounds really cool. It even has two former American Idol finalists in it. Of course, I don't really remember either of them since I didn't watch their seasons, but it gives the show extra coolness in my mind.

+ Today I got an email from Linens 'n' Things confirming my refund for the return of my slow cooker. Thing is, my slow cooker is sitting in my kitchen right now. I bought it. I cooked roast beef in it. I did not return it. Yet somehow they think I did, and credited my card. Um... what? I'm going to call them and see what they're smoking, but I'm hoping they'll reward my honesty by leaving the charge refunded.

+ The other day I was in the car and I heard this fantastic Coldplay/Howie Day-esque song on one of the Christian radio stations. I memorized as many of the lyrics as I could, and Googled 'em as soon as I got in the house. It was "New Day" by Robbie Seay Band. I had heard of them before, since Air1 plays their song, "Song of Hope", but while I like that one, I never thought it was anything special. "New Day", though, is Christian music's answer to those alt-rock, piano-driven, semi-melancholic (wow, that was a lot of hyphenated words) secular bands. I listened to the rest of the songs on their MySpace and promptly bought their latest CD on BMG for $3. (I have free CD codes, so I just paid shipping. =oD ) They're a new musical interest for me, so I thought I'd share.

+ Apparently when I'm actually caught up on my friends page, I post a lot more. Weird trade-off.