Dreaming.In.Reality

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?:
I took a chance on making some new friends and they’ve ended up being some of the best I’ve ever had.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?:
I failed all but 2 I think. I would like to think I succeeded at the last two.
2007’s Goals

• Lose 50 pounds and get into shape - HAHAHA. After giving birth to my son, I lost the 25 I gained during pregnancy plus more for a total of 35 pounds or so, however in 2007 I put it ALL back on.
• find my creative spark again - if anything, I’ve lost more of my creative spark this year.
• play the piano more - I played it about 5 times.. not sure if that was more than 2006 though *L*
• ride Flame more - Embarrassed to say I didn’t ride as much as I should have much less as much as I’d like to. I have however found a really wonderful lady to ride him for me and they’re doing wonderful together.
• appreciate the smaller finer simpler things in life - not even sure what the small things are at this point. I’m frightened to admit how much my job has really skewed my view of things along with making me come unglued.
• be a good mommy and a better wife - I’d like to think I did pretty ok at these. Lucien is thriving, curious, energetic, loving and an all around sweet guy. I’m still married and Kev says he still loves me so I guess I’m doing ok there too. If it wasn’t for these two wondeful creatures I’d be in a scary place.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?:
My friend Lynn had her son Michael on the 21st and a high school mate of mine, his wife had their first child, Julia on the 19th. Congrats to them both!

4. Did anyone close to you die?:
None that I know of.

5. What countries did you visit?:
Didn’t travel

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?:
A skinnier healthier me and creativity

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:
July 1 - Celebrating my son’s first Canada Day with him
September 4 - My son’s first birthday
December 25th - Watching Lucien react to all the presents under the tree

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?:
Keeping it together

9. What was your biggest failure?:
Letting work affect me like it did

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?:
There were times I thought I needed to be medicated, but I survived 2007 without too much trouble.

11. What was the best thing you bought?:
85mm 1.8 Lens :)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?:
Lucien’s. He’s such a joy. People will say I’m biased because I’m his mother, but I am being brutally honest here when I say I have never in my life met a more easy going child. This isn’t to say that he doesn’t have his moments where I wish I was far far away being childfee on a tropical island sipping fruity drinks but he really is full of sunshine a good 98% of the time. He’s so bright and inquisitive, he learns at an amazing rate. He truely boggles my mind. His vocabulary (used in context even!) is well over 100 words and he’s not even 16 months old.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?:
Some people who were in charge and that should have better behaviour.

14. Where did most of your money go?:
As usual the baby, groceries, and the horse.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?:
Canon TX1

16. What songs will always remind you of 2007?:
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (Reminds me of Kev and Lucien)
Bubbly - Colby Callet(how I feel about kev)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i) happier or sadder?: somewhere in the middle.
ii) thinner or fatter?: a lot fatter
iii) richer or poorer?: Extremely rich in friends and family, doing alright with everything else

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?:
Doing photography, playing with Dutchess, cuddling the boys

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?:
Dealing with work BS & stress

20. How will you be spending Christmas?:
Spent Christmas with Kev’s fam and my mom in our usual fashion.

22. Did you fall in love in 2007?:
In an unexpected way. This year I made 2 extremely good friends, which took me by suprise. I hadn’t thought that these 2 wonderful women would affect me in such a grand way, but they have. I wouldn’t trade them for the world. They make me laugh in the best way at the most hilarious things as well as probably some of the worst things.. which is what makes them the best.. because we can laugh at the horrible things together as well as the good. It’s been a really long time since I’ve had a friend much less two that has struck such chords in my heart and I can honestly say that I love them lots.

23. How many one-night stands?:
Most of the one night stands I had.. ended up with us both falling asleep early in the evening *L*

24. What were your favorite TV programs?:
Man vs. Wild (even though it’s gross), CSI, Family Guy

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?:
I don’t hate anyone really, but a few people have put themselves on the “I really don’t like you” list.

26. What was the best book you read?:
The Boleyn Inheritance

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?:
The New Green. This was a new musical discovery from an old friend. I’m so very proud of Steve for accomplishing the release of his album!

28. What did you want and get?:
Canon TX1. I honestly didn’t think I’d get one, but Boxing Day came through for me *L*

29. What did you want and not get?:
I got spoiled this year so I honestly cannot say there was anything I wanted and did not get.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?:
Rifftrax again, however The Royal Tennenbaums was probably the most wonderful I had seen. Order of the Phoenix was really good too!

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?:
The big 30. We had a pretty quiet celebration.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?:
Less stress.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?:
Ill fitting jeans and teeshirts

34. What kept you sane?:
Kevin, Lucien, Pam and Ana

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?:
Owen Wilson

36. What political issue stirred you the most?:
meh

37. Who did you miss?:
My folks, Bev, Karen

38. Who was the best new person you met?:
Pam, Ana

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
That I need to spend more time on the obvious.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
All that I am, All that I ever was, Is here in your perfect eyes, they’re all I can see