hello, lovely

Format stolen from Dawnie.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Move to California.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t even remember if I made New Year’s resolutions. lol.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Umm, not that I’m aware of.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not that I’m aware of.

5. What countries did you visit?
Just the good ol’ US of A. But I live here, so I suppose I didn’t really VISIT.

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Less poundage, more $$ in my savings account, an iPhone.

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

March 30 - I got to spend the entire night at the airport because 3 flights in a row were cancelled, and the flight the next morning was way too early to go home and go to sleep and wake up in time, so I had to hang out there.

May 14 - I left TX for Cali!

May 15 - Made it to Cali!

June 18 - Got a new job.

Nov. 7 - Dallas Stars @ San Jose Sharks (we won!)

Nov. 18 - went back to TX for Thanksgiving.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finishing Joe’s afghan.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not saving more money!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A couple of colds, but nothing really awful.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My iPod Video

12. Where did most of your money go?
Paying off debt & yarn.

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Moving to California, Guitar Hero for the Wii, Dallas Stars vs. San Jose Sharks game, going back home for Thanksgiving.

14. What CD will always remind you of 2007?
Colors - Miser and It Won’t Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? happier

b) thinner or fatter? About the same.

c) richer or poorer? about the same, I think, but I’m getting a better handle on things.

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Talked to my friends more after I moved - I miss you guys!!, exercise.

17. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eat.

18. How did you spend Christmas?
Joe and I went to his parents’ house to hang out. We were late to Christmas Eve Mass thanks to a miscommunication, and we slept through Christmas Day Mass. We exchanged presents, I talked to my mom, my sister, and my grandma, and we watched lots of movies. lol

19. How many one-night stands?
Well, aside from the one night-stand I bought, um, none. *heh heh.. yes, I AM that dorky!*

20. What was your favorite TV program?
Anything involving Gordon Ramsay - Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares (the BBC version and the Fox version), also Pushing Daisies, CSI, Bones, and House.

21. What was the best book you read?
Thanks to the fact that I knit like crazy, I don’t really know what to tell you. Probably the last Harry Potter book.

22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ummmm, probably my rediscovery of Maroon 5. I don’t think there’s really been much going on for me musically this year. I’ve been too busy playing catch up on knitting podcasts.

23. What did you want and get?
To be with Joe!

24. What did you want and not get?
Umm, I don’t know.

25. What was your favorite film of this year?
I don’t know. We’ve seen a lot of movies this year. I think Superbad cracked me up the most… and American Gangster was really good. I think Joe would say Mr. Bean’s Holiday, which I enjoyed a lot more the 2nd time around.

26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
We went to Hearst Castle for my birthday. It was awesome. We stayed in Morro Bay in a really quaint little hotel and had an awesome weekend. About a week and a half later, we went to a Stars game.

27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A trip to Ireland, lol.

28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Jeans. And Corduroy pants.

29. What kept you sane?
Knitting.

30. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I couldn’t tell ya.

31. What political issue stirred you the most?
I don’t get stirred by politics.

32. Who did you miss?
My friends and family. My Rockstar knitting group!

33. Who was the best new person you met?
My new knitting group!

34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
I-40 sucks.

Your Pilgrim Name Is

Love Sampson

You Know Your States

You got 9/10 correct. You’ve got a pretty good handle on US geography. There’s a good chance you’ve visited at least a dozen of the fifty states.

PS: ELEVEN DAYS until I’m in Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!

In a Past Life…

You Were: A Mute Assassin. Where You Lived: Ukraine. How You Died: Hung for treason.

LOL. a mute assassin?

in other news, i don’t want to go to work today.
tgif!

… because I’m bored & don’t have anything else to post.

You’re Watership Down!
by Richard Adams
Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you’re
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You’d
be recognized as such if you weren’t always talking about talking rabbits.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

You’re Minnesota!
You love hanging out around lakes, even if they’re frozen solid. Given
your probable Scandanavian heritage, it all just demonstrates that you’re pining for the
fjords. Your obsession with wrestling got a little carried away for a while there, and
this should prompt some serious reflection about the separation of mind and body. It may
be time to celebrate, even throw your hat up in the air. You’re going to make it after
all.

Take the State Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

You’re an Iguana!
While many people think you’re too strange to even have in the house,
others have come to appreciate you as a sage figure in their everyday lives. You seem
to maintain a piercing stare that bores holes into the souls of others, or at least
sees if there are any bugs flying near them. You’re more than a little rough around
the edges. You used to love giving the thumbs-up sign but have more recently grown
out of it entirely.

Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

You’re Columbia University!
Somewhat rough and tumble, you’re looking for the lion’s
share of whatever you can get your hands on. You feel utterly surrounded
by chaos and noise, but at the same time have access to a good deal of
culture and influence. In this chaotic setting, you attempt to be a
bastion of relative calm. You adore staircases and once expressed a
desire to paint your roof green.

Take the University Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

“hellolovely” apparently means “tastes like FRIED chicken”! lol.

Okay, that was stupid, but whatever.

We’re getting our couch today, and I cannot WAIT. Finally, we’ll have something to sit on that isn’t the floor or his uncomfy dining chairs. lol.

I think we’re going to go see Pirates tomorrow, too, so that should be lots of fun.

♥

Stolen from Dawn and Elizabeth.

Which Marilyn Monroe Are You?

Congradulations! You are Marilyn Monroe’s Cutsie Side!You like to see things from a more innocent perspective. You see feminity as something important and something to be proud of. You hold high morals in life though you don’t like to take things overly seriously you are still very sincere.“I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”-Marilyn Monroe
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PS: Anybody want a bunch of stuff so I can stop packing and cleaning? LOL

So, I stole this from my knitpal, Liz.

Look at the list of (100) books below.
Bold the ones you’ve read.
Italicize the ones you own

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) [I started reading this a long time ago, but never finished it.]
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25 . Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie(Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) [I started reading this one, too, but never finished it.]
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible (Only parts)
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) (LOVE!! this book! We read it in HS.. we were supposed to read a chapter each day, and I finished the book in a day or two because I couldn’t put it down!)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)