1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Got fitted for a bra and had to try them on in front of the sales girl! Got a passport, flew internationally and went to Paris!
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yes, I actually did really well with last year's resolutions and I will definitely be making more for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
A lot of blogging friends, but no babies I actually get to hold.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandma came really close, but miraculously pulled through. The doctor's spent 2 hours reviving her and when she woke up she was mad, she was ready to go.
5. What countries did you visit?
France!!!
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
More self-discipline in terms of my body and mind.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 26th because that's the day we left for Paris!
8. What was your biggest personal achievement of the year?
Having Family Home Evening every week the whole year!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being a better mother.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I experienced infected wisdom teeth (Holy Pain Batman!) and wisdom teeth removal followed up by a weekend of the stomach flu, so it was 3 weeks of misery for me.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
An iHome so I can use my iPod daily throughout the house. I keep wondering what we were doing before we had this? Surely not listening to cds one at a time!
The man who jumped onto the subway tracks to protect another person.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Many celebrities.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Target, Costco and the Post Office.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My trip to Paris and the photos afterwards, I've seen them a million times but still get a little jolt of excitement every time I look at them.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, I love it!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner (that's a stretch, but definitely in better shape), richer...not too shabby.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
More temple work, more exercising, more one-on-one with my kids.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Sleeping in, wishing for other things, criticizing.
This may sound cheesy, but I think I fell in love with Paris. I've always wondered what all the hype was about but now I know.
21. What were your favorite TV programs?
So You Think You Can Dance, LOST, The Amazing Race, Survivor, 30 Rock, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Friday Night Lights, and Heroes.
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope
23. What was the best book you read?
The Thirteenth Tale
24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
James Morrison
25. What did you want and get?
A Dyson vacuum cleaner, a trip to Paris, a car for Randy, my visiting teaching done, The Book of Mormon and New Testament read.
26. What did you want and not get?
A thinner body, any romance whatsoever, a new house, Whitney to pick things up on her own, Landon to talk in a normal voice.
27. What was your favorite film of this year?
I'm having a hard time remembering all the movies I saw, but Juno is the one that comes to mind right away. I also loved Stranger Than Fiction and Becoming Jane.
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I spent the day at IKEA and out to lunch with Michelle, got tons of good mail, and went to dinner with my family. It was an excellent day. I turned 36, oh my.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had conquered the negativity in my mind regarding myself and others. I'm constantly fighting it and just want to get to the point where it slides right off me and doesn't stick it all...like Teflon.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Casual yet frumpy dang it.
Blogging, taking pictures, sending good mail and blogging.
**Will you do this post?**
29 comments:
I SO love the photo that accompanies #9! Real life, baby.
Your SP's are always so genuine; the real you fairly leaps off the monitor.
I meant to tell you this last night, but I think you looked so great. I can totally tell you have lost weight!!
Thanks for coming out last night--it was super fun!
i love that you have all these pictures to document the year!!!
i can't even imagine the negativity that you talk about because you seem so positive- so outwardly, at least, i think you're monitoring well. :)
It was fun to look back on your year- I don't know if I could answer all those questions.
FHE EVERY week?!! Admirable!!
This was a great post. I'll have to do some serious thinking to see if I can come up with some answers about my year.
Jill- great post! What a fabulous year!!
I love your honesty- I feel negative a lot & hate to admit it. It's so refreshing that you share that part of yourself & somehow makes me feel more normal & more ok. Thanks
I have to say I am so impressed about the bra fitting- I know I need one but I am such a chicken.
(p.s. I love the good mail labels- they are awesome)
I love all the year end round-ups... the countdowns on the Soup, etc.- and this was equally delightful.
"Whatevs two thousand sevs, two thousand eight is great" - haha, yes my friend Mary made that up
jill, i have been checking your blog everyday hoping you would do this.
it was so fun to read and you did an excellent job with it.
you have a wonderful life!! you remind all of us the wonderfulness of our own lives.
and you are more teflon than you think, we all need a little more teflon on our skin.
i think about everytime i read about your book club and i think oh i wish i had a group like that, it is a little jealousy mixed with taking what i do have and making the most of it, you give that to me.
you have given so many women such a great year and most women the best birthdays since they were a child.
Happy New Year to you!!
i also hope everyone does this, it is a great reflection.
such fun to read, jill! what a great year. i am so happy to have been a part of it. blogging wise, any way! :)
Good post, Jill. I think I started my blog last New Year, so I remember all these things you did!
I know I should do this post too. It'll take me ages to think it all through though. And I still haven't done my 100 List. I know I've got to do that. Each day I think of things and say to myself: I must put that in my 100 List. But none of it is written down. *sigh*
You wish you'd slept less? I'm confused. I thought you'd been struggling to sleep?
I'm so glad your grandmother recovered - but the way you posted her picture made me laugh. I was linking it with the 'who gave birth' section, and was momentarily stunned!
I'm loving reading these lists. Yours is great, of course. You've had a fabulous year. I hope this one is just as great.
Such an enjoyable post:) What a great 2007!!
My favorite picture is of you with being the better mom. I think that is such a classic picture that we all feel. This was fun to read and I need to do it.
Sounds like you got alot of things you wanted this year! Good for you. I guess I got to come back to USA so that is great!
I also love Stranger than Fiction. I need to watch that one again. Also need to read Thirteenth Tale (by the 16th... yikes!)
Oh, I was also going to say...
Only you would have a photo of the BRAS in the dressing room. So funny.
I need a bra fitting but I think I would discover they don't make them small enough!!! (sniffle, sniffle)
jill, thanks for the recommendation(on your blog) for the Thirteenth Tale. I loved it.
I envy your book club so, so much.
Excellant post.
One of my resolutions is to post comments more. I enjoy reading your blog.
This post! I have missed your blog- I know it was always just a click away, but the holidays and family consumed me this go around. You had a great year and have impacted my year in more ways than one!
This was fun to do- very reflective and good closure on the year for me. It was the perfect thing to get me back to posting- I was feeling so overwhelmed with where to start.
I so loved this post. Read the subway hero, it is nice to read something in the news inspiring.
So many of your answers made me laugh. Inisghtful and honest and clever.
All in all, I think you have a really good life.
Happier, thinner (I can tell), and richer, how many people can really say all that? Traveling to Paris and Randy getting a new car. This has been a pretty great year for you guys. Great list -- the thing that made me laugh out loud was #26!
Loved reading your blog and you had an excellent year I must say; it also made me reflect on all the good things that I forget to acknowledge (health, fitness, time spend with the family, etc...).
Wishing you the best in 2008.
what a fabulous list and wrap up to the year. your blog is always so fun and honest to read. thanks for posting about all of your year's ups and downs.
I love how you had all these fun pictures with this post. It was like a trip down memory lane. You obviously had a wonderful year, and I'm so glad you shared it with us.
Landon and the voice thing made me laugh right out loud. Honey, I've been there, he WILL grow out of it.
You had a good year. It is interesting to me that you blog about your negativity, but I never see any evidence of it on your blog. To me you are positive and inspiring.
Loved reading this...it makes me want to do it, but makes me tired thinking about it.
Thanks was some hilarious reading. I can relate with #26. (It kills if they don't pick up after themselves or talk in a strange high pitched squeezed- vocal-cord voice, doesn't it?)
Congratulations on accomplishing so much in 2007, you have much to be happy about. I'm so proud of you!
Regarding #29 the thing that has helped me the most is praying to see people as Heavenly Father and Jesus do. After doing it alot, your brain begins to remember it before the negative thought enters your mind. Voila!
I can't believe you had FHE every single week!!!! That is amazing. I think you did *remarkably* great at all of your goals and accomplishments last year! You get a cheer from me! (I can sing one if you want...)
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