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1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I made a baby with a little help from Mr Baldwin and God.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm not a NY resolution type of girl.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Do I count? If not, Brittany.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Dan's grandma, although only having met her twice I can't say we were really close as such.

5. What countries did you visit?
The country of Oregon.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I'm pretty content, but a driver's licence wouldn't be a bad thing to have under my belt.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The fifth of December. It's hard to forget pushing another human being out of oneself.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Pushing out the human being.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not finishing most of the projects I started.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just a bad cough/cold in the spring.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Uh... I really haven't bought much out of my own pocket outside of thrift store goodness. Maybe my Powell's book haul?

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mr Baldwin's. He was grand support while I was having Molly and has changed countless poopy diapers since without complaining... much.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Not sure.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Thrift store goodness.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Carrot cake at my baby shower.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Uh... dunno. My music listening has been kind of weird this year and mostly consisted of the same stuff over and over again (George Winston/Fernando)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? Happier.
thinner or fatter? Fatter. <---First time I've EVER been able to say that.
richer or poorer? Richer but not with dough.

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

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Dan's parents' place.

21. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
If we're not sleeping, we'll be changing poopy diapers.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Just more so with the same man.

23. How many one-night stands?
None

24. What was your favorite TV program?
What's TV?

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.

26. What was the best book you read?
I'm probably going to say Christ's Object Lessons even though I haven't actually finished it yet.

27. Who was your great musical discovery?
Fernando Ortega

28. What did you want and get?
Molly

29. What did you want and not get?
A trip to Vienna

30. What was your favorite film this year?
My movie watching this year has been almost nil. I still haven't even seen Public Enemies.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I told Dan we were having a baby. I was 26. I made chocolate peppermint cake. Just another day in paradise.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Can't think of anything.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Vintage got cast aside most of the year due to my body no longer fitting into what I had. I thoroughly enjoyed wearing some more current fashions and being almost trendy, though. I really did. But I'll be glad to get back to my own stuff, too.

34. What kept you sane?
God

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Haha

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Haha.

37. Whom did you miss?
I'm not sure...

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Brittany, even though we haven't actually met per se.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
I'm not sure what to put down for this one.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I can't give you anything but love, baby.