It was good but I'm aiming higher this year (Looking Back at 2008)

Member Name: meumeu77

Product:	Looking Back at 2008
Date:	09/01/09 (131 review reads)
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Advantages: The good times

Disadvantages: The bad times

1)What did you do in 2008 that you have not done before?

Go self-employed

2) Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes, 2 friends. One in April and one in June.

3) Did anyone close to you die?

Yes, my husband's granddad.

4) What countries did you visit?

France and Spain.

5) What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

Motivation.

6) What dates will you remember from 2008?

My son's first birthday, my best friend's wedding

7) Did you suffer illness or injury?

I was recovering from Post Natal Depression in the early part of 2008

8) What was the best thing you bought?

Our living room's carpet, it's very comfy.

9) Whose behaviour has merited celebration?
Anyone who's been kind and generous.


10) Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My 2 younger brothers' who sponge off my parents.


11) Where did most of your money go?

Mortgage, car, utility bills, food.


12) What did you get really excited about?

Travelling to France with son and husband, visiting a friend in Barcelona

13) What song will you remember from 2008?

Starlight (by Muse)

14) Compared to this time last year are you ..happier, fitter, more productive.

Happier, fitter, more productive

15) What do you wish you had done more of?

Seen some of my friends/family more

16) What do you wish you had done less of?

Procrastinating

17) What was your favourite tv programme?

Corrie

18) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?

No. Hate is a waste of energy.

19) What's been the best book of 2008?

I don't know but the best ones I read in 2008 where Gentlemen and Players (Joanne Harris) and the stars' tennis balls (Stephen Fry) but they weren't written in 2008.


20) What was your greatest musical discovery?
Vanessa Paradis' latest album (that's not a joke)


21) What did you want to get in 2008?
Fitter

22) What did you want and didn't get?
More hours in a day

23) What is your favourite film of the year?
None that are worth mentioning, I didn't go to the cinema last year

24) What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?

We had a nice dinner party. I was... it's none of your business!

25) What political issue stirred you the most?

The situation in Congo, the global crisis to name a few.

26) Who was the best person you met?
No one in particular, my friends and family are good people


27) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
Don't waste time arguing and make time to see friends and family as life's too short.

Summary: It's finished now let's move on