A pretty boring and pants year but at least my kids were there to share it with me :) (Looking Back at 2008)

Member Name: xnatalie81x

Product:	Looking Back at 2008
Date:	01/02/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: It is over

Disadvantages: I'm a year older now :(

1) What did you do in 2008 that you have not done before?
Stayed in a hospital and not given birth!

2) Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not yet......... SIL due in the next few mths ooooo

3) Did anyone close to you die?
No thank God but it was touch and go with ds2 towards end of the year (toxic shock)

4) what countries did you visit?
None - i don't even own a passport. Last time i had a passport i was 6mths old and on my dads!!!!

5) What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A poo without any children talking to me or in the bathroom with me

6) What dates will you remember from 2008?
My ds2 1st b'day, dd 2nd b'day and ds 1's 4th b'day :) and 24th dec when me and ds2 left the hospital!!!

I7) did you suffer illness or injury?
i suddenly started getting migraines and my knee has given up!

8) what was the best thing you bought?
Rose petal cottage for dd - i love it! Wish i had one when i was her age though

9) Whose behaviour has merited celebration?
The dog - she hasn't pee'd or poo'd on the floor for months hoooooooray

10) whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
No-one

11) Where did most of your money go?
I really don't know unfortunately - mostly bills :(

12) what did you get really excited about?
Starting to teach swimming again yay

13) what song will you remember from 2008?
Alexandra: hallelujah (played in hospital when son was very very ill)

14) Compared to this time last year are you.happier, fitter, more productive?
yeah definitely - gave birth in nov 07 so not as fat now :)

15) what do you wish you had done more of?
slept

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

17) what was your favourite TV programme?
I'm sorry - what is a tv programme........... o you mean cartoons........

18) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate last year?
i don't have the energy to hate anyone

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

20) What was your greatest musical discovery?
The song from ruby gloom (one of the sky kids channels) it is actually brilliant

21) what did you want to get in 2008?
a year when i wasn't pregnant :)

22) What did you want and didn't get?
A 3 bedroom house

23) What is your favourite film of the year?
hancock

24) What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
My b'day is jan so i cannot remember but i can tell you about this one. I worked and then i ate chinese and slept

25) What political issue stirred you the most?
Don't even go there (i work for probation)

26) Who was the best person you met?
Nurses in hospital

27) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
Your children are more fragile than you can ever imagine.

Summary: Started pants - middle ok then turn for worse - end yr really pants PANTS REALLY