Checking in... last time I did this was 2016, and boy was that a momentous year!
1:What did you do in 2019 that you’d never done before?
Started a job I love!
2:Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made one.
3:Did anyone close to you give birth?
Lots of people, it's that time of life
4:Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank the Lord
5:What countries did you visit?
Bermuda with Amanda
6:What would you like to have in 2020 that you lacked in 2019?
I would like some chickens. A book deal. A house.
7:What dates from 2019 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nothing really stands out, there were not too many highs or lows, so I'll take it. I'd say my first day at work, but I can't remember the date. Bermuda with Amanda
8:What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding my place at work. Writing the first draft of a novel!
9:What was your biggest failure?
Not hiking/camping enough. Also, I technically closed my bikini business
10:Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, I had terrible tendonitis in my foot that lasted over a year
11:What was the best thing you bought?
A new Macbook Pro? Tickets to see Ray and Kacey Musgraves
12:Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine!
13:Whose behaviour made you appalled?
Every Trump supporter and Trump
14:Where did most of your money go?
Smoky.
15:What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The potential to take a vacation. But that's not gonna happen anymore. Yay pandemic of 2020. Also, little-known Ray Lamontagne songs. Bermuda.
16:What song will always remind you of 2019?
Still Can't Feel the Gin, Achin all the Time
17:Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
Happier, fatter, richer. Haha
18:What do you wish you’d done more of?
Travel. Always.
19:What do you wish you’d done less of?
Watch TV
20:How did you spend Christmas?
We drove to Wisconsin and Ohio
21:Did you fall in love in 2019?
Yes! With lots of things, people, life, nature. Love is everywhere.
22:What was your favourite TV program?
Godless? That might have been 2018
23:Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
24:What was the best book you read?
Only A Breath Apart (Katie McGarry), Star Crossed (Minnie Darke), Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
25:What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ray Lamontagne's early, non-studio music
26:What did you want and get?
I don't know. I usually buy what I want
27:What did you want and not get?
Travel
28:What was your favourite film of this year?
Far From the Madding Crowd
29:What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Smoky. Having a great job
30:How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2019?
Americana
31:What kept you sane?
Smoky. Cooper.
32:Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Ray.
33:What political issue stirred you the most?
The border wall and the destruction of the land
34:Who did you miss?
Our friends Blair and Austin. A nice neighborhood, our own home. Hiking.
35:Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2019.
1:What did you do in 2019 that you’d never done before?
Started a job I love!
2:Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made one.
3:Did anyone close to you give birth?
Lots of people, it's that time of life
4:Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank the Lord
5:What countries did you visit?
Bermuda with Amanda
6:What would you like to have in 2020 that you lacked in 2019?
I would like some chickens. A book deal. A house.
7:What dates from 2019 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nothing really stands out, there were not too many highs or lows, so I'll take it. I'd say my first day at work, but I can't remember the date. Bermuda with Amanda
8:What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding my place at work. Writing the first draft of a novel!
9:What was your biggest failure?
Not hiking/camping enough. Also, I technically closed my bikini business
10:Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, I had terrible tendonitis in my foot that lasted over a year
11:What was the best thing you bought?
A new Macbook Pro? Tickets to see Ray and Kacey Musgraves
12:Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine!
13:Whose behaviour made you appalled?
Every Trump supporter and Trump
14:Where did most of your money go?
Smoky.
15:What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The potential to take a vacation. But that's not gonna happen anymore. Yay pandemic of 2020. Also, little-known Ray Lamontagne songs. Bermuda.
16:What song will always remind you of 2019?
Still Can't Feel the Gin, Achin all the Time
17:Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
Happier, fatter, richer. Haha
18:What do you wish you’d done more of?
Travel. Always.
19:What do you wish you’d done less of?
Watch TV
20:How did you spend Christmas?
We drove to Wisconsin and Ohio
21:Did you fall in love in 2019?
Yes! With lots of things, people, life, nature. Love is everywhere.
22:What was your favourite TV program?
Godless? That might have been 2018
23:Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
24:What was the best book you read?
Only A Breath Apart (Katie McGarry), Star Crossed (Minnie Darke), Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
25:What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ray Lamontagne's early, non-studio music
26:What did you want and get?
I don't know. I usually buy what I want
27:What did you want and not get?
Travel
28:What was your favourite film of this year?
Far From the Madding Crowd
29:What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Smoky. Having a great job
30:How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2019?
Americana
31:What kept you sane?
Smoky. Cooper.
32:Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Ray.
33:What political issue stirred you the most?
The border wall and the destruction of the land
34:Who did you miss?
Our friends Blair and Austin. A nice neighborhood, our own home. Hiking.
35:Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2019.
Peace and joy and truth are everywhere. They are God, God is everywhere and benevolent
36:Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Still can't feel the gin, though the air has grown thick, yes and the room it does spin.
