A Year-End Meme

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before? Knit in Fair Isle (failed miserably, but it was a start), dyed yarn and started a business doing it, designed my own sock pattern.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Can't even remember making any, though I'd like to make some for this year. Another post?
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? A friend from college, but she's not geographically close. My nephew was born, but ditto, so I've only seen him once.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What countries did you visit? Just the U.S. this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? Better discipline about working and soliciting work. More money wouldn't hurt, either.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? None that I can think of.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Starting up Bluestocking Yarns and having people like it -- especially having the owner of my LYS like it.
9. What was your biggest failure? Fighting to get Ian into public school kindergarten and losing.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing major. Typical illnesses, run-of-the-mill aches and pains from getting older.
11. What was the best thing you bought? Desk for the living room. Maybe tied with some beautiful curtains for the living room.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Katie's -- in the last few months she's grown and matured more than I could have imagined. She's had some backslides, but for the most part, she's really come into her own as a 4th grader.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? GWB's. Need I say more?
14. Where did most of your money go? A large portion to tuition for Ian's school. A larger portion to mortgage. We're more "house-poor" than ever, which is tough to deal with.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Yarn. Dyeing yarn. Knitting with it. Immersing myself in it at Rhinebeck.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? Don't know.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
 a) happier or sadder? 
b) thinner or fatter? 
c) richer or poorer? Probably a little sadder, same weight, and a little poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Playing with my family, keeping up with the house.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Procrastinating.
20. How did you spend Christmas? Opening gifts with the kids, hanging around the house.
21. Did you fall in love in 2007? No.
22. What was your favorite TV program? Lost, hands down. BRING BACK LOST!! Heroes comes in second.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No.
24. What was the best book you read? Boy, that list of all the books I read last year would really come in handy here. I enjoyed reading An Uncommon Reader in ARC form, and rereading The Golden Compass. I'm currently in the middle of (an ARC of) Grub, and that's pretty fun, too -- don't know if it's out yet or not.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? OK, I will admit to sort of kind of liking Hannah Montana. Hey, if you heard her as many times a day as I do, you'd be brainwashed too.
26. What did you want and get? Both kids in full-time school.
27. What did you want and not get? Both kids in free full-time school.
28. What was your favorite film of this year? We don't get out much. I can't think of a thing.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was 34, and I have no idea -- it was 49 weeks ago!
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A better handle on the finances.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? Work-at-home fashion: jeans and a jewel-tone-colored tee, and sometimes (if I'm staying in) lounge pants instead of the jeans.
32. What kept you sane? Not having any other choice.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Mohinder Suresh?
34. What political issue stirred you the most? The election warming up.
35. Whom did you miss? My family. I wanted a chance to see them at Christmas, but it didn't work out. I also miss my grandmother, who died 12 years ago, the more I get into knitting. I have the feeling she would really get it, and I wish I could talk it over with her.
36. Who was the best new person you met? Marla. Had a great time talking to her at a party this season.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. If you want to try something new, go for it -- you can be considered artistic, even if you don't know that you are.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. If I come up with one, I'll post it some other time.