12 Days Of...

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12 Days of...

12 people you were grateful were in your life this past year

Jeff. My sister and her family. My dad. Luisa. Parki. Allison. Jodi. Rand. Cathy.

11 things from the past year you'd put into a time capsule

Irish session at OVFF.
Visit to Arizona & Nevada, esp. Briar Patch Inn.
Wrapping up my Waiting for Frodo comic and reading the Farewell Guestbook. Hey, just noticed that people are STILL signing it! How very cool.
A cottage sunrise.
Cottage stargazing with Jeff.
My first GAfilk! Enjoyed it so much that I am compelled to go back. Only a few weeks away, woohoo! Can't wait.
Our trip to Austria.
Going to the Christine Lavin & Tom Paxton concert with Allison.
OVFF brunch with Rand.
Orkut scrapbook wars with Jeff Bohnhoff.
Snuggles and hugs.

10 of the best books you've read and/or movies you've seen from the past year

MOVIES: Return of the King (Extended Version), The Incredibles, Finding Neverland, Hero, Shrek 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

BOOKS: The Amulet of Samarkand - by Jonathan Stroud, Good Poems - by Garrison Keillor, Jasper Fforde Eyre Affair books (I'm on the third!).

(Note: ARGH, I can't remember the books I read earlier in the year...)

9 gifts you'd like to receive (be selfish)

Creative stuff made by the giver, like: poetry, music, stories, arts, crafts. Incredibles/Ednastuff. Interesting teas and soaps. Bookmarks. Amazon wish list stuff

8 things from the past year you could have done without

Tendinitis. Freezing rain. Sprained elbow. Detached retina. Laser surgery to fix the previous (ok, I couldn't have done without it but I'd rather have done without it, if you get my drift). Stress / blues. Heartache. Real Life.

7 little things you've done to make the world a better place

Stopping to help lost-looking tourists. Donated to Goodwill. Expanded the Filk FAQ to help newbies. Given money to buskers. Whenever I encountered unusually good customer service, told them so. Tried to be more polite with bad customer service. Tried to keep my temper.

6 things you'd like the New Year to bring

A house. Tendinitis to completely heal, or heal enough that I can type normally. Be able to write as much as I'd like to (will depend on previous). A healthy, happy baby (for my sister-in-law, not for me :-)). Fresh start to old friendships. Being able to actively participate in Irish sessions.

5 people you'd like to plan to get in contact with again during the next year

Ok, I found this impossible to answer since I honestly couldn't think of anyone. There are people I wish I had more contact with.

4 people online you'd like to get to know better

Erin, Robyn, Holly, Crawford.

3 habits you'd like to break in the new year

Insomnia, skipping my physio exercises, checking e-mail before doing anything else in the morning.

2 things you learned about yourself this year

I'm not as much of a hermit as I thought I was.

I have more courage than I thought I did.

1 thing that surprised you the most about this past year

I had figured this year was going to be the first Normal Year we've had in ages, a chance to finally settle into a routine. Didn't happen. Some badstuff (sprained elbow, detached retina) but also lots of goodstuff (Irish sessionstuff, condo-selling).

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