2008 in review

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Enetered a pickle contest, snowtubed, new profession, got fired

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I improved enough to be satisfied
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My great friend Krista

4. Did anyone close to you die? no but my friend had some difficult losses

5. What places did you visit? South Carolina, North Carolina! Went snow tubing for the first time and that was sweet

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A fatter paycheck, I love what I am doing I am just not sure it pays all the bills. The great thing about recruiting is I may just get the phat paycheck from here, all we need are applicants

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Septemeber 28 my anniversary was a great time
August 18th Delyana's first Day of Kindergarten, first day at a new school, first day in the gifted program.

8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year? I don't know how to answer this. Maybe just holding it together, keeping De happy. Oh wait, yes, I got De a personal assistant, someone to braille her assignments and help her in all of her courses. HI five

9. What was your biggest failure? I don't want to list them. Ok bigg-est. ok Losing my job at DME, my high paying high profile carreer. I really thought I would work there forever, how naive. The series of unfortunate events that followed was devastating, truly.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I have something that I am not treating but I dont think it will kill me.

11. What was the best thing you bought? PS3! Blue Ray on the big screen baby. Plus it means we have PS2 in the living room and that means Singstar karaoke is available in my living room for all you tone def singers out there. I like my DS too, new washing machine, woo hoo stuff

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Delayna's! she scored 5th grade on her reading comprehension assesment(she is 5). Oh and as of just recently maybe my Mom, she seems to be trying.


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Mine and at one point Ron's, it was just a bad year and he didn't react the way I predicted he would and I felt let down.

14. Where did most of your money go? generally, Bills. damage control

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Going to SC to see Russell! And the Pickle eating contest!

16. What song will always remind you of 2008? OVER MY HEAD-THE FRAY

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Sadder
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter. or the same
c) richer or poorer? Poorer and not just financially, ugh sigh

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Play Barbies. Oh I wish we would have gone to the springs too. I love the springwater


19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Pout, regret, fear, judge, cry, ache, lie, question, mourn, assume,
20. How did you spend Christmas last year? At the Chinese buffet like any good Jew

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?No unless you mean Chloe, the chihuahua

22. How many one-night stands? Whoa none

23. What was your favorite TV program? Carnivale

24. What did you do for your birthday in 2008? out drinking with my cousin

25. What was the best book you read? Angels and Demons, Dan Brown

26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Flight of the concords

27. What did you want and get? Singstar! A new job!

28. What did you want and not get? my old job back, a job that pays 40 a year

29. What was your favorite film of this year? i rarely get to see movies, i rented Apocalypto and holy cow was that good. i liked a Night in Bruges

30. Did you make some new friends this year? made some and lost some

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If my pay would not have been cut in half

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? hippie chick meats wal mart Mom

33. What kept you sane? just me, maybe Ash and Amanda

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Barack Obama, he makes me feel hopful

35. What political issue stirred you the most? Sarah Palins antics were like a car crash, you watch and you don't know why. you dont know if you want to see if everyone is ok or will seeing a fatality make a better story


36. Who did you miss? Russell Air Susan many folks

37. Who was the best new person you met? Trish my boss perhaps

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. I identify with my role at work more than my role as a friend, wife, or mother and that needs to change. I should not measure my worth that way when my accomplishements are many.

Beers and Boozes

BOOZE!

I've been too busy with real life to sink into a pint lately but I remember that i like to drink

1. Beer, wine, liquor, mixed drinks. Rank 'em.

1. Beer
2. mixed drinks
3. wine- no skills
4. liquor-low tolerance

2. How often do you drink?

Used to be a lot. Now, not so much. Once a month, if that?

3. Favorite Scotch?

Ronny drinks it I can not. I drink for taste, if I have to get hammered, like a goal i hit the Saki

4. Favorite Bourbon?

Maker's Mark is the only one I have had and it reminds me of something you clean windows with

I also detect the notes of laundry soap

5. Favorite tequila?

Patron Silver or El Conquistador Reposado

6. Favorite Gin?

Bombay Sapphire

Is there any other gin? My cousin Tulsa would say no

7. Favorite Vodka?

I like Stoli

but I mix it with so much stuff I can be fooled easily

For flavored I like raspberry

8. Favorite Rum?

My dads is Myers Dark.

I Love Rum but I am a girl so I like girlie flavored rums coconut being my favorite

Malibu has lowest alcohol percentage, I enjoy that

I like to make Mojitos with a light one

9. Drunkest you've ever been?

I don't remember LOL

Wow there have been a few times and some of them recently. Ashamed

10. Red or White?
I am not good with wines I like some of both maybe whites more

11. Best wine you've ever tasted?

Some private vineyard in St Augustine with muscadine grapes

12. Favorite type of wine?
Boones for real

I drink Boonesfarm

No I really do its fun pink soda and two bottles later I am laughing

it is my drink of choice.

13. Favorite every-day red?

Riunite Lambrusco


14. Favorite every-day white?

Zinfindel whatever

15. Best value wine?
Boones farm comes in like 10 flavors

16. Do you drink box?

Yes there is a white sangria in the box that is awesome

17. Fastest you've ever gotten drunk?

First Saki
Shawn C and I were gone, like two little shot cups and I was like oh you can feel it
I remember very little after that

18. Longest you've ever stayed drunk?

five days in Texas
i went with my best friend Russell to visit my buddy Greg and I stayed drunk
Mimosa in the Mornings Marys with Lunch and the Apple martinis kept me dancing

19. Ever do anything you really regret while drunk?

Drove, I regret it

20. Favorite lager?

Ok I love beer but only pale ones, lagers
I usually try any beer
Rolling rock is my American Lager of choice


Spaten is my favorite Beer

21. Favorite IPA?

Dogfish Head 60-minute IPA
There's a harpoon one and a hammer one too that were not bad

22. Favorite brown ale?

Newcastle.
Classic taste

23. Favorite doppelbock?

Used to be leinenkuegel, ah maybe it is but I had a Blonde Bock not long ago that was good
Flying Dog has a Double but I only tried a sip of Ronnys


24. Favorite Belgian?
You got me there i do not think i remember where beers are from
Abbey is a Belgium I just googled it
I am not sure if I like it


25. Favorite stout?

Not a Stout gal
tried a bunch
milk ones oatmeal
taste like socks

If I had to pick i would consider Spaten Optimator
wait is that a stout? its no good so i list it here

26. Favorite Winter Ale?

Sam Adams Winter Lager. I'm very excited when this comes out every year.
Spaten has an oktoberfest

27. Favorite Scotch Ale?

Scotch ale means pale ale right?


28. Favorite Other? (Because I realize this is getting abusive to non-beer-nerds.)

wait I can think of many more !!
Malt Liquor-Colt 45
Pilsner- Sam Adams
Light- Heineken light
flavored- Budlight lime
Fruit beer Leinenkuegel
Girlie hybrid things , Malt Beverages-Smirnoff Ice

29. Favorite Brewery?

I dont think i am educated enough to have an opinion
I toured Budweiser...?

30. Favorite mixed drink?

Coconut Rum and Coke
Mojitos
Its a tie

31. Favorite morning libation?

Mimosa

32. Do you suffer memory loss when you drink heavily?

Not as much as i would like to

33. Favorite place to drink?

Festhaus on beachside

34. Favorite sports bar?

Houligans

35. Ever consider AA?
Once I did
I tried to not drink for a week and made it 3 days I was a few drinks into my meal and remebered I quit
I never tried to quit again

meme: 50 Questions

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

Why do I break out so much?
I am an elder this shouldn't be happening

2. How much cash do you have on you?

$13.00

3. What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?

Chore

4. Favorite planet?

Earth, so far

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?

Its Ashley, go figure. we talk only everyday!

6. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?

Theme from the OFFICE

7. What shirt are you wearing?

its a bohemian scarf type blouse, uh yea

8. Do you label yourself?
Its sorta inevitable
I know what I am not more than I know what I am.

I am not a racist
I am not a Republican
I am not Chinese
I am not stupid
I am not quiet

9. Name the brand of the shoes you’re currently wearing?

Airwalk
so glad you asked these rainbow airwalks are my favorite shoe

10. Bright or Dark Room?

Bright if those are the only choices, I don't think I normally would pick an extreme here.

11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?

I never knew him

12. What does your watch look like?

Its a fossil, it has a pink face
and it has been dead for two weeks and yet I leave it on


13. What were you doing at midnight last night?

Laughing and watching the office with Ronny

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?

I understand.

15. Where is your nearest 7-11?

on Flomich, about 4 blocks

16. What's a word that you say a lot?

sweet

17. Who told you he/she loved you last?

Ronny

18. Last furry thing you touched?

Oh sweet Chloe, black chihuahua

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days?

None

20. How many rolls of film do you need developed?

none

21. Favorite age you have been so far?

8


22. Your worst enemy?

Me not to get all Lit on you

23. What is your current desktop picture?

Monkey with a Banana

24. What was the last thing you said to someone?

So sweet, that's sweet
(i told you)

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?

millions
I am not really interested in flying, I would rather be able to breathe underwater with no equipment.

26. Do you like someone?

I like many people and animals
I love some too

27. The last song you listened to?

What a wonderful world

28. What time of day were you born?

6 AM or so. Always been a morning person.

29. What’s your favorite number?

5
but I hate nickels they are so arrogant

30. Where did you live in 1987?
With my snow bird parents
Lyons, Illinois. on 44th street (April May June July Sept)
Ormond Beach Florida on S. Ridgewood (Jan Feb March Oct Nov Dec)

31. Are you jealous of anyone?

yes, but I fight with this

32. Is anyone jealous of you?

Yes, I suppose so
that's an odd thought

33. Where were you when 9/11 happened?

At the DMV helping my then roommate get her drivers license

34. What do you do when vending machines steal your money?

put more in, what does that say about me ?

35. Do you consider yourself kind?

I do

36. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?

where wouldn't it be ?
my next two go on the back of my knees, in the bend

37. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?

I can not pick just one, I am almost fluent in 4

English
Spanish
Cant
Welsh
I can read some braille, on an elementary level

I would love to learn Japanese, other dialects of welsh and turkish, I would like to speak hebrew, oh Arabic, Armenian, Portuguese
I Love languages

38. Would you move for the person you loved?

oh geez, I hate this question. I am sorry No I won't. I do not want to move ok?

geez, leave me and my selfish self alone
issues

39. Are you touchy feely?

yea maybe

40. What’s your life motto?

I can close anything.
Be kind to others because everyone is in some sort of pain.

41. Name three things that you have on you at all times?

wedding ring
glasses
watch

42. What’s your favorite town/city?

New Iberia Louisiana

43. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?

a slurpee

44. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?

a year ago

45. Can you change the oil on a car?

can? yes
will? No

46. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?

Wesam my fourth grade love is still in Illinois
Matt my middle school man is married
Arian my highschool sweetheart is moving to Japan

47. How far back do you know about your ancestry?

All the way back to Jesus. no really, it is a great story
I am not sure it is accurate

48. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy?

A dress
a friends wedding

49. Does anything hurt on your body right now?

No I rarely have physical pains

50. Have you been burned by love?

Barely singed. Not even

your name availability

brand yourself this way

click here

I will say its not 100% accurate but I would say 97%

Fakebelive is on blogger

Man
I gotta do something about all these social sites. I have had this one a long while and never wrote in it.
I still may not.
I was starting the brand name fakebelieve and wanted to sign my name up for as many email addresses and websites as I could.
FAKEBELIEVE is a they might be giants song.


So for now just to put this Blogger to use I will fill it with memes

and look people do not go stealing my brand name, every fakebelieve out there is me except one and if I find out tried to sabotage (like bb) me
you will feel pain.

that is all.