Goodbye 2007!

So I know that I said that this entry would be my To Do's and To Do Not's for 2008 but I have changed my mind. I still feel like crap so I do not want to think about the sweeping changes I want to make in '08. Instead I present you with the 2007 In Review Meme that has been making the rounds out in blogland.

1) What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?

- Knitting wise I made a sock and worked a lace pattern from a chart. Life wise I guess starting fertility treatments.

2) Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

- I make To Do's and To Do Not's and I did keep a few from last year. I will make more for 2008 soon.

3) Did anyone close to you give birth?

- My cousin's girlfriend had a baby girl, Isabella, in August.

4) Did anyone close to you die?

- My FIL on May 31st

5) What countries did you visit?

- We did not even make it to Canada this year which is a first

6) What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?

- Functioning ovaries

7) What dates will remain etched upon you memory, and why?

- May 31st (see #4 above)

8) What was your biggest achievement this year?

- Letting go of a lot of baggage from the past

9) What was your biggest failure?

- See #6 above

10) Did you suffer illness or injury?

- I had to have a D&C at the end of March, got food poisoning in May, was diagnosed with diabetes in June and now have the cold from hell.

11) What was the biggest thing you bought?

- There really was no major purchases this year.

12) Whose behavior merited celebration?

- My hubby's. His patience and kindness always amaze me.

13) Whose behavior made you most appalled and depressed?

- I will not get into that here even though those people do not know about this blog.

14) Where did most of your money go?

- Food, rent, gas and paying off those damn evil credit cards!

15) What did you get really, really, really excited about?

- Nothing, is that sad?

16) What song will always remind you of 2007?

- I listen to talk radio or podcasts so there's nothing I can think of.

17) Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

- Overall happier although somethings still sadden me; thanks to my diabetes pill I am about 35 pounds lighter; poorer but closer to paying off those evil credit cards.

18) What do you wish you had done more of?

- Saved more money

19) What do you wish you'd done less of?

- Worrying about everything.

20) How will you be spending Christmas?

- I spent it with my family and Jerry's mom.

21) Did you fall in love in 2007?

- I fall more in love with my hubby every day (awwwww!!!)

22) How many one-night stands?

- Uh none - see above.

23) What was your favorite TV program?

- So many it is sad! All the VH1 celebreality shows, Lost, Supernatural, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Reaper, Gossip Girl and Ghost Hunters.

24) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

- I try not to use the word hate but yes, there are people I do not like much now that were ok last year.

25) What was the best book you read?

- The Deathly Hollows for sure!

26) What was your greatest musical discovery?

- The fact that I can list to my MP3 at work so I do not have to listen to the same 20 songs over and over on regular radio.

27) What did you want and get?

- A new cell phone

28) What did you want and not get?

- A baby

29) What was your favorite film of this year?

- Knocked Up was pretty hilarious.

30) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

- I signed up for the spindle spinning class @ Ewe-Nique Knits, went to Monterrey's Cantina for dinner with my hubby. I turned 31.

31) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

- Getting pregnant.

32) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?

- If it's clean then I will wear it.

33) What kept you sane?

- The hubster and knitting.

34) What celebrity/public figure did you fancy most?

- Jensen Ackles from Supernatural

35) What political issue stirred you the most?

- It's not really a political issue but I hate that the problems of celebrities take center stage over the fact that our troops are still dying every day to stroke one man's huge ego.

36) Who did you miss?

- My mom, more that ever since this infertility thing has come up.

37) Who is the best new person you met?

- I do not meet to many new people. Yes I know i am pathetic.

38) Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2007?

- That other people are never as together and with it as you think they are.

39) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?

- I Will Survive!

Have fun everyone but stay safe tonight. Until next time ....

A Fitting End to a Crappy Year

So in a very fitting end to what has been a very crappy year I have caught the cold from hell. I have spent the last three days sleeping like it is going out of style. I am so glad that I have a four day weekend or else I would feel very cheated. To top that off my laptop died yesterday. Well that is not exactly true, something happened to the port where the power supply plugs into so it only runs on the battery and will not charge at all. So now I am using my hubby's laptop which is nice but it is not MY laptop. I do not have my files or bookmarks and it is really bugging me. Hubby says it can take up to a week to get mine fixed so I guess I better get used to this.

So not having my laptop means that I have no pictures for you. I could use my camera phone but I am to lazy to figure it out since I have never used it. As far as knitting is concerned there has not been much progress, especially since I have been sleeping for 3 days. I did not finish my Icarus in time for Christmas Even church services which is ok since we were running late (as usual) and did not make it to my dad's in time for church. I decided that I wanted it to be correct instead of finished so I ripped back to the start of chart 2. I was about halfway through chart 3 but I just knew it was wrong. Of course I kept knitting away in denial telling myself that it was fine. Soon though I could no longer kid myself so I ripped away. At least I was smart and put a lifeline in or I would have been really screwed.

At knit night last Wednesday I started two projects that did not work out. I started a Calorimetry and my Fake-A-Gamo bag but I needed smaller needles to work out with my yarns. I need a US5 for my bag and I only have a pair of crappy metal ones so I need to buy some wooden needles that I will actually want to use. The Calorimetry has been restarted on US6 which should work but I will need to check my gauge to be sure that it is big enough for my large noggin.

I guess that is it for now. Next up, my annual list of To-Do's and To-Do-Not's for 2008. Goodbye 2007, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out! Until next time ....

Random Musings

1) We are getting new tile at the office tomorrow night. We all had to move to the back of the office which is pretty much unoccupied. Moving 4 years of accumilated crap is not fun - it took me over 2 hours.

2) Other than the fact that it is freezing back there I am loving where I am sitting until Monday afternoon. I am alone in an office where no one bothers me. I can actually get my work done and have the added benefit of not having to listen to the office biddies bitching.

3) I am feeling very ho-hum about the holidays this year. I think part of the problem is that I was hoping to be pregnant by Christmas and I am not. I took the easy way out and bought everyone except my youngest niece gift cards. I felt guilty about it but I read Amanda's entry and realized that gift cards are still a gift and my way of showing I love my family.

4) I only have 10 days to finish the knitting on my Icarus and it is going to be tight. I just started chart 2 so I am hoping things will be ok. However, I am having a hard time remembering the pattern repeat so I have to keep refering to the chart which is slowing me down.

I guess that is all for now. Until later ....