2006 in retrospect

Mike_St_Helens

Mrs_Sparkle wrote:

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Gave up a business for my sanity
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
3. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes - My best friends Grandma - Close to me also
4. What countries did you visit?
Spain
5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Organisation
6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
06/11/06 - Day I went Bankrupt
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Having the balls to go Bankrupt
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No
9. What was the best thing you bought?
My new Kitchen
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My Dog - From becoming misbehaved in our pub to well behaved in the house
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My own
12. Where did most of your money go?
Debt at the biginning - The kitchen after !
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My Holidays and my Kitchen

14. What song will always remind you of 2006?

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? fatter
c) richer or poorer? Richer
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Organising
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Drinking
18. What was your favorite TV program?
Corrie
19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
The brewery that owned my pub
20. What was the best book you read?
Pricless
21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Culture Club beleive it or not !
22. What did you want and get?
A solution to my debts
23. What did you want and not get?
To travel more
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Superman
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Worked - 30
26. What political issue stirred you the most?
David Blunkett - Witch Hunt
27. Who did you miss?
Some of the punters from my pub
28. Who was the best new person you met?
Lucy - My mate from work
29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

There is ALWAYS a solution

MollyMalone_4

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Been myself
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes 2 people
3. Did anyone close to you die?
No thankfully
4. What countries did you visit?
None
5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A positive focus on my debts
6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
20th of sept, the day I found out I was pregnant:D
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting pregnant, its taken us 2 and a half years and 3 rounds of drugs
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Depression but getting through it
9. What was the best thing you bought?
A pram
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My husband for putting up with my depression
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My ex husbands
12. Where did most of your money go?
On crap
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The fact that we're having a baby
14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Robbie's rudebox it will remind me of when I went to see him in Leeds:T
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder?Happier, definitley
b) thinner or fatter?Fatter but with good reason:p
c) richer or poorer?Poorer:mad:

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?Paying off my debts

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?Stressing and spending

18. What was your favorite TV program?
Bad girls

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a strong word but I definitly dislike someone that I didn't dislike last year
20. What was the best book you read?
Jackie Collins "Lethal Seduction"
21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
:confused:
22. What did you want and get?
A baby

23. What did you want and not get?
To get my outgoings down
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Pirates of the caribean 2
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 29 and I worked all day
26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Not into politics
27. Who did you miss?
My nan that passed away last year, and my neice and nephews who moved away from our area
28. Who was the best new person you met?
My nephew for the first time
29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Not to stress over EVERYTHING

notanothergreyhair

Here we are, my contribution;

Mrs_Sparkle wrote:

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
I gave up smoking.

2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Ewww...think of the mess! Seriously though, no they didn't.

3. Did anyone close to you die?
Q3 and my memory is failing...I don't recall so.

4. What countries did you visit?
None other than England.

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Energy and forgiveness.

6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 30th 2006. Saddam was hung; I cannot condone any of his actions but I abhor capital punishment.

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
See answer #1

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Depression (still), broken finger and nose, man-flu

9. What was the best thing you bought?
A diary.

10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All those who are a part of MSE.

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Prime Minister and my own.

12. Where did most of your money go?
Food

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting back in touch with an old friend of mind.

14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
None.

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter
c) richer or poorer? Richer

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Study.

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eating.

18. What was your favorite TV program?
Megastructures (despite having very little interest in engineering).

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate? No. Severely dislike? Yes.

20. What was the best book you read?
White Teeth - Zadie Smith.

21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
N/A.

22. What did you want and get?
I wanted to be free from depression; I am doing pretty well now.

23. What did you want and not get?
I wanted love, but didn't quite get it.

24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Saw III

25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Mid-twenties and I wore fancy dress.

26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Iraq/Saddam.

27. Who did you miss?
My Grandfather.

28. Who was the best new person you met?
?

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Life IS worth living.

nearlyrich

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?

Shopped at Aldi
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that close but we had 3 babies born to team members and/or spouses in the year.
3. Did anyone close to you die?
Not that close, not like last year fortunately.
4. What countries did you visit?
New Zealand, Singapore, Dubai, Australia, Turkey, Greece, Germany & Switzerland
5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A size 10 figure (dream on) realistically to be fitter
6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
8th July I nearly got struck by lightening!
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hitting all my targets at work (and earning the bonus that comes with it)
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Quite a healthy year apart from Fibromyalgia which behaved well compared to 2005
9. What was the best thing you bought?
New home entertainment set up, tv, surround sound etc
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My team at work
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The government again
12. Where did most of your money go?
Supporting the children through uni and doing up the lounge.
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Our trip to NZ
14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? About the same
b) thinner or fatter? About the same
c) richer or poorer? About the same
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Staying in mediocre hotels in Surrey for work reasons.
18. What was your favorite TV program?
Don’t really have one
19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone it’s a waste of energy.
20. What was the best book you read?
Discovered Ian Rankin read most of the Rebus series and enjoyed them.
21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Kaiser Chiefs
22. What did you want and get?
My lounge redecorated
23. What did you want and not get?
I am really lucky I have everything I need
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Not really into films
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 45 and we went out for an Indian meal
26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Not got too excited about politics this year
27. Who did you miss?
Acolleague who left the team in January
28. Who was the best new person you met?
My sister’s fiancé because he makes her happy and completes our generation of my family
29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Things change, life goes on.

Mrs_Sparkle

Sorry! Hubby nicked the laptop. Here we go...

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Give a presentation

2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No but SIL, step SIL, 2 close friends and I are all preggers

3. Did anyone close to you die?
No

4. What countries did you visit?
South Africa (twice), Spain and France

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
To do the London to Brighton bike race- had to give up my place due to pregnancy

6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
4th Feb which was our wedding

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Having a healthy pregnancy and enjoying life in general

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not serious

9. What was the best thing you bought?
Lots of baby stuff!

10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My husband's for being thrilled about a surprise baby

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A colleague who I thought was a friend

12. Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage, wedding, baby stuff, bank loan

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Pregnancy

14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
You Spin Me Round- Dead or Alive. Yes I know it's a lot older but Pete Burns sang it in BB and we had it on our wedding compilation CD at the reception

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive? More productive
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? fatter
c) richer or poorer? richer (well, less in debt anyway!)

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Yoga

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Spending money!

18. What was your favorite TV program?
Lost, Desperate Housewives

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone- I don't think I have it in me

20. What was the best book you read?
Da Vinci Code

21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Don't think I had one

22. What did you want and get?
Success in my career and a decent salary

23. What did you want and not get?
The promotion I wanted recently- the smaller promotion isn't good enough

24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Ice Age 2 (was that this year?)

25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went out for a meal with new husband- I was 35

26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Education + healthcare standards

27. Who did you miss?
I still miss my friend who died in September 2005. Sometimes I forget she's gone and I almost email her.

28. Who was the best new person you met?
"Meeting" you guys has been pretty fab

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
I can be very hard on myself and sometimes I need to relax and stop striving for perfection.

Two9A

Right, let's have at it.

Mrs_Sparkle wrote:

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Flown transatlantic (and it was paid for!)
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
3. Did anyone close to you die?
My father got mighty close, but fortunately no.
4. What countries did you visit?
Turkey (I was there as 2006 rolled in), USA.
5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A job that paid more than a hundrd quid a month'd be nice.
6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 7th, the end of my "Turkish adventure".
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Can I put "failed at 5 interviews"?
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Mild bronchitis, if it counts.
9. What was the best thing you bought?
My new laptop. TEN pounds!
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My brother, who's finally stepping up his business and (slowly) moving away from the eBay model; the online shop opens soon!
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
(Assuming they don't read this forum) my former place of employment; proper den of iniquity.
12. Where did most of your money go?
In the bank
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My job in the US, which ended on a sour note (that's for another day).
14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Probably Timberlake's SexyBack (sorry!)
15. Compared to this time last year, are you: fitter, happier, more productive? Right now, less productive and less fit, but probably happier. Definitely richer.
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Paid work.
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Sitting around doing nothing
18. What was your favorite TV program?
Ah gee. Probably Stargate.
19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Can't think of anyone; I might get back to you on that.
20. What was the best book you read?
I'm gonna reveal ever more of my geekish tendencies, and say "Kernighan & Ritchie", a programming language reference.
21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I've just had the Decemberists recommended to me, and it's definitely good stuff.
22. What did you want and get?
Professional certifications; I'm certified by Microsoft, Cisco and the LPI now, whee
23. What did you want and not get?
I wanted a salaried job, I got a few widely-spaced contracts. Onward and upward!
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
United93, far and away.
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 22, and I washed my clothes in the bathtub. (We never did get that washing machine while I was in Turkey.)
26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the Iraq war, since I was at genuine risk of having a fire lit under me for half the year, being so close to the border.
27. Who did you miss?
My darling nephew, who I saw again in July after 13 months.
28. Who was the best new person you met?
A lad in London, who I met online and has let me crash at his place three times this yea.
29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
You don't need much money to live. (I did fine on less than a thousand pounds for a whole year, but I wasn't in the UK at the time.)

ias76

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
carpet bowling, speed dating (- not together HA HA)

2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no

3. Did anyone close to you die?
no

4. What countries did you visit?
france, usa

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?


6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
not sure

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
finishing my post grad

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
no

9. What was the best thing you bought?
Telewest TV Drive Box

10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Usual support of my friends who make me laugh

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Some of the kids I teach

12. Where did most of your money go?
living & saving

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
my fitness

14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Push the Button Sugarbabes, Maneater Nelly Furtado

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? same
c) richer or poorer? richer

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
mountain biking & running

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
thinking about work when not there

18. What was your favorite TV program?
Lost, Deadwood, Celebrity (especially lauren booth's rap)

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
no

20. What was the best book you read?
Atonement - it was fantastic

21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
redisovered Deacon Blue

22. What did you want and get?
my hall redecorated

23. What did you want and not get?


24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Departed

25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
30 - party in house

26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Sadduim Hussain Execution

27. Who did you miss?
My dad

28. Who was the best new person you met?
person at work - who makes me laugh


29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Don't worry about your work because everything works out.

moonlightpjs

Mrs_Sparkle wrote:

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? Posted on an internet forum

2. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, me

3. Did anyone close to you die? No

4. What countries did you visit? None

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? Commen Sense

6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 18 May - birth of my daughter after 6 miscarriges

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Giving Birth, facing up to our debts

8. Did you suffer illness or injury? Depression

9. What was the best thing you bought? Nothing

10. Whose behavior merited celebration? My sons

11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My mothers

12. Where did most of your money go? On new baby

13. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Again, new baby

14. What song will always remind you of 2006? None

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? in between
b) thinner or fatter? Fatter!!!!
c) richer or poorer? Poorer, but will not live off credit

16. What do you wish you'd done more of? Enjoyed my husband

17. What do you wish you'd done less of? Spend money

18. What was your favorite TV program? Prison Break

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? My mother

20. What was the best book you read? John Grisham - An Innocent Man

21. What was your greatest musical discovery? Already made one - Paul Weller

22. What did you want and get? A baby and husbands return to health

23. What did you want and not get? Nothing

24. What was your favorite film of this year? None

25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Cried and 36

26. What political issue stirred you the most? The war

27. Who did you miss? My Grandma

28. Who was the best new person you met? Again, my baby

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:

Don't spend what you can't afford and save for a rainy day.

kathfisch

Mrs_Sparkle wrote:

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
I can be very hard on myself and sometimes I need to relax and stop striving for perfection.

Oh oh oh, that should sooooo have been my answer! :rolleyes:

Energised

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Started a job that I really love... Felt accepted.
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
3. Did anyone close to you die?
My uncle, last Thursday
4. What countries did you visit?
None (big plans to change this next year)
5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A partner
6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Oct 2nd. Started my new life
7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
My new job
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No
9. What was the best thing you bought?
iPod Nano
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
New friends
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Old friends
12. Where did most of your money go?
Wasted
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
2007
14. What song will always remind you of 2006?
That !!!!!!! Tank - Making a Meal for Beethoven
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:

Fitter, happier, more productive?
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) richer or poorer? Richer

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Been myself
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Tried to be what I thought others wanted me to be
18. What was your favorite TV program?
Scrubs
19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone
20. What was the best book you read?
John Peel
21. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That !!!!!!! Tank, Capricorns of London, many, many more.
22. What did you want and get?
A new job
23. What did you want and not get?
A new home
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
Casino Royale
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 22, and I put on a gig
26. What political issue stirred you the most?
Charles Kennedy
27. Who did you miss?
No one
28. Who was the best new person you met?
Too many to mention
29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:[/QUOTE]
Don't forget about you.

Happy new year everyone, I'm off :beer: