Stolen from ~*Jodi*~
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Totaled a truck, and most importantly got married!
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I haven't made New Year's resolutions since I was little. I find them usually hard to keep and they are things I should be doing all the time to begin with, not just as a resolution or something of the sort.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?Jenny, Diana, Rachel, Kayla - and alot of us are pregnant haha
4. Did anyone close to you die? Between me and Josh a few I think.
5. What countries did you visit? Still never been out of the USA .
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? My husband hopefully. He has been gone for half of 2009. That alone will bring back many things I have been missing. Motivation, Love, Happiness ( not that I had none just lacking in some areas )
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? March 15th - I became Mrs Joshua Stinar, April 1 - we totaled the truck, July 12 - Joshua left for Iraq
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Marrying Joshua and getting ready to become a mommy. I have done alot of growing up in my life but some things merit even more and I have grown from both these things greatly.
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't think I failed just haven't done as well as I would have liked. I wanted to be strong through this deployment for Joshua, never cry, show him that I could be a military wife. So much for all that.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Umm minor things, from the accident, bugs that type of thing.
11. What was the best thing you bought? Laptop, our Journey.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? I am not really sure I think behavior merits celebration??
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Daniel my brothers. For a while there I wouldn't even talk to him. Joshua's mother - getting in our business and talking smack. My mom - but that is usual.
14. Where did most of your money go? Bills! We have been trying to pay off as much as possible with the extra money from deployment and so far it has gone extremely well. By the time we move we should just about be paid off ( we weren't originally sure we would have to spend the tons of money on baby stuff so considering its still going VERY well )
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Getting married, having a baby ( when I am not stressing myself out or freaking out over it )
16. What song will always remind you of 2009? OJ Da Juiceman's song uhhhhhhh crap I can't remember the name. " Make the trap say aye!" Geesh did Joshua have an infatuation with it for the longest time haha.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer? I am definitely fatter thank you Claire, ummm hormonal emotional if that counts?
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Traveling while I was still able to go comfortably to help time go faster with him gone.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Spending time alone.
20. How did you spend Christmas? At Joi's house with her family and then watching movies with the neighbors.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009? With the baby girl in my belly , and even further in love with Joshua every day.
22. What was your favorite TV program? One Tree Hill, So You Think You Can Dance.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? I don't really hate anyone I guess I try not to use that word. But I can highly dislike and disagree with who they are or what they do? But we won't go there.
24. What was the best book you read? I haven't honestly read that much, I am reading the Anita Blake series right now by Laurel K Hamilton as well as The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen ( whom I highly recommend ) Josh sent it to me to read " together " for the last few weeks of his deployment.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? Cavo
26. What did you want and get? My baby - although that was kinda half half. We had started letting fate take its course persay for a while and then decided to try and not have a baby yet because of deployment and still got one. So she is just meant to be!
27. What did you want and not get? My car, Macbook and dSLR camera - but I have faith in 2010!
28. What was your favorite film of this year? The Time Traveler's Wife and maybe Gran Torino? I cannot remember what all came out this year that I have seen.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I don't think we did anything. We were in Minnesota visiting his family. I turned 22 and was still pretty sore from the accident so we were taking the trip pretty easy. We left two days later as well so I would guess our final rounds to family and friends had been started by that point.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? If Joshua had been able to be home. We had the chance to turn down deployment but knowing that he would have eventually gotten sent anyways didn't want someone else to have to go in his place. It was either do the pregnancy alone or risk not having him home when she is born or shortly there after so we made the hard choice. I think the biggest thing is him missing it all, the ultrasounds, hearing her heart beat, feeling her kick. It gets me down sometimes but he will hopefully be home soon.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Comfortable.
32. What kept you sane? My husband, who has been the most understanding through my emotinal ups and downs. The friends I have made online on the military wife site and my appointments keeping me from locking myself away for too long.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? No one really I suppose. I don't have a celebrity crush or obsession.
34. What political issue stirred you the most? Anything to do with Iraq and the decision to send in more troops etc. I think it has a big impact on you no matter who you are but when your husband or someone close is over there and you have to worry about them getting sent back and such things like that it gives you a slightly different outlook whether for or against it.
35. Who did you miss? My heart aches for Joshua. His safety and having him home with me so we can finally have our family we have been wanting.
36. Who was the best new person you met? Ummm I haven't met alot of new people really. Josh's Sgt? He is like really out there and fun and willing to help me with anything including helping me rid my house of its spider infestation on my porches haha.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009. I think I learned more then anything about myself. I feel like becoming a wife and getting pregnant has taught me to appreciate life more and value someone else above yourself ( not that I didn't before it is just sometimes even more astounding ) . I have learned that being strong doesn't mean being emotionless it means getting through the hard times with the tears and the loneliness and coming out on top. Not letting it get you down for too long and finding your way back to yourself, your routine, and getting through each day sometimes harder then the last knowing that the world isn't coming to an end no matter how your heart is breaking.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I sleep alone
I cry alone
And it's so hard livin' here on my own
So please, come home soo
It's beautiful missing something that much
But sometimes love needs a fighting chance
So I'll wait my turn until it's our turn to dance"
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