2015 Year in Review

1. What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?

Had a house built.

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

I didn't really do resolutions but I did do much better on my to do list than I thought I did.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My coworker, Sarah, and my Sister-in-Law, Jenny

4. Did anyone close to you die?

My Aunt Carol

5. What countries did you visit?

None and this answer probably won't change anytime soon.

6. What would you like to have in 2016 that you didn't have in 2015?

More free time. More money.

7. What dates from 2015 will be etched upon your memory, and why?

February 13th and August 5th

8. What was your biggest achievement of this year?

Getting our finances in order so we could buy a house

9. What was your biggest failure?

My weight as usual. Allowing our credit cards to build back up after we closed on the house.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nothing major this year which is why I'm still trying to figure out how to use up my FSA money.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Our House of course and the Memory Maker at Disney World. Seriously so easy to get tons of pictures taken without having to mess with a camera and still able to download them when I get home.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Chris's...he stood up for himself on a matter that he believed in even though he knew it could cause him problems. I'm proud of him for not backing down when it mattered.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Much of society. I'm tired of the anti-law enforcement propaganda I hear and see almost daily. I don't think anyone realizes how much that effects LEO families. I have had many sleepless nights wondering what might happen to Chris on duty.

14. Where did most your money go?

Credit cards, rent/mortgage, daycare/tuition, food...the usual

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

Disney World! Our new house!

16. What song will always remind you of 2015?

Pretty much anything Disney. I spent the months leading up to our trip listening to Disney Cds in the car with Jackson to try to get him excited about the trip.

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

a) happier - we are in a very good place right now
b) fatter - unfortunately

c) about even - we have a mortgage now but we got rid of a lot bills in the process

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Blog, Read, Relax

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

Yelling at the kids. It is so easy to get frustrated with them.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Hanging out at home with Jackson and Maverick. Chris had to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas Night so he slept most of the day after the boys opened their gifts. It was a quiet day and we never got out of our jammies.

21. Did you fall in love in 2015?

This question always confuses me. Fall in love with what? The year? It wasn't a bad year but there were some things that happened that I don't want to repeat.

22. What was your favorite TV program?

Our favorite new show this is NCIS: New Orleans. I loved Scott Bakula on Quantum Leap so it has been been fun to watch him as Agent Pride. Of course, Lucas Black as Chris LaSalle just makes my day. He is the perfect Bama boy!

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

I am still really frustrated with the media and the way law enforcement is portrayed so I guess that is the closest to hating anyone.

24. What was the best book you read?

I didn't get to read near as much as I wanted to this year. I tried but life just got in the way.  My favorite of everything I read was probably Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

So I downloaded Taylor Swift's 1989 which I absolutely loved. I wasn't really a fan of her's before but that was a fun album. I also really loved Josh Groban's Stages. Combine two of my favorites: Josh Groban and Broadway musicals and I am in heaven.

26. What did you want and get?
Our house

27. What did you want and not get?

New furniture for the new house

28. What was your favorite film of 2015?
Pitch Perfect 2 I actually really enjoyed it. (I should also say that I can count on one hand the number of movies we show this year.)

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 38. I worked. It wasn't good. We were in Alabama helping my mom recover from knee surgery and work drama came up. So I worked.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More time with Jackson. I'm watching him grow before my eyes and I feel like I'm missing it.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2015?
Business casual (whatever fits)

32. What kept you sane?

Enjoying my family and my new house

33. What political issue stirred you the most?

Not sure

34. Who did you miss?
Always my family...I just hate being so far away from them. Carol...every day

35. Who was the best new person you met?
I can't think of meeting anyone new but I did get to know some people better this year.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2015.
"Don’t be afraid to take a chance. Move to a new city where you don’t know anybody or quit your job to travel. Do something that you are unsure of because life is short and you don’t get a do-over. Roll Tide."