MIA girl....

I've been MIA for a while, haven't I?

Big things are a'brewin in Amanda land....

Quit my job

Going to live in Utah for a month

Working on the coaching business...

Feeling better about life -- even though life is much more up in the air...

Here's a fun exercise...

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

2) Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yup - I wanted to lose weight and get in better shape and I did...more to go but better than this time last year

3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yup -- Camilla gave birth to lil Rowan

4) Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank goodness

5) What countries did you visit?
Canada

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

7) What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

September 16 - the day of the half marathon-I accomplished something I never thought I would

8) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Quitting my job...taking a big, ballsy step

9) What was your biggest failure?
Not losing all of the weight I wanted to

10) Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes -- my back and my foot

11) What was the best thing you bought?
my car

12) Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Andy - for every struggle and every fear, he meets the challenge and excels

13) Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
There are a few but I'd rather not point them out publically

14) Where did most of your money go?
bills

15) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Utah

16) What song will always remind you of 2007?
Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne

17) Compared to this time last year, are you:
- happier or sadder? happier about some things, sadder about others
- thinner or fatter? 30 lbs thinner
- richer or poorer? richer but soon to be poorer

18) What do you wish you'd done more of?
spent more time with friends

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

20) How will you be spending New Year?
at a party with Andy and his neighbours

21) Did you fall in love in 2007?
yes

22) How many one-night stands?
nopers

23) What was your favorite TV program?
The Office

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

25) What was the best book you read?
Middlesex

26) What was your greatest musical discovery?
Death Cab For Cutie - started discovering them in 2006 but this year was the year of them for me

27) What did you want and get?
a new car

28) What did you want and not get?
answers

29) What was your favorite film of this year?
The Holiday

30) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 34 this year and had one of the worst days of my life...35 will be MUCH better

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

32) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
cute, preppy, comfy

33) What kept you sane?
Andy, Mer and Jon - my dearest friends

34) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Steve Carrel

35) What political issue stirred you the most?
the war

36) Who did you miss?
Jon - i didn't see him enough this year

37) Who was the best new person you met?
Maria

38) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
sometimes when you feel like you're going to jump off a cliff, you're just stepping off the sidewalk

39) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"