1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Sold a property. For a couple of harrowing weeks, owned two houses. And, of course, gave birth. Hallelujah, holy shit!
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions?
No, unless "stop going to the gym in mid-April" and "not lose baby weight" can be counted.
3. What countries did you visit?
None. But we were intending to go to Ireland.
4. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Energy!
5. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 7, when we found out we were having a little girl and first went shopping for tiny pink things. July 12, my due date and also the day we got central air. July 21, Olivia's eventual birthdate. December 21, when Olivia said her first word (without intent, but still): mama!
6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Again, I have to go with giving birth. But really, the whole of 2006 was extraordinary. Buying this house and worrying every day that the deal would fall through, selling the condo and worrying every day that the deal would fall through, moving at eight months along, living without AC (dear god how do people do it?), picking Joe up from the train station for a month before he got a car, Joe finishing school, having and caring for Olivia, and dealing with not one, not, two, but three contractors? That's enough stuff for five years.
7. What was your biggest failure?
I fell out of touch with Amanda and haven't spoken to her at all since Olivia's birth.
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had three major colds during my pregnancy, which are only worth mentioning because I couldn't. take. anything. It sucked. And a level 2 perineal tear certainly counts as injury, especially when the doctor asks, "Hmm. Do you normally bleed a lot?" and has you rolled down to the ER for repair. God help all you Level 3 and 4 ladies.
9. What was the best thing you bought?
A Trane XR13... in other words, central fucking air. Also, the First Years bottle warmer has been extremely useful since Day 1.
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Joe's. Raising a baby is hard. Joe does it with patience and love for Olivia and me.
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
George W. Bush
12. Where did most of your money go?
Contractors, mortgage, diapers, formula, Macy's.
13. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"When You Were Young" by the Killers.
14. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Happier
b) Thinner or fatter? Fatter
c) Richer or poorer? Richer
15. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise.
16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Stressing out.
17. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents' house. It was about a million degrees in their house and I had cramps. Olivia was a perfect doll. We watched A Christmas Carol but didn't finish it. On Christmas morning we wore pajamas over to my parents' house and had the perfect day in. We had eggs benedict, potato latkes, and panetone for breakfast. We opened gifts. We watched Christmas Vacation. We had roast beef with horseradish dressing, au gratin potatoes, and Cobb salad for dinner, and homemade lemon raspberry tarts for dessert. It took two cars to get all of Olivia's new toys back to our house.
18. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes, absolutely. But parental love is weird, it's like, if you could take even a tiny glimpse into the whole of it, you wouldn't be able to function, go to work, or ever let your little one leave your sight, so you don't feel it all at once, you just feel it in swells and snap crackle pops with every smile, butt dance, and silly inhaled laugh.
19. How many one-night stands?
None, but having a baby means whoring yourself out to at least ten doctors and nurses.
20. What was your favorite TV program?
Intervention, 30 Days, and the Office.
21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I hate Barbara Walters, but I felt that way last year too.
22. What was the best book you read?
Kitchen Confidential. Just finished it. An enjoyable, educational read. Anthony Bourdain is a stud.
23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jenny Lewis. And that the Killers are for fucking real.
24. What did you want and get?
Olivia.
25. What did you want and not get?
A ginormous inheritance from a long-lost relative.
26. What was your favorite film of this year?
Borat.
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to Polcari's for dinner with my family and Red, Carly, and Professor K. I turned 29 (dun-dun-DUN!)
28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
This year was already immeasurably satisfying. But as a bonus, I'd've liked to have these fugly wallpaper borders removed and my living room, bedroom and family room painted.
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
January-March: Stretchy work clothes, jeans with hair elastic wrapped around button for extra room, pointy-toe boots.
March-July: Maternity wear, including elastic panel jeans, empire waist tops, black stretch trousers, tank tops, one pair of comfy gauchos (ruined by a bottle of spray-bleach, just in time, frankly), flip-flops (two pairs of Rocket Dogs, the only brand that fit), and a pair of black Franco Sarto mules now stretched into oblivion.
July-October: Jeans, tank tops, casual long-sleeved jerseys, flip-flops (Reef - ahh), brown Steve Madden cable-knit sweater slides.
October-December: Trousers, sweaters, button-downs, jeans, all new, all one size bigger than pre-pregnancy, same pointy-toe boots (thank god, shoe size did not permanently increase as feared. Hopefully that will also apply to ass size).
30. What kept you sane?
My family and friends. Thank you.
31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
This year I had a thing for Dermot Mulroney.
32. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war. Illegal immigration. Gay marriage.
33. Who did you miss?
Amanda.
34. Who is the best new person you met?
Another no-brainer. My little one, Olivia Rachel.
35. Tell us some valuable life lessons you learned in 2006.
Be nice to your spouse even if you're both exhausted. Take a weekend away from the baby even though you'll miss her. Get massages.
36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
You're my satellite
You're riding with me tonight
Passenger side, lighting the sky
Always the first star that I find
You're my satellite
-Guster, Satellite
Sold a property. For a couple of harrowing weeks, owned two houses. And, of course, gave birth. Hallelujah, holy shit!
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions?
No, unless "stop going to the gym in mid-April" and "not lose baby weight" can be counted.
3. What countries did you visit?
None. But we were intending to go to Ireland.
4. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Energy!
5. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 7, when we found out we were having a little girl and first went shopping for tiny pink things. July 12, my due date and also the day we got central air. July 21, Olivia's eventual birthdate. December 21, when Olivia said her first word (without intent, but still): mama!
6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Again, I have to go with giving birth. But really, the whole of 2006 was extraordinary. Buying this house and worrying every day that the deal would fall through, selling the condo and worrying every day that the deal would fall through, moving at eight months along, living without AC (dear god how do people do it?), picking Joe up from the train station for a month before he got a car, Joe finishing school, having and caring for Olivia, and dealing with not one, not, two, but three contractors? That's enough stuff for five years.
7. What was your biggest failure?
I fell out of touch with Amanda and haven't spoken to her at all since Olivia's birth.
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had three major colds during my pregnancy, which are only worth mentioning because I couldn't. take. anything. It sucked. And a level 2 perineal tear certainly counts as injury, especially when the doctor asks, "Hmm. Do you normally bleed a lot?" and has you rolled down to the ER for repair. God help all you Level 3 and 4 ladies.
9. What was the best thing you bought?
A Trane XR13... in other words, central fucking air. Also, the First Years bottle warmer has been extremely useful since Day 1.
10. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Joe's. Raising a baby is hard. Joe does it with patience and love for Olivia and me.
11. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
George W. Bush
12. Where did most of your money go?
Contractors, mortgage, diapers, formula, Macy's.
13. What song will always remind you of 2006?
"When You Were Young" by the Killers.
14. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or sadder? Happier
b) Thinner or fatter? Fatter
c) Richer or poorer? Richer
15. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise.
16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Stressing out.
17. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents' house. It was about a million degrees in their house and I had cramps. Olivia was a perfect doll. We watched A Christmas Carol but didn't finish it. On Christmas morning we wore pajamas over to my parents' house and had the perfect day in. We had eggs benedict, potato latkes, and panetone for breakfast. We opened gifts. We watched Christmas Vacation. We had roast beef with horseradish dressing, au gratin potatoes, and Cobb salad for dinner, and homemade lemon raspberry tarts for dessert. It took two cars to get all of Olivia's new toys back to our house.
18. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes, absolutely. But parental love is weird, it's like, if you could take even a tiny glimpse into the whole of it, you wouldn't be able to function, go to work, or ever let your little one leave your sight, so you don't feel it all at once, you just feel it in swells and snap crackle pops with every smile, butt dance, and silly inhaled laugh.
19. How many one-night stands?
None, but having a baby means whoring yourself out to at least ten doctors and nurses.
20. What was your favorite TV program?
Intervention, 30 Days, and the Office.
21. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I hate Barbara Walters, but I felt that way last year too.
22. What was the best book you read?
Kitchen Confidential. Just finished it. An enjoyable, educational read. Anthony Bourdain is a stud.
23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jenny Lewis. And that the Killers are for fucking real.
24. What did you want and get?
Olivia.
25. What did you want and not get?
A ginormous inheritance from a long-lost relative.
26. What was your favorite film of this year?
Borat.
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to Polcari's for dinner with my family and Red, Carly, and Professor K. I turned 29 (dun-dun-DUN!)
28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
This year was already immeasurably satisfying. But as a bonus, I'd've liked to have these fugly wallpaper borders removed and my living room, bedroom and family room painted.
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
January-March: Stretchy work clothes, jeans with hair elastic wrapped around button for extra room, pointy-toe boots.
March-July: Maternity wear, including elastic panel jeans, empire waist tops, black stretch trousers, tank tops, one pair of comfy gauchos (ruined by a bottle of spray-bleach, just in time, frankly), flip-flops (two pairs of Rocket Dogs, the only brand that fit), and a pair of black Franco Sarto mules now stretched into oblivion.
July-October: Jeans, tank tops, casual long-sleeved jerseys, flip-flops (Reef - ahh), brown Steve Madden cable-knit sweater slides.
October-December: Trousers, sweaters, button-downs, jeans, all new, all one size bigger than pre-pregnancy, same pointy-toe boots (thank god, shoe size did not permanently increase as feared. Hopefully that will also apply to ass size).
30. What kept you sane?
My family and friends. Thank you.
31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
This year I had a thing for Dermot Mulroney.
32. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war. Illegal immigration. Gay marriage.
33. Who did you miss?
Amanda.
34. Who is the best new person you met?
Another no-brainer. My little one, Olivia Rachel.
35. Tell us some valuable life lessons you learned in 2006.
Be nice to your spouse even if you're both exhausted. Take a weekend away from the baby even though you'll miss her. Get massages.
36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
You're my satellite
You're riding with me tonight
Passenger side, lighting the sky
Always the first star that I find
You're my satellite
-Guster, Satellite
1 Comments:
Dermot Mulroney? Is he even around anymore?
I think I'll take this survey myself and single girl it up.
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