Happy 2006!

Happy New Year, Everybody!

(The picture to the right is from the Chronicles of Narnia, featuring: Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund. It's on here because I wanted to have a picture on here and I just saw the Chronicles of Narnia.)


1. Name 4 things that you did in 2005 that you'd never done before.
1. I rode the roller coaster, Wildfire at Silver Dollar City. (I also rode the roller coaster, Powder Keg--which I hated immensely.)
2. I was in my first musical production at our community theater ("Tom Sawyer, the Broadway musical").
3. I...let me think. Well, we did not have Christmas dinner at Grandma's because she was in Florida (that was a first.) :(
4. We celebrated a Harvest Party in a barn!


2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did not have New Year resolutions last year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. Mrs. F. did. (Sometimes we go over to her house to do schoolwork.)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
America (Oklahoma for one, LOL).

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
More faith.

7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The day that Grandma had a garage sale so she could move to Florida.
The last day of performance for "Tom Sawyer".
The day my father had a kidney stone and we had to go to the emergency room.
The day that I rode all of those roller coasters at Silver Dollar City.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a part in each production that I auditioned for, I suppose.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Nothing comes to mind. (Not that I'm perfect.)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not that I can think of.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I do not know.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Again, I do not know.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A boy I knew in a play I was in. He called me a bad name and then laughed about it as though it was funny and not RUDE!!!! My Mother wanted to slap him (Dad wanted to shoot him) when she found out. Good for him that the play had been over for some time or she just might have.

14. Where did most of your money go?
CLOTHES, CLOTHES, CLOTHES!!!!!!!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a part in Tom Sawyer, finding out that they came out with the Narnia movie and getting to see it later, going to a cool concert...


16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Any songs from the Tom Sawyer Broadway Musical.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? I am sad that Tom Sawyer is over.
b) fatter of thinner? fatter :-(
c) richer or poorer? Richer! (Thank you friends and family members that sent me birthday and Christmas $$$$!!!! $$$ = moolah)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Appreciated things/people more.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eaten less. Refer to question # 17 above.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Spent Christmas morning and early afternoon with my lovely family. Then we all headed over to a friends house for dinner and stayed up really late.

22. What were some of your favorite movies that you saw for the first time in 2005 (I made up that question)?
~Batman Begins (That was really good.)
~The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (That was awesome. I need to own it.)

23. I got rid of question #23 since Mom said it wasn't appropriate for a Christian young lady .

24. What was your favorite TV program?
The Office. I love that show!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anybody. :-)

26. What was the best book you read?
I can't decide between "An Echo in the Darkness" by Francine Rivers and "Monster" by Frank E. Peretti.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I discoverd an MP3 player under the Christmas Tree!

28. What did you want and get?
A heated matteress pad, sheets, squishy pillows, LOTR Trivial Pursuit on DVD, scrapbooking stuff, clothing, jewelry, etc.

29. What did you want and not get?
~CD's (Krystal Meyers, Sanctus Real, Barlow Girl: another journal entry)
~"Unbreakable" DVD learn about it at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I had a "blue" party. Everyone was to come to the party wearing all the blue they could. We even had a contest and voted on who was the most blue. We had blue punch & blue decorations. We even had a Twister tournament between 2 of my friends. We didn't think it would ever end. They sure were good! I turned 15.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having my own room built on to the house.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Hats, hats, and more hats! Mom says I am classical with a twist of Teenager! :-)

34. What kept you sane?
Well, eating lots of green vegetables helped. (LOL)

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Glenn Beck! Awwwww yeahhhhh! (Glenn Beck is a radio talk show host.)
http://www.glennbeck.com/home/index.shtml

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Euthanasia (Terri Shiavo), abortion, supposed equal rights for homosexuals...

37. Who did you miss?
Grandma all the way down in FLORIDA!!!!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
I don't think that I could choose one but I loved most of the people in the Tom Sawyer musical.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Eat your brussel sprouts. (I happen to like them, myself.)

40. Who was your best friend this year?
I'll never tell!

41. How many friends have you made this year?
Lots!