This was taken/stolen from /unproductivereproductive

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
IVF & got pregnant

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No, I did not make any. Never do.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No (two people close to me got pregnant though)

4. Did anyone close to you die? Poke's Grandmother 

5. What countries did you visit? US : Greece : Romania, I don’t think Bulgaria counts because I lived there.

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? The birth of my baby(s) full term and healthy.

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? December 17, 2004. Retrieval and fertilization.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Pregnancy, but since I’ve already used that, I’ll say preparing to move back to the US and not totally freaking about my husband going to Iraq very soon.

9. Did you suffer illness or injury? While..err.. drunk, I fell and jammed two fingers on my right hand in June, they still aren’t completely recovered.

10. What was the best thing you bought?   A projector so that I now watch The Simpsons 5 foot tall on my wall.

11. Whose behavior merited celebration? My husband has been very giving and supportive as has my sister.

12. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My former boss, Big Dog.

13. Where did most of your money go? In Vitro + Meds and a two week road trip through western US.

14. What did you get really, really, really excited about? My Pregnancy of course!

15. What song will always remind you of 2004? Yellow, by Coldplay

16. Compared to this time last year, are you: i. happier or sadder? So much happier! ii. thinner or fatter? Same iii. richer or poorer? Poorer.

17. What do you wish you'd done more of? Exercise.. but just because I feel guilty now.

18. What do you wish you'd done less of? Crying

19. How will you be spending New Year's?  At a party thrown by our good friend and my former supervisor The Hulk.

21. Did you fall in love in 2004? Yes, with my unborn child.

22. How many one-night stands? No no.. I’m pretty sure my husband and I had sex more than once.

23. What was your favorite TV program? The Simpsons & Southpark (GOD! And I’m having children?!)

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes, someone has to be really bad for me to hate them, and how I feel about this chick from the embassy community isn’t quite hate.. but it would be real easy to get there. I have never mentioned her on my blog before though.

25. What was the best book you read? The Hawk Mistress

26. What was your greatest musical (re)discovery? Yellow by Coldplay and Eurotrash Girl

27. What did you want and get? Pregnant and chocolate... lots of chocolate.

28. What did you want and not get? A new house.

29. What was your favorite film of this year? I don’t go to the movies often here so it is hard to remember, the one I have watched the most this year is The Hot Chick.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 33, didn’t do much of anything.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? To have gotten pregnant 6 months ago, but I’ll take what I’ve got!

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? The beginning of the year I was enjoying some of the Eurotrashish fashions, the latter part I was dressed in Infertile Drab.

33. What kept you sane? My Blog and my Cat.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Just one? I think my favorite right now is the guy from Duce Bigilo/ Hot chick, sorry went blank on his name right now.

35. What political issue stirred you the most? I try to hide from all things political.

36. Who did you miss? My Sister and H.

37. Who was the best new person you met? Dawn, she has been a big support though all of this past year.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:  Sometimes hard times can have good products.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: Things are getting kinda gross.. and I’ll go it’s sleepy time.(Tori Amos, Cornflake Girl)