12.31.2009

Here's to not taking for granted still being on the planet another year!

Some of the best quotes from my daily page calendar for the year 2009:

"Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries."~ Ben Kingsley

"He who laughs last didn't get it."-Helen Giangregorio.


Here are the Annual Meredith Awards for the year of 2009:


Best Man of the Year: Jonathan

Best academic achievement: Starting Paul Mitchell Hair School

Best Learning Moment: Doing my 1st Haircut

Moment of Triumph: Getting a new car that works!!

Best Eat Out Experience: Pho Thai Nam/Minado

Sad Loss: Drew Leaving for his mission

Best Family Moment: Palmyra Temple Trip with Drew/ Talking to Drew for Christmas

Most Love Puppy: Dixie

Best Product Ever: Mac Eyeshadows/Dior Spray Foundation

Most visited store: Anthropologie

Color of the Year: Plum


Ice Cream of the Year: Pistachio/ Ben and Jerry's Fish Food

Best NYC Moment: Walking most of Manhattan with Jon, Drew, and Rents/Caitlin and I on top of the
Empire State Building!

Best Discovered song of 2009:
"Hearing Damage", By Thom Yorke/"Talk to me", By Peaches

Most Hilarious Movie of 2009: "Hangover"

Best Classical Song:
"Moonlight Sonata" By, Beethoven

Best Art Exhibition: Georgia O'Keefe

Awkward Moment: Kanye interrupting Taylor Swift/Joaquin Pheonix completely bombing on Letterman

Top Kids Book of '09: "Red Ranger Comes Calling", Jeremy Breathed

Fashion Blah of '09:
Kilts and Ankle Boots

Fashion "Yes" of '09: Riding pants from J.Crew and riding boots!

Best Gadget: My new iPod from Christmas! Everything but the video camera... it's amazing!/Much needed GPS

Top Late Night Moment: Conan pissing off Trenton, NJ's Mayor!

Best Movie Performance: Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds/ Aldo Raine Basterds (Brad Pitt)

Best Movie of '09: Up/ Paranormal Activity/ Let the Right One In/Slumdog Millionaire

Top News Story: King of Pop passing away/Swine Flu

Best Book(s) of '09: Sookie Stackhouse Series/"The Next Big Thing"/"The Wish List"/"Creative Habit"

Frenzy of '09: Twilight Series/ Twi-hards/True Blood/Vampires

Best Clothing Trend: Boyfriend Jeans!!/jewel tone tights

Guilty Pleasure of '09: Twilight/Beyonce/Taylor Swift/Glee cast music/Lady Gaga/My Many Cameras

Truce of '09: Girls night in Mesquite (Short lived)

Best Visitors of '09: Tyler's couple hour visit/Drew!/My girl Caitlin/Roxy my love!/Jon's rents!- We were so lucky this year to have so many loved ones come and visit us!!

Best Road Trip of '09: Ha! Our interesting Anniversary Trip/Palmyra Trip

Well, our new year's eve started with a bang... more like blast of snow this morning! It's a bit chilly but Jon and I are still going to head out into the city tonight!!

Happy New Year's to all of our loved ones and friends! It has been a fabulous year full of courage, surprises, and blessings! We are grateful for all that we have been given and blessed with. We wouldn't be were we are right now without our family!

Here's to another year full of excitement and spontaneous acts of awesome!

No comments:

Post a Comment