New Year's Meme
This waste of time brought to you by reannon:

1) Where did you ring in 2006?
In Southern Missouri at Roger & Hunter's place

2) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Shacked up and schmoopy. Gorgeous tungsten carbide commitment ring on
the Day itself.

3) Were you in school anytime this year?
No.

4) How did you earn your keep?
Second verse, same as the first. Programming in Java.

5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
No. I spent a couple days there visiting hospitalized lovers.

6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
None. I think the cop coming to the Lake House door at 4:45 am to tell
us the dog was barking happened in '05.

7) Where did you go on vacation?
No actual "vacation" of a week or more, but I went to Iowa, Wisconsin,
S. Missouri, and Oregon on long weekends.

8) What did you purchase that was over $500?
A recumbent bike for ohari. As of last week, a couch-sized
"beanbag" (stuffed with foam not beans).

9) Did you know anybody who got married?
beckyzoole's daughter.

10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
No.

11) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with?
No. I skipped the twenty-year reunion.

12) Did you move anywhere?
Yes, back to Rivendell from the Lake House.

13) What sporting events did you go to?
Two Cardinals games, I think.

14) What concerts/shows did you go to?
Melissa Etheridge. Les Miserables.

15) Are you registered to vote?
Yes.

16) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7?
Absolutely!

17) Where do you live now?
Rivendell House, St. Louis, Missouri

18) Describe your birthday.
I hardly remember it. We were in the midst of home remodeling and
packing/moving insanity. But I think I got a lot of new clothes.

19) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006?
How far back does the "never thought" go? I had two attempts at IUI--but
that was planned since '05. I took fertility drugs.

20) What is one thing you regret from this year?
Didn't exercise.

21) What do you want for Christmas?
Good health for me and all my loved ones.

22) Any new additions to your family?
No, but we're trying! Matter of fact...another attempt at 2:00 this
afternoon. *eep!*

23) What was your best month?
Hmmm. In July we met ona_tangent and scottak...also
reannon, come to think of it. November had ACNW in it.
February we got our commitment rings...It's been a good year all round,
really.

24) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by?
At the moment, I'm guessing "Code Monkey".

25) How do you plan to did you ring in 2007?
At Rivendell, surrounded by family and friends, with a big pot of
wassail and lots of yummy noshes.