My Single Mom Life

I stole this from Jenn.

1.What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I found my bio-siblings while watching the Today show, and the very next day, I was on the Today show!

2.Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make new years resolutions. I take life one day at a time, I enjoy each day to the fullest, and I do what needs to be done on a daily basis.

3.Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4.Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5.What countries did you visit?
None.

6.What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I'd like to find a peace within myself. I know that all of the stress, the insomnia that I suffer from, is because I am not ok with how things are in my life. I need to find those things and make peace with them so that I can rest. They say being able to forgive will help find peace in your life.
I know that I need to forgive a few people, but I'm just not there yet, I'm not ready to forgive anyone for the wrongs done.

7.What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
September 22, 2009.
That is the day that I found out that I had bio-siblings and I got to meet them the very next day.

8.What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I really don't know.

9.What was your biggest failure?
Sorry, but some things are really private.

10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
I'm always suffering from illness or injury...LoL

11.What was the best thing you bought?
The HP mini netbook for Sebastian to use in his digital design class.

12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mark. He was dealt a wicked blow but came through it really well.

13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Keeping this private as well.

14.Where did most of your money go?
Bills, doctors, medicine. As usual.

15.What events did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to New York and meeting my bo-siblings. It has been a life changing experience for me.

16.What song will always remind you of 2009?
I have no idea. I don't listen to the radio, so no clue what songs of 2009 were the big hits.

17.Compared to this time last year, are you:
i.happier or sadder? Happier.
ii.thinner or fatter? Thinner
iii.richer or poorer? Definitely poorer. hahaha

18.What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sleep more and more work.

19.What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being stressed out.

20.How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it at home with the teens.

21.Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
I hate talking on the phone, but I would say my sister Jo, and then various friends.

22.Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope.

23. How many one-night stands?
None.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Fringe and True Blood.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, not really.

26. What was the best book you read?
No clue. I read so many books that I can't remember which ones were good and which ones were not.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery or rediscovery?
Nothing.

28. What did you want and get?
I got my broken tooth fixed after 14 long years of looking like a redneck bottle opener. hahaha!

29. What did you want and not get?
Nothing.

30. What were your favorite films of this year?
The Midnight Meat Train and Avatar. Avatar was freaking spectacular!! The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

31.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 39 and had cake with the teens.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If the spine fusion surgery to correct my head placement had been able to be done.
It's hard living like this, but the risk of death was far too great, so we canceled the surgery.
Being fixed would have made my year much better.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Black, black, and more black....hahahahaha

34. What kept you sane?
All of the music on my mp3 player.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most/least?
No one really. But I still totally love Keanu.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The health care issue. I'm still very worried how it's all going to turn out. Also, the bank and big company's bailout. Freaking bastards.

37. Whom did you miss?
My parents, my best friend Shell, and I really miss my new-found bio-siblings, especially my sister Joanne. Only getting to spend 1 hour with them was simply not enough. We live so far apart, but at least we have the internet to stay in touch.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't really meet anyone super new to me, but getting to meet my bio-sister Joanne again after knowing her back in high school, was really pretty freaking awesome.
I think about the moment that Meredith Vieira asked Joanne about another lost sibling, and when she said my name, Claire Marie, I get all teary eyed. That moment will be in my head for the rest of my life. Hearing her say my name changed my life forever.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Take every minute of every day to enjoy your life, love those around you, and tell the ones you love, that you love them. Life is too short to not spread the love around.

40. Do you have any lost feelings of others.
I do, but I don't want to talk about them.

41.Quote a song that sums up your year:
The Pot by TOOL.
"Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eye balls deep in muddy waters
Fuckin hypocrite"

I have some serious pent up anger issues with people who act like they do no wrong yet they have no problem pointing their dirty fingers around me. LoL