Happy New Year!

Here is a little summary of my 2008.

1. What did you do for the very first time in 2008?
I showed Ulf Paris, and luckely he loved it as much as I. I went to California. I became an aunt. I resigned without having a new job.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolution and do you plan to make new ones?
No, did not keep it. Plan was to finish wine course book by end of 2008. I am still on chapter 1 out of 12. Plan to just transfer the 2008 resolution to 2009 and hopefully do a bit better next year.

3. Did anyone close to you have children?
Yes, my dear brother!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. Which countries did you visit in 2008?
Great Britan (London, twice), France (Paris, twice), Sweden multiple times, USA(twice, California and New York)


6. What do you wish for 2009 that you have been missing?
More then 5 weeks of vacation.


7. Which dates in 2008 will you never forget, and why?
None since Im really bad with remembering dates.

8. What is your major achivement of 2008?
Resigned just before financial crisis and manage to nail a better job with better pay within 6 weeks.

9. What was you biggest dissapointment?
The stockmarket.

10. Have you been sick or hurt?
No

11. What was your best purchase?
My travels and Karo Bio (a swedish stock)

12. Who deserves credit for their behavavior?
My dear brother and his girlfriend for being fantastic parents to Isak

13. Who has behaved in a way that makes you sad/angry?
Can't think of anyone. Think I surrounded by pretty great people in general.

14. What did the major part of your money go to?
Besides the normal like taxes and morgage, did put a lot of them in stocks and travels.

15. What made you very happy and excited?
Becoming aunt and booking travels (California, New York, Egypt)

16. Which song will remind you of 2008?
American boy - Estelle feat. Kanye West


17. Compared to this time last year, you are...

a. Happier or more sad? happier
b. Skinnier or fatter? same same
c. Richer or poorer? richer

18. What do you wish you had done more of?
Travelling

19. What do you wish you had done less of?
Worrying, critisazing myself and others.

20. Where will you celebrate Xmas?
With the family at Bergholm

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Kept in love

22. How many one-night-stands did you have?
0

23. What was your favourite TV show?
Dexter

24. Do you hate something you did not hate this time last year?
Can't think of anything

25. Which book is the best one you read 2008?
Hard to choose one, but think I have to say Twilight, even though I know it is patethic.

26. Which was the best musical discovery of 2008?
Too hard questions! Can't think of anything! Maybe Kimya Dawson through the Juno soundtrack.

27. What did you wish for - and got?
My new job

28. What did you wish for and did not get?
Can't think of anything. Feel pretty fortunate in general.


29. What was the best movie of 2008?
The wackness and Juno.

30. What did you do on your birthday?
Had a lovely dinner at parents place.

31. Which thing or person made the year much more fulfilling?
Ulf

32. What defined your style?
An increased amount of colourful V-neck sweaters and polo-shirts with little horses on them

33. What have kept you in a mental balance?
Travelling, Ulf and books.

34. Which celebirty did you like the most?
Obama

35. What in the politics has annoyed you most?
I find Lars Ohly very annoying in general, since he talks so much crap.

36. Who did you miss?
All the friends and family I don't see as much as I want to.

37. Who was the best new person who entered your life?
My god son Isak

38. Tell one important lesson of life that you have learned in 2008?
It all works out in the end.


From both of us to all of you, Happy New Year! We are having a grand time over here in the big apple, and hope you also have some grand New Year's celebrations!

See you in the new year!