Survey of the year 2010

December 28, 2010

Survey of the year 2010

So as is now traditional, i'm using the last few days of the year to look back and reflect on the year just finishing and also to look forward and plan and hope for the year just about to begin. Starting today by answering my usual questions about the year just finishing up:


1. What did you do this year that you've never done before?


Carried and gave birth to twins! Breastfed twins! Life-modelled naked in front of a room full of strangers! Had my bewbies massaged by a man (other than Sir)! Lots of firsts for me this year.


2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


As always, another post coming up about this soon, but the short answer is no i didn't manage to keep them all and no i won't be making more for next year. More to follow.....


3. Did anyone close to you give birth this year?


i did! And it all went as well as i could have hoped for, considering i was giving birth to twins and had extra complications because of William's problems.


4. Did anyone close to you die?


my rabbit Muffin did, and i was very sad about it.


5. What countries did you visit this year?


none - i was pregnant for most of the year, then we had 2 new babies to look after. Maybe in a couple of years' time we can go away on holiday again?


6. What would you like to have in the next year that you lacked this year?


a seizure-free William (or as close to that as we can get), because the doctors have told us that all these seizures are giving him virtually no chance to learn or develop, so i'm really hoping that we can get his seizures under a lot more control next year.

7. What date from this year will remain etched upon your memory and why?


15th August, the day my boys finally arrived!


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?


giving birth to twins naturally (no epidural, only a bit of gas and air), even after all my worries that something would go wrong.


9. Did you suffer illness or injury?


not that i can remember, i think i've been quite healthy this year.


10. What did you get really, really, really excited about this year?


meeting my twin boys for the first time, also having 3 children for Christmas! (Which, btw, was even better than i hoped it would be).


11. What song will always remind you of this year?


difficult to think of one song in particular, though whenever i hear any of the songs from the Baby Einstein CD it will remind me of massaging and playing with my baby boys this year. William in particular is very into music, so we use it a lot with him.

12. Compared to this time last year are you:- happier or sadder? :- richer or poorer? :- thinner or fatter?


hmmmm happier and sadder because my beautiful boys are here, but this time last year we didn't know anything was wrong with William and it's hard not to be sad because of that, neither richer nor poorer financially though we are about to remortgage the house to get some extra money for all the things William will need so that's going to change soon, and probably about the same weight wise.

13. What do you wish you'd done more of?


trips out with the kids, making memories with them, though it's been hard with William's seizures and getting used to breastfeeding 2 babies in public, but i hope we can do more of that next year.


14. What do you wish you'd done less of?


lay awake worrying about William, but i guess there's no way to help that.

15. Did you fall in love this year?


with my gorgeous twin boys :)

16. What was your favourite TV program for the year?


didn't watch much TV as usual, but i did enjoy the final series of Big Brother, and the last season of Lost on DVD.

17. What was the best book you read this year?


can't remember having enough time to read a book, but i've downloaded some onto my new ipad and intend to read those this year.


18. What was your favourite film of the year?


i enjoyed the latest Harry Potter film and am hoping to see the new Narnia and the new Fockers films (prolly on DVD).

19. Who was the best new person you met this year?


Eloise, though i haven't been able to spend as much time with her as i would have liked. Maybe next year?.....

20. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned for this year?

 i am stronger than i think i am, and i am also a better mother than i (sometimes) give myself credit for - though on my bad days it is hard to remember this.
 
 
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