Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2014 Questions

The end-of-the-year survey tradition continues for a ninth year (!!!)
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1) What did you do in 2014 that you'd never done before?
Go on vacation with a houseful of strangers. Dye my hair platinum. Run an entire Easter service: choir, horns, video shoot, rehearsal, etc. Whole 30. Drive across the country on a whim. Arrange a Friday Night Lights tour in Austin. Climb a tree. (And, subsequently, rope swing from a tree and jump from a platform at the top of a tree in to a river.) Wake surf. Lead worship for 400 kids at a Vacation Bible School: hand motions and all. Lose a grandparent. Spend a weekend alone in a fancy hotel. Program (and then reprogram) an entire Christmas service. Meet Kirk Cameron and Bob Goff (!!!) Paint my nails once a week for an entire year (you know, the super important stuff) Have a picnic and watch planes land. Play the slots in Vegas. Play on a tree swing. Celebrate five years at Mariners. Bake cookies for each of our neighbors. 

2) Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more next year? 
My New Year's resolution was to go to a balloon festival...and, though we had planned to go to Albuquerque, jobs got in the way and we missed the festival. I will make some more for 2015...and try to catch the Balloon Fiesta this year to make up for missing it in 2014.

3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes! Candice, Alicia, Ryanne, Katie...lots of babies this year!

4) Did anyone close to you die?
We lost my grandma (Bum) this year.

5) What countries did you visit?
None in 2014. Several to come in 2015!

6) What would you like to have in 2015 that you lacked in 2014?
A rapidly filling passport

7) What date(s) from 2014 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 5th: when I got my new role as the Ocean Hills Worship Leader. May 30th: when we packed up for a weekend in Pasadena and ended up in Oklahoma. September 21st: when my Grandma died.

8) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Learning to be more of who I was created to be and less what I have been told I am or should be.

9) Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope! 

10) What was the best thing you bought?
My overalls(?)

11) Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friend, Andy, who worked with me every week to make the music run smoothly and was super fun, and encouraging along the way.

12) Where did most of your money go?
Rent. Gas. Coffee.

13) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
14) What song/album will always remind you of 2014?
Step in the Name of Love by R.Kelly, Joni Mitchell {specifically 'California' and 'Case of You'}, Bob Dylan "Boots of Spanish Leather"

15) Compared to this time last year, are you:
Wiser? Yes. Healthier? Yes. Richer? Probably not.

16) What do you wish you'd done more of?
Read

17) What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worry

18) How did you spend Christmas?
I ran my first (pair of) Christmas services and led worship at them with Trevor and Dom. We had dinner and opened presents at my mom's on Christmas Eve and a huge breakfast and Jeopardy contest at Papa's on Christmas Day!

19) Did you fall in love in 2014?
Not so much

20) What was your favorite new TV program?
West Wing(!!!)

21) What was the best book you read?
This is Where I Leave You

22) What was your greatest musical discovery?
St Vincent. Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

23) What did you want and get?
A beautiful ceramic flamingo

24) What did you want and not get?
A trip to Kenya

25) What was your favorite film of this year?
The Veronica Mars Movie (duh)

26) What did you do on your birthday, and how old did you turn?
I turned 32. My friends pulled off a few surprises for me, including meeting Bob Goff and an outdoor screening of Jurassic Park (with chocolate covered ice cream cones!) On my actual birthday I had dinner with my dad and brother and my friend Emily and finished the night with Sega Genocide!

27) Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
I still really love Kristen Bell. (I think she's my answer every year)

28) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2014?
White hair. Overalls. And lipstick.

29) What kept you sane?
Netflix.

30) Who did you miss?
My Kenya friends. Katie Hunt. Ryanne Witt.

31) What valuable life lesson did you learn in 2014?
Being exactly who Jesus created me to be is the best way to live

32) What did you gain this year?
Half a closet of clothing back

33) What did you lose this year?
20 pounds(!!)

34) Who was the best new person you met?
Oh gosh--so many new friends this year! Taylor: my adventure pal. Jolene: my "new" roommate. Jason: my ice cream tour guide.

35) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Like the petals in our pockets, may we remember who we are / unconditionally cared for by those who share our broken hearts. {Snow by Sleeping at Last}

Monday, December 29, 2014

2014 in Photos

::: JANUARY :::
New Year's Eve // Big Bear Trip



::: FEBRUARY :::
Joined the team at Mariners Ocean Hills


::: MARCH :::
Academy Awards // Veronica Mars Movie // Kirk Cameron



::: APRIL :::
Easter! // Last photo of me and all four grandparents


::: MAY :::
Vegas Weekend // Color Run // Long Beach Aquarium // HSM IHOP trip





::: JUNE :::
spontaneous trip to Oklahoma // 74th birthdays // Friday Night Lights tours
 




::: JULY :::
Grandparents // Tree Swings // VBS // lots of swimming



 

 


::: AUGUST :::
HSM Camp // Dom + Ana's Wedding // Vespa Action




::: SEPTEMBER :::
my people // my small group // saying goodbye to Bum // Monday fun




::: OCTOBER :::
reading books // new haircuts // Bob Goff // 32nd birthdays // 
llamas(!) // Bjork // Allison costume









::: NOVEMBER :::
Montage Beverly Hills // Thanksgiving



::: DECEMBER :::
Christmas Trees // Christmas Services // Christmas Eves





::: previous years in photos :::