The end-of-the-year survey tradition continues for an eleventh year (!!!)
1) What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before?
Was a guest host on a podcast. Took a group of High School girls to San Francisco. Dyed my hair blue. Attended a silent disco. Met Melissa Joan Hart. Bought a spur-of-the-moment flight. Went to Tokyo! Held an owl. Saw Paul Simon in concert. Took a road trip with my Grandpa and cousins. Joined (and subsequently quit) a dating app. Went on several memorable first dates. Went on a hike to see some redwood trees. Fed an ostrich. Saw Adele in concert. Spent a weekend in Nashville. Saw a symphony performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Spent a weekend in South Carolina with my mama. Visited Australia! Snorkeled. Hiked in the rain forest. Saw a Shakespeare play at the Sydney Opera House. Saw Stevie Wonder in concert!
2) Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more next year?
I did not make any resolutions, but I think I may make one or two this year.
3) Did anyone close to you give birth?
Emily had sweet baby Cohen.
4) Did anyone close to you die?
Two kids from Precious Kids Center--and the mother of two of the children.
5) What countries did you visit?
This was a landmark year for trips: Japan, Kenya, and Australia!
6) What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016?
A bicycle. And a smaller waistline.
7) What date(s) from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 20--we bought our tickets to Tokyo. September 21-23--I ran an event for 100 youth pastors from around the country.
8) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
9) Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope!
Nope!
10) What was the best thing you bought?
Our spur-of-the-moment tickets to Tokyo. And Nashville.
12) Where did most of your money go?
Toward flights--and paying down debt.
13) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Traveling!
Traveling!
14) What song/album will always remind you of 2016?
My Paul Simon playlist--negotiations and love songs.
My Paul Simon playlist--negotiations and love songs.
15) Compared to this time last year, are you:
Wiser? Yes Healthier? Yes Richer? Yes.
16) What do you wish you'd done more of?
Dancing. Reading.
Dancing. Reading.
17) What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying.
18) How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas Eve at Mariners MV (where I received 'the signal' for the very first time while wearing my West Wing Weekly sweatshirt). Christmas Day at Papa's and then with my dad and brother. The day after Christmas was the giant DiLallo party this year...and it was great.
19) Did you fall in love in 2016?
Nope.
20) What was your favorite new TV program?
The Path. Stranger Things.
21) What was the best book you read?
The Nightingale.
22) What was your greatest musical discovery?
Paul Simon.
23) What did you want and get?
The prize from the Office Election (and, then a trip to Australia!) Tickets to see Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and Agnes Obel.
The prize from the Office Election (and, then a trip to Australia!) Tickets to see Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and Agnes Obel.
24) What did you want and not get?
A trip to China. But, with all of the other travel this year, it's really no big loss.
25) What was your favorite film of this year?
Ooh, that's a tough question. Maybe La La Land?
Ooh, that's a tough question. Maybe La La Land?
26) What did you do on your birthday, and how old did you turn?
On my 34th birthday, Emily, Cathi and I spent the night at the Montage Laguna Beach. We ate room service and talked. The next day we had breakfast burritos, saw a taping of James Corden and ate delicious sushi and ice cream.
27) Which celebrity/public figure did you like the most?
Josh Malina. Aaron Sorkin.
28) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016?
Somehow stumbled back into jeans.
Somehow stumbled back into jeans.
29) What kept you sane?
The West Wing Weekly podcast.
30) Who did you miss?
The Precious Kids Center kids.
31) What valuable life lesson did you learn in 2016?
I learned so much about managing money and time.
31) What valuable life lesson did you learn in 2016?
I learned so much about managing money and time.
32) What did you gain this year?
A stronger sense of who I am--how my brain works, what I'm good at, the value I bring to a team. A love for exercise.
A stronger sense of who I am--how my brain works, what I'm good at, the value I bring to a team. A love for exercise.
33) What did you lose this year?
A bit of weight.
34) Who was the best new person you met?
Hard to choose just one! This year brought a new job, a new home, and a new church...and with them, a new book club, a new small group, a new youth ministry...I met so many new, incredible people.
Hard to choose just one! This year brought a new job, a new home, and a new church...and with them, a new book club, a new small group, a new youth ministry...I met so many new, incredible people.
35) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
There's such a lot of world to see.
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