2025 Year in Review

  1. What did you do in 2025 that you'd never done before?

Went to Italy! Ate all the food and drank all the wine. It was the best. 

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

I did pretty well with my to do list, all things considered, and will continue this year. 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 

This year? I don't think so! 

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Again, this year... I don't think so? Thank goodness. 2024 was too much. 

5. What countries did you visit? 

Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Belgium, France. Pretty awesome passport year! 

6. What would you like to have in 2026 that you didn't have in 2025? 

Rest... and I mean productive rest. I actually need less scrolling on my phone and more truly devoting to rest. 

7. What dates from 2025 will be etched upon your memory, and why? 

Spring Break... going to Italy for the first time. It was such a neat experience and we had a fabulous trip. 

8. What was your biggest achievement of this year? 

Continuing to seek career clarity and getting closer all the time. I'm really excited for 2026. 

9. What was your biggest failure? 

Probably back to the scrolling, just wasting time where I could have been more productive. 

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? 

All of us? For getting through the world events shitshow that was 2025. 

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? 

Not wanting to discuss it but a certain person really disappointed me this year. It's been building for awhile but really came to light in 2025. 

14. Where did most your money go? 

Travel! As always... also a new backyard. 

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? 

Italy, my shopping experience at Gucci, feeling like that trip was planned pretty close to perfectly between all the excursions we did and cities we hit. 

16. What song will always remind you of 2025? 

probably anything from Life of a Showgirl

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

a) so much happier, time does help to heal wounds

b) way thinner

c) richer - we have done a really good job setting ourselves up for retirement

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

Being present with Owen and Adam - oof same goal as last year

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

Scrolling on my phone

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Totally lazy morning, watched football and got ready to tailgate in the afternoon.Watched a great football game and halftime show in the parking lot and then enjoyed the heck out of a surprisingly close Chiefs game. 

21. Did you fall in love in 2025? 

Ohh... Pilates was a great addition to my life. 

22. What was your favorite TV program? 

Dancing with the Stars!  

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? 

Hate is a strong word but I saw true colors of people that I really did not care for. Again... seeing true colors is a better way of putting it than hate. 

24. What was the best book you read? 

The memoir by Phil Knight that I read for Seller-Doer was excellent. 

25. What was your greatest musical discovery? 

I don't know that I discovered anything new or groundbreaking this year but I continued to love Taylor Swift, Kasey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Dua Lipa

26. What did you want and get? 

Everything? I'm spoiled.

27. What did you want and not get? 

New driveway and a generator but those are both coming when it's time. 

28. What was your favorite film of 2024? 

As usual, I don't watch many movies.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 

My birthday was a Friday, my dad, Josh and Lori were in town. We went shopping and ate lunch at a really awesome Italian deli and continued the theme with going to Farina for an excellent dinner. 

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? 

Good question... maybe less work frustration? 

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2025? 

continued Nuuly and lots of homeless athleisure. I did have to figure out how to wear workout clothes outside of the home again when I joined Pilates. 

32. What kept you sane? 

Pilates was a huge piece of this over 2025. I'm so glad I woke up one morning in July and knew I needed to do something new and just went for it. 

33. What political issue stirred you the most? 

FFS - too many things to count. Living in Trump's world sucks most of the time. 

34. Who did you miss? 

my mom - still stings for sure. 

35. Who was the best new person you met? 

probably the continued relationships built with our neighbors, not sure if anyone was new in 2025 but I love where we live and the community we have. 

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2025. 

Lots of things can be both/and or two competing things can both be true.