Year in Review - 2007

No, we aren’t going to talk about Presidential politics, Pakistani assassinations, mine tragedies, mall tragedies, bridge tragedies, or tiger attacks. But more importantly we are going to talk about Princess Heather’s year in review, because I am Princess Heather and it’s my Blog. So, let's journey together through Princess Heather's 2007 shall we?

Embarrassing things that I have DVR’d or watched on Pay-per-View:
High School Musical 2
Singles 2nd Ward

Places I have visited:
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
North Carolina
Utah
California
Las Vegas

Menacing prostitutes who threatened to throw me in an Amsterdam canal: 1

Canceled Flights: 2

Hours in the air: 100

Hours in airports: 48

Concerts Attended:
Snow Patrol
Silver Spun Pickups
Josh Groban
Celtic Women
OK Go
Damien Rice

Theater Attended:
Nutcracker
Spamalot
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sweeney Todd

Movies Seen: 82
Movies seen for free: 16
Beware! Venting about to take place - Let’s break this one down a little because I have heard your rumblings about this hobby of mine and it has not gone unnoticed. 82 films at an average of 2 hours per film is 164 hours. 164 hours of film is 9840 minutes of viewing pleasure. At 525,600 minutes a year (thank you 'Rent'), 9840 minutes is less than 2 percent of my total time during a year. Not bad if you think about it, and far less time spent at a hobby than most people spend at their hobbies. Now let’s talk money. I see most films at matinee price, and as you can see I see several for free. So to be fair let’s average the price of a matinee and a full price ticket and say that each movie I see costs $7. So if I saw 66 (82 minus the 16 I saw for free) movies last year at $7 a piece I spent $462 dollars total. Also, not bad, considering some people’s hobbies costs into the thousands, right? Why I know of a person who spent at least this much money to buy an item for a vehicle that they never drive. What’s that you say? What about treats? Well I don’t buy treats at the movie all that often, so it’s a non issue. I say in the spirit of camaraderie and world peace, let’s all get off my back about my movie watching hobby. I think it’s obvious that it’s not the only thing I do with my time as evidenced by the other activities listed in this Blog, so can’t we all just get along and you worry about what you do with your time and let me worry about mine?

Festivals Attended: 6

Sporting Events Attended: 3

Cadavers Viewed: 21 whole-body specimens and more than 260 organs and partial body specimens.

News Years Resolutions Broken: 5

New Years Resolutions Kept: 1

Books Read: 15 (I have to change this to 21, because I forgot that I re-read all of the Harry Potter books this year.)

Primary Children who threw up on me: 1

Number of times I was told by a Primary child that I was the meanest teacher ever: 6 maybe 7 times (from the same 2 children each time – you know who you are you little scamps)

Pets Lost: 1

Job Interviews: 3

Job Changes: 1

Museums Visited: 9

Aquariums Visited: 1

Zoo Trips: 2

Current Events Club Meetings Attended: 2

Friends who came a calling: 3 (Thank you for visiting - Alethea and Jeff, Matt)

Friends who text messaged and caused a ruckus: 1 (long story not suitable for mixed company)

Family Visits to Utah: 6 (Thank you for visiting - Dad and Peggy, Grandma Alison, Mary Ann, John, and Uncle Byron)

Family Visits to California: 1 (Thank you for visiting - me)

Weddings Attended: 1

In 2008 I resolve to read more and watch TV less. Exercise more and sit on me bum less. See more film. Continue to magnify my calling. Write more letters to people I love. Spend less time worrying about what people think. Spend more time worrying about what Heavenly Father thinks. Spend less time worrying about making sure people at work are all happy, and more time getting crap done. Give more of my money and time to worthy causes. Spend less time being angry about things beyond my control. Be more organized. Save more. Have integrity. Be positive. And most importantly I resolve to continue being awesome.