A Bubbler is a specific model of drinking fountain made by Kohler. Unless you happen to be drinking from an actual Bubbler, it’s a drinking fountain. (Water fountain is a stupid name. Water fountains are for decoration in city squares and whatnot.)

Otherwise, I agree with your list – except for sexting. I hate that term, mostly because it’s used by a lot of conservative Christian groups as a major cause for concern. “ARE YOUR CHILDREN SEXTING?!” You know, if they were just “sexting” and not having actual sex, I totally support it.

New answer: a blackberry

Five things that 2009 taught me:: (1) God is good (2) Family is good (3) Hope & change are apparently not what everyone thought they were (4) Eating out is expensive (5) Time moves way too fast

Five personally significant events of 2009:: (1) Started grad school (2) My sister got married (3) My grandpa nearly died and made a miraculous recovery (4) My brother went off to war (5) Worst baby fever ever
Five things I want to do in 2010:: (1) Excerise more to be in better shape/eat healthier (2) Get a raise (or a new job) (3) Finish our attic room and do more improvements on the house (4) Go to church more (5) Start charting ;)
Five things I don’t want to do in 2010:: (1) Get pregnant (2) Give birth (3) Be unemployed (4) Acquire more debt (5) Gain weight
Five things I love beyond all reason currently:: (1) My husband (2) God (3) My family (4) Pregnancy websites & books (5) My Eee PC
Five things I don’t like with good reason currently:: (1) Cold weather (2) Our president (3) Lack of closet space in our temporary bedroom (4) Gov. Doyle (5) My stress level

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Was a maid of honor
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I did – I lost the weight I gained in Arkansas (finally). My new plan is to get in better shape and eat better.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No
4. Did anyone close to you die? No, thank God
5. Travel? Went to Arkansas twice (oh joy)
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? A little more savings and spending money
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Can’t think of one
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Returning to school
9. What was your biggest failure? My relationship with God
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Swine flu!
11. What was the best thing you bought? Several awesome gifts for Grant and my parents (birthdays and Christmas)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My youngest brother – he’s grown up a lot.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Appalled? a few people from my past. Depressed? Some family members on occasion.
14. Where did most of your money go? House (mortgage and home improvements)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? BABIES
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009? Anything by Lady GaGa – you decide if that’s a good or bad thing ;)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier – started on depression meds finally and it has worked wonders
ii. thinner or fatter? Thinner
iii. richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Exercise
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Stressing out
20. How will you be spending New Years? Spent it with my family – my MIL and SIL were visiting
21. Did you fall in love in 2009? Fell in love in 2006 and have been ever since :)
22. What was the best book you read? Re-read Chronicles of Narnia
23. What was your greatest musical discovery? My Christmas station on Pandora was awesome
24. What did you want and get? PREGNANT
25. What did you want and not get? PREGNANT
26. What was your favorite film of this year? Sherlock Holmes (okay I guess I technically saw it on Jan 1st). Avatar was a very close second.
27. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 25 and I spent it with my family.
28. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Growing closer to God again.
29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Cheapo chic.
30. What kept you sane? Grant, my family, my friends, and baby websites/books.
31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Chris Pine (Star Trek!)
32. What political issue stirred you the most? Obama’s policies and administration
33. Who did you miss? My grandpa on my dad’s side and grandma on my mom’s
34. Who was the best new person you met? Met a few people this year but no one I became really close to.
35. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: uhm. Can’t think of any right now.

I don’t understand that mentality. If you feel you’re giving up part of you that you like, why on earth are you getting married to this person? I always hear so many comments from people about how life ends as soon as you say “I do.” If that’s the way you feel, you’re with the wrong person.

My life only improved after I got married. Yeah, things were really hard for us at first financially but we had each other to lean on through it and now things are vastly improved in that department. I don’t feel like I lost part of my identity, or that my life was over – far from it.

RE: Settling – way too many people do that these days. I think largely due to the fact that no one takes marriage seriously anymore. Few people view it as the lifelong commitment that it is. I’ve heard so many people lately comment on how marriage has no meaning, what’s the point, etc etc. I think with all this discussion of gay marriage, people have been criticizing the concept of marriage even further. And it’s hard to blame them – when something like 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce these days, why SHOULD people take it seriously? It’s just sad.

Anyway, I’m done rambling.