2009 Hurricanes

1) DRINKING BUDDY OF THE YEAR
Griff! (really he is Billy's, but he is still the best drinking buddy)

2) LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD (longest friend)
Spence

3) NEWCOMER AWARD - MOST AMAZING NEW ADDITION IN MY LIFE
GOOSE!!!

3) HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR
seeing Paris for the first time

4) LOW POINT OF THE YEAR
sadly probably Christmas night

5) BEST HOLIDAY
Easter was really nice

6) SONGS FOR 2009
Defying Gravity - Glee Cast
Best I Ever had - Drake
Heads will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Tracks of my Tears - Adam Lambert
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
Bad Romance, Speechless - Lady Gaga

7) MOVIES FOR 2009
I will most likely remember Up in the Air... oh but I forgot Inglorious Bastards...definitely Inglorious

Also noted: Up, I Love You, Man, 500 Days of Summer, Star Trek, Avatar
Could be on the list, but I haven't seen yet: Informant, Precious, Invictus, Where the Wild Things Are, The Messenger, The Road, Invictus, An Education, The Hurt Locker

8) VALENTINE of 2009
Obvious, but we did do a scavenger hunt to the ABC store, adult boutique, gas station, and pool which was sweet

9) BEST RELATIONSHIP of 2009
With the majority of the year in Lynchburg, Billz and I's relationship blossomed.

10) BEST FLING of 2009
x-nay on the fling-ay. Unless you count a fling as Billz and me randomly going to Cocoa Beach, Orlando, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Shenandoah, Carolina Hemlocks, Nashville.

11) HALLOWEEN COSTUME of 2009
Me: Tiffany Lemmons; Billz: lumberjack with all the tools

12) RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
Nikkos or Yoshis

13) BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Road and Eclipse

14) BEST DECISION MADE THIS YEAR
Return to Char-town / Paris 2011

15) PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Continue my MBA, go skiing, go see John Mayer and Wicked, go to Mexico City and see Coldplay, go west to Vegas Bryce Mt. Zion Grand Canyon, run 1/2 marathon, go flat hunting in Paris, make a difference at work in my involvements

16) MOST STUPID IDEA WHEN DRUNK in 2009
Ahh... um, make a poster that says "OT makes babies" and give out pregnancy tea

17) TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Dexter without a doubt

18) MOST LOYAL FRIEND of 2009
Tiff (and Griff to Billz)

19) BIGGEST CHANGE OF 2009
Getting out of Lynchburg and adding Goose to the fam

20) BIGGEST DOUCHEBAG AWARD
Pretty much anyone whose favorite movie is The Hangover

21) NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
Be the epitome of Loyalty; run a 1/2, be aware of opportunites to exceed expectations at work and act on it, find new and different ways to show Billz my love

22) MOST HUMOROUS EVENT OF 2009
Impossible to pick one. Billz is absolutely hilarious.

23) BIGGEST PURCHASE OF 2009
Actually did a decent job sticking to budget and I had no big purchases planned; thus the biggest purchases were concert tickets (Elton & Billy, Dave Matthews, Tori AMos)

24) DA MISS YA AWARD
Jerry Harley and Leanne Bock

25) THE COACH K AWARD FOR BIGGEST INFLUENCE/ROLE MODEL IN 2009
the Voyager Program (does that count?)

26) THE MAGGIE AUSTIN GENIUS AWARD MOMENT
when I was speaking with some of my French colleagues and I accidentally started talking with a French accent

27) GREATEST GIFT OF 2009
Necklace from Mom... I <3 my camera and mermaid tooooooooo

28) CW AUSTIN AWARD FOR BIGGEST IMPACT
Sef