- Went sledding with 30 Girl Scouts.
- Gave up a volunteer position that was just too much…
- Put trellises on my square foot garden boxed
- Grew some tasty snap peas
- Made my first batches of green salsa – and it is GOOD!
- Helped put in the new fence around my back yard
- Made my own glass storage jars
- Made a bed skirt out of sheets
- Hid the cords by the TV
- Went on a road trip – just me and my mom
- Saw Niagara Falls
- Met my cousin in Vermont
- Drove on a toll road for the first time ever
- Went to my husband’s 20 year class reunion
- Saw one of my best friends – only happens every other year
- Made Scrabble tile & domino pendants
- Read hundreds of books (children’s)
- Read some grown-up books too
- Took a weight-lifting class for women
- Hung laundry out on the line
- Spray painted things
- Groomed the dog
- Took my vitamins
- Flossed my teeth (I’m not telling how often)
- Went to some garage sales
- Donated things we didn’t need anymore
- Cooked over a fire
- Walked across the Mississippi River
- Went on a picnic
- Created a few photo-books online
- Completed a couple of other scrapbooks
- Shoveled snow
- Painted my nails
- Celebrated my 16th wedding anniversary
- Enjoyed my 38th birthday
- Loved my family
- Read my Bible
- Counted my blessings
Looking at this small sampling of things I did in ’09, I notice that there are fun & exciting “firsts” as well as everyday things that get forgotten in the hustle & bustle. But isn’t that life?
2009 was a good year & I have every reason to believe 2010 will be just as good if not better!
Happy New Year!
