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A Year in Review
One of my favorite blogs, The Art of Non-Conformity, is written by a guy who lives in Portland, Oregon. He's a world traveler, author, changer of attitudes, and I'll bet just a really swell human being. He does an annual review of his year on his blog using the following questions:
What went well in 2011?
What did not go well in 2011?
I thought about 2011 today and quite frankly I couldn't come up with anything that did not go well. Really. It was a banner year for me. I hope it's okay to say that. Do you think I should knock on wood right now? Is it bad karma to talk about how great your life is? I don't think so. I hope it isn't. Is it?
It started with a one-week fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants trip to Phoenix in February. We had been tossing around the notion that maybe we should get in on some really dirt-cheap housing prices there and so drove through the worst snow storm in Nevada, with only street tires, to get there. About 3 hours into driving around Phoenix, we looked at each other and said, "what are we thinking???" We cannot leave the green trees for a concrete jungle. That's how it is with us. We just knew. But we had to get it out of our system. No bueno. Phoenix.
The first week of May, I said adios to the law firm where I was working in exchange for the perfect summer. And, it was ... a perfect summer. We headed to Flagstaff the 2nd week in May for my son and his wife's graduation via The Arches National Park in Utah. Arches is quite possibly the most awesome place I've ever visited.
Our summer was non-stop fun, travel, picnics, hiking, camping, motorcycling, and anything else we could squeeze in between. It was so busy that I was ready to go back to work in September. I found a great temporary job and we've enjoyed two great trips to the beach since I started working again.
I've said it before .... I feel like I'm hanging on to a runaway train in my life. And, it's fun! I can't think of one thing that did not go well this year. Perhaps that's the Pollyanna in me.
I look forward to 2012. How about you?
love, susan
we had a eventful 2011 also wouldnt change a thing unless I could find jobs for all the people out of work, we had two grandsons marry beautiful young women boys married sisters they have great familys that dearly loe the boys so happy for them, they have a grandma that also comes to AZ who is really sweet fun to be around lady, now we are expecting a grandchild in april great grandchild which will be grandma Mazzie,s first great but Im old pro about that as this will make our 6th great. so this year was a lot of things to look forward and 2012 the new one will add lots of joy.
ReplyDeleteAh Evie ... it doesn't get better than this!! Sure miss you guys!
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