I got a little sidetracked with my crush, I think, in the last couple of posts and now I want to take a little time to actually use New Year’s for what I say it’s for… reflecting, regrouping and creating the coming year. It’s like a do-over. I just love that!
One thing I love about Helen’s blog is that it connects me to other great blogs. This is an expanded version of something I found just clicking around…
THINGS I LEARNED IN 2005
How to buy and sell houses without a real estate agent
How to move to a foreign country
How to drive a stick shift car
How to break up with a guy and not feel guilty
I *love* stinky French cheeses
A lot of new Italian words
That life can begin and be sweet again and again
THINGS I’M PROUD OF FROM 2005
Building community here at the College here
Teaching so very well at the University of Idaho
The article I wrote for the Univ. of ID alumni magazine
Staying in touch with Zach, keeping the lines of communication open
That I created this new life trajectory so quickly, so clearly
Just staying afloat these first few months here
TEN THINGS I’M GRATEFUL FOR FROM 2005
Good food
Great health
So many wonderful friends
My Mom and Dad
An outrageous amount of travel
Blogging… Helen, Mema, Andrew, Beth, Katia, the three mamas (community of bloggers)
The great new apartment I live in
Getting to see Mema and Stacy when I drove across the U.S.
Having the time to drive across the U.S. like this
Mufasa
THINGS FROM 2005 SO GREAT I’LL NEVER GET OVER THEM (I’ll never be the same)
The two New Year’s Eves that bookended the year
My time and job in Idaho — I needed it for my health, sanity, clarity and growth
That night at the night club Rise in Denver with Beth and Joe
Hot air ballooning to say goodbye to Boulder
Making money on a real estate investment — and reinvesting some of it
It is so beautiful here… all the moments I think, “I can’t believe I live here!”
All of Mom’s help
THINGS I’M CREATING FOR 2006
Home
Love
Adventures here: the Olympics, parasailing, etc.
Staying in touch with friends: seeing Beth in February, Extreme Measures in June, Lori in May…. who knows after that!
MONDO BEYONDO
This is called LOVE FULFILLED. I can have family again. I can have it all… and it can look like this.
