2010-12-29 Wednesday

I drove to Longville, MN today to attend my Sister-in-Law’s Mother’s funeral. I’m very glad I went! I thought I was a bit lost, so decided to stop for fuel and get my bearings, perhaps even ask for directions. As I’m opening the fuel door, a guy jumps out of his truck and hollers; “STOP! STOP! STOP!”. He was excited because I was putting diesel fuel in my car. I thanked him for his concern and explained that it was diesel fuel that I did indeed need. Note to family: Please don’t have the funeral director carry my ashes out of the church. That’s a job for someone who loves me! I don’t care if it’s proper or not, it’s my funeral and that’s how I want it. I now have >1100 miles on my BMW X5 xDrive 35d. I like the car and have no regrets about having purchased it. FWIW: I’m currently getting 25 mpg. I had Gracie on the treadmill tonight!!

December 28 – Achieve

What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today. I am intrigued by horses. Cows and donkeys too, for that matter. In an effort to spend some time getting to know horses, without spending any money, I’m going to volunteer with We Can Ride. My training starts in early January. I hope to achieve a year of service with this organization.

Annual WrapUp – 2010

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Skydive.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No, I did not. Ever the optimist, I’ll give it another try in 2011.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
5. What places did you visit?
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
9. What was your biggest failure?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Pneumonia/Pleurisy.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
14. Where did most of your money go?
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
20. How did you spend Christmas last year?
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
22. What was your favorite TV program?
23. What did you do for your birthday in 2010?
24. What was the best book you read?
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
26. What did you want and get?
27. What did you want and not get?
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
29. Did you make some new friends this year?
30.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
32. What kept you sane?
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
35. Who did you miss?
36. Who was the best new person you met? Every new person I met was the best new person.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.