August 17, 2003

• 25 Things I’m most proud of accomplishing this past year Being proactive about my health Staying in Recovery for 18+ years Attending a weekly women’s circle and not running away Caring for 5 raggedy cats Being a consistently loving grandmother and mother Getting my first and only house painted for the first and only time after living here 9 years Continuing to hope for some enlightenment about life in spite of the odds Befriending my lonely 77-year-old neighbor Creating and maintaining my department’s web pages even though no one ever takes an interest Visit Writing up this list Creating a web site and forum for women in our 60′s Visit Continuing to care for the art of my aunt Marjorie (who died at 96 some years ago) Visit Making a nice visit for my grandson’s childhood friend when he came from Colorado in July Making my bed before I leave for work each day Planting two hawthorne trees on the strip beside my front sidewalk and helping Friends of Trees plant trees for several neighbors Putting a sign against the war in Iraq in my window Starting a TAG group for families in my area and arranging chess and cranium games each month Cleaning my birdbath regularly so it won’t grow West Nile Virus Recycling weekly Feeding squirrels and birds in my back yard Photographing and videotaping my family so we will have history Continuing to write poetry and an autobiography Being a reader still in the days of electronics Wishful thinking (whew!)

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