Fabulous Adventures of Listgirl

Listgirl's 2005 Accomplishments:

• Published online article about growing up a pastor's kid.
• Jumped from an airplane at 13,000 feet over Paris, California.
• Landing safely from skydiving.
• Took care of husband while he was bedridden for 2.5 months.
• Learned to cook, even some of Mom's recipes.
• Re-balanced 401k portfolios.
• Came up with solid retirement plan.
• Took on additional responsibilities at work.
• Enjoyed Buckeye football, Charger football, Padres baseball.
• Saw family lots (2 visits from sister's family, 2 visits from in-laws, one visit to OH, etc.)
• Appeared in 2 episodes of the UPN drama "Veronica Mars".
• Volunteered for the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
• Recovered from Pepe's death.
• Found Petey in Humane Society's calendar.
• Found inner peace. No longer cared what others think.
• Got more gray hairs.
• Hung out with girlfriends more.
• Lots of new shoes.
• Went to MLB Spring Training in Phoenix.
• Tried to exercise more and eat healthier.
• Overcame many friends leaving at work.
• Overcame boss changes at work.
• Made couple new friends at work.
• Took up knitting and knitted lots of projects.
• Endured husband's rock band practicing at our house.
• Went to Sea World many times to see sea otter "tube time".
• Ate lots of great food, and discovered several new restaurants, including Chile Peppers.
• Had smashing party to celebrate husband's recovery from illness, and being a gentleman of leisure (jobless).
• Squeezed into size 2 pants, then squeezed back out into size 4.
• Took drawing class at UCSD.
• Took Ashtanga yoga.
• Planned good surprise Christmas event for husband and best friends.
• Going to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
• Practiced patience and kindness.
• Gave money to charity on my birthday.
• Enjoyed brief uplift in spiritual life.
• Learned lessons about the most important things in life: God, health, family, friends.
• Enjoyed summer solstice day off with husband.
• Went boogie boarding on several occasions during the summer. Porkyland afterwards!
• Learned to finally pee in the ocean.
• Learned how much I love my husband and what a great guy he is.