The Year in Review

As 2005 draws to a close it is time to recap the year.

So many things have happened this year and though all years past have their "big news stories" and milestones, I feel this year has been one where so many things of lasting importance have happened.....

-The world has witnessed some of the most destructive forces that "Mother Nature" has unleashed unto our planet in recent memory... with Katrina and the other hurricanes, the earthquakes, the flooding ect.....

-The only pope that I clearly remember as the head of the Catholic church passed away and we are now entering a new Era with a new "spiritual leader" of the world's largest religion....

-The "Ongoing War" on "Terrorism??" that doesnt seem to be lessening terrorism any (maybe I am wrong here...but I don't think so)....

-The President (Yes...Mr. George Bush) of the "Most Powerful Nation on Earth" trying to make himself into a "King" or worse yet a "dictator" and consistantly digging himself into more and more "holes"....oh when will it end??
(Someone should just "shoot him" and all the misery (his and ours) can come to an end).......

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(click on link above for some of the highlights of 2005)

And then there is little old me....what things have meant the most to me??

-My year of finding new friends (Hi Julie, Benny, Marlyn and more...)
and getting to visit with old friends (Hi Jasmine and Jason)
and being able to spend time with other friends that mean alot to me (they know who they are).

-Discovering "train travel" and being able to be lucky enough to see a good portion of our country this past year. The Coast of California, the Sierra Nevada's and views of the Rockies that I never got a chance to see when I lived out in Colorado(and becoming hooked on "Amtrak" and all things "train related).
(I am actually contemplating buying one of those model train sets for my apt.....yes there is still some "kid" in me)....

-The "Big Apple"...... taking a road trip with a very cool traveling companion (Hi Robyn) and seeing and spending time in magnificent New York City and spending time in Conn. with my friends is something that I will never forget and I will hopefully be able to make it out there again soon.

-And so much more.......

I am thankful for all of my friends and family and for their health.
I am thankful for my job and my peers. I have the best job I could ask for and I have the coolest people to work with and for.
I am thankful for my very "cool" companion (Scrappy Doo)...who has pretty much taken over my apartment and a good portion of my waking (and nonwaking hours). Thank you Doris for my little "ball of fur".....
I am thankful for my health.

And last but not least I am thankful that there are "a few people" who care enough to click on over to this blog every now and again.

I know I can be pretty boring, and at times some of my comments and views about things tend to border on the "fringe", but to me that is what life is all about....to explore, ask questions, and wonder about mysterious things.
To learn as much as possible about life and all it's mysteries and wonders and to hopefully better ourselves in the process...
Isn't that what life is all about????

What do I regret?
-Not spending as much time as I would have liked to with my dad and his wife and with my other siblings.
-Not getting up north to visit my mom's gravesite
-Not getting up north to Green Bay as often as I would have liked to visit with two of my oldest friends who live up there.
Other than that there is not too much else I can think of that I really wanted to do in 2005 and didn't get a chance to....

What's up for 2006 (and beyond)??
-Hopefully another trip to the East Coast
-Maybe a trip to florida to visit with family and friends
-I am hoping that 2007 can be my trip to Europe that I wanted to undertake in 2004.
-Maybe finally getting out of paying "other's mortages" and buying a house of my very own

So this is my year in review.