Saying goodbye to 2010 is pretty easy for me. It wasn't the most eventful year. Which is to say actually maybe it was a good year. As you get older most unexpected events are not usually the happy sort anyway. So, what I mean to say 2010 was a peaceful, happily non-eventful year.
Here is my top 10 list of eventful events of 2010...
April 10th...It was a beautiful Saturday morning for the annual MS Walk. This day was all for Ann, my friend who was so happy that morning to be among family and friends that love and support her. I'll never forget her beaming face and joyful smiles. She was like a child on Christmas morning. I look forward to the 2011 MS Walk.
Entire Week of May 10th...Vacation Week. A week of reading, reading and sleeping.
May 14th. Planted gladiolus bulbs in my backyard this day. I drank too many mojitos (note to self let's not drink liquor while flipping soil in the heat again!). Anyway, it began to rain softly while thunder tipped toed in. I sat outside for a while and enjoyed the moment. It was just a peaceful way to spend time. The best part of these ramblings though is next year maybe (fingers crossed) one of my highlights will be the day the gladiolus peak their little heads out of my tossed soil. So, this entry is only half finished. To be continued in the Spring of 2011.
May 23rd...The finale of Lost. This however is one of those more tragic events. Not because it's over but because the finale was a mess...7 years of my life spent analyzing what it was all about FOR WHAT???
May 29th...Swell Season concert at the Brown. My lovely Glenn Hansard gave us all a great show. My only regret is he did not play my favorite Frames song "Fitzcarraldo".
May 30th...Visit to Mom's side of the family Youtlser Family Farm in Meade County, KY. After years of hearing about this farm it was great to finally walk around the vast lands that my rather recent ancestors roamed. Watching my mom hop over a fence was priceless. Technically, we were kinda trespassing which made it even more eventful!
October 16th...My niece Jean's 21st Birthday Bambi Walk. Sitting in Seidenfaden's with my sister and nieces was surreal.
October 31st...The premiere of my new favorite show Walking Dead. What an amazing television show. Sometimes the genre of zombie can be well, cheeky. Not Walking Dead. Full of suspense, characters that you really care about, fear for not only their lives but saddness for the loss of civilization and loss of our way of life. The only thing that can be improved on is if Lennie James (who was on the first episode) returns for the 2nd Season.
November 20th...Foodie Day 2010. Good food, excellent company and bottles of wine.
November 27th...First game at the new YUM Arena. All the seats are great, the beer is cold, the climb up and down to the seats is challenging. Note to self - don't drink too much beer!
So, there it is. My personal highlights of 2010. Looking back I realize that more than a few of these events involved excessive use of alcohol. I really don't drink that much. Really.
I didn't accomplish my New Year's Resolution for 2010. That was to read a book a week. I did get through 36 before work took over my life around mid-November. I haven't picked up a book since. I hope to start back this last week of the year and see if I can make it to 37. So, this year I publicy announce that I will do this in 2011.
What were your top 10 highlights of 2010? Give yourself time to look back and remember. I feel like I didn't have enough highlights. After all there are 365 days in the year and I could only find 10? Next year I'll work at finding time to make more. Maybe next year I'll have a top 20. Hey, that's an idea and the year after that a top 30...
originally posted on 12/23/10
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