Reflection on 2015
So, it’s New Year’s Eve — Another year older and another year wiser, right? We’ll see on that last bit. Still, the older part is definitely true.
MILESTONES:
Took the family on a 14-day trip across the eastern half of the country with stops in:
- Washington D.C.
- Columbus, OH
- Parkersburg, WV
- Chicago, IL
Where we traveled by:
- Plane 3 Times
- Subway More Times than I Care to Count
- SUV 1 Time
- Boat 2 Times
- Cab Also More Times than I’d Like to count!
- Passenger Train 1 Time
We experienced:
- Union Station DC & Chicago
- The Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History
- The Smithsonian: National Air & Space Museum
- The Jefferson Memorial
- The Potomac from a D.U.K.W. where plans flew directly over out heads
- An extremely painful Upside-down Flight Simulator
- The Washington Monument but no ride to the top as it was closed for maintenance (bummer)
- Indian Kabob Feast
- Ford’s Theater & the home where Lincoln died
- Hard Rock Cafe D.C.
- The National Archives
- The Magna Carta
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Bill of Rights
- Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum D.C.
- The White House
- The Haunted Blennerhasset Hotel
- The Rock ‘n’ Roll Days Inn, Downtown Chicago where Frances Bean was rumored to be conceived and I played my guitar deep into the night
- Kumas Too the most brutal Hamburger Join EVER!!
- The Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
- Manny’s Diner and their delicious Reuben
- The Chicago Architectural Society Evening River Cruise
- Chicago’s Field Museum the home of Sue the T-Rex
- Navy Pier
- A 150-foot Ferris Wheel
- The Waveswinger, a permanent carny ride
- Shedd Aquarium
- UNO Chicago’s Deep Dish Pizza
- The John Hancock Building and their Tilt Attraction
- Adler Planetarium
- Willis Tower (formerly Sear’s Tower)
- Giordano’s Pizzaria with the best deep dish in Chicago and fantastic fried mushrooms that reminded me of Grandma Ina’s morels!
My GS troop & I helped lead World Thinking Day and Daisy Lock-in activities for our Service Unit.
I have lost 80+ pounds since my birthday in March. I have gone down 4 dress sizes. Cleaned out my closet and discovered a new wardrobe of clothes I hadn’t worn in 6+ years.
My Print Plant was sold to a different company effective January 1. We were just notified on December 22. It was, to say the least, a little shocking… And yet not. I saw it coming some time ago, but still hoped the things they told us were true.
We ripped the deck off the back of the house and are prepping for a patio.
I performed in front of a large group while traveling- Me, My Guitar, a Terrible PA, lol! I didn’t get booed away!
We purchased a living room set, a new fridge, and a new stove.
We visited family and friends across the US.
We had our traditional Christmas Eve Seafood Boil and Present Opening.
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