The Year in Review

The year started with Northern cardinal the first bird of 2005. Got second job. Attended writing workshop. Big snow. All melted. Big snow again. Shoveled with Mormons. The Steelers lost. Iraqis voted. Discovered blogging. Birded Grosse Ile. Went out with a guy who brought a book of logic puzzles on a date. Accidentally toured Plymouth trying to get home from Canton. Worst family visit ever. Heard “Stairway to Heaven” played on the harp at the Toledo Museum of Art. The Pope died. 82° in April! Then 3" of snow. Dyed my old black dress so the armpits are black again. Went to bat house workshop. Someone stole my garden faerie. Bought Ditty Bops CD. Spider in my tea. Neighbors’ car caught fire. Invited to join new writing group. Ran into new writing group members at Ann Arbor Book Festival. Early morning departure for Point Pelee spring camp-out. Bopped on head by bluejay nesting in the garage. Saw "Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill." Neighbor across the street took trumpet lessons. Radishes wouldn’t grow. The Pistons lost. Got DSL. Power outage. Dumped by logic-puzzle guy. Tried to get tan. Didn’t win the lottery. Cucumbers grew. Bought another Ditty Bops CD. Went to Grand Rapids for Petra exhibit. Met Aunt T. Dragged a canoe down the Huron River. Enrolled in college. Followed Hurricane Katrina news. Laughed at Tom Robbins. Made soft pretzels from scratch. Won my first Photoshop contest. Knitted one scarf on the train to Chicago and one on the way back. Swarmed by ladybugs. Crazy Jaguar-driving lady just about bashed me in a construction zone on the way to a Chinese restaurant. Very windy. Michigan lost. Uncovered a mouse hiding under the overturned bird feeder on the porch. Penn State won. Ate Thanksgiving dinner in the dining room. Visited the outskirts of Wooster, oHIo. Found out cat food is cheaper in Kalamazoo. Drank some Flemish ale. Managed two laps of the ice skating rink and only fell down once. Ate too many cookies. Nuthatch took peanuts from my hand. Looking forward to the first bird of 2006.