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RiseyP's List of Good Things About 2005

1. I spent New Year's Day (and Eve) 2005 in Amsty-dam!
   
2. I learned how to knit - yippee!
   
3. I got LASIK.
   
4. I bought a thoroughly fabulous powder blue Aprilia Mojito scooter!!
   
5. I visited my adorable nieces and lovely sis-in-law.
   
6. I went to Hawaii (the Big Island) and snorkeled on Valentine's Day :)
   
7. I got a new job with a lot less stress.
   
8. My commute went from 55+ minutes to less than 20!
   
9. I've made a lot of new friends at said new job.
   
10. I got "promoted" at work (waiting 'til review time next year to actually benefit from it...)
    
11. I had a fun birthday lunch at the Ramp with a bunch of my work friends.
    
12. I went to lovely Telluride, Colorado for 5 days to visit my good friends Maureen and Pat.
    
13. I recruited three friends to come work at my new company.
    
14. I got 3 nice bonuses, and won a portable DVD player from work for doing the above.
    
15. My love and I bought a condo in Telluride!!
    
16. I learned some Japanese.
    
17. I got a gorgeous blue Betta fish, named Cruiser.
    
18. I bought myself an Apple iBook.
    
19. I learned how to use GarageBand, and even wrote a little songlet.
    
20. I joined the gym and started swimming again.
    
21. I got an iPod Nano from my lovey :-)
    
22. I went to Korea *and* Japan!
    
23. I got to see my brother doing well in his new job teaching English in Korea.
    
24. I began to blog more consistently, and two people link to me now. Woo hoo!!
    
25. I got two beautiful goldfish!! Whom I am picking up & bringing home this very afternoon...*
    

*My lovey, who warned me time and time again about how delicate (fancy) goldfish are, didn't hate me forever for failing to keep them alive longer than 5 hours after bringing them home...

:( !!!!