Part One:
Believe it or not, one of the highlights of the year just happened this past week. A pair of lost dogs turned up on our block the other day; with the help of some good friends, neighbors and the animal control people, the dogs were reunited with their owner within hours.
Best Shopping of the Year: Macy’s. I actually found a handbag line I can live with, and the salespeople actually make you feel good about buying things.
Worst Shopping of the Year: Family Dollar. They got rid of the slippers my family swears by. Can’t replace them, as other stores don’t carry them. Guess we’ll have to go barefoot.
Best Video Purchase of the Year: A tie between the BBC release of “Count Dracula” with Louis Jourdan and the new DVD of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The video shelf looks a lot nicer with these little suckers in the stack.
Best Music Purchase of the Year: I’m still filling out my Hugh Panaro music collection. It will take awhile. With his first solo album still pending, maybe I’ll have something for next year’s list as well (crossing fingers).
Best Writing Goal Achieved: Completed another chapter.
Worst Writing Goal: Finishing the darned novel this year. Won’t happen, but with one more chapter down, maybe next year. . . .
Best Book Read: I read so much this past year, I can’t keep titles straight, but I haven’t found a book I didn’t like for a change.
Stupidest Thing I Did This Year: Had issues with my blogging. Dumped a three year old blog, and in hindsight I shouldn’t have. Oh well, let’s just start all over again.
Smartest Thing I Did This Year: Worked hard at my job. They value me, and I them.
Hardest Thing About My Job: The darned commute.
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