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Leaving 2024...



Leaving 2024 on the back burner...

1. Cleaned out our attic by 50%.
2. Redesigned our side and front landscape,  took about 40 hours or so. Neighbor Tony gave me a days worth of his time during the final stages. And towards end of 2023 another person gave me a couple hours and helped me get the correct design for what I wanted to do.
3. As mid-Spring arrived, I spent days refurbishing our backyard area where I'd dumped extra sticks and leaves over past four autumn's. Now there was two inches of new topsoil underneath the most recent leaves I'd left there.
4. I'd built a 30 pound Lavender outdoor chair for that new area in the back, took about 120 rocks and created an outlining border to separate lawn from the chair and new bird bath area I'd also put together. Neighbor Frank helped me carry the new chair from our deck to the back location which was just before his backyard property.
5. Sawed down a 30 foot maple growing in our backyard hidden inbetween some hemlocks. Made good wood for grilling.
6. Put together another type of birdbath for our front.
7. I refurbished our shutters and front door, sanded down, primed and painted to lighten up the look of our home.
8. Continued writing and editing.
9. Took two PR courses out of University of Colorado-Boulder.
10. Took four writing courses for graduate law students out of University of Michigan.
11. Read more books and materials than I could ever remember in one year.
12. Volunteered, working on getting the vote out for 2024 election.
13. Took more courses for my therapy license.
14. I spent 36 hours sanding, fixing, priming and painting three coats of new paint of our 16x14 foot deck.
15. Cleaned our front walkway and stoop up, to look new.
16. Drove for 13 days across the country and then back. As I helped moved our oldest into a new apartment and visited older relatives, and some friends from New Jersey. The sights were amazing to say the least.
17. Started a new job. It's great.
18. Started an A.I. Digital Lawyering course out of University of Michigan.
19. Our 144 year old Guinea Pig passed on his birthday.
20. Hiked throughout the 2024 winter in the mountains.
21. Got in 4,300 miles for the year, mostly running miles. In running miles I'm closing in on 180,000 miles. I have to go back and calculate the miles to know exactly how far I've gone.
22. Redid our slated areas for our landscaping containers and our garden and watering areas behind our home.
That's my general list for 2024.

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