In the spirit of a tradition started by my friend, Jenna DeMontmollin Jayroe, I share my top 25 experiences & accomplishments in 2015. 1. Traveled back to a city close to my heart, Budapest, and got to share all of my favorite places with my husband (his first time there) 2. Gave myself a mini-sabbatical retreat in Tuscon, where I felt rested, renewed, and generally in heaven surrounded by natural beauty and many critters 3. Had a wall built in our garden to make maintenance more manageable, thereby giving me back one of my favorite past times and hobbies that I had started to neglect 4. Grew cucumbers and made pickles for the first time, and they turned out pretty great 5. Said goodbye to two of the sweetest dogs one could ever love, Snoopy and Ginger 6. After enduring the loss of Snoopy & Ginger, opening up our hearts and home to a new adoptee, Ziggy 7. Traveled to Ireland twice to celebrate my mother in laws 80th b-day and a second trip just because, the second trip enabled by a generous fellow dachshund lover who offered to keep Ginger so I could join Gerry on the trip 8. Re-connected with my best friend from High School, who lives in NY and gives me another reason (besides visiting my awesome NY colleagues) to love being in Manhattan 9. Re-connected with a dear friend living in Alexandria, VA, who was essentially my family in my early days living in the Bay Area, who included me in every holiday meal when I was an orphan. We are now pen pals and I take great pleasure in reading her lovely letters and sending her mine. 10. Hired some more amazing people to join our team, and now have the pleasure of working with even more great people every day 11. Won Great Place to Work - AnswerLab placed in the top 25 for small businesses in the US 12. Hosted my favorite annual holiday - Thanksgiving (although it was bittersweet because we lost Ginger during the holiday) 13. Hosted a family reunion of sorts the day after Thanksgiving, with many folks coming together who hadnt seen each other in far too long 14. Collaborated with a colleague who submitted a proposal for an upcoming conference, inspiring me to commit to publishing on a quarterly basis 15. Discovered that I really like horses, and they seem to naturally take to me too 16. Dramatically reduced my meat consumption overall, and no longer eat beef 17. Explored Joshua tree after a ridiculously long time visiting Palm Springs year after year and yet had never been to the Natl Park. So worth it, and I want to go back 18. Camped with some of our dearest friends, keeping our tradition of hanging around a camp fire together 19. Visited Washington D.C. and Alexandria, VA for the first time ever. Both amazing, and worth return visits 20. Milked a cow outside a pub in Ireland 21. Had a winter get-a-way with Gerry and two of our closest friends in Mendocino, our first visit there 22. Did more healthy cooking v. eating out, thanks to Blue Apron 23. Took on more responsibility at work and navigated quite a few challenges along the way - definitely lots of lessons learned that will help me in a myriad of ways in the future 24. Started working with a professional coach to help me think about and strategize for my long term personal and career goals 25. Booked a trip for Positano, Italy for Gerrys 50th birthday, thrilled to be headed back to Italy, my first time returning there since 1995.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:11:06 +0000
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