December 31, 2009
December 31st, 2009 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
The year two thousand nine is coming to a close in about 12 hours. The highlights of this past year are as follows:
1. Barby and I celebrated our fourth Christmas together with her family, which has now grown to 13 plus the two of us. We need to extend the dining room table. The double smoked ham from St. Joseph Meat Market was great.
2. William Harley Osberg was born on 3-3-9, a square root day. He was a surprise and he is wonderful.
3. I turned 66 and started drawing Social Security with no plans to retire. I must pay income tax on the SS, but that is ok.
4. Titan, the cat, got out the front door on December 5th and did not come back until one week later. No worse for the experience and it was one of the coldest weeks this year. He must have been trapped in a garage.
5. I found out that using the red button on my laptop to move the curser and using my thumb to left click and right click is not a good idea. I now have a wireless external keyboard, mouse and a large screen monitor.
6. I entered 32 orders this month that added up to the second highest monthly dollar amount for orders entered in the ten years that I have been doing this.
7. My happiness does not depend on whether or not the Vikings win a football game.
8. A Prairie Home Companion came to Avon on July 4th and 10,000 folks showed up.
9. I celebrated 10 years with Minnesota Public Radio.
10. I gave up Diet Coke.
The show this week is a special compilation of the best of 2009. Special guests include Brad Paisley, Sam Bush, Elvis Costello and Martin Sheen. Nellie McKay does a tribute to Doris Day and Patty Loveless sings “The Bramble and the Rose”. Enjoy the show.
Happy New Year and let us all try to say “twenty ten” when we refer to 2010.
“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their futures in someone else’s hands, but not you.” Jim Rohn
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