- graduated from high school
- got my driver's license
- got a job
- graduated from college
- got engaged
- got married
- bought a car
- bought a home
- had a baby
- paid off the mortgage
- Presidential Academic Fitness Award
- took the SAT
- lettered in band in middle school
- learned to play clarinet
- learned to play trombone
- learned to play piano
- learned to speak French (some!)
- visited another country
- visited 9 states (MD, WV, DE, VA, PA, OH, MO, NM, AZ) and Washington, D.C.
- visited the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- visited the Smithsonian Museum of American History
- visited the Carnegie Science Center
- visited Oglebay
- visited Nemacolin
- visited the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
- watched a Cirque du Soleil performance
- attended the state FFA convention
- attended the national FFA convention
- earned my state FFA degree
- competed in a national FFA competition (bronze award)
- attended the Autumn Glory Festival
- attended the Buckwheat Festival
- attended the Forest Festival
- attended the Springs Folk Festival
- visited Cass Scenic Railroad (rode train to top!)
- visited Seneca Rocks
- visited Smoke Hole Caverns
- visited Greenbank Radio Observatory
- visited the Lincoln Memorial
- visited the Washington Monument
- visited the WWII Memorial
- visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (the wall)
- visited Arlington National Cemetery
- visited Blackwater Falls State Park
- visited Cathedral State Park
- visited Herrington Manor State Park
- visited Swallow Falls State Park
- visited Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- visited Jug Bay
- visited Chincoteague
- visited Ohiopyle State Park
- traveled by plane
- saw the northern lights
- built a snowman
- flew a kite
- learned how to make and can salsa
- learned how to sew
- learned how to crochet a basic stitch
- learned how to drive
- earned a CPR card
- earned a boating safety card
- earned a hunter safety card
- served as FFA chapter chaplain
- served as church treasurer
- served on church council
- assisted with VBS
- went sledding
- learned to cross-country ski
- learned to ride a bike
- attended our son's wedding
- became a mother-in-law
- went camping
- went hiking
- photographed a lunar eclipse
- photographed a solar eclipse
- won NaNoWriMo
- photographed the northern lights
- photographed a comet
- saw a comet
- watched a solar eclipse
- watched a lunar eclipse
- learned how to identify birds (birdwatching!)
- learned how to weld (very, very basic!)
- designed shelves and a hutch
- bought an electric fireplace
- started a commonplace book
- got baptized
- visited Sight & Sound Theater
- got fired from a job
- bred and raised bunnies
- had guinea pigs as pets
- had cats as pets
- had dogs as pets
- had goldfish as pets
- had tropical fish as pets
- had a pet hedgehog
- had parakeets (and mom's canary) as pets
- raised chicks to laying hens
- spotted a ringtail in Arizona
- spotted an Strickland's woodpecker in Arizona
- earned a $1,000 scholarship
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