Week 48 (November 27 - December 3)



It is March 3, 2012. I am not done with this blog! In fact I am only on Week 41 out of 52. I have 12 weeks to go. The blog was supposed to be completed by February 19, 2012, one year after I started it. It was also supposed to be published every week coinciding with the current week. Obviously this did not happen. Throughout the year of doing the blog I found it very difficult to keep up with it week to week. Some weeks I was right on time, others I fell behind. In November I fell about 3 weeks behind and I was desperately trying to catch up before the mad rush of what December always brings. I think I published 3 weeks in the last few days of November when I was home sick with strep throat. I thought I was doing great and was finally catching up! Then on the morning of December 3, while I was working on publishing the current week, my computer died. Not just temporarily died, really dead! No hard drive and 2 weeks of work lost. (We now back up every night!) It was a slow process of acknowledging what really just happened and remembering what I had done, and then in reality lost and had to redo.

For my own sanity at the time, I had to let the blog go. I got through December and all its craziness of the holidays and was frantically trying to finish a public art project too. I thought about restarting the blog at the New Year, but the public art project that was originally suppose to be done by December 31 was extended until January 31. This was good for the public art project, but not good for me returning to my blog. During the month of January, I also lost my grandma. She passed away at the age of 91. She lived a long full life, but it is always hard to say goodbye. I flew to Columbus, Ohio and cried, remembered, and laughed a lot with my family. Losing my grandma really put losing my hard drive into perspective. Life is really precious! Each day has significance.

The public art project was completed on January 31. As for February, I recuperated, reenergized, and regrouped. It’s March and I’m ready to go. I WILL FINISH THIS BLOG! It just is not going to be in the way that I originally planned it to be, and it obviously will not coincide with the current calendar any more. The blog is ultimately about life and everyday occurrences. Sometimes life gets in the way. Life also goes on. Here we go again.......




November 27, 2000



November 27, 2010
leaf, burr, split rock, all from walk
in woods at Steve & Jen's



November 28, 2000



November 28, 2000 opened



November 28, 2010
straw that we used to play with 
Boo & Bebe, pudding & chocolate 
cake mix that Maya and Lyn made



November 29, 2000



November 29, 2010
3 plane tickets home, Allegiant air tag,
pink tag from carry ons, Cheesecake 
Factory napkin, parking receipt



November 30, 2000


November 30, 2000 opened



November, 30, 2010
suitcase parts from suitcase handle 
that I fixed, receipt from Maya's
first day at gymnastics



December 1, 2000


December 1, 2000 
opened once


December 1, 2000
opened twice



December 1, 2010
part of a 2011 religious calendar that
Stan gave us hiking, receipt from
Paradise Bakery for lunch,
receipt from paying for Maya's dance class,
Girl Scout cookie meeting at night



December 2, 2000



December 2, 2010
wrapping paper



December 3, 2000



December 3, 2010
helped at a GS Brownie meeting,
they made t-shirts with this design on them



Week 47 (November 20 - 26)

November 20, 2000



November 20, 2010
score sheet from playing a game 
with Maya at Dad's house,
Meijer receipt for Kleenex & ibuprofen



November 21, 2000



November 21, 2010
4 tickets to Grand Rapids Public Museum



November 22, 2000



November 22, 2000 opened



November 22, 2010
moist towelette wrapper from going 
out to diner with Dad & Lyn,
Dum Dums lollipop from ice cream & 
candy store in Rockford, MI



November 23, 2000



November 23, 2010
Ox Bar business card - 
met Brian, Sherri, & Billy there



November 24, 2000



November 24, 2010
patty recipe from internet and memory -
Dwight & I made them at Sue's,
sweet potato stickers - I peeled them



November 25, 2000



November 25, 2010
Thanksgiving Day
8 Advil - took that many for my back,
red plastic cap from new lights



November 26, 2000



November 26, 2010
little mechanical speaker parts 
from Kris & Diane's house



November 2010






Week 46 (November 13 - 19)

November 13, 2000



November 13, 2010
4 backs from two way tape?



November 14, 2000



November 14, 2000
opened



November 14, 2010
gold circle clip - from a coat,
Sudafed - sinus headache



November 15, 2000



November 15, 2010
pieces of fabric and yarn from 
clothespin dolls that I helped with 
at Pioneer Village, hiking treads



November 16, 2000



November 16, 2000 opened once



November 16, 2000 opened twice



November 16, 2010
cookie wrapper from last swim 
class at Hubbard, folded paper from 
lunch with Melinda, glass pieces & 
date pit - Melinda's house



November 17, 2000



November 17, 2000 opened



November 17, 2010
GE tag from programable light timers,
Baskin Robins spoon - lunch with Mary,
Jean Shin price tag from book and talk 
Maya & I saw at SMOCA



November 18, 2000



November 18, 2010
price tags from warm clothes I 
bought for Maya in MI



November 19, 2000



November 19, 2010
3 plane tickets to MI



November 2010