Mission accomplished!! :-D
Good heavens, I did it! I did 50 new things before my next birthday — check it out!! I’m off to do the happycolliedance! :)
Wow — now I want to keep going, because this is fun!
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LOL! and they were both great fun, Lou! :)
She did it, too! (Both the 50 new things *and* the happyColliedance!)
Thank you so much, Bob & Rick! Why save any for next year, though, when they’re such a delightful renewable resource? Also: thank goodness we didn’t have to eat the minstrels! :)
And there was much rejoicing!!!!
Congrats!
Hm. Maybe you should save some for next year? Nyahhhh…