50 Accomplishments I Am Grateful To Have Achieved

Today is the day we trundle Eldest and all her earthly belongings back to university.  It is not the happiest of days and I will write about it next week.  Father's hearts can hurt too.

But in the vein of my birthday celebratory week here is the next of my list. This probably sounds like a bragging session, but I prefer to think of it as a list of things I am grateful and thankful to have had the opportunity to achieve in life.  If anything strikes a chord with yourselves that is good too.

Again, no particular order.

1. Moving to Eastern Ontario from Northern Ontario
2. Becoming a Husband, Marrying the missus, May 05, 1990
3. Becoming a Dad, Birth of Eldest, Jan 11, 1992
4. Birth of Youngest, Sept 16, 1994
5. Grade VIII Valedictorian, 1975
6. Ontario Scholar, Grade XIII Graduation
7. Diploma in Agriculture, 1982
8. Physical Strength and Endurance
9. Degree in History, University of Waterloo
10. Masters of Science in Teaching, SUNY Potsdam
11. Qualifying as a Teacher
12. Completion of each Distance Education Undergrad course
13. Becoming a Blogger
14. Farming for 30 + years
15. Research and Compilation of Family Tree Data
16. Learning Successful Plant Propagation Techniques/Grafting
17. Learning to Ride a Bicycle 
18. St Joseph's School Christmas Concert Music Programs
19. Qualifying as a Pressman
20. Being Hired by DuPont
21. Becoming a respected gardener
22. Playing By Ear
23. Playing 'Wilson' in Annie Get Your Gun
24. Becoming a Bovine Artificial Insemination Technologist
25. Entering and Winning in Many Fair competitions
26. Constructing Loft, Stairs and Dining Room in Farmhouse
27. Graduating with a Diploma in Agriculture 
28. Painting and Drawing
29. Hard Work Ethic
30. New Years Eve Community Family Concerts
31. 26 years of work in Industry
32. Performance in Many Different Choirs
33. Running a Roadside Market
34. Cataloguing and Preparing Family Albums
35. Recovering from a major eye injury
36. Getting the lab analyst job at DuPont
37. Paying off two mortgages 
38. 4.0 GPA in Masters Studies
39. Learning to Swim
40. Running a 10 K Marathon
41. Two wonderful, beautiful, talented daughters
42. Painting Theatrical Sets
43. 37 years of journal entries
44. Surviving a Termination
45. Becoming an in-demand supply teacher
46. Completing Grade XIII Chemistry by correspondence
47. Performing Handel's Messiah chorus
48. 21 and half years of wonderful marriage
49. Completing Beginner French Course
50. Reaching 50
    

And that is about all I have to say for today.

Musings and meanderings from the Musical Gardener.