Lots of things to say goodbye to and I am not going to try and outdo the newspaper lists, but rather, say goodbye to some things you might never have said hello to.
For example, 2008 was the United Nations International Year of the Potato. That's Indiana Spud who seems very happy with his discovery.
We also bid farewell to the Year of the Frog. Yes, Kermit was involved, but the message was a little more serious...trying to get out the word about declining amphibian populations.
And the International Year of the Reef is also coming to an end. Hope everyone had a chance to go scuba diving.
2008 was the Year of Reading in the UK, so you are participating by reading this.
And my personal favorite...2008 International Year of Sanitation. It may sound like a joke, but not so much if you live in a country without good sanitation.
I am sure there are other organizations that celebrated their own years in 2008 so feel free to add to my list of Celebrations of the Year gone by.
I can't think of much to call the past 12 months that isn't obscene. Last year, a friend predicted that 2008 would be very prosperous for me. She couldn't have been more wrong. Then again, maybe she said "preposterous."
ReplyDelete2008 had it's ups and downs. My highlights were trips Up North and the formation of the JTI. The downsides were car issues at the beginning of the year and my job.
ReplyDeleteNot good-bye to the international year of the potato...oh no...SER, your potato guy is being threatened! Let's get our signs ready..I have my picketing shoes on...
ReplyDeleteWell, Goodbye to my dog, my sister, and two cousins. It's time to move on and hopefully 2009 will be less eventful for personal bad news and more eventful for the glad tidings
ReplyDeleteThis Spring will be a time for a new working dog. Trained ones you get seem to have their souls beaten away. Ones I've trained on my own have kept their personalities which is more the nature I need in a dog.
A gal at the VA strongly thinks I need a trained monkey as a working animal, but they are unholy expensive. No one I know has that kind of cash to throw around. Guess I'll look for a little pain in the ass dog with quick wit.
Huck, you feel about last year, the way I felt about 2007. I wish you peace and joy for this coming year...nothing but good health and good things in your life.
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