Top 60 of Pushin' 60

1. 7th graders rocking their state achievement tests!!
2. early spring--warm and green and beautiful
3. end of school year!
4. working in my garden for the first time of the season--I love that!!!  Green peaking through!!
5. week in Pocatello with teacher friends at a conference at Idaho State
6. glancing into the alpaca shed and seeing a brand new white little darling baby!!!!  Such a surprise!!! 
7. a magnificent 10 day trip to parts east with my friend Lana
8. a day at  Grounds for Sculpture in NJ
9. end-of-school-year party at my friend Cathie's with all my old friends
10. quilt store hopping with my friend Eileen
11. Newsies on Broadway!!
12. cheesecake at Junior's!!!
13. lunch at Yale
14. walking the Freedom Trail in Boston in an unbelievable downpour!!!
15. canolli's at Mike's in Boston
16. Make Way for Duckling ducks at Boston Commons
17. walking tour of Concord and Lexington, MA
18. walking around Walden Pond (never you mind that naked guy we saw..)
19. lobster on Cape Cod
20. Newport mansions in Rhode Island
21. alpaca shearing day (oh my gosh...)
22. 6 weeks with my daughter and grandchildren as guests
23. taking everyone in the electric car to the library, for ice cream, and to get Chinese multiple times!
24. playing in the water and mud with grandsons
25. early morning reveries in my English garden
26. reading books in the cool of the evening after everyone was asleep all summer
27. trips to the lake
28. Treehouse Museum and Dinosaur Park in Ogden with grandkids
29. raspberry shakes in Garden City
30. 4th of July parade in Paris
31. 4th of July with Aunt Norma and Thomas' family as guests
32. river trip down the Snake with Paco
33. hiking and camping in Tetons and Yellowstone with Paco
34. visit of friend Tricia and her adorable daughters Claire and Olivia
35. Zack's wedding
36. river trip down the Snake with friends
37. first days of school
38. Jackson/Teton trip with knitting friends
39. bonding with my entire family during the sickness and death of Aunt Norma
40. raclette Thanksgiving with family
41. Christmas in Denver!
42. massage gift from Tag on Christmas Eve with Tracy and Mary (two of my favorites!)
43. playing store with grandkids
44. knitting every Thursday night--oh how I love to do that
45. sewing Happy Birthday banners for New Beginnings
46. long weekend in Phoenix visiting my friend Lana
47. hiking in the Superstion Mountains of AZ
48. spring break in DC and MD
49. visiting the new Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (Shuttle, Concorde, Enola Gay etc.)
50. pushing a stroller around the monuments in DC
51. pandas, tigers, elephants, lions at National Zoo
52. Appalachian Trail adventures with Shelly
53. yarn stores with Shelly in VA and MD.
54. sitting by the fire with Paco
55. reading books in bed
56. dark winter nights (I love them!!!  I head for my bed!)
57. Shrek
58. brief spring visit of grandkids
59. planning trip to Europe
60. anticipating my 60th birthday!!