Here is a list of some of the "ordinary" things that were so special in 2005 (in no particular order).

–A baby named Sonya (Ducky)

–Great family

–Great friends

–Great neighbors

–A great therapist

–Daughter and Sonya together

–FINISHING the Brooklyn Half-Marathon

–Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (started Feb. 1, 2005)

–Writing the weekly Smartmom column for The Brooklyn Papers

–Getting published

—BKLYN Magazine

–Husband’s NEW JOB

—Husband’s PHOTOGRAPHY (No Words_Daily Pix)

–Hearing Cool and Unusual Punishment at the Liberty Heights Tap Room for the first time

–Daughter’s puppy calendar/research project she worked so hard on

–Hearing Cool and Unusual again and again

–Teens for New Orleans benefit concert at the Old Stone House

–Husband’s Birthday at the Old Stone House with friends, family, and Cool and Unusual Punishment

–Amy, Elizabeth and Todd coming all the way from California for the big party

–The Gates

–February in Central Park

–MY OFFICE

—Valentine’s Day Portraits at Fou Le Chakra

—Brooklyn Reading Works at Fou Le Chakra

—Brooklyn Reading Works at the Old Stone House

–The people who gave us work and/or helped us find work

–Our week in Sag Harbor

–Ice skating on Thanksgiving

–My birthday dinner at Chez Panisse

–the Diane Arbus birthday cake Jollybe Bakery made for Husband

–Christmas and Hanukkah in Brooklyn for the first time in a long time.

–Daughter’s second and third grade teachers at PS 321

–Bay Ridge Prep

–Planning our 30th high school reunion

–Sonya’s first steps (walking on December 27th)

–Running in Prospect Park

–Meditation

–Husband’s chicken curry with almonds and dried cranberry

–The new wall dividing the living room into a work space/family space

–Kim Maier’s stewardship of The Old Stone House

–"The Other Woman" (Directed by Margarete Von Trotta, screenplay by Pamela Katz) at the Museum of Modern Art; Nancy Graham’s poems and stories in Chronogram, Prima Materia, and elsewhere; "A Widow’s Walk" by Marian Fontana; David Konigsberg’s paintings at the Alan Shephard Gallery; Toby Fox’s Elizabeth Bishop paper and Bunny Thoughts; Roxanna Velandria’s drawings; "Flightplan" at the Zigfield with Florian Balhaus and friends, Emily Berger’s show of paintings at the Painting Center, Charlotte Maier ‘s scene with Steve Martin n "The Pink Panther," Henry Lowengard’s show of prints at the Esopus Public Library, Fofolle’s clothing

–Henry L. GETS A JOB

–The Squid and the Whale

—So many said-to-be-great 2005 movies yet to see

–Reading "Heir to the Glimmering World" by Cynthia Ozick

–ROSE: our babysitterandsomuchmore

–Writer’s group

––Life Space Coaching with Deborah Ager

 

–Therapy

–"Coming Home to Your Heart" retreat in the Berkshires

–Park Slope

–Zoloft