I've never been really good at following through on my New Years resolutions...So what I've been doing is participating in 43 things for the last year. 43 things is a wonderful community were people set their own goals and give encouragement to other peoples goals. Once you have achieved something you move that item to the I've Done This! list. I've found it very effective for achieving short term goals and listing long term dreams. Here is a list of 41 things that I would like to accomplish...I need to add two new things.
Morgan's 41 Things2008 is here can you believe it! The years are flying by...Remember 1998? 1988? 1978? 1968? Well I don't remember much of 1968 as I was born in November of that year.
Lets take a little trip in my way back machine. Ok get in the seat next to me, and strap in. Here put this tin foil hat on...it will help. Let me make some adjustments to the control panel, so we return to the correct date....and Whoosh!
1998
January 17 - Paula Jones accuses U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
January 26 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
February - Iraq disarmament crisis: The United States Senate passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
February 23 - Osama bin Laden publishes a
fatwa, declaring
jihad against all Jews and Crusaders
March 27 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
April 22 - The Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.
May 26 - At 23 years of age, Bear Grylls became the youngest British climber to scale the top of Mount Everest and back down.
May 28 - In Encino, California, the wife of
Saturday Night Live comedian Phil Hartman kills him and commits suicide afterwards
June 14 - The Chicago Bulls win their 6th NBA title in 8 years when they beat the Utah Jazz, 87-86 in Game Six. This is also Michael Jordan's last game as a Bull.
August 5 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq officially suspends all cooperation with UNSCOM teams.
August 5 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq officially suspends all cooperation with UNSCOM teams.
August 19 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
August 20 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The United States military launches cruise missile Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
September 27 - Google is started. It becomes the biggest search engine and the second most commonly visited web site in history, following Yahoo!
September 29 - Iraq disarmament crisis: The U.S. Congress passes the "Iraq Liberation Act", which states that the United States wants to remove Saddam Hussein from power and replace the government with a democratic institution.
November 19 - Lewinsky scandal: The United State House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
December 16-December 19 - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders American and British airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
December 19 - Lewinsky scandal: President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives.
1998 was rough year for me as I started a new job at the Pentagon working in the Air Force Operations Group (AFOG) building the daily Ops briefing for Senior Leadership. I would arrive around 0300am and feverishly build, compile and arrange powerpoint slides as fast as I could, because our deadline was 0600 with the first dry run culminating in the final brief around 0800. It was very interesting observing many of these headlines unfold right before the decision makers. I worked there until January 2002 and never got a good nights sleep...but I loved it. That job taught me I could do anything! 1998 was also the year I met a good friend, Paul, who would later take over my duties at the AFOG. Paul and I still talk about the hardships we endured in the depths of the pentagon and we heartily agree, "We survived...and nothing will ever be as tough as our days as AFOGgers."
My favorite year? hands down, 2005. i turned 40 and got married on the same day, on a sunny carribean island—just me and my husband. family an friends told me getting married on my birthday was a bad idea. i laughed and said i only wanted to get mad at him once a year. the dear had trouble remembering my birthday, so i didn't hold out much hope for the wedding anniversary.
