Recap of 2010 Events

Before I move on to 2011, I thought I’d recap some of our family’s 2010. We sent this list along with our holiday cards.

January:

• Bob recovers from knee surgery
• Bob publishes Volume 1 of Family History Bob’s family story
• Bob’s brother Richard’s dies; Madeline and Bob travel to New York

February:

• Ben and Marissa announce intention to marry
• Madeline takes novel writing workshop at UCLA and begins first novel

March:

• Madeline begins blogging on Red Room, a writers website –http://www.redroom.com/member/madeline40

April:

• Madeline retires from Northrop Grumman on April 30

May:

• Madeline has several poems published at Survivor Chronicles, unFold, and Poetsespresso
• Bob ends 14 years of consulting for TRW/Northrop Grumman on May 7
• Madeline and Bob begin five-week vacation with trip to Chicago, Washington, and New York City to see family and friend

June:

• Our five week vacation continues to London, cruise from South Hampton to Scandinavia and St. Petersburg with return through London and New York
• No work at Northrop for Bob upon return; he takes the summer off

July:

• Madeline gets publishing contract with Lucky Press LLC to publish her memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On, about Paul and how our family survived his death. The book will e released Mother’s Day 2011
• Madeline begins revising her draft manuscript
• Trip to Kentucky to view investment property

August:

• Ben and Marissa marry in the garden of our home
• Bob starts work at TASC/Ryan Associates
• Madeline creates an author page on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madeline-Sharples/145268628820134?ref=mf
• Lucky Press creates a website for Madeline – http://www.LuckyPress.com/madelinesharples.html
• Madeline begins tutoring a high school student in writing

September:

• The Great American Poetry Show Volume 2 that Madeline co-edits is published – http://greatamericanpoetryshow.com/

October:

• Pages bookstore hosts reading of Madeline and Paul Blieden’s book of photography and poems, The Emerging Goddess – www.theemerginggoddess.com/

November:

• Madeline celebrates three year anniversary of her blog, Choices – /
• Madeline and Bob visit new great niece, Khloe, and rest of Denver family
• Bob has face surgery for basal cell carcinoma

December:

• Bob publishes Volume 2 of Family History – Madeline’s family story
• Madeline submits revised draft of her memoir to Lucky Press LLC
• Madeline and Bob vacation in Carmel