Wow. A decade of lists. That means I have learned 1000 things. Wow.
1. Turns out I am better at picking locks recreationally than I expected myself to be!
2. Honeymoon is booked! Carnival Cruise Lines.
3. Also… we are getting a Citation X+!
4. All Flight Safety locations are not created equal.
5. Twice as true for Flight Safety Instructors
6. The Citation X+ has a different cabin, different flight deck, and is 16 inches longer than the Citation X-.
7. Furniture is much more expensive than I ever thought it would be!
8. They make coffee tables that lift up into dining room tables. Super cool!
9. Merry is turning into a fan of Dalmatians!
10. Cosmin and I discovered that quick sand actually exists!
11. Turns out quicksand was much less of a worry as an adult than my 5 year old brain expected it to be.
12. Flying wounded war heroes feels very satisfying.
13. Amazon has buttons that you can push that will automatically send you the product you specify.
14. Alian De Botton is one funny dude with a clear picture of what life is about.
15. The airport alternate requirement flow chart will always be relevant. Thanks Cosmin.
16. The Rolls Royce Allison AE 3002 is known as the Wichita Sunflower.
17. Apartment hunting? Sucks.
18. Wichita has the most beautiful sunsets.
19. The test pilots “accidentally” broke the speed of sound a few times while flight testing the X.
20. GTC execution? 2 out of 10.
21. Checkride execution? 10 out of 10!
22. X+ production execution? 20 out of 10.
23. Is that enough X+ references for ya? Well, we are just getting started!
24. The X+ has a shockwave you can see if the sun is just right.
25. Needing to change reception locations 3 months prior to your wedding can inflict a bit of stress into the situation!
26. Merry will not settle.
27. What are the chances that the premier wedding reception destination north of Milwaukee will have an opening 2 months prior to your wedding date?
28. Pretty good.
29. Hayward Banks is black toast intolerant.
30. Merry is not super awesome at sun tan lotioning backs.
31. Having your pastor bail on you 11 days prior to your wedding can result in a wonderful change of circumstances.
32. JohnnySwim in concert? Just as good as YouTube.
33. When people hear about you’re your lack of an officiant, they bend over backwards to help you. That really feels good.
34. 3364A N. Cambridge Ave is out.
35. 203 W Coventry Ct. #218 is in.
36. Beer bottles can spontaneously explode.
37. Into tens of thousands of pieces.
38. Resulting in a lot of blood.
39. Katie is really good at cleaning glass out of backs.
40. Express Clinic and Urgent Care are two very different things.
41. Well… they are the exact same until insurance gets involved.
42. There was a squirtle on our airplane.
43. And a psyduck in Aspen.
44. Mini Metro, best game available for macs.
45. Cosmin and Amanda got married!!
46. We both agree that, in the same moment, nothing has changed and everything has changed.
47. Merry now has a total of 63 diamonds on her finger and I have a ring made from titanium from an SR71. We both are quite pleased.
48. More so of what they symbolize. But still, kinda fun.
49. Puerto Rico was nothing like I expected, it was so much more!
50. Merry’s hatred for a half-on sock is rivaled by her hatred of a wet shoe.
51. The forts in Old San Juan are some of the most interesting things you can experience in Puerto Rico
52. That is my opinion alone, and is not recognized by any tourism entity related to Puerto Rico.
53. Turns out late summer is not surfing season in Rincón.
54. And surfing is something that Merry really wants to try some time!
55. Mofongo is a meal made up of smashed plantains filled with a garlic sauce and a choice of meet. New favorite food.
56. You cannot get your own ice on a cruise ship.
57. Splurging on a balcony was a great idea. We ended up using it a lot more than I thought we were going to.
58. They now offer behind the scenes tours of the ship. That is what Dad and I were looking for on our first cruise!
59. St. Thomas is part of the U. S. Virgin Islands, which is separate from the British Virgin Islands.
60. The majority of the ports our cruise ship (the Carnival Fascination) docked in were beautiful. Barbados? Not so much.
61. The snorkeling expedition was fantastic though.
62. St. Lucia is absolutely beautiful!
63. Flying fish really do fly!
64. St. Marteen’s Moho beach was so cool to experience in real Life!
65. We had the best cruise-mates ever.
66. The Passat’s legacy has come to an end. It will give us one great vacation though!
67. The Citation X+ really likes FL510.
68. At Mach. 0.87.
69. Amazon will allow you to upload all your pictures free to their servers. No data caps. No GB’s. Just every picture you own.
70. Amazon also is doing a wonderful job with The Grand Tour.
71. And they stared their own airline, and have same day delivery in Milwaukee, and can manage family accounts.
72. I, for one, welcome our new Amazon overlords.
73. I am really digging Merry’s new found attraction to taking pictures.
74. She also has a new found attraction to collecting lenses…
75. Biggest inconvenience of not having Wifi working? Amazon Echo goes offline.
76. How am I supposed to turn on my lights?!
77. And set timers while cooking dinner!?!
78. Go, Marlene go! Cannot wait to have you back!
79. The 6’ iPhone charging cords are absolutely worth their price.
80. Same goes for wireless headphones.
81. Especially when they come free with Merry’s computer.
82. The little kitty stayed strong!
83. Whoa… Trump actually won…
84. Merry and I are going to Palm Beach!
85. Procrastinating on my list is something I do every year.
86. It's a habit I need to quit with this next year.
87. If Charlie reads each line, he probably won't approve of the past few lines.
88. You see… Charlie thinks that multiple lines dedicated to a single topic is cheating and should be condensed to one individual line per topic.
89. However, I don't think Charlie had ever tried to make a full list of 100 things before.
90. <\sass>
91. Mini Metro, best game available for iOS.
92. Rollercoaster tycoon is a close second though!
93. Palm Beach FL has flying fish as well!
94. Debbie Reynolds is a person.
95. Debbie Reynolds is the mother of Carrie Fischer.
96. Facebook notes now feature a cover photo!
97. Maybe I knew that before, but forgot. Entirely possible.
98. Kevin won’t be supplying us with a list this year on the 31st. For Shame!
99. Everyone has been hatin on ’16, but looking back at this list, it's been pretty awesome!!!
100. A little birdie has told me that 2017 will probably be quite the year… let us see how it pans out. Happy New Year everybody!