I'm doing 27 things
find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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08 July 08
20 hours ago
- I took the quilt out today. The one I started earlier this year and thought I couldn’t finish because he broke up with me. I finished work early, and I got into my car and went to the fabric shop and bought some lovely pieces and spent the whole afternoon behind the sewing machine. I’ve decided to finish it :)
- Really great radio all day.
- Sitting outside in the sun late in the afternoon with a cup of tea.
- Excitement starting to mount for Madiba’s 90th birthday. About two weeks ago our parliament recalled their fondest memories of the great man…
In 1998, Leon was about to undergo quadruple bypass surgery. A few weeks earlier, in Parliament, Mandela called the opposition “Mickey Mouse parties.” Leon retorted that Mandela “must head a Goofy government.”
“On the eve of the operation, I awaited my fate with some anxiety,” Leon said. “And there was a knock on the hospital door. The world famous voice announced, ‘Is that Mickey Mouse in there? It’s Goofy here. Can I come in and see you?’
“I have no doubt that his particular visit hastened my very speedy recovery.”
