10. I will have a wildly successful year, dadgummit!

9. Something will happen at Juniper Ridge and someone will complain about it. Repeat.

8. My 6-month-old black lab will destroy something precious/expensive/irreplaceable. Sigh.

7. Desperate developers will begin to offer two lots for the price of one, allowing buyers to have a house AND a yard. (So 2002!)

6. My cousin will quit smoking. (Remember how we talked about the importance of putting goals on – or in a – paper, Patty?)

5. A Thai restaurant will open in Prineville (hint, hint).

4. My father and I will have yet another argument over the importance of replacing his 30-year-old carpets.

3. I will take a lovely vacation in October to a foreign country or a remote wilderness, subsequently avoiding the last-minute election media frenzy and preserving my sanity and faith in society for another four years.

2. A wildfire will threaten one or more Central Oregon neighborhoods. Save time and pack your valuables/pets/children into your car now.

1. The Source will print my Top 10 Predictions for 2008.

Jennifer Letz, Prineville

This article appears in Jan 10-16, 2008.

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My Top 10 Predictions for 2008

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 9, 2008

<h1>My Top 10 Predictions for 2008</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 9, 2008</p> <p>10. I will have a wildly successful year, dadgummit!</p> <p>9. Something will happen at Juniper Ridge and someone will complain about it. Repeat.</p> <p>8. My 6-month-old black lab will destroy something precious/expensive/irreplaceable. Sigh.</p> <p>7. Desperate developers will begin to offer two lots for the price of one, allowing buyers to have a house AND a yard. (So 2002!)</p> <p>6. My cousin will quit smoking. (Remember how we talked about the importance of putting goals on &#045; or in a &#045; paper, Patty?)</p> <p>5. A Thai restaurant will open in Prineville (hint, hint).</p> <p>4. My father and I will have yet another argument over the importance of replacing his 30-year-old carpets.</p> <p>3. I will take a lovely vacation in October to a foreign country or a remote wilderness, subsequently avoiding the last-minute election media frenzy and preserving my sanity and faith in society for another four years.</p> <p>2. A wildfire will threaten one or more Central Oregon neighborhoods. Save time and pack your valuables/pets/children into your car now.</p> <p>1. The Source will print my Top 10 Predictions for 2008.</p> <p>Jennifer Letz, Prineville</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/my-top-10-predictions-for-2008-2130323/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=11878&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/my-top-10-predictions-for-2008-2130323/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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