B30. New Year's Resolutions 2012

2012 New Year's Resolutions

1.  Exercise at least 120 hours (10 hrs. per month) - walk, run, bike, gym workout . . .


2.  Read at least 12 books (1 per month)

3.  At least 1 full day per quarter to quality one-on-one family time (this in addition to group events, family time, . . . - just one family member at a time)


4.  Keep weight to 117 lbs. or less




How am I doing?

January
1.  9:33 hours   X
2.  read 1 book   P
3.   0   P
4.  114 lbs.  P

February
1. 5:02 hours (YTD 14:35) X
2. read 7 books (YTD 8) P
3. 0 P
4. 112.5 lbs. P

March
1. 13:42 hours (YTD 28:17) X
2. read 4 books (YTD 12) P
3. 1 P
4. 113 lbs. P


April
1. 11:58 hours (YTD 40:15) P
2. read 1 book (YTD 13) P
3. 0 (YTD 1) P
4. 112.5 lbs. P


May
1. 13:09 hours (YTD 53:24) P
2. read 0 book (YTD 13) P
3. 0 (YTD 1) P
4. 113 lbs. P


June
1. 9:56 hours (YTD 63:20) P
2. read 1 book (YTD 14) P
3. 1 (YTD 2) P
4. 114.5 lbs. P


July
1. 9:17 hours (YTD 72:37) P
2. read 3 books (YTD 17) P
3. 2 (YTD 4) P
4. 116 lbs. P



August
1. 11:12 hours (YTD 83:49) P
2. read 4 books (YTD 21) P
3. 0 (YTD 4) P
4. 116.5 lbs. P


September
1. 7:02 hours (YTD 90:51) P
2. read 0 books (YTD 21) P
3. 0 (YTD 4) P
4. 117 lbs. P


October
1. 6:45 hours (YTD 97:36) X
2. read 1 book (YTD 22) P
3. 1 (YTD 5) P
4. 117 lbs. P


November
1. 5:35 hours (YTD 103:11) X
2. read 2 books (YTD 24) P
3. 1 (YTD 6) P
4. 116.5 lbs. P


December

1. 0 hours (YTD 103:11) X
2. read 1 books (YTD 25) P
3. 0 (YTD 6) P
4. 116 lbs. P





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A Glance Back at 2011


Resolutions:

1.  Resistance/Weight Training once a week:  not even close, 16/52

2.  Timed 5-mile run once a week: nope, 14/32 into August, then stopped with knee injury

3.  1/2 mile uphill run weekly:  was doing well, 31/32 into August, until knee injury

4.  Run 300 miles:  was doing well, 193/200 into August, until knee injury

5.  Lose 3 lbs. to return to 117:  was 17 lbs. or less 8/12 months, and ended year with success

6.  Read 10 books:  read 29


A few personal highlights:

• Spoke at EBC (Jan.), HBC (Feb.), EMU (Apr., Nov.), TUCC (July)
• Vacations in Washington DC (July) and Alexandria VA (Dec.)

• Returned to the classroom full-time after 10 yrs. as program head (Aug.)

• Left church and denomination of 19 and 49 years  (Apr.)

• Began blogs at Blogger in Jan. (28 posts) and Salisbury Post in Sept. (6 posts)

• Ran 192.8 miles including two 5K races before stopping with tears in knee cartilage

29 Books Read:

*Storycatcher (Christina Baldwin, 2005)
Preaching without Notes (Joseph Webb, 2001)
The Preaching Life (Barbara Brown Taylor, 1993)
The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver, 2009)
Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman (Frances Willard, 1889)
Woman in the Pulpit (Frances Willard, 1888)
Leaving Church (Barbara Taylor Brown, 2006)
The Women's Room (Marilyn French, 1977)
In the Name of Salome (Julia Alvarez, 2000)
This Is What a Preacher Looks Like (Pamela Durso, ed., 2010)
Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin, 1984)
*The Help (Kathryn Stockett, 2009)
Faith: Confidence and Doubt in Daily Life (Martin Marty, 1995)
Songs without Words (Robbi McCoy, 2010)
Think (Lisa Bloom, 2011)
A Timbered Choir (Wendell Berry, 1998)
To Believe in Women (Lillian Faderman, 1999)
Do You Have Alligator Arms? (James Moore, 2011)
All We're Meant To Be (Scanzoni & Hardesty, 1974)
*The Story of a Pioneer (Anna Howard Shaw, 1914)
The Last Days of Dogtown (Anita Diamant, 2005)
*Yo (Julia Alvarez, 1997)
After Dark (Haruki Murakami, 2004)
Writing Out My Heart (ed. Carolyn de Swarte Gifford, 1995)
Caleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, 2011)
Voices from Cemetery Hill (Allen Paul Speer, 1997)
Sisters in Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858) (Allen Paul Speer, 2000)
Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself (Patricia Lynn Reilly, 1999)
The Wonder of Christmas (Daniel Partner, 2003)


Some of the Movies/films watched in 2011:

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1973)
The Social Network (2010)
Billy Elliott (2000)
Wilde (1997)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
The Untold Story of Emmett Till (2005)
Waiting for Superman (2010)
Four Little Girls (1997)
The King's Speech (2011)
The Help (2011)
Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Prohibition (2011)
The Fanny Crosby Story (2004)
King (2008)
Beaches (1988)
Eleanor and Franklin: The Early Years (1976)
*King (1978)
*The Long Walk Home (1990)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1976)


* my favorites

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Read in 2012:  Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (Rhoda Janzen, 2009); Kisses from Katie (Katie Davis, 2011); Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs (Mary E. Lyons, 1992); The War Prayer (Mark Twain, 1923); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson, 1972); *Night (Elie Wiesel, 1960); The Language Wars (Henry Hitchings, 2011); Still (Lauren F. Winner, 2012); Refreshing Water from Ancient Wells (Mary E. Penrose, 2004); From Banner Elk to Boonville (Allen P. Speer, 2010); The New Testament (audio); *Founding Faith (Steven Waldman, 2008); Adam's Gift (Jimmy Creech, 2011); The Kosher Sutra (Shmuley Boteach, 2009); Adrienne Rich's Poetry and Prose (B. Gelpi, A. Gelpi, 1993); *Home to Harmony (Philip Gulley, 2002); Front Porch Tales (Philip Gulley, 1997); *C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection (ed. Walter Hooper, 1992); Chirstmas in Harmony (Philip Gulley, 2002); Giving to God (Mark Allen Powell, 2006); *When Everything Changed (Gail Collins, 2009); The Energy Bus (Jon Gordon, 2007); The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran, 1923); Red Letter Christians (Tony Campolo, 2008); Why Jesus? (William H. Willimon, 2010)

Watched in 2012:  Freedom Riders (2011); Nightjohn (1996); The Butterfly Circus (2009); The Iron Lady ( 2011); *Roots (1977); Hell and Back Again (2011); Nixon (1995); Ruby Bridges (1998); Jane Eyre (1996); Chris & Don (2007); Of Mice and Men (1992); To Kill a Mockingbird (repeat,1962); Ghosted (2008); The Hiding Place (repeat, 1975); The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (2005); All the President's Men (1976); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000); Shakespeare in Love (1998, repeat); Edie and Thea (2009); Personal Best (repeat, 1982); The Trouble with Angels (1966); *Brides of Christ (1991); Steel Magnolias (repeat, 1989); The Hunger Games (2012); History's Mysteries: The Inquisition (1999); The Devil Wears Prada (2006); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Miracle on 34th Street (1947, repeat); Lincoln (2012)

Highlights 2012:  spoke FCBC (Jan.); community forum panel, Amendment 1 (Feb.); Vermont (May); began RLC blog (July); joined Pinterest (Sept.); joined Salisbury FPC (Oct.); first SmartPhone (Dec.); posted 25 blogs on Blogger site and 10 on RLC
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Resolutions 2011