Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Miles run in 2010
A co-worker and I were singing "Pants on the Ground" early this morning. I told him that I have lost 10-11 pounds so far and that my pants were really baggy now. I was joking when I said that I could probably pull my pants down without unbuttoning or unzipping them. In the restroom later, I wanted to see if I could do that. So I did. I actually pulled my pants down without unbuttoning or unzipping. That made me feel really good.
2009: 96
2010: 161.3
Now that I have lost some weight I know my running will improve. I'm hoping my times will improve also. I will be able to test that out Saturday when I run my first 5K in the winter. I'm a little worried because the forecast in the area is calling for 2-4 inches of snow. I hope we don't get that much.
2004: 34.3
2005: 42
2006: 40
2007: 40
2008: 902009: 96
2010: 161.3
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Books read in 2010
I had someone ask me what I was reading. I answered, "A book about Lee Harvey Oswald." The person who asked gasped. Weird.
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
John F. Kennedy, President, Hugh Sidey
Currently Reading: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, Norman Mailer
Up Next: First Ladies: The Sage of the Presidents Wives and Their Power 1789-1961, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
John F. Kennedy, President, Hugh Sidey
Currently Reading: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, Norman Mailer
Up Next: First Ladies: The Sage of the Presidents Wives and Their Power 1789-1961, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Monday, February 01, 2010
Caressa Cameron
When Miss Michigan Nicole Blaszczyk didn't get picked as a semifinalist Saturday at Miss America 2010, I went with someone else who I thought would make a great Miss America.I picked two girls during the swimsuit competition. I picked District of Columbia Jen Corey and Virginia Caressa Cameron. I thought Jen and Caressa looked great in their swimsuits. Where I thought one competitor separated herself from the other was in with her evening gown. Caressa wore a beautiful yellow gown. It looked wonderful with her skin tone. In the talent portion of the show, Caressa blew away the competition with her singing "Listen" from the movie Dreamgirls. Jen also sang and I thought it was good, but sadly the judges disagreed with me. Jen didn't move on into the Top 7.
The on-stage question was asked by people on the Las Vegas strip. Caressa's question was about how to fight childhood obesity. Caressa said, "We need to get our kids back outside, playing with sticks in the street like I did when I was little. Expand your mind, go outside and get to see what this world is like." Which I agree with. When I was a kid, I was always outside playing. I rarely watched TV.
Caressa was crowned Miss America 2010.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
Friday, January 29, 2010
Miss America
I've been watching this for as long as I can remember: Miss America. I remember sitting in front of the TV with my sisters watching the competition. As I got a little older, I would write down the scores from swimsuit, talent, evening gown and on-stage question to figure out the winner. I don't know if I ever picked the correct winner.Saturday night TLC will be showing the 2010 Miss America Pageant live from Las Vegas at 8 p.m./EST. I will be watching. Last July, I was photographing the Miss River Raisin Festival Scholarship Pageant for work and Miss Michigan 2009 Nicole Blaszczyk helped host the pageant. Nicole performed her talent of a lyrical dance for the crowd. It was wonderful. She is a beautiful dancer. Last night, Nicole won a preliminary award for talent on the last night of competition for the 2010 Miss America Pageant. I'm hoping she will will make the top ten and have a chance for Miss America 2010.
Photo: Nicole Blaszczyk on stage at the 2009 River Raisin Festival Scholarship Pageant.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Random things
I was putting dishes away yesterday and a plate fell from the dish rack. I didn't want it to break the plate so I put my left foot in its path. My foot did the job I wanted it to. It stopped the dish. In the process, the side of the plate landed on the top of my foot. It hit where my toes crease near my big toe. It instantly hurt and left a mark.
It still hurts and I was actually limping this morning. I was thinking will I be able to run today? It took a while, but the limping went away. I will be running later today. If I didn't let plantar fasciitis stop me from running, do you think I would let a plate falling on my foot stop me? The answer is no.
Besides losing weight, I'm trying to improve something else as well. Its time. I'm working on my posture. My posture is horrible. Most mornings you'll find me slouched down in my chair at work or I'll slouch sitting at my desk at home. I'm trying to be aware how awful it is. If I catch myself doing it, I will sit up straight. I noticed that when standing, I still slouch. I'm learning to keep my shoulders back.
I think this is the year I will try improve everything about me.
It still hurts and I was actually limping this morning. I was thinking will I be able to run today? It took a while, but the limping went away. I will be running later today. If I didn't let plantar fasciitis stop me from running, do you think I would let a plate falling on my foot stop me? The answer is no.
Besides losing weight, I'm trying to improve something else as well. Its time. I'm working on my posture. My posture is horrible. Most mornings you'll find me slouched down in my chair at work or I'll slouch sitting at my desk at home. I'm trying to be aware how awful it is. If I catch myself doing it, I will sit up straight. I noticed that when standing, I still slouch. I'm learning to keep my shoulders back.
I think this is the year I will try improve everything about me.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
One step at a time
People say every new year that they want to lose weight. I've probably said that since 1998. I'm finally doing something about it in 2010.
What really motivated me to finally lose weight was a photo. It was a family photo that my brother-in-law took of me on Christmas. I couldn't believe how big I looked. It was then that I knew I wanted to do something about it.
I already had one key element of losing weight down: exercise. I run six days a week and sprinkle in some push ups and crunches. The other element that I needed was to look at what and how much I ate. I thought that since I ran so much I could eat a little bit more. Wrong. It wasn't helping me. I was just maintaining my weight.
Since the beginning of January, I have been watching what I eat. My husband and I are trying to lose weight together and now we eat smaller portions of food. We had dinner out last Friday as a reward. It was the first time all week I ate out. I ordered a steak, sweet potato fries and coleslaw for dinner. I usually finish everything on my plate but this time I didn't. I had to get a to-go box. And that made me happy.
So far on my weight loss journey, I have lost 8 pounds. Besides stepping on the scale, I can tell that I have lost weight. All of my pants are loose now. I love that feeling. I know it will take a long time to lose all of the weight that I want to. I know once I get to my goal weight, I want to stay there for a long time.
What really motivated me to finally lose weight was a photo. It was a family photo that my brother-in-law took of me on Christmas. I couldn't believe how big I looked. It was then that I knew I wanted to do something about it.
I already had one key element of losing weight down: exercise. I run six days a week and sprinkle in some push ups and crunches. The other element that I needed was to look at what and how much I ate. I thought that since I ran so much I could eat a little bit more. Wrong. It wasn't helping me. I was just maintaining my weight.
Since the beginning of January, I have been watching what I eat. My husband and I are trying to lose weight together and now we eat smaller portions of food. We had dinner out last Friday as a reward. It was the first time all week I ate out. I ordered a steak, sweet potato fries and coleslaw for dinner. I usually finish everything on my plate but this time I didn't. I had to get a to-go box. And that made me happy.
So far on my weight loss journey, I have lost 8 pounds. Besides stepping on the scale, I can tell that I have lost weight. All of my pants are loose now. I love that feeling. I know it will take a long time to lose all of the weight that I want to. I know once I get to my goal weight, I want to stay there for a long time.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Books read in 2010
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Currently Reading: John F. Kennedy, President, Hugh Sidey
Up Next: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, Norman Mailer
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Currently Reading: John F. Kennedy, President, Hugh Sidey
Up Next: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, Norman Mailer
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Miles run in 2010
I'm so excited that my running is going so well this year. One reason that my running in going well is that I'm injury free so far. Last year's plantar fasciitis held me back. Another reason I think my running is going well is I've lost some weight. I want to lose more and I hope with my weight loss that my race times will go down. But I will take one step at a time and I will keep running.
2004: 22.2
2005: 29
2006: 27
2007: 30
2008: 52
2009: 64
2010: 103.1
2004: 22.2
2005: 29
2006: 27
2007: 30
2008: 52
2009: 64
2010: 103.1
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Random things
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to lose a few pounds. I have been sticking with my resolution and lost some weight. I have lost 6 pounds so far. I have really been watching what I eat and I have been running, as usual. It feels good to step on the scale and see lower numbers then I have seen in years. I know this is something I can do and I hope to continue losing more weight.
I've been wanted to do this for a couple of years. I finally sat at my computer and wrote the email earlier this week. I emailed the local director of a national organization to volunteer my services. I received a reply back from the director within the hour. She asked if I would be willing to help out at an event. I said yes and she said she would add my name to the list. I won't reveal the organization until I know more about the event and the date it will take place.
I think 2010 is starting out to be a great year.
I've been wanted to do this for a couple of years. I finally sat at my computer and wrote the email earlier this week. I emailed the local director of a national organization to volunteer my services. I received a reply back from the director within the hour. She asked if I would be willing to help out at an event. I said yes and she said she would add my name to the list. I won't reveal the organization until I know more about the event and the date it will take place.
I think 2010 is starting out to be a great year.
Berlin Wall graffiti - Boston, MA
A section of the Berlin Wall at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Books read in 2010
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Currently Reading: A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Up Next: Library trip
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Currently Reading: A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Up Next: Library trip
Monday, January 18, 2010
Help Krista
My blogger pal Krista needs your help. She signed up for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. Once again she is raising funds to help blood cancer patients by running the Rock 'N' Roll San Diego Marathon on June 6, 2010. Krista's fundraising goal is $4000. She currently has 15% of her goal. Please help her out by making a donation to this worthy cause. Click here to read Krista's Team in Training web page.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Hot Chocolate Hustle
I will be running in the Hot Chocolate Hustle 5K on February 6. This is the first winter race I will have ever run. The good news is the race will be run on city streets. The bad part about the race is the streets could be snowy. Who knows what the weather will be on that Saturday morning.
There is another February winter race in town, but I will never do that one. It is a five mile trail run. I will never do that race because I'm afraid of running on snowy trails and twisting my ankles. Also, I'm a huge nerd and I'm not a fan of getting my shoes and socks wet.
See you outside on February 6.
There is another February winter race in town, but I will never do that one. It is a five mile trail run. I will never do that race because I'm afraid of running on snowy trails and twisting my ankles. Also, I'm a huge nerd and I'm not a fan of getting my shoes and socks wet.
See you outside on February 6.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Miles run in 2010
This is the fastest I have ever gotten to 50 miles. For the last two years it took me most of January to reach it. Beyond that it took until February. I'm really proud of what I have accomplished with my running. The last couple of years, I was happy to run around 20 miles a week. Now I try to get above 30 miles a week, running six days a week. Maybe in the future, I will try to reach 40 miles a week.
2004: 10
2005: 17
2006: 15
2007: 14
2008: 31
2009: 35
2010: 57
2004: 10
2005: 17
2006: 15
2007: 14
2008: 31
2009: 35
2010: 57
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Books read in 2010
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Currently Reading: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Up Next: A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Currently Reading: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Up Next: A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
Monday, January 11, 2010
Change of plans
My husband pointed out some decaying apartments to me over the weekend. I have driven by them plenty of times but never really gave them a second look. When I saw them over the weekend, I liked how nasty they looked. I'm the people that live around them don't think that. But I do.
My plan was to photograph them right after work this morning. I didn't go. It was snowing. It is not a hard snow, but I didn't want snowflakes in my photos. I will try again Tuesday after work when the forecast will be on my side. Mostly cloudy through mid-morning then becoming party sunny.
I'm including a photo of a dumpster near the apartment buildings I plan on photographing tomorrow. Until then.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Books read in 2010
Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
Currently Reading: American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Up Next: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
Currently Reading: American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Up Next: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Inspiration & motivation
I have been looking at photos on istockphoto. It is a stock photography website with royalty free images and photos. I only learned of the site late last year from a co-worker.
I really enjoy looking at other people's photos of things I like to photograph. I like to see how they photographed it and the angles they used. Looking at these photos always give me ideas for when I go out to shoot. The photos that I have been looking: graffiti, abandoned buildings, decaying structures, cemetery statues, mausoleums, railroad cars, door handles, locks and vintage signs. Many of the photos that I looked at had me saying, "I wish that was mine." I said that this morning about this photo by Duncan Walker. It is just beautiful.
I know if I keep looking at the gallery of the stock photos, they will inspire and motivate me. They will help me get out the door and start shooting more.
I really enjoy looking at other people's photos of things I like to photograph. I like to see how they photographed it and the angles they used. Looking at these photos always give me ideas for when I go out to shoot. The photos that I have been looking: graffiti, abandoned buildings, decaying structures, cemetery statues, mausoleums, railroad cars, door handles, locks and vintage signs. Many of the photos that I looked at had me saying, "I wish that was mine." I said that this morning about this photo by Duncan Walker. It is just beautiful.
I know if I keep looking at the gallery of the stock photos, they will inspire and motivate me. They will help me get out the door and start shooting more.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Personal photos
One of my resolutions for the last three to four years is taking more personal photos. I work as a sports photographer and shoot games three times a week. I always take plenty of photos. As much as I like certain sports there are times I would rather be shooting something I really like.My photo loves are cemeteries, cemetery statues, decaying structures/industry, abandoned buildings and graffiti. So far I have done really well with my New Year's resolution. I grabbed my camera on January 1 and drove a couple of blocks down the street. I photographed a graffitied railroad car, graffiti on a building and a decaying structure. As I was taking a photo of a industrial garage door covered with graffiti a man in a car passed me. He slowed his car down to stare at me. I guess he never seen anyone take a photo before.
To help me keep on my resolution, I Googled cemeteries to visit. I was really happy with the three addresses that I found for Toledo, Ohio cemeteries. I have seen photos of these cemeteries online and they have exactly what I'm looking for: statues and mausoleums. I also have an address to an Monroe County cemetery. These will make interesting day trips when the weather isn't so terrible.
If the weather is nasty, I'll just have to stay close to home. There is plenty to photograph near my house: cemeteries, railroad cars, graffiti, decaying instrustries. My hope is to photograph something personal twice a month. It seems like something I'm capable of accomplishing.
Monday, January 04, 2010
Books read in 2009 - Final Count
Final Count: 56
Favorite Books of the Year: Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott by David Sheward, The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat by Bob Woodward
Least Favorite Book of the Year: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, editors of United Press International and Cowles
Favorite Books of the Year: Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott by David Sheward, The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat by Bob Woodward
Least Favorite Book of the Year: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, editors of United Press International and Cowles
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Miles run in 2009 - Final Count
I'm so proud of the mileage that I ran this year. Even with a horrible case of plantar fasciitis, I continued to run through the pain.
The first week my foot doctor told me to cut my mileage, I didn't. When I realized my foot wasn't going to get better, I started to listen to him. I cut my mileage down to 15 miles a week for quite a while. That really got to me being stuck at such a low number. I wanted to do more. I picked up my training. In July I started running six days a week and over 30 miles a week. I know that is what really helped me increase my mileage compared to last year.
This year I plan to continue running six days and over 30 miles a week. If I do that I will definitely top 2009's mileage.
Total miles run for the year:
2004: 318.6
2005: 350.8
2006: 470
2007: 573.7
2008: 960.2
2009: 1257.9
The first week my foot doctor told me to cut my mileage, I didn't. When I realized my foot wasn't going to get better, I started to listen to him. I cut my mileage down to 15 miles a week for quite a while. That really got to me being stuck at such a low number. I wanted to do more. I picked up my training. In July I started running six days a week and over 30 miles a week. I know that is what really helped me increase my mileage compared to last year.
This year I plan to continue running six days and over 30 miles a week. If I do that I will definitely top 2009's mileage.
Total miles run for the year:
2004: 318.6
2005: 350.8
2006: 470
2007: 573.7
2008: 960.2
2009: 1257.9
Saturday, January 02, 2010
New Year goals
1. Run over 1300 miles - I am reluctant to write down 1500 miles. It is something I want to accomplish, but I have worries about injuries. Who knows if the awful plantar fasciitis will come back? I will continue to run six days and over 30 miles a week. Let's see where that takes me.
2. Shoot photos more - This has been a resolution for three years in a row. I want to get back to shooting my favorite things on a regular basis: cemeteries, cemetery statues, decaying structures/industry and graffiti. I would like to upload all of the photos I shoot this year to a photography site for everyone to see.
3. Continue reading - I finished 2009 with 56 books read. My plan is to finish reading over 40 books again. I say 40 because some of the books I read were small and took a day to finish.
4. Lose a few pounds - I maintained my weight throughout 2009. I know I will keep my running up, I want to try to eat better.
2. Shoot photos more - This has been a resolution for three years in a row. I want to get back to shooting my favorite things on a regular basis: cemeteries, cemetery statues, decaying structures/industry and graffiti. I would like to upload all of the photos I shoot this year to a photography site for everyone to see.
3. Continue reading - I finished 2009 with 56 books read. My plan is to finish reading over 40 books again. I say 40 because some of the books I read were small and took a day to finish.
4. Lose a few pounds - I maintained my weight throughout 2009. I know I will keep my running up, I want to try to eat better.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Movies watched in 2009 - final count
Final Count: 91
Favorite Movies: 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Amelia (2009), The Hospital (1971), The Hustler (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Reader (2008), The Thorn Birds (1983),
Favorite Documentary: Amelia Earhart (2005)
Least Favorite Movie: Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
So bad that it was laughable: Any of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies. Mike's, Tom Servo's and Crow's riffs made these movies so fun to watch and laugh at.
Movie I watched for famous quote: Gone With The Wind (1939)
Favorite Movies: 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Amelia (2009), The Hospital (1971), The Hustler (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Reader (2008), The Thorn Birds (1983),
Favorite Documentary: Amelia Earhart (2005)
Least Favorite Movie: Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
So bad that it was laughable: Any of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies. Mike's, Tom Servo's and Crow's riffs made these movies so fun to watch and laugh at.
Movie I watched for famous quote: Gone With The Wind (1939)
- 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
- Against All Odds (1984)
- Amelia (2009)
- Amelia Earhart (2005) TV
- Anastasia (1956)
- Autumn Leaves (1956)
- Bombshell (1933)
- Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
- Clerks (1994)
- Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Easy Money (1983)
- Elmer Gantry (1960)
- Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1992)
- Family Plot (1976)
- Frenzy (1972)
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Gone With The Wind (1939)
- Gran Torino (2008)
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) TV
- Hold Your Man (1933)
- Humoresque (1946)
- JFK: Special Edition (1991)
- Lincoln (2005) TV
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Mogambo (1953)
- MST3K: A Touch of Satan (1998) TV
- MST3K: Boggy Creek II (1999) TV
- MST3K: Eegah (1993) TV
- MST3K: Gunslinger (1993) TV
- MST3K: Hamlet (1999) TV
- MST3K: Hercules Against the Moon Men (1992) TV
- MST3K: Hobgoblins (1997) TV
- MST3K: Horrors of Spider Island (1988) TV
- MST3K: I Accuse My Parents (1993) TV
- MST3K: Laserblast (1999) TV
- MST3K: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1993) TV
- MST3K: Mitchell (1993) TV
- MST3K: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1997) TV
- MST3K: Prince of Space (1997) TV
- MST3K: Red Zone Cuba (1994) TV
- MST3K: Teen-Age Strangler (1993) TV
- MST3K: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1993) TV
- MST3K: The Crawling Hand (1989) TV
- MST3K: The Dead Talk Back (1994) TV
- MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) TV
- MST3K: The Girl in Gold Boots (1999) TV
- MST3K: The Indestructible Man (1988) TV
- MST3K: Tormented (1988) TV
- MST3K: Werewolf (1999) TV
- MST3K; Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1999) TV
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
- Network (1976)
- New Moon (2009)
- Outrageous Fortune (1987)
- Plantinum Blonde (1931)
- Pure Country (1992)
- Red Dust (1932)
- Red-Headed Woman (1932)
- Revolutionary Road (2008)
- RFK: His Life and Legacy (2009) TV
- RFK: His Many Sides (2005)
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
- Run Fatboy Run (2007)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
- Still Waiting (2009)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Taps (1981)
- The Amityville Horror (1979)
- The Great Gatsby (1974)
- The Hindenburg (1975)
- The Hoax (2006)
- The Hospital (1971)
- The Hustler (1961)
- The Last Days of Patton (1986)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- The Reader (2008)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Thorn Birds (1983) TV miniseries
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
- The Wackness (2008)
- The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Uncommon Valor (1983)
- Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Books read in 2009
Some books I can read in a day or two. The last couple that I picked up at the library have been like that. The book I'm currently reading is another fast read, Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy 1925-1968 by the editors of United Press International and Cowles. This book puts together photographs and articles by UPI reporters/photographers the day Kennedy was shot and the five days after. I am finding the book very interesting and it is a page turner. The book includes Ted Kennedy's eulogy for his brother. My favorite excerpt is below.
"My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
Hear Ted say it.
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Currently Reading: Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, editors of United Press
International and Cowles
Up Next: Library trip
"My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world.
As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him:
"Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." "
Hear Ted say it.
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Currently Reading: Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, editors of United Press
International and Cowles
Up Next: Library trip
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sound of Music
My favorite musical was on TV over the weekend, The Sound of Music. I watched it a lot growing up. It was one of my sisters favorite movie. Since I watched it along with her, I can sing every song and can recite dialog. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Maria (Julie Andrews) and Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) do the folk dance at the party to announce his engagement to the Baroness. I tried to find that clip on YouTube. I ended up finding something better.
End of year questions
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Vacationed in Boston.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes. I kept three out of four resolutions. I ran over 1000 miles, at more at home and read of 40 books. The only one I didn't keep is shooting more personal photos. Yes. I will make more resolutions for 2010 and shooting more personal photos will be on the list.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. My husband's grandfather.
5. What countries did you visit?
The United States.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Always more money.
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October. I completed my second half marathon and beat my 2008 time by 13 minutes.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Running over 1200 miles.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not shooting more personal photos.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
In January, had plantar fasciitis in my left foot. It took until August to get rid of it.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR lens.
12. Where did most of your money go?
Student loan, gas and house payments.
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Boston.
14. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier.
b) thinner or fatter? The same.
c) richer or poorer? About the same.
16. What do you wish you’d done more of? Shoot photos for myself.
17. What do you wish you’d done less of? complain
18. How did you spend Christmas?
I opened presents with my husband first, then went to my mom's house then to my husband's parents house. It was a long day.
19. Did you fall in love in 2009?
No, still in love with my husband
20. What was your favorite TV programs?
Community, Modern Family, Family Guy, Dexter & Mad Men.
21. What was the best book you read?
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Lady Gaga
23. What did you want and get?
Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting by Bert Stern and a point and shoot Nikon camera.
Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting by Bert Stern and a point and shoot Nikon camera.
24. What did you want and not get? Books from my gift list.
25. What was your favorite films of this year?
84 Charing Cross Road, The Hospital, The Hustler, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Thorn Birds, The Reader
26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 30 and I actually don't remember what I did.
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More money.
28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Aeropostale and American Eagle.
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Amelia Earhart.
31. Who do you miss?
My dad and friends that have moved away.
32. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009. That most rumors are not true.
33. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. Something has changed within me/
Something is not the same/I'm through with playing by the rules/Of someone else's game - Defying Gravity (Wicked)
Monday, December 28, 2009
"The Hospital" - Trailers From Hell
Watched The Hospital (1971) over the weekend and enjoyed it. George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Block was fantastic. But I would always think that. George C. Scott is one of my favorite actors.
"The Hospital" - Trailers From Hell
"The Hospital" - Trailers From Hell
Books read in 2009
Last Monday, I picked up several books at the library. One of the books was Fletch Forever by Gregory McDonald. Inside this 600 page book was the first three of his Fletch novels; Fletch, Confess, Fletch and Fletch's Fortune. I finished reading the entire book last night. They were a fun read. And yes, all fiction. As you may know, I rarely read fiction. When I picked up the books last week, I was unsure if I was going to receive any books for Christmas. On my gift list for my husband, I had many non-fiction books listed. If I was going to receive a bunch of non-fiction books, I wanted a couple of fast reading fiction books to break up all of the facts.
For Christmas, I did receive one book from my list: Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting by Bert Stern. This book is not a sit down and read book. It is a awesome photo book and has over 2500 photos of Marilyn taken by photographer Bert Stern in their three-day session. The photos of Marilyn are lovely and I'm glad that I finally own this book. If you are a Marilyn Monroe fan, I recommend this book.
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Currently Reading: Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Up Next: Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, United Press International
For Christmas, I did receive one book from my list: Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting by Bert Stern. This book is not a sit down and read book. It is a awesome photo book and has over 2500 photos of Marilyn taken by photographer Bert Stern in their three-day session. The photos of Marilyn are lovely and I'm glad that I finally own this book. If you are a Marilyn Monroe fan, I recommend this book.
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Confess, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Fletch's Fortune, Gregory McDonald
Currently Reading: Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Up Next: Assassination: Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, United Press International
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Community
One of my new favorite fall shows is Community on NBC. I love everything about this show. I usually try to watch the episodes twice to catch all of the great lines. Besides Family Guy and Modern Family, Community is a show that I actually laugh all the way through.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Random things
On my first of five days off, I slept in until 6:30 a.m. On any normal day, I would have been up at 4 a.m. and at work at 4:30 a.m. But I don't have to think about that until next Tuesday and that feels great!
I have already been on the treadmill today. I started at 7 a.m. and watched Saved By The Bell The episodes that were shown were of the whole gang working at The Malibu Sands. When I was younger I really wanted to work at a beach club because of them. It looked fun. They hardly ever worked. But where I live, we don't have anything cool like that. No beaches, no oceans. And no Zack Morris. Boo.
I have a very busy Christmas Eve. At 10 a.m., I have a rehearsal at church for tonight's Christmas mass. I will be one of three altar servers for mass tonight. My role as altar server last year was to carry the incense. I hope to pass that on to someone else this year. The incense is so strong when it is lit. It instantly gave me a headache.
When rehearsal is finished, I will be making lunch. Then its on to cleaning the house. After mass, my family will be arriving at my house for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner. Back before I was married, the traditional Christmas Eve dinner was Subway. We would stop and get subs right before it closed for the night. The Subway tradition still continued for a couple of years after I was married. One year it changed. My husband and I had a nice meal planned for us, but somehow my entire family got invited over to our house and the tradition started. I think it is the one tradition I look forward to the most each year.
I have already been on the treadmill today. I started at 7 a.m. and watched Saved By The Bell The episodes that were shown were of the whole gang working at The Malibu Sands. When I was younger I really wanted to work at a beach club because of them. It looked fun. They hardly ever worked. But where I live, we don't have anything cool like that. No beaches, no oceans. And no Zack Morris. Boo.
I have a very busy Christmas Eve. At 10 a.m., I have a rehearsal at church for tonight's Christmas mass. I will be one of three altar servers for mass tonight. My role as altar server last year was to carry the incense. I hope to pass that on to someone else this year. The incense is so strong when it is lit. It instantly gave me a headache.
When rehearsal is finished, I will be making lunch. Then its on to cleaning the house. After mass, my family will be arriving at my house for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner. Back before I was married, the traditional Christmas Eve dinner was Subway. We would stop and get subs right before it closed for the night. The Subway tradition still continued for a couple of years after I was married. One year it changed. My husband and I had a nice meal planned for us, but somehow my entire family got invited over to our house and the tradition started. I think it is the one tradition I look forward to the most each year.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Books read in 2009
America's Queen, Sarah Bradford
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Currently Reading: Fletch Forever, Gregory McDonald
Up Next: Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office, John Temple
Marilyn's Last Words, Matthew Smith
Corpse: Nature, Forensics and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, Jessica Snyder Sachs
Rage and Glory: The Volatile Life and Career of George C. Scott, David Sheward
Sinatra in Hollywood, Tom Santopietro
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner, Jan Garavaglia, M.D.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Robert J. Wagner & Scott Eyman
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Crimes Of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality, Jeff Ferrell
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, Craig Castleman
Freight Train Graffiti, Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland & Ian Sattler
The Birth of Graffiti, Jon Naar
Subway Art, Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant
Graffiti NYC, Hugo Martinez
A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford & Jane Kesner Ardmore
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, Catherine Clinton
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, Susan Ware
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shane O'Sullivan
Last Flight, Amelia Earhart
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Mary S. Lovell
Eisenhower, Geoffrey Perret
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, Laurence Leamer
The Royals, Kitty Kelley
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon, Ted Schwarz
The Kennedy Women, Laurence Leamer
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, Bob Woodward
Case Closed, Gerald Posner
All the President's Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (again)
The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Vincent V. Loomis
The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Jim Bishop
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Elgen M. Long & Marie K. Long
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
Currently Reading: Fletch Forever, Gregory McDonald
Up Next: Fletch Won, Gregory McDonald
Monday, December 21, 2009
Miles run in 2009
I can't believe I have run 1200 miles this year! In my all of my years running regularly, I never thought I would even come close to 1000 miles. But now I have done it. I want to keep up my mileage in the new year. I plan to continue running over 30 miles a week. Maybe on a week that I'm not that busy try to run a 40 mile week.
I pray that I can keep injury free in the new year. I don't need a repeat of this year. To prevent that awful injury from coming back, I plan on buying new running shoes within the next week or two. I know I am overdue in that department.
2004: 304.6
2005: 335.8
2006: 457.0
2007: 554.6
2008: 936.1
2009: 1211.8
I pray that I can keep injury free in the new year. I don't need a repeat of this year. To prevent that awful injury from coming back, I plan on buying new running shoes within the next week or two. I know I am overdue in that department.
2004: 304.6
2005: 335.8
2006: 457.0
2007: 554.6
2008: 936.1
2009: 1211.8
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas items
I started Christmas shopping weeks ago. And I'm still not done. I really tried to finish it up last night. I was uncertain on what to get my niece and nephews. I decided to wait until my husband is with me.
Besides the young ones, my brothers and sisters are pooling together money to buy my Mom a gift. We have yet to pool our money together. I hope I can exchange cash later this afternoon with my sister who came up with the idea. Once that's done, I have to pick up a small gift for one of my brothers. Slowly, but surely it is coming along.
On another note Christmas related note, last year my husband and I received probably close to 20 Christmas cards. This year our total is seven. Seven? Our people just not sending out cards this year? I can understand if people don't want to spend the money on stamps. They are getting pricey.
Christmas is less then a week away. I hope everyone's holiday is merry.
Besides the young ones, my brothers and sisters are pooling together money to buy my Mom a gift. We have yet to pool our money together. I hope I can exchange cash later this afternoon with my sister who came up with the idea. Once that's done, I have to pick up a small gift for one of my brothers. Slowly, but surely it is coming along.
On another note Christmas related note, last year my husband and I received probably close to 20 Christmas cards. This year our total is seven. Seven? Our people just not sending out cards this year? I can understand if people don't want to spend the money on stamps. They are getting pricey.
Christmas is less then a week away. I hope everyone's holiday is merry.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Family Guy
In the latest episode of Family Guy, Peter takes Carter Pewterschmidt to a strip club for the bachelor party he never had. The dialog at the end of this clip had my husband and I laughing so much. We both got the Billy Joel reference.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Weekend update
My husband and I went to Toledo, Ohio on Saturday night. It was a warm evening, in the 30s, so we decided to go see the Lights Before Christmas at the zoo. The line of cars to get into the zoo was really long. It probably was a mile or longer. My husband got out of line. He was going to go past the zoo and do a U-turn to come in from the other way. That line was very long also. Before going past the zoo, he found a gap behind a vehicle near the entrance. There was enough of a gap to let our truck in and the people behind us in a SUV.
Once we finally paid for parking, the parking lot was jammed with cars. We have been going to see the Lights Before Christmas since 1997 and this was the busiest I have ever seen it. We parked in a lot that wasn't really a lot. It was an open field area that had maintenance buildings on it. We were beyond the parking lot. It was a bit of a walk to get to the entrance, but I didn't mind the walk. The thing that bothered me walking was the guy in front of us smoking. His smoke was blowing back in our faces. My husband took my hand and we got off the sidewalk into the grass and passed him. We found a gap and got behind some people. This group was walking slow because a bunch of kids were leading them. This made us get off the sidewalk again and pass them.
When we got into the zoo, it was wall to wall people. Everywhere you looked and stepped, someone was right there. The lights were pretty as usual and I enjoyed looking at them. The thing I didn't enjoy was when the person or group in front of us would just stop. Instead of being considerate and move off to the side, they would stop in the middle of everything. This happened many times while we were walking around. Also there were so many children in wagons and strollers. Some of the paths are not big enough to pass by without being forced off into the grass. There were a few times were I had to leave the sidewalk because these parents hogging the way. GRRRR!
As we were leaving I said to my husband that next year we should come on a day that is colder. Maybe there wouldn't be so many people. Because who really wants to walk around when it is freezing cold?
Once we finally paid for parking, the parking lot was jammed with cars. We have been going to see the Lights Before Christmas since 1997 and this was the busiest I have ever seen it. We parked in a lot that wasn't really a lot. It was an open field area that had maintenance buildings on it. We were beyond the parking lot. It was a bit of a walk to get to the entrance, but I didn't mind the walk. The thing that bothered me walking was the guy in front of us smoking. His smoke was blowing back in our faces. My husband took my hand and we got off the sidewalk into the grass and passed him. We found a gap and got behind some people. This group was walking slow because a bunch of kids were leading them. This made us get off the sidewalk again and pass them.
When we got into the zoo, it was wall to wall people. Everywhere you looked and stepped, someone was right there. The lights were pretty as usual and I enjoyed looking at them. The thing I didn't enjoy was when the person or group in front of us would just stop. Instead of being considerate and move off to the side, they would stop in the middle of everything. This happened many times while we were walking around. Also there were so many children in wagons and strollers. Some of the paths are not big enough to pass by without being forced off into the grass. There were a few times were I had to leave the sidewalk because these parents hogging the way. GRRRR!
As we were leaving I said to my husband that next year we should come on a day that is colder. Maybe there wouldn't be so many people. Because who really wants to walk around when it is freezing cold?
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Winter has officially arrived
Trying to get into my car this morning was difficult. Less then an inch of snow fell overnight. During the early morning hours, the snow turned to rain. The rain was melting the snow. It seemed everywhere I stepped, the snow turned into a big water puddle. I was trying to walk carefully so I wouldn't get water on my shoes. It didn't work. My shoes got wet. The good thing is they didn't get wet enough to get to my socks.
The drive to work was fine. The roads were wet and somewhat slushy. When I got to the office, I saw the parking lots have already been plowed. I parked next to another car in the lot. That car was already in the lot when it was plowed. So the plow went around it. Leaving piles of snow on the passenger side of the parked car. I opened my door and looked down. I could tell there was a puddle of snow and water waiting for me. I tried my best to get out slowly so I wouldn't splash. It didn't matter. My shoes, socks and pant legs got all wet. Just trying to make it to the building was hard. Everywhere I stepped was puddles of water and slushy snow. I really enjoyed working with wet shoes, socks and pants.
During the morning hours, the wind picked up. We had 25 mph winds with gusts up to 60 mph. Later in the afternoon, the wind was shaking my house. I went outside on the porch to see if the Christmas decorations were still standing. Two snowman were knocked over. I picked up the larger snowman and set it back on the table it was standing on. The small snowman was laying on one of the front steps of the porch. I picked it up and tucked it against the side of the house and mailbox. That's not getting blown away tonight.
The glorious wind will continue into Thursday and finally diminish Thursday night. With the wind comes the wind chills. With the wind chills Thursday, the temperature will be right around zero. Yuck. All I can ask is: Is it spring yet?
The drive to work was fine. The roads were wet and somewhat slushy. When I got to the office, I saw the parking lots have already been plowed. I parked next to another car in the lot. That car was already in the lot when it was plowed. So the plow went around it. Leaving piles of snow on the passenger side of the parked car. I opened my door and looked down. I could tell there was a puddle of snow and water waiting for me. I tried my best to get out slowly so I wouldn't splash. It didn't matter. My shoes, socks and pant legs got all wet. Just trying to make it to the building was hard. Everywhere I stepped was puddles of water and slushy snow. I really enjoyed working with wet shoes, socks and pants.
During the morning hours, the wind picked up. We had 25 mph winds with gusts up to 60 mph. Later in the afternoon, the wind was shaking my house. I went outside on the porch to see if the Christmas decorations were still standing. Two snowman were knocked over. I picked up the larger snowman and set it back on the table it was standing on. The small snowman was laying on one of the front steps of the porch. I picked it up and tucked it against the side of the house and mailbox. That's not getting blown away tonight.
The glorious wind will continue into Thursday and finally diminish Thursday night. With the wind comes the wind chills. With the wind chills Thursday, the temperature will be right around zero. Yuck. All I can ask is: Is it spring yet?
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
84 Charing Cross Road
I recorded a movie off of Turner Movie Classic over the weekend called 84 Charing Cross Road. The movie stars Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. The movie is about a script-reader in New York who is searching for British literature and obscure classics. She sees an ad in a literature magazine for a bookstore in London that does mail orders. She begins a twenty year correspondence with the chief buyer of the bookseller and other employees.
It was only after watching the movie that I found out this was a true story. The title of the movie, 84 Charing Cross Road was the address of the bookseller in London. The character that Anne Bancroft played is Helene Hanff. In 1970, Hanff wrote a book called 84 Charing Cross Road. The book contains the letters that Hanff wrote to the chief buyer, Frank Doel, played by Anthony Hopkins. I was hoping that in the movie Bancroft and Hopkins would meet. But it wasn't might too be.
It was a great story and Bancroft and Hopkins acted wonderfully. I'm hoping that the library will have a copy of this book. If not, I can always buy one from Amazon.com.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Random things
I've been away from my blog for a couple of days. This is what I've been doing.
I photographed four different school's winter sports teams this week. This is something that nobody likes to do, but it must be done. Myself and other photographers gather the varsity players and have them write their names on a piece of paper. After they write their name, they hold the paper at their chest level while we take a photo of them. When I'm around the athletes, I try to say head shot. At work, we call them mug shots. Some of the kids will say that this feels like a jail mug shot. I smile at them even though I heard it thousands of times. In the past, we have used a couple of the athlete's head shots as a mug shot for a crime they committed.
The shortest session I had at a school was 40 minutes. The longest session at a school was 3 hours. If you count the drive time it was 4 hours. That didn't make me very happy. At the beginning of the session was varsity boys basketball. Following them was the wrestling team. I finished with them around 3:30/3:40 p.m. Next was the JV girls/boys and freshmen basketball teams. And I didn't need photos of any of them. The bowling was supposed to come next. They didn't. The team didn't show up. I never heard the reason for their absence. That left a huge gap in things. I didn't photograph the varsity girls basketball team until 5:45 p.m. I walked out of the school right after 6 p.m.
With the four photo shoots this week, I have managed to keep up with my running schedule. So far this week I have ran 27 miles. I ran the longest for the week on Wednesday, 12 miles. After that run I was very tired. On Thursday, I had another afternoon shoot. I was thinking about skipping my run. While I was in the gym waiting for athletes, I saw girls running on the indoor track. Just watching them run, inspired me to run when I got home. I ran 4 miles, but my legs were not feeling too great.
Starting my Christmas shopping for my husband tonight. After him, I still need to get something for my mom, my in-laws, a gift for brothers/sisters, my nephews and my niece. Too many people. I hope to be done with everything next week. Hopefully.
It is December and I haven't done anything with my Christmas cards. Since 2001, I have made my own Christmas cards. I haven't had the desire to even get out any of my inks or card stock. I haven't been in the Christmas card making mood. I don't think I will even get there this year. I made plenty of cards last year and have extras. I think I will be sending those out. Or I could just buy some at the store. Would people be disappointed if they didn't get a handmade card from me?
I photographed four different school's winter sports teams this week. This is something that nobody likes to do, but it must be done. Myself and other photographers gather the varsity players and have them write their names on a piece of paper. After they write their name, they hold the paper at their chest level while we take a photo of them. When I'm around the athletes, I try to say head shot. At work, we call them mug shots. Some of the kids will say that this feels like a jail mug shot. I smile at them even though I heard it thousands of times. In the past, we have used a couple of the athlete's head shots as a mug shot for a crime they committed.
The shortest session I had at a school was 40 minutes. The longest session at a school was 3 hours. If you count the drive time it was 4 hours. That didn't make me very happy. At the beginning of the session was varsity boys basketball. Following them was the wrestling team. I finished with them around 3:30/3:40 p.m. Next was the JV girls/boys and freshmen basketball teams. And I didn't need photos of any of them. The bowling was supposed to come next. They didn't. The team didn't show up. I never heard the reason for their absence. That left a huge gap in things. I didn't photograph the varsity girls basketball team until 5:45 p.m. I walked out of the school right after 6 p.m.
With the four photo shoots this week, I have managed to keep up with my running schedule. So far this week I have ran 27 miles. I ran the longest for the week on Wednesday, 12 miles. After that run I was very tired. On Thursday, I had another afternoon shoot. I was thinking about skipping my run. While I was in the gym waiting for athletes, I saw girls running on the indoor track. Just watching them run, inspired me to run when I got home. I ran 4 miles, but my legs were not feeling too great.
Starting my Christmas shopping for my husband tonight. After him, I still need to get something for my mom, my in-laws, a gift for brothers/sisters, my nephews and my niece. Too many people. I hope to be done with everything next week. Hopefully.
It is December and I haven't done anything with my Christmas cards. Since 2001, I have made my own Christmas cards. I haven't had the desire to even get out any of my inks or card stock. I haven't been in the Christmas card making mood. I don't think I will even get there this year. I made plenty of cards last year and have extras. I think I will be sending those out. Or I could just buy some at the store. Would people be disappointed if they didn't get a handmade card from me?
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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