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Revisiting 2010 goals for 2011
Let's take a quick look at the goals I set for myself at the beginning of last year and then review how I did with them:
- do at least 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups every day in January and increase this every month
- decrease my body fat through exercise and diet, specifically reducing my dairy and processed sugar intake
- keep work and home better ( Read more... )
- do at least 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups every day in January and increase this every month
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Pynchon's "Rainbow" is a struggle so far
One of my goals this year was to "finally get around to reading" some books I've had on my radar for a while. One of them is Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow." I picked up a copy from the public library a few weeks ago and I've gotten about 75 pages into it. The book is almost 800 pages long ( Read more... ) -
Goal update
It's been a while since I posted on LJ. (since May!) I've been busy, but I've also been keeping up (mostly) with some of my goals for the year. ( Let's check in. ) -
Birthday Party
G's 6th birthday is coming up and we're having a party for her next Saturday, May 22. She had a couple requests for the party: a scavenger hunt and a pinata. After brainstorming a few ideas, Wendy and I came up with a Dragon Hunt theme. I put together the invitations, which I cut out of resume paper with ragged-edge scrapbooking shears, then rolled ( Read more... ) -
Cheap music
Between Borders and Best Buy, I bought a bunch of great music on the cheap today ( Read more... ) -
What independent children do
While outside this afternoon, Wendy asked G (our 5yo who was playing in the sandbox) to go inside and bring her out a bottle of water. G went inside and disappeared for half an hour. When she reappeared she was in her pj's and said "I was really dirty so I took a shower and changed my clothes." This was at 4 pm ( Read more... ) -
Another goal check-in
1. do at least 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups every day in January and increase this every month ( Read more... ) -
Life and death
A while back someone asked me what I believe happens when we die. As a Christian, she was curious about an agnostic's perspective on the matter. I asked her to be patient because it wasn't a simple answer. It has taken me a while to get around to it, but this is my response to her. It also serves to document some of my thoughts for the benefit of ( Read more... ) -
Game sale!
Millennium Games, one of the local game stores here in Rochester, just changed ownership. The new owner is trying to get rid of some old stock, so he's having a 50% off sale for everything in his back room, including RPG books, terrain, wargames, board and card games, CCGs, and even some arcade cabinets. Here's what I walked away with:
Canyon (OOP ( Read more... )
