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running favorites from 2008

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The past few months have been a bit busy, and I haven’t been participating over at The Runners’ Lounge. I hope to be less of a stranger now that holiday concert season is over!

For today’s Take It and Run Thursday, they’re looking for our favorite post from 2008.

I’ve never been good with favorites. I couldn’t choose just one!

My favorite running post: The Reluctant Marathoner

My favorite gadgets: Raising the Dork Level

My favorite accomplishment for 2008: Race Report: Iron Girl Triathlon

And of course, I’m looking forward to a new year with my favorite running community!

2008 resolutions: not a total failure

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In 2007, I was somewhat successful meeting my goals. I did not do very well in 2008.

If you follow the link above, you’ll see my resolutions for 2008 were as follows:

  1. Finish the kitchen cabinet project. FAIL
    I have been stripping / repainting the kitchen cabinets since 2002. In 2008, I did not even lift a paintbrush.

  2. Design my home. SOME PROGRESS
    I said I wanted to paint to the still-white walls, add art and get rid of temporary furniture. I had a burst of momentum in January ’08 when I painted a wall in the kitchen. But most of our walls are still white. No new art. But I did get new furniture for the kitchen!

  3. Run a triathlon. SUCCESS!
    Race report

  4. Stay on top of my time and billing at work. FAIL
    We’re getting ready to switch to a new system, and I had to make sure I was up-to-date about a month ago. And it took several days to do it. Since then I’ve been updated weekly, but only because I have to for the system conversion. Tomorrow I will have to add my time for the past two weeks. At least there were quite a few days off in there!

What are my resolutions for 2009?

  1. Finish the kitchen cabinet project
    Once again, I have to add this to my list. But there is a complication. I don’t have access to my workshop because first I have to …
  2. Rid the garage of garage-sale leftovers
    While we did pretty well in our garage sale in October, we just put the stuff that didn’t sell in the garage. In addition to the old kitchen furniture, there are a couple of small tables, chairs, clothing, shoes and boxes full of who-knows-what. I’ve donated a few things, but I’d like to try to sell the items that have some value.
  3. Clean/Organize my home
    This was on my 2007 list as well. I ended 2007 on a high note from my NaBloCleanMo project, but most of the problems have come back. I really need to get a handle on the clutter that is always surrounding me. I need to find a place for everything … because if it doesn’t have a place, how can I put it away? Oh, right, I’m also really bad about putting things away …

Only three items on the list this year … but that last one has been haunting me my whole life. That may never be resolved. But I’d like to try!

weekly winners: sushi and sleepy cats

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December 21-27, 2008

For years growing up, my family’s tradition was to go out for Chinese food on Christmas Eve. When our favorite restaurant closed, we switched to a different one. It was OK, but not the same.

When my parents found a nearby Japanese restaurant they liked, we started going there for Christmas Eve instead. My parents won’t eat sushi, but we sure do!

Christmas Eve Sushi
Christmas Eve Sushi

The only other photos I took this week were of sleeping kitties.

Jeter
sleepy jeter

Posey (on my suitcase)
sleepy posey

Hope you all had a good holiday!

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one last holiday concert

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With the local choir (and various smaller groups pulled from the full chorus), I have performed 13 times since the day before Thanksgiving.

Some were large productions, some small caroling events, and a few Messiahs to top it off.

But before I give my vocal cords a break for the season, I had to squeeze one more in there. Check out the Third Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert!

(To the other participants — thanks for stopping by! My Internet time will be limited for a few days but I’ll be sure to check you all out when I get a chance!)

Thanks to Neil, Citizen of the Month, for hosting!