2008 Resolutions

1)  Continue reading through the Bible:
   ü1 Chronicles
   ü2 Chronicles
   üRomans
   üEzra
   üNehemiah
   üEsther (by end of May)
   ü1 Corinthians
   üJob
   ü2 Corinthians
   üPsalms

2) Fitness/Running
      a) Resistance/Weight Training once a week
      b) Timed 5K once a week
      c) Hill training (1/2 mi.), Sprint training (1/2 mi.), or bicycling (2 mi.) weekly
   üd) Run 300 miles in 2008 (avg. 25 per month)
   üe)  Lose 5 lbs.  (122 to 117)

How I am doing

January
1)  read 1 Chronicles
2)  üa)  4 times
      üb)  4 times
      üc)  4 times
     üd)  25.05 miles
          e)  119 lbs.

February 
had flu 1 week, and was recovering another week and half
1) read 2 Chronicles
2)     a)  1 time
        b)  2 times
        c)  2 times
        d)  10.55 miles (YTD 35.6 miles)
        e)  118 lbs. (the flu gets all the credit!)

March
1) read Romans and Ezra
2)  üa) 4 times
     üb) 4 times
     üc) 4 times
        d) 34.05 miles (YTD 69.65 mi.)
        e) 117 1/2 lbs.

April
1) read Nehemiah and Esther
2)      a) 3 times
      üb) 4 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 32.6 miles (YTD 102.25 mi.)
         e) 118 1/2 lbs. (oops!  I'm going the wrong direction!)

May
1) read 1 Corinthians
2)   üa) 4 times
      üb) 6 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 28.0 miles (YTD 130.25 mi.)
         e) 117 1/2 lbs.

June

1) read Job 1-15
2)   üa) 4 times
      üb) 4 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 27.0 miles (YTD 157.25 mi.)
         e) 117 1/2 lbs.


July

1) read Job 16-42
2)   üa) 4 times
      üb) 5 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 28.0 miles (YTD 185.25 mi.)
      üe) 116 1/2 lbs.

August

1) read 2 Cor. 1-3
2)   a) 1 time
       b) 2 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 15.3 miles (YTD 200.3 mi.)
       e) 117 1/2 lbs.

September

1) read 2 Cor. 4-13; Ps. 1-3
2)   üa) 5 times
      üb) 4 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 27.08 miles (YTD 227.38 mi.)
      üe) 116 1/2 lbs.


October

1) read Ps. 4-31
2)      a) 3 times
      üb) 4 times
         c) 3 times         
      üd) 25.05 miles (YTD 252.43 mi.)
       e) 117 1/2 lbs.

November

1) read Ps. 32-115
2)   üa) 4 times
      üb) 4 times
      üc) 4 times         
      üd) 25.45 miles (YTD 277.88 mi.)
      üe) 115 1/2 lbs.


December

A Look Back at 2007

Movies I saw: (I probably left out a few; *my favorites):
      *Amazing Grace (2007)
        The Queen (2007)
        Something’s Gotta Give (2004)
        The Princess Diaries 2 (2004)
        Ice Princess (2005)
        Georgia Rules (2007)
        High School Musical (2006)
        An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
        Hairspray (2007)
      *Pursuit of Happyness (2007)
      *The Nativity Story (2007)
      *Miss Potter (2007)

Some Highlights:
      Statue of Liberty (in June)
      Excellence in Teaching award (2nd time)
      Screened in back deck / storage space underneath in progress
      Blogging (posted 50 blogs on MyChurch)     
      Rotated off deacons after 3 years (in Sept.)
      Proof-edited Helen Barrett Montgomery: From Domestic Feminism to
            Global Mission (to be published 2008)
      Running
            Ran five 5K races
            Elected to SRR Board of Directors
            Bought GPS
            Ran 247.17 miles in 2007

Some "Lowlights":
      Backed into a friend’s car in my own driveway (in May)
      Difficult issue at work

My Bible Reading in 2007:
      1 Samuel
      2 Samuel
      John
      1 Kings
      2 Kings    

Movies I saw in 2008:

A Good Year (2007)
Away from Her (2007)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
The Great Debaters (2008)*
The Graduate (1967)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Under the Same Moon (2008)*
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2006)*
Mama Mia (2008)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008)*
Leatherbacks (2008)
Then She Found Me (2008)
Fireproof (2008)

Highlights2008:
Frida Kahlo art exhibit in Philly (May)
genealogy
Blue Ridge Mtns. ancestry trip (June)
Facebook
"El Greco to Velazquez" art exhibit at Nasher Museum, Duke University (Oct.)