Goals for 2011

I don't like making "new years resolutions." I feel like there is no time like the present to make a change, and if you are going to actually make a change, it'll happen when you're ready, not just when the calendar changes to another year.

I find it easier to set goals for things I want to do rather than habits I want to change. Some of these goals are aligned with habits I would like to change though.

Goals for 2011:

• Run another race longer than 6.2 miles.
• Join a running club/group. 
• Run over 400 miles total (average 7.7 miles each week).
• Do at least 12 races.
• Do something fun and unique that is also exercise, like roller derby lite, burlesque class or trapeze class. 
• Take a vacation, even if it's just a long weekend trip somewhere in the Midwest.  

High School.
I was a soccer player.

College. I lived in Chicago.
We walked a lot more.

Also, I was looking through my mail earlier today, and came across my Wellness assessment from work. My company does an annual health fair, so I could see how I've done every fall since 2006.

Ick. What happened?

Four years ago my BMI was 23.3.
Now it's 25.8.

My total cholesterol was 165 (HDL = 110, LDL = 89).
Now it's 187 (HDL = 126, LDL = 109). Still under what it should be but I don't want it trending upward.

My percent of body fat was 24. Now it's 28.

So I really need to stick to working out, and signing up for races seems to be a good way to force myself to stick to it. For inspiration, check out how skinny I used to be.

Search terms that have lead people to my blog

1. 10 reasons not to become cat lady
2. black swan perverted movie
3. black swan was natalie portman doing good ballet
4. black swan why does she go for a woman in the movie
5. blackswan lily ___ __ nina [omission is mine ...]
6. how do you do the schwartz shuffle [OMG!!! AWESOME!!]
7. margret hot
8. waste my time ass. bariers [huh??]
9. why is the black swan so perverted
10. what is it like working at olive garden 

thanks for the LOLs

regarding #6, I think it goes something like this, as demonstrated by my brothers:

And then there is the Schwartz Shuffle remixed:

2010 in photos

I take a lot of photos. Pages 1-73 of my Flickr photostream are just photos uploaded in 2010. So anyway, what did I do?

It snowed. I took pictures.



By the way, this photo was taken in March. Yay Chicago weather.

Happy Winter! Photos from Christmas. And nature covered in ice.

In case you didn't notice, it's cold outside.This is what is next to the driveway.

So I took a ton of photos over Christmas, but of course none of yours truly. Oh well.

Merry Christmas! And, how to make a holiday video e-card.

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!



Last year, I made a holiday e-card and it turned out pretty well, so I decided to do it again this year. (Also last year, we had a lot more going on so it was a little bit more interesting. This year I just wanted to save money on stamps.)

So how do you make a video e-card?