Exploring the South West: Day 1
1,297 photos, keeping 1,142 and 2.4GB of photos. Oh visiting a beautiful place. This trip came about partially on a whim, partially driven by books. There was a Jet Blue fare sale and an expiring...
View ArticleSouthwest Day 2: Cortez to Taos
Ahh mountain air. Crisp, cool and slightly damp mountain air. Such a nice change from Swamp York City. My hotel in Cortez was only minutes from Mesa Verde so after a nice breakfast (Holiday Inn...
View ArticleGoTheDist 2015: Q3
How on earth is it already October?!? How have I still not finished the photos from my trip? Despite some amazing steps while exploring the National Parks, September was the challenge I knew it would...
View ArticleQ3 update: Alphabet Soup reading challenge:
77 books read so far in 2015. Could 100 really happen? 21 in Q3 and I’m currently in the middle of 3 so very possible. 35 unfinished puts me over so technically I’ve started more than 100 books...
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#GoTheDist 4.1
While I finished the month strong-ish, it wasn’t quite enough to hit my September goals. Monthly steps 292,984 steps walked 120.4 miles walked If I’d realized I was that close I’d have taken 16 more...
View Article2015 Home Stretch
so I added October’s deficit to November and… topped that by 18K! And then I was setting up my December goals and went to check Jan-November against my 2015 goal and realized I hit it 50K steps ago....
View Article2015 Home Stretch: Reading
so I realized today that at the end of 2014 I said I wouldn’t read 54 books again. About that. I’ve read 88 so far. That is, in a word, insane. 11.5 books this month is going to be hard with work...
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2016 reading challenge
At least the one I’m planning on at this moment. Level: 50+ Married with Children I think the reason I’m struggling with finishing the A-Z challenge is an issue I’ve had since high school. I hate...
View Article#GoTheDist 2016
wasn’t I just writing out the goals for 2015? For more reasons than this challenge, this year has gone by in a flash. It’s somewhat bizarre to be writing up 2016 goals before wrapping 2015 but a) I’m...
View ArticleFinal #GoTheDist 2015
so as I mentioned at the end of November, I was in a good place for December. December totals: 275,357 steps 113.17 miles walked 6.13 miles biked The one I’m most proud of? The last one. I actually...
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2015: it’s a reading wrap
my final 2015 numbers thanks to another beach author binge: 102 read with 38 unfinished. Wow, just wow. I didn’t finish the A-Z challenge but that’s mostly a product of not wanting to read what I’m...
View Article#GoTheDist January: Bike Edition
So I had a silent goal of some bike mileage for January. I didn’t touch it in my goals since I wasn’t confident it was actually going to happen and didn’t want to put it in writing. I started with my...
View ArticleJanuary in steps, miles and pages
So there must be something about an end of month rush. Last year at the end of February I did a mad dash of exploring NYC and yesterday? More of the same. I needed 14K for my stretch goal and came...
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#GoTheDist: February 2016
I need to put down the spreadsheet and walk away Much like I had a mega day in January 2016 and February 2015, I had one in February 2016. A 30K day, to be exact. That helped me counter a few lower...
View ArticleOne in a million: #GoTheDist 2016 Q1
or more precisely, one in 1,008,946. Yes, I hit more than one million steps in Q1 2016. For comparison, I hit 927,589 in Q1 2015. Nope, Leap Day didn’t do... Read more »
View ArticleSVU Set Visit
No, it wasn’t an April Fools’ joke. On Friday, April 1, 2016, I was able to visit the set of Law & Order: SVU No, it wasn’t an April Fools’... Read more »
View Article2016 Q1 in Books
I’ve nailed 2016 steps wise, how about books? Specifically my #2016TBR challenge. Through the end of March I’ve read 30/75 books which Goodreads designates as 11 books ahead of... Read more »
View Articlemy inner Japan, 2016
You can take the girl out of Japan, but you can’t take the Japan out of the girl. Specifically, the love of cherry blossoms ingrained in me in April 2002... Read more »
View Article#GoTheDist: April 2016
April is the new March, weather wise. But still, a good month. 336,662 steps (topped April 2015’s 319,965 and am on pace for the million steps) despite some lower days... Read more »
View ArticleThree forts, not a single stamp
I am such a failed NPS Passport Stamps collector. I fell in love with the idea of the stamps while in New Mexico and Colorado last year and went on... Read more »
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