Family & Personal Highlights of 2018
- Keeping myself diabetes-free and my weight down
- Singing with Karin in a huge 1000 participant Gospelfest concert
- Anders participating in the year-long X-Cup mountain biking tournaments and Cykel Wasa
- My oldest best friend visiting for a week
- Martin home for 6 weeks in the spring
- A 3-week visit with my mom
- A weeklong visit with my brother and his family
- Karin’s senior prom and high school graduation
- Visits from our good friends Kathey and Russell, twice!
- Martin working the summer program and getting a job at his school
- Karin writing, managing, performing and singing in her school play
- Karin getting a summer job at Axis and then extended for 6 months
- Karin getting her driver’s license!
- Martin starting his sophomore year at college
- Getting Anders’ mom moved to assisted living
- A 3-week trip to Michigan for the holidays
Best Books of 2018 (in no particular order and not including re-reads)
- Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
- Last Will by Bryn Greenwood
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
- Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- Factfulness by Hans Rosling
- La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
- Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
- The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
- The Mermaid by Christina Henry
- Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranti
- Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday by Christine Reilly
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak
Best New Artists of 2018
- H.E.R.
- Christine and The Queens
- LÉON
- Izzy Bizu
- Charlie Puth
- Frou Frou
- Portugal The Man
The TV shows I've watched and enjoyed this year were: The Handmaid's Tale, Westworld, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Outlander, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I feel like I’m forgetting something.
Some manageable goals for 2019
- Walk walk walk (and get a new treadmill)
- Continue with WW, keep weight down
- Replace the sofabed/couch in the playroom
- Do some major decluttering
- Get Martin's Klimt project prints framed
- Be more regular about posting here!