Things I didn't do so well on in 2012

Two of my categories were flops, one of them completely. I wanted to read 12 new books this year and I only managed to read 7. Pretty lame but not compared to the list of 12 movies where the final total was zero. Room for improvement for sure.

On the reading front I did read some good books including the one pictured here, Rules of Civility.

Well, it's a new year with a whole lot of opportunity.

A year ago today...

I began this blog one year ago with a hope that it wasn't an overly ambitious effort. But I created 13 categories where I hoped to do at least 12 things. Here is the list of categories:

• Make 12 new friends 
• Find 12 new places to eat 
• Lose 12 pounds 
• Visit 12 new places 
• Make 12 home improvements 
• Find 12 ways to help others in need 
• Cook 12 new recipes 
• Do 12 things I’ve never done before 
• Go to 12 new films 
• Attend 12 community events 
• Read 12 new books 
• Host 12 events at my house 
• Visit 12 new bars 

My biggest failure was keeping up the posts. When I opened it up this morning I discovered that my last update was Jan 22nd. I got off to a great start keeping track here on the blog but ran out of energy fast. However, I did created lists on my iPhone and kept them quite up to date.

Over the next few days I'm going to post a few of the highlights of the year (successes and failures) along with photos where appropriate. Happy New Year to everyone. Its 2K13! We survived the Mayan end of the world and even the fiscal cliff. How can this not be a great year ahead.