goals of 2010 revisited

Back in January, we posted a little blurb about some of the goals we wanted to accomplish. Some were reasonable, some weren't, yet we managed to tackle a few of them.


1. have a baby - DONE
2. pass the professional engineering exam - Still don't know
3. travel to another state for vacation - DONE (Georgia)
4. remove and replace the carpet in our house - nope
5. start a vegetable garden - nope (looked at the seeds a little too late)
6. drop and maintain a weight of 160 (currently 170-174) - close (163#)
7. complete a half-ironman triathlon - August 2011
8. increase my blog readers - anybody out there?
9. cook a minimum of five meals per week - sort of (baby slowed us down)
10. take more photographs - DONE
11. travel to another country for vacation - nope
12. process and sell more photographs (open an online shop) - nope
13. run a half marathon - DONE (Mercedes Half Marathon 2:10:41)
14. correct the weed issues we have in our yard by the spring time - DONE
15. replace the fencing around our house - nope
16. clean the garage and park at least one vehicle in it - DONE (And Bethany loves it)
17. play golf at least 5 times in 2010 - nope (only once)
18. install crown moulding in the living room of our house - nope
19. donate $500 to charities - nope
20. increase my total yearly mileage to 2300mi (swim, bike, run) - nope (1918mi; studying wrecked my training)
21. become an active participant in a church bible study - nope
22. actually become a member of the church - nope
23. purchase a macro lens for my camera - nope
24. try a new difficult recipe twice a month, and record it - nope (we tried a few, but not that frequent)
25. learn how to put away the laundry after folding it - nope (working on that one...)
26. pass on our "excess stuff" to those who need it more - DONE
27. take bethany on a romantic date at least once a month - nope (she got a couple though)
28. take bethany on a date night at every two weeks - nope
29. ride the chief ladiga trail from anniston, al to atlanta, ga in a day - nope
30. become a positive influence in the lives of the scouters that I teach - I hope I did
31. pay off a sizable amount of our debt - DONE
32. start becoming a dad that my kid would be proud of - working on it
33. expand our porch, adding an outdoor grilling area - DONE
34. entertain for our friends more - DONE
35. meet more people for weekend backpacking excursions - nope
36. live a story that someone would like to share - working on that too

Now to keep adding for 2011...