Tuesday, January 4, 2011

2011 One More Year until the World Ends

Since the world is scheduled to end in 2012, we decided we had better make the most of 2011. Thus, big changes are in store this year. But, let me begin with what we did and did not accomplish in 2010.



Our 2010 Goals included the addition of travel to our lives. We began the 50 state challenge and thus far have accomplished the visitation of 9 states, not including Indiana (only driven through, or stayed in separately) and Texas (only crashed one night on the way to Mexico).  We also managed a fantastic winter vacation in Mexico, beginning our international travel plans. Check out pictures and details of our travels and other items at Fauxtopgraphy.

2010 also brought us the 100 Books list-- remember that?

With an amazing amount of help from friends and (mostly) family, we are just 21 books short of our goal. The remaining list below:




Number
Author
Title
1.        
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2.        
Boris Pasternak
Dr Zhivago
3.        
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
4.        
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
5.        
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine
6.        
Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7.        
Johann David Wyss
Swiss Family Robinson
8.        
John Milton
Paradise Lost
9.        
Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano
10.    
Marcel Proust
Remembrance of Things Past
11.    
Margaret Mitchell
Gone with the Wind 
12.    
Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust
13.    
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables
14.    
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest
15.    
Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Identity
16.    
Stephen King
The Shining
17.    
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
18.    
Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
19.    
T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land
20.    
Tennessee Williams
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; A Streetcar Named Desire



In 2010 we purchased a car suitable for our great dane, 2 iphones  and a macbook air proving once and for all that apple reigns victorious in the apple vs. pc debate, became lifelong Blackhawks fans, Dave took up golfing and we got engaged.

As I mentioned before, 2011 is going to be a year of big changes. We are trying to get more healthy, Dave has been running and Andrea is in the midst of the 30 day shred. We are getting married in July and Andrea has begun graduate school.

Our honeymoon will add to our travels, and hopefully we get enough time off this year to get a few more of the 50 states completed. We are looking forward to a great year!  Hopefully this year will provide us with some much needed new (local) friendships.

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