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    Thursday, December 13th, 2029
    9:05 am
    Get your own code
    Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
    5:07 pm
    10RM
    January 28, 2010
    Squat175
    Stiff Leg Deadlift215
    Bench press125
    Delt Row125
    DB Shoulder Press35s
    Assisted Pullup#8 (-32?)


    Previous 10RM
    Squat170
    Stiff Leg Deadlift195
    Bench press125
    Delt Row120
    DB Shoulder Press35s
    Assisted Pullup#9 (-36?)
    5:02 pm
    Shamelessly stolen rom Merccom
    The 2011 federal budget is aparently 3.83 trillion dollars.

    As of 2007 there were 138 million taxpayers.

    A little math says that if you have a job your fair share of the federal tax burden this year is.... 27,753 dollars.

    Then all you have to pay is state and local taxes.
    10:54 am
    The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Can you prove them
    Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Tag other book nerds. Tag me as well so I can see your responses!

    [ ] 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
    [ ] 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
    [X ] 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
    [ ] 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
    [ ] 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
    [X] 6 The Bible -- Some, but nowhere near all of it
    [ ] 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
    [X] 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
    [ ] 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
    [ ] 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
    [ ] 11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
    [ ] 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
    [ ] 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
    [ ] 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
    [ ] 15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
    [X] 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
    [ ] 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
    [ ] 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
    [ ] 19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
    [ ] 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
    [X] 21 Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
    [ ] 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
    [ ] 24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
    [X] 25 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
    [ ] 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    [ ] 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
    [X] 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
    [X] 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

    [ ] 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
    [ ] 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
    [X] 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
    [ ] 34 Emma-Jane Austen
    [ ] 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
    [ ] 36 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    [ ] 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
    [ ] 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
    [X] 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
    [X] 40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
    [X] 41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
    [X] 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

    [ ] 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    [ ] 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
    [ ] 45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
    [X] 46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
    [ ] 47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
    [X] 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
    [X] 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding

    [ ] 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
    [ ] 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
    [ ] 52 Dune - Frank Herbert
    [ ] 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
    [ ] 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
    [ ] 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
    [ ] 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    [ ] 57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
    [ ] 58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
    [ ] 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon
    [ ] 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    [ ] 61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
    [X] 62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
    [ ] 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
    [ ] 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
    [ ] 65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
    [ ] 66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
    [ ] 67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
    [ ] 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
    [ ] 69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
    [ ] 70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
    [X ] 71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
    [X] 72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
    [X] 73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

    [ ] 74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
    [ ] 75 Ulysses - James Joyce
    [ ] 76 The Inferno – Dante
    [ ] 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
    [ ] 78 Germinal - Emile Zola
    [ ] 79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
    [ ] 80 Possession - AS Byatt
    [X ] 81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
    [ ] 82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
    [ ] 83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
    [ ] 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
    [ ] 85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
    [ ] 86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
    [X] 87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
    [ ] 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
    [X] 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    [ ] 90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
    [ ] 91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
    [ ] 92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
    [ ] 93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
    [ ] 94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
    [ ] 95 A Confederacy of Dunces
    [ ] 96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
    [ ] 97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
    [X] 98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
    [X ] 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

    [ ] 100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
    Saturday, January 16th, 2010
    4:58 pm
    Gym Force Meet
    Gym Force Meet
    SkillScorePlace
    Floor13.000 
    Pommel13.0007th
    Rings11.300 
    Vault13.200 
    PBars12.400 
    HBar12.5508th
    All Around75.45013th
    Friday, January 15th, 2010
    5:46 pm
    Robert's Gymnastics Meet Scores 2009 - 2010 Season
    Judges Cup Meet
    SkillScorePlace
    Floor11.45013th
    Pommel13.4007th
    Rings13.05010th
    Vault12.90013th
    PBars12.15014th
    HBar11.60013th
    All Around74.55013th


    Gator Swamp Meet
    SkillScorePlace
    Floor10.00016th
    Pommel14.0004th
    Rings12.80011th
    Vault14.2003rd
    PBars11.20018th
    HBar11.9009th
    All Around74.10011th
    Thursday, January 14th, 2010
    11:01 am
    Abortion is not murder
    Christians argue that abortion is murder, and therefore should be illegal. I found the following post, which clearly explains the biblical position, in comments to a blog post:

    ~According to the bible, abortion should never be outlawed.

    The Bible shows that God does NOT consider human life to be precious. He kills OVER 2 million people, including babies, and that isn’t counting fetuses or the number of men, women, children, and fetuses killed during the Flood or the Slaughter of the Firstborns, when we are not told how many people he killed.

    The Bible clearly shows that God approves of abortion, and in many cases commands it:

    The Bible approves of killing pregnant women: Genesis 38:24, Numbers 31:17

    The Bible approves of abortion: 2 Kings 15:16

    God approves of abortion: Hosea 13:15-16

    People are not counted as persons until they are a month old: Numbers 3:15

    The Bible contains directions on how to abort any pregnancy caused by adultery: Numbers 5:12-31

    The Bible says that being aborted is better than living a bad life: Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, Matthew 26:24

    The Bible says that a person becomes a living soul when he BREATHES the BREATH of life into his nostril (fetuses don’t breathe): Genesis 2:7
    Jesus (as a Jew), probably believed that “life” began at birth, as explained in the Old Testament. There is no biblical support for an “anti-choice” position. Have you read your bible?

    Here’s what your Bible actually says about abortion:

    Abortion is not murder. A fetus is not considered a human life:

    If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life. — Exodus 21:22-23

    The Bible places no value on fetuses or infants less than one month old:

    And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. — Leviticus 27:6

    Fetuses and infants less than one month old are not considered persons:

    Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD. — Numbers 3:15-16

    God sometimes approves of killing fetuses:

    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? … Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. — Numbers 31:15-17
    (Some of the non-virgin women must have been pregnant. They would have been killed along with their unborn fetuses.)

    Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. — Hosea 9:14

    Yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. — Hosea 9:16

    Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. — Hosea 13:16

    God sometimes kills newborn babies to punish their parents:

    Because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. — 2 Samuel 12:14

    God sometimes causes abortions by cursing unfaithful wives:

    The priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell. And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. …
    And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. — Numbers 5:21-21, 27-28

    God’s law sometimes requires the execution (by burning to death) of pregnant women:

    Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. — Genesis 38:24

    The god in this book doesn’t seem to care about women, fetuses, babies, toddlers or children.

    Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
    4:26 pm
    15RM
    January 13, 2010
    Squat145
    Stiff Leg Deadlift175
    Bench press105
    Delt Row100
    DB Shoulder Press30s
    Assisted Pullup#8 (-32?)


    Previous 15RM
    Squat140
    Stiff Leg Deadlift160
    Bench press100
    Delt Row100
    DB Shoulder Press30s
    Assisted Pullup#9 (-36?)


    On Friday I'll begin doing 10 reps of everything, working up to my 10RM.
    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
    5:12 pm
    10:57 am
    Ferberizing
    Every since Spock wrote his first parenting book back in the 1950s, parents have been turning to experts to tell them the best way to raise their children. One particular method that has become popular is called Ferberizing, or The Ferber Method. The name comes from the name of a pediatrician, Dr. Richard Ferber, who wrote Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems in 1985. It purports to teach you how to teach your baby to "self-soothe," so that you and your baby can sleep all night.

    But rather than somehow teaching infants how to calm themselves, it actually teaches them that nobody will comfort or help them when they are in distress. This is not a good way to begin your relationship with your child. It is inhumane to allow a baby to cry so hard and for so long that he vomits (which he says is just fine).

    For thousands of years, parents have responded to their babies. There is a good reason why an infant's cry distresses us so much! We evolved with co-sleeping and holding our babies close. It was necessary to our very survival! And the some expert comes along to tell us we've been doing it wrong all this time. I'm skeptical.

    If you're looking for a more sensitive approach to nighttime wakefulness, I'd recommend "Nighttime Parenting" by Dr. William Sears, also a pediatrician. Dr. Sears has eight children of his own.

    Remember, just because it "works" doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
    Saturday, January 9th, 2010
    5:17 pm
    The Art of Manliness Blog posted 45 Manly Hobbies. Either in a comment or on your own blog, repost the list and for each, say whether you do it often, occasionally, if you've tried it but decided it's not for you, are interested but yet to try it, or aren't interested--or whatever! (from [info]0ccam)


    Chess
    I taught myself to play chess from my dad's books when I was a little girl. I used to play with my cousin, who was a good sport about it. My brother killed my desire to play or get better, though. He had to tease me and ridicule me after every single game because I couldn't beat him.

    Ham Radio
    My dad was a Ham radio operator, and I have fond memories of sitting on his lap and talking to people around the world, or just listening to him talk to people. I learned Morse code, some of which I remember. I'd planned to take the test, but never got around to it. I still might do that one day.

    Reading
    I love to read, but rarely have time for fiction. Or maybe I should admit that I rarely *make* time for fiction. But as a child, every spare cent I could get from anyone for any reason went toward the purchase of books.

    Playing the Guitar
    I once thought I really wanted to learn to play the guitar. My aunt and uncle bought me an coustic guitar one year for xmas, and I still have a photo of myself holding it on xmas morning. I already played the ukelele, so I figured guitar wouldn't be much more difficult, but I was wrong. The metal strings hurt my fingers. And my brother teased and ridiculed me, which made a difficult task even more unpleasant. I didn't stick with it for long.

    Ballroom Dancing
    I've been dancing since I was 19 or 20. Love it!

    Woodworking
    I took woodworking in school, and enjoyed using my dad's woodworking tools at home. He had quite a collection! I gave up this hobby when my brother stole and sold off all of my dad's tools after my dad's death.

    Gardening
    I love to grow beautiful flowers. I can start almost any plant from either seed or cutting, and at most of my homes I've planted beautiful gardens. I've done less and less of this, though, as I've had more children and gotten busier away from home. I hope to return to gardening in a couple of years.

    Classic Car Restoration
    I can't afford this, but I do love old cars, and I have a first gen RX-7.

    Metalworking
    I will probably never do this.

    Marksmanship
    Yes! I guess I have a natural knack for this, or I've just been lucky. Even though I rarely get the opportunity to go shooting, and didn't grow up doing it, I can hold my own at the range. I currently shoot a .22 six-shooter, a .22 rifle, a .38 special, and another rifle we got from Ray's dad after he died.

    Collecting
    I'm not really a collector at all. I don't see the point.

    Camping/Backpacking
    I've never gone backpacking, but I do love a little hike in the woods (especially with my camera), and I've enjoyed camping.

    Ship in a Bottle
    No thanks.

    Hunting
    I'm not interested. I'd rather have someone else kill my food for me.

    Fishing
    I've never caught a fish in my life, even though my parents took me fishing. I just don't think they ever really taught me. My mom always said she didn't have the patience to teach me anything (sewing, fishing, gardening, etc). Anyway, I love boating, but I'll leave the fishing to others.

    Whittling
    I enjoy other hobbies that I'd consider similar, so I might enjoy it, but I've never tried it.

    Geocaching
    I've wanted to try this for a few years now! I even got a gps for xmas a couple of years ago, but I don't think it's accurate enough.

    Sports
    I'm more of a doer than a watcher, but I'm not really into team sports, and I'm not highly competitive. Still, I might one day like to compete in powerlifting or dancesport.

    Model Building
    Eh, not really interested. It's too much like collecting, since after you build the models you have to put them somewhere, and dust them, etc.

    Leatherworking
    I did this as a kid, but don't take the time now.

    Bowling
    I hate bowling. My cousins, who were very close to my age, were on bowling teams. Sometimes my mom would take us bowling with their family. I just didn't enjoy rolling a ball down a lane to knock down pins, even if it was fun to get together with my cousins.

    Archery
    I wanted to learn this so badly as a kid! I did take a one-week course at summer camp one year, but I didn't really learn anything about it until I went to the instructor training with 4-H a couple of years ago. It's fun, but not as much fun as shooting guns.

    Letter Writing
    When I was a kid, long-distance phone calls were expensive. Or so my mom told me, anyway. So during the summer if I wanted to keep in touch with friends who went away, or if I went away, I'd write letters. I also had a pen pal, who was a cousin, in New Zealand. If email counts, I still write letters.

    Martial Arts
    I took some Aikido lessons, and I wouldn't mind continuing that when I have more time.

    Hiking
    Hiking sounds so serious, but I do like to go on walks through the woods or along the beach, especially with my camera.

    Alcohol/Cigar/Pipe-smoking Connoisseur
    I'm not sure I'd call myself a connoisseur, but I do love the rum!

    Photography
    My dad was an amateur photographer, with his own darkroom equipment and everything. I always wanted to learn, but SLR cameras used to be so expensive. A few years ago a friend gave me one, and I just couldn't figure it out very well. Then I bought a DSLR and the world of photographer finally began to open up to me! I love photography. This is probably my most serious hobby now.

    Pool/Billiards
    Despite growing up with a pool table in the house, I've never been good at this, and I simply don't enjoy it.

    Mountaineering
    Not in Florida! LOL

    Cooking
    Most of the time, cooking for the family is more of a chore than a pleasure. But I do love to cook when I have an appreciative eater.

    Blacksmithing
    I like to watch, and I got my oldest son involved in it for a while, but it's not something I'll ever do.

    Flying
    I want to fly so badly! My dad was a private pilot, though he'd given it up by the time I was old enough that my mom might have let me go up with him. I took a few lessons a couple of years ago, but I was unable to afford to continue. One day!

    Magic
    I still occasionally practice a couple of tricks, just for fun. Again, it's just a matter of finding the time to do it. There are a bunch of other things competing for my time right now.

    Learning a Foreign Language
    I learned some Spanish from a book when I was in elementary school. I took Spanish in junior high school, but found it a chore, and boring. Now I enjoy using Rosetta Stone with my children, but I haven't gotten serious about learning a foreign language since I was learning Pennsylvania Dutch several years ago.

    Card Playing
    I'm not willing to put in the time to become really good, and nobody likes to do something they're not very good at, at least not often.

    Blogging
    http://www.annekeckler.com I really need to update more often.

    Paintball
    Looks like tons of fun, but I don't know a group that does it, and I certainly don't have the money to put into equipment.

    Fencing
    I think that would be fun, but I'd rather spend my time improving my dancing or weightlifting.

    Beer Brewing
    Not really interested, but I do occasionally make wine.

    Drawing and Painting
    If only I had unlimited time. Maybe this is something I'll take up in my old age.

    Amateur Astronomy
    It seems incredibly boring to me to look at the sky through a telescope. I'd rather look up pictures online and read about the subject. Does that count?

    Genealogy
    I tried it, but it's very time consuming. Another of those things I might do in my old age.

    Adventure Races
    Not interested, but I once considered autocross racing with my RX-7.

    Knitting
    I can do it, a little. I prefer crocheting, probably because I've been doing it since I was 8 years old.

    Computer Programming
    My eyes glaze over when I read most of this kind of thing, but I did teach myself html and web design back in the 90s. Some of that has changed since then, and I haven't completely kept up with it, but much of it has also stayed the same. I can still make a decent static website, I think. http://www.patrickkeckler.com
    Thursday, January 7th, 2010
    9:03 am
    January Goals
    In an effort to hold myself accountable, I am posting my goals for this month, which were extrapolated from my goals for the year.


    • Dance at least a couple of times this month
    • Rollerskate at least 2 times this month
    • Take photos at least twice a week
    • Lift weights 3 times a week
    • Call about advanced sewing class
    • Schedule a Leon LP meeting
    • Upload Leon LP website
    • Find a Toastmasters group and attend meetings
    • See orthodontist
    • Get a physical
    • Attend city council meetings and county council meetings
    • Write at least one article for fitness blog
    • Advertise stuff for sale
    • Help Patrick complete his second workbook for algebra
    • Help Catherine join the honors program at college
    • Take photos of the boys
    • Have headshots and comp cards printed
    • Do lessons with the boys five days a week
    • Practice dancing at home twice a week
    • Repair scooter
    • Read Digital Photograpy 1, 2, and 3 by Scott Kelby
    • Get all of our stuff from Havana
    • Do what is necessary to get brush hog working
    • Teach Robert piano every day
    • Do vocal warmups and singing with Patrick every day
    • Have Patrick practice his French horn daily
    • Help Patrick prepare for Wizard of Oz auditions
    • Rejoin 4-H
    • Find art shows for Catherine to enter
    • Make CD of Catherine's art
    • Get wetsuit
    • Dive with the manatees
    • Contact World of Dance
    • Join FPEA
    • Crochet blanket
    • Make prints of photos for portfolio, Mom, etc
    • Get plumbing repaired for master bathroom
    • Get dishwasher repaired
    • Get estimates on replacing bathtub in hall bathroom
    Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
    1:04 pm
    Xmas 2009

    Xmas 2009
    Originally uploaded by Anne Keckler

    Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
    9:40 pm
    End of 2009 / Beginning of 2010
    Summary of 2009:


    • I greatly improved my photography skills from the previous year
    • Robert continued gymnastics, and was promoted to Level 5
    • Catherine joined the National Honor Society
    • We bought a larger home, in the middle of town
    • I made some wonderful new friends
    • We went to the car museum for 4th of July
    • Catherine attended community college
    • Patrick did some modeling work
    • Patrick began learning to play French Horn in middle school band
    • Patrick continued voice lessons, and joined a rock band
    • I lifted weights three times a week, fairly consistently
    • Jason and I went dancing at least a couple of times a month
    • I began orthodontic work
    • The boys went to circus camp
    • Patrick played the part of Little Guido in Nine, which then went on to win Best Production at the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and then went to the National Theatre Conference!
    • Catherine entered her scratchboard drawing of chicks into the Winter Fest Art Competition, and won 4th place.
    • Patrick played the part of Drosselmeyer's nephew, and a bon bon, in The Nutcracker by Pas de Vie



    Goals for 2010:


    • Dance at least a couple of times a month
    • Help Catherine join the honors program at college
    • Rollerskate at least 3 times per month
    • Get bodyfat down to 18%
    • Buy holster
    • Improve photography by taking photos at least twice a week
    • Complete three sailing courses required to bareboat cruise
    • Lift weights three times a week
    • Complete 72 hour emergency kit for each family member before hurricane season
    • Practice emergency preparedness
    • Join sewing guild and/or take advanced sewing class
    • Organize libertarian meetings
    • Keep Leon LP website current
    • Join Toastmasters and attend meetings regularly
    • Join Tallahassee Rifle and Pistol Club
    • Continue orthodontic work and get my teeth fixed
    • Attend city council meetings and county council meetings
    • Write fitness blog
    • Lower credit card interest rate
    • Help my children develop an appreciation for the arts
    • Volunteer to proofread for the Gutenberg Project
    • Sign with two more talent agents
    • Sell horses, camper, spinning wheels, and more
    • Help Patrick complete algebra and writing, and Robert complete Calvert 4th grade math
    • Practice dancing at home twice a week
    • Get up before dawn to take photos once a week as long as the temperature is above 60F
    • Sell Havana property
    • Help Patrick prepare for the SAT
    • Learn to use Windows Movie Maker
    • Set up a blood drive on the National Day of Reason in May.
    • Attend plays and concerts and dance performances
    • Read about artists and their work
    • Practice various forms of art: pottery, drawing, painting, dance, music, etc.
    • Learn piano at home
    • Make a demo CD of Patrick singing
    • Make a demo "reel" of Patrick acting, with name and contact info at beginning
    • Make videos for practice
    • Get scripts to read and practice
    • Apply in time for Patrick to perform in County Events, District Events, Fair, Winter Fest, and Springtime Tallahassee
    • Get drums for Robert
    • Find art shows for Catherine to enter, and make display wall for her art
    • Make prints of Catherine's art
    • Make banner for art shows
    • Make coloring page to hand out to children at art shows
    • Make slide show of Catherine's art
    • Make greeting cards, etc. of prints
    • Get out of debt
    • Buy bicycle
    • Begin an open mic event at home for children
    • Upload Leon LP website
    • Get wetsuit
    • Go diving at least 3 times this year
    • Dive with manatees
    • Dive at PCB
    • Contact Dance World re: teaching ballroom dance
    • Paint trim on house
    • Take dance lessons with Abe
    • Attend FPEA graduation


    Wish list of things I'd like to do, but they're not really goals:

    • Fly MS Flight Simulator
    • Visit all the local museums
    • Get real estate license
    • Go geocaching
    • Compete in weightlifting
    • Crochet or knit a sweater
    • Attend Aikido classes for three months
    • Continue homeschool chess club
    • Start political blog
    • Advanced Open Water Scuba certification
    • Learn to play tennis
    • Work as a personal trainer
    • Form a culinary club
    • Make a quilt (this would be more fun with friends!)
    • Make scrapbook pages with children
    • Join Mensa
    • Get professional photos of children
    • Take test for Wellcoach
    • Take test for cardiorespiratory assessment
    • Take several CLEP exams
    • Improve bellydancing
    • Learn Yoga
    • Take Crossfit class
    • Fishing camp?
    • Enroll Patrick and Robert in golf summer camp and circus camp
    • Swimming lessons
    • Surfing lessons
    • Order dance standards books
    Thursday, December 10th, 2009
    5:22 pm
    I have learned how to use folders on my camera. Never again will I be forced to delete photos.
    Sunday, December 6th, 2009
    8:16 pm
    Friday, December 4th, 2009
    10:57 am
    Not surprising at all: God believes what you do.

    "People may use religious agents as a moral compass, forming impressions and making decisions based on what they presume God as the ultimate moral authority would believe or want," the team write. "The central feature of a compass, however, is that it points north no matter what direction a person is facing. This research suggests that, unlike an actual compass, inferences about God's beliefs may instead point people further in whatever direction they are already facing."
    Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
    5:34 pm
    More wish lists!
    Robert:

    Drums



    Patrick:

    Piano
    Bicycle
    Bass guitar
    Cell phone
    Logitech Chill Stream Gamepad for PC
    Bakugan Battle Pack
    Air Hogs Laser Micro Zero Gravity Spinmaster
    Air Hogs Battling Havoc R/C Helicopters


    Catherine:

    Alpha smart neo
    Sunday, November 29th, 2009
    11:46 am
    For all the NanoWriMo participants out there:

    How to Revise Your Novel
    Friday, November 27th, 2009
    12:38 pm
    Seeking activity partners
    I'm looking for a new workout partner, as well as other activity partners.

    I'd love to have someone go rollerskating with me on Saturday mornings, and possibly on other days, as well. And I need a scuba buddy. A shooting partner would be nice, especially since I still haven't joined TRPC, so I still have to go to the national forest to shoot.
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