Friday, December 31, 2010

2010 by the numbers

This post is brought to you by me, with thanks for the inspiration from Danifred!

1: set of chest x-rays done on Maria
1: set of tooth x-rays done on Henry
0: x-rays previously done on either child prior to 2010

73: posts on this blog in 2010
130: posts on this blog in 2009
365: posts on my new photoblog this year, which explains the dramatic drop

3: trips to Sea World
0: times we saw the full Shamu show because of a) the trainer that died a few weeks before we went the first time; b) the brand new 6 day old baby killer whale was too new to hear the music and sense the activity of working animals; and c) they still won’t do the show as it was originally created because trainers are no longer allowed in the water with the killer whales
0: times I cared about not seeing the full show, since I love Sea World anyway

2: awesome neighbors who moved here in Sept.
1: awesome neighbor dog who only barks when necessary, and not because she is bored
3: awful neighbor dogs who bark at all hours and are sadly neglected, but not neglected enough to be taken away by animal control

7: inches Maria’s hair has grown this year
2: maximum number of hours she will keep a hairclip or elastic in
4,650,892: clips and elastics lost in corners around the house

4: wheels required for Henry to comfortably ride a bike for most of the year
2: current number of wheels required for Henry to race around the neighborhood
12: approximately how old he looks as he rides away from me

72: books read in 2010
2: times I read each of books in the Outlander book series
0: times I’ve been tempted to refer to Timon as Jamie Fraser  <grin>

3: times I cried on Christmas Eve and Christmas day combined – a) while watching Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on PBS; b) reading The Littlest Angel on Christmas Eve to the kids; and c) opening the gift from my parents of 4 photos in a frame taken in each season of the tree Timon gave me for a wedding gift
27: books the children received as Christmas gifts!
: how much I love my family, near and far.

3 comments:

HereWeGoAJen said...

Aw, such a nice post. Happy New Year!

Danifred said...

I love this post! I always have so much fun reflecting in terms of numbers.
Happy New Year!

The Captain's Wife said...

∞ : how much I love my family, near and far.
is my favorite of all.....

Happy New Year!