Year in Wrap Up - Glen

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?
I tried to do different things in the kitchen.
For instance I made homemade gravy at Thanksgiving.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn’t really make resolutions; I did make a to-do list that was not successful with.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Dabney’s brother Bill and his wife Cameron.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Good friend Lauren.

5. What places did you visit?
Birmingham, Al and Jackson, Ms

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
More motivation.

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 20, got married

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Pulled the wedding off with little in way of problems.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Did not try harder to get a new job.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Had a bad cold I couldn’t shake but nothing else.

11. What was the best thing you bought
Blu Ray Player

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Dabney’s Mom Polly did so much to help us get married.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The President and the Democrats in congress giving in too early and too often.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Getting married and the cruise for next year.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Spending a week in the Bahamas with Dabney.

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Nothing comes to mind

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) thinner or fatter? a bit thinner
c) richer or poorer? About the same

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Tried more kinds of dishes

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eating too much food that was bad for me.

20. How did you spend Christmas in 2010?
Brunch at Dabney’s brother’s house and dinner at her Aunt Mary’s

21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
nope already there

22. What was your favorite TV program?
The Walking Dead

23. What did you do for your birthday in 2010?
Had friends over and we played Apples to Apples

24. What was the best book you read?
Y the Last Man series

25. What did you want and get?
Blu Ray Player, Ipod touch, good knives, a cruise

26. What did you want and not get?
Xbox 360 Kinect

27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Inception

28. Did you make some new friends this year?
I met some new people but I am not sure about new friends.

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Finding someone that makes my life happier and more complete

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Pretty much nothing new

31. What kept you sane?
Killing zombies on Xbox

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Olivia Wilde

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
Trying to keep the wacko right especially the Tea Party folks at bay.

34. Who did you miss?
My friend Lauren

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010
Try to keep things in perspective and not let the little things freak you too much

Year End Wrap Up - Dabney

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? I got married! I became an Aunt. Hosted my first Thanksgiving.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't even know what my resolutions were from last year. I want to make some for this year, but I haven't finalized anything.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Both My sister in law and stepsister did
4. Did anyone close to you die? My close friend, Lauren
5. What places did you visit? Birmingham, AL and Jackson, MS
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? A real job that makes me happy and fulfilled
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? March 20 - the day I got married, November 2 - the day Memphis got it right again
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Keeping my sanity
9. What was your biggest failure? Keeping my insanity
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No
11. What was the best thing you bought? The wedding stuff
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Glen - he is a wonderful husband, the Cohen staff - they are extraordinary, and the voters of District 9
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? The Tea Party
14. Where did most of your money go? Staying above water
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Being married to the love of my life
16. What song will always remind you of 2010? The Glee Soundtrack
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? The Same
c) richer or poorer? Poorer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Enjoy the time I have
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Stress
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? More and more
22. What was your favorite TV program? Glee, Modern Family
23. What did you do for your birthday in 2010? Pool Party at Austin's
24. What is the best book you read? The Bridal Quartet by Nora Roberts (yes, it is cheesy, but I wasn't looking for smart books this year. I needed distractions.)
25. What did you want and get? An absolute rocking wedding
26. What did you want and not get? A Papa Tops poster for our Wedding
27. What was your favorite film of this year? Easy A
28. Did you make some new friends this year? Made good friends into better friends
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010? T-shirts and jeans of the unemployed
31. What kept you sane? Glen
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? No one I can think of
33. What political issue stirred you the most? GLBT issues - DADT, Prop 8 Human Rights are not special rights
34. Who did you miss? The liberals in Congress
35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

I am going to get Glen to do one, too. Happy Holidays and here is to 2011.

Project Glen: 12-27

I did not post last week, but in the past two weeks I have gained three pounds. Overall I am still in the positive on weight, but I have stalled some. I need to refocus and start working on making positive progress again. I can't be too down on myself there have been things like Christmas parties and lots of sweets that are not a day to day kind of thing. I just need to do the best I can this week and next week my life will return to a more normal routine. I am glad I started before the holidays but I feel a bit frustrated that I have hit a rough patch. I have a long way to go and in the long run it shouldn't make difference I just can't get so discouraged that I stop trying to lose weight.

Project Glen: 12-13

I am keeping at it and having success. I lost another 3 1/2 pounds for a total of 15 pounds. I can tell I have lost weight and my stomach is a bit smaller now. So far nobody has really noticed so far. I think when I lose another 10 - 15 pounds it will be more noticeable. I am glad I started before the holidays started instead of waiting for January to start. I have been to a couple of Christmas parties but so far have not crazy with that. Usually around the office there is a bunch of cookies and sweets but so far this year there hasn't been any of that. I feel like I am making good progress at eating less. I have been really trying to listen to my body and not eating when I am not hungry. At this rate I will look better when we go on the cruise in March and also when Jacquie gets married in June. At some point I probably need to get some new clothes but I will just see how that goes.

Project Glen: 12-6 update

As we enter into the second month of this project I am happy to report that I keep making progress on this. This week I lost 2 1/2 pounds and lost a total of 11 1/2 pounds. I guess the idea is not to lose too much too quickly, because if you do that it becomes too easy to gain it all back. Just to keep working away, keep away from cokes, fast food and other things that are bad for me. I have been working really hard on eating less. I don't do well weighing food or following some kind weight watchers plan. So I have been trying to eat less and not eating as much between meals.