What did I accomplish in 2008, in terms of cold, hard numbers? I actually woke up thinking about the answer to that question. (I credit Anna for putting numbers in my brain. Hee hee.) Here's my year, in numerical review:
Number of blog posts: 202
Number of times I've posted a picture of my foot: 8 (the one inside the art museum is my favorite)
Number of vacations (family and otherwise): 4
Number of fiction books read: 37
Number of books read in the last 6 weeks of the year, as a stress release: 10
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Pounds lost: 12 (for a total of 35)
Months I've kept the weight off: 8
Number of bushes, trees and vines that used to live in our yard until I killed them: 9
Percentage of shocking/cautionary/heartwarming/ironic emails which turned out to be false after a check on SNOPES.COM: 98%
Query letters for my novel which received a form rejection: 54 (sadly typical, for those of us determined/hopeful/sadistic enough to keep going after the first 10)
Agents who asked to read my book: 4 (yippee!!)
Agents who praised it with one hand, and rejected it with the other: 3 (sigh)
Number of art masterpiece presentations given: 24
Hours spent helping in the classroom: 37
Number of times I've driven to my kids' schools: 586 (I can't wait until Chris is in school all day!)
Number of school lunches packed: 226
Loads of laundry washed: 468
Hours spent cleaning my house: I refuse to calculate this necessary and unavoidable waste of my time.
Times I told my husband and children I love them: countless times.
6 comments:
I love that!!!! I'm tempted to do the same. . . but I don't know how I would track half of that stuff now. . . it shows that life moves to quickly.
What about the fourth agent?
I don't think motherhood and all that you put into your kids and family can be shown through numbers. You excel beyond whatever they prove!
I second Julies comment.
SO is the San Diego trip gonna be this year? We sure hope so! ;)
I haven't heard from the fourth agent yet. Even though I'm a FIRM believer in the power of positive thoughts, I can't help think of her reply as a "rejection pending." Ah well.
Oh man, I hope San Diego is on this year too! I feel like we've had it planned forever!!! :)
What a fun post. Those are some great numbers. I have to say I am most impressed by the number of books you've read. How many hours do you think you've spent reading all of those? Hands Down, you are the biggest book worm I know.
What a heartwarming post. And I thought that even before I saw my name. :) No better way to sum up a year than with numbers.
Agent #4... I'll pray for them.
You can't argue with the numbers. It has been a great year.
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