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Re: Goals List

I realized yesterday that my ambition to visit MOMA got lost in the shuffle somehow. So I substituted it for "55 Reduce waist by 2 inches," which is a dumb goal since the weight loss goal would probably take care of that, wouldn't you think?

Random Thoughts and Updates

Ha-HA! I have gone and done it--exercised three times this week already. This morning I did three intervals instead of two, but I found I couldn't do the 4mph. Had to notch it down to 3.8mph. Hey, I'm an old lady. My shins were hurting.

I also have NOT ONCE put my makeup on outside the house since my last post on the subject. This made me slightly late to work today, but I don't care.

I guess I really need to pay attention to the "get up by 6:30" goal. Especially if I'm going to be working out and making up before I leave the house.

Hey! Everyone needs to read our progressive novelette (a cliffhanger!) at the Bag Lady's blog. It is the most amazing hoot.

Anybody want to try a limerick???

Goal 45 - Weigh ≤130 and Goal 56 - Exercise 3 times a week

I guess I'm started on these...

So I weigh 146 lbs. (What's it to ya??) That means I have 16 pounds to lose. :-P No doubt having the hand surgery will take it down somewhat, but I'm hoping to lose most of it by making intelligent lifestyle decisions.

I'd been procrastinating on the exercise goal because of the upcoming surgery, but then I had to ask myself why, exactly. No doubt the surgery will slow me down for a bit, but that doesn't mean I have to put off exercising for over a month, now, does it?

This morning I thought I would capitalize on already having had a good hike on Sunday. So I went down and did some S.H.I.I.T. on the treadmill. (If you don't know what S.H.I.I.T. is, be sure to click the link.)

I did sort of a lame interval thing, I'm only walking a mile at a time to start off with, and I just bumped it up to 4mph for a couple of minutes a couple of times. Felt good, though. I sure hope my knees cooperate. It seems like every time I start exercising again some body part gives out. My plan is to go back to doing the physical therapy exercises for my various weak links along with the general fitness things.

By the by, speaking of therapy exercises, I made myself a mini-goal toward the major goal 57 (get right hand back into shape). I plan to hit the hand exercises hard, hoping that the tendon will in fact break loose from the scar tissue before the surgery on September 23rd. Right now I can't bend my pinkie more than a little bit. I slacked off my hand therapy there for a bit, but now I think I should rev that back up.

And no, I'm not counting this picture toward the 10 pictures. The other nine have to be of other subjects, I decided.

Goal 3 -- Paint 5 pictures

Taking one last ride in ScottieDog's car.

Ah the Bard festival is coming to a close! And I did bestir myself here toward the end to accomplish some things: I went on a hike with my friend Eileen and my ScottieDog, and took some nice scenic shots that I might paint from later on. Also the hike was very invigorating, which goes toward my long term goal of getting more fit.

Lots of my friends here have been looking at my goals list, and a couple have started on their own lists! I feel so proud and influential!

The Bard Festival is always so great. We have a ball. Note the incredible Frank Gehry "Space Turtle" concert hall behind the car.

The last concert is tonight!

Here's a chorister eye view of the rehearsals:






Sopranos are always right in the middle of the percussion instruments. Well, right behind, anyway. And boy is it LOUD. Interesting, though.

This is a BIG orchestra. You'll note we can hardly see the players in the front of the orchestra. We have to look for the conductor with binoculars.

Goal 81 -- Get rid of one bad habit

Everyone will be very glad to know that I have become a fanatic about not leaving my shoes in inappropriate places. Isn't blogging great?

I'm not going to put this down as "done" yet; if I keep it up for a month, then I'll consider it a bad habit broken.

Goal 74 - Listen to a CD every week

I'm discovering that you have to keep reviewing your goals list. My mind tends to revert to general goals that I've been thinking about for years, like get thinner, get fitter, and I forget about all the other things I could be doing.

I just read over my list again and realized I have been working on a goal that I forgot about, i.e. listen to CDs. I should explain. I'm a professional musician, and I am surrounded by music. Like here at this festival: we're singing six-plus hours a day...when I get back to my room I want peace and quiet. But even on a regular basis, I'd rather have quiet than be listening to a recording. Don't listen in the car, don't have an iPod.... But I think this is a bad idea. For one thing, on the occasions when I DO listen to a CD, it makes me happy, usually. I have a bunch of CDs that I never listen to, and this seems like wasting to me.

The CDs I was listening to are my own performances, but since they're recordings of my ex-husband's works that I've been putting off reviewing because of emotional considerations, and it was hard to make myself listen, I'm counting them! I'll count them both as one CD.

It actually made me feel better. The music is really, really good, and it made me feel better about the time I spent in the marriage. (Other than my really great children!!! They always make me feel better.)

I thought I'd post a song here for the edification of my readers. All five of them. (The player should appear in the sidebar, if I'm doing this right.)

This is the lyric:

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935). Collected Poems. 1921.

VII. The Three Taverns
5. The Dark Hills

DARK hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade—as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.


UPDATE: Well, drat! Didn't do it right. If you want to hear it you have to paste the URL into your URL thingy. Here's the URL: http://www.box.net/shared/jn5cp99sr3

If I figure out how to embed it properly I will certainly do so.

Goal number......um.....

Well, I'm being a total slug about my goals. This festival is a lot of hard work!

To make matters worse my ScottieDog let me drive his new convertible up here, and instead of walking around this beautiful campus, I've been spending my meager free time swanning around in the car with friends. My bad.



Never had a convertible before--and I'm here to tell you, they are FUN.