How’d I forget to do this?
Cycling: Last year pedaled the bike right around 1,750 miles. I’m not sure of the exact mileage – I checked the other day in preparation for this entry but forgot the total.
And it doesn’t matter. The goal was 3000 miles and I fell far short regardless of what it was.
The prior year I cranked out 2460 miles and I figured 3000 would be easy enough to hit this year. A late winter – we had 20 inches of snow in March – followed by an early winter — snow started falling in October (just a little, but it was a sign of the cold and dreariness to come) – sort of held me back. (That’s my excuse. A real man, I know, could have pedaled 1000 miles in June, July and August and had nine months to screw off.)
Reading: I read 31 books. That’s down from 33 in 2007 and 58 in 2006.
My Typical Saturday Night: Looked like this…
Well, that may not be typical. I have two crock pots so sometimes I’m eating out of a yellow bowl.
Goals for 2009
Cycling: 3000 miles
Reading: 35 books.
Typical Saturday Night:
3000 miles? Wow. I’ve only got an odometer on one of my bikes and I only installed it about halfway through last summer but I don’t think I logged even 200 miles last year.
You’ve given me something to aspire to this year, Delmer. I think I’ll start tomorrow morning.
You’ve shifted from Guinness to Jack Daniels in ’09? I mean…not that I’m judging you or anything…
I thought that you were drinking A1 Steak Sauce! I guess your Cabergoline doesn’t make you more sensitive to alcohol, I know when I was on Parlodel that I was pretty easy to get drunk.
I don’t believe I even DRIVE 3000 miles in a year, Delmer, let alone go that far on a bike. That’s what makes you such an awesome guy. And 35 books? I may keep up with you there, but there are guys who won’t read 35 WORDS in a year, unless box scores count. See uou, dude.
I started out last year tracking my mileage on my elliptical, but then when we moved back, I slacked off (it shows!). I’ve started tracking it again, but I haven’t gone very far. I’ve never tracked the number of books I’ve read. That’s a good idea!
Hahaha
You’re getting a lot of mileage out of the chair, though.
Delmer – I had to leave a comment. My name is Natalie. I started reading your blog through a friend- Greeneyezz. ZZ said to say hi and encouraged me to send a comment. I found your blog on her website and enjoyed it quite a bit
I soon ended up reading some of your previous posts and your sense of humor just cracks me up. The everyday stuff we all go through – you write in a way that makes me feel like I could be having a conversation with you – not just reading a post 
I mean that as a high compliment. ZZ has encouraged me to start a blog but I haven’t yet. I often post on Syracuse.com – under YadaYadaYada 
I started doing that a year and half ago as a means of escape. My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer and it really sent me into a tailspin. I found some comfort on that board and…. here I am. My dad passed away a few months ago. I guess it’s my way of expressing myself – posting on that forum. Anyways…
Love Your blog! Thanks for sharing your humor – And as far as this post is concerned- I love that you keep track of how many books you read – I thought I was the only one doing that
I see that you’re drinking Jack Daniels 
Not my style.. I’m more of a Killian’s Irish Red kind of girl 
Nat
Come on now–you also have the black crockpot. Can you remember what that hard stuff will do to you brain cells? Hugs
Well, me I’m aiming for a more sustainable lifestyle (not so much as in “eco-friendly” but in “Kristine-friendly”) in 2009. I might throw 3000 miles of cycling into that goal, but it would be at the gym doing cycling classes (due to knee-injuries) and also I have to look into how sustainably that would be first – I do have a strong tendency to overdo the things I love (I do love working out and being out and about, but slightly negelected this due to too many deadlines and too musch stress in 2008). One of these days I might even get around to writing about that new year’s resolution. Maybe.
I know I’m a tad late for the start of 2009, but we’re only a week into the the year of the ox (Chineese new year). Strictly speaking, of course, an ox is a castrated bull, and that – the year of the castrated bull – is one thing I’ve half-promised myself to blog about today. Let’s see how it goes, still a few hours left of the day on my side of the pond:-)
Either your head has gotten bigger or JD’s bottles are getting smaller…
if you are switching up I recommend Jamesons – so you can stay in the same Irish theme.
Iron Fist: Tomorrow is always a good time to start.
Ginger: I had the Jack at hand. I’m rather flexible with respect to bottled beverages.
Elise: A1 would be a nice change, I think. I think the thing that makes me most sensitive to alcohol is my drinking infrequency.
Jeff: One of the first four I read this year mentions one of my favorite characters … me
Geeky: I used Goodreads.com for the book tracking. It makes the math simple.
Sybil: I’ve probably racked up five or six thousand miles on the recliner last year.
Natalie: Thank you for the kind words. I’m sorry about your father; I started this, partially, as a way of performing some self-therapy. As for the books and things like that … if we don’t keep track, how will we know when we’ve read them all?
Granny: I donated the black crock pot to Goodwill (with some other things). I had trouble justifying owning three when there are so many men out there with zero.
Kristine: Three-thousand miles where you live would be a greater challenge … I think; I can’t believe it’s as flat there as it is here. I have it pretty easy. (I’m a bit late to the resolutions as well.)
Darrell: I hope the head isn’t getting any better. I already have trouble enough getting hats.
PockeCT: I’ll put Jamisons on my Christmas list — the JD was a gift a couple of years ago.
Thanks for responding!
You’re so huge that fifth of Jack looks tiny in your hand.
For some reason you were not in my Google Reader anymore… no wonder I thought you hadn’t updated in forever! I have noticed several of my favorite blogs disappear that way… hrm.
Great last photo, it tells quite a story all it’s own.
Nice legs. Must be from all that biking.
My legs hurt thinking about all that biking. But, I do love the Saturday nights…both the now and the future ones:)
Crap, I’m worn out just reading how many miles you cycled, which reminds me 2009 is the year I am meant to get back in shape.