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2016 Calendar

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Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can unveil the cover to this year’s calendar gift, given annually to my mom and sister, made up of pictures I have taken throughout the year. Once again. this year’s calendar was produced by the good folks at Shutterfly. As in year’s past, we will unveil each month’s photo on the first day of the month throughout 2015.

This year’s cover is made up of 12 pictures, each featuring some combination of Angelina, Danny, and Michael.  We start with the shot above of all 3 riding a camel at the Memphis Zoo from our Elvis trip back in May.

2016CalCover-10Continuing counter clockwise is another shot of all 3 standing in front of the famous ivy on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field from the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day conducted by the Cubs this summer.

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Fitbit Week 40

Week40_FBThe week got off to a disappointing start, as birthday celebrations for me, Angelina, and Danny meant falling under my daily goal on Sunday.  Things picked up was the work week started, and the temperatures jumped up to an unseasonably warm 70 degrees.  The big day of the week was Saturday, as Danny, Michael, and I headed down to West Lafayette for Purdue’s homecoming, where they embarrassed themselves against Illinois.  Thankfully, the travels across campus did not result in an embarrassing step total for me, garnering my only 10,000 step day of the week.

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Early last week, I passed the 2 million step mark for the year, well ahead of my goal.  If I were to not take another step for the next 12 weeks, I would still average more than my daily goal for the year.  This is the first time I’ve managed to surpass one of these goals that I’ve set for myself, so yay me.

Total steps: 51,931

Daily average: 7418.7

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GlobalFit III: Week 12

Y3Week12Well, what do we have here?  A pretty decent week, for once, with 5 days over the 5000 step mark, 3 days over the 7000 step mark, and 1 day even creeping across the 10,000 step plateau.  The week began with a pretty decent total for a Sunday, with just under 4000 steps.  The work week definitely benefited from a few trips to North plaza, either for smoothies, lunch, or just for a walk.  Thursday also benefited from the kickoff of the bowling season.  The big day was Saturday, which was homecoming down at Purdue University.  I made the trip down to meet up with some friends for what turned out to be an atrocious football game, as the Boilermaker got their asses handed to them by the Northern Illinois Huskies.  I traipsed up and down campus, which made up the large total.

Total steps: 42,712

Weekly average: 6,101.7