Year in Review 2015

2015 has been an amazing year in our small household.  Lots of traveling, a kitchen/downstairs remodel, a couple of notable science fiction conventions, chickens (!), but not much in the way of biking or hiking.  Reading, knitting, and recipe reviews were about the same.    


Places I went:

Tuscon, AZ

Tohono O'Chul Arboretum

Las Vegas, NV 

Valley of Fire State Park

World Science Fiction Convention, Spokane WA

Spokane Falls

Corvalis, OR

Where my sister and I "wined" and knit a lot...or was that knit a lot and wined a little?

Things we did:
REMODEL!!!    Okay, this sucked up way more time than I ever suspected, and we didn't even do the work ourselves! Moving out and moving back in was more disruptive than I anticipated and even now, at the close of the year, I still don't have everything back in it's place.  

From this:




to THIS!  

yaowza!

We got chickens in April.    Husband has put an incredible amount of time and effort into building the coop, raising the chicks, planning and executing this new adventure.  More to come in the New Year!

It's a big, scary world out there...you go first!

New Books Finished  (Novels, Novellas, Novelettes, Short Stories)
2015 - 89 (25726 pages approximately)

2014 - 89 (28442 pages)
2013 - 98    (28277 pages)
2012 - 129  (32617 pages)
2011 - 115  (30365 pages) 
2010 – 80   (21848 pages)
2009 – 45   (16094 pages)
2008 – 45   (14456 pages)




New Recipes Tried

Pea Soup with a Shrimp and Pepper Confit

2015 - 98

2014 -  109

2013 -  125
2012 -100 
2011 - 95
2010 – 82
2009 - 92
2008 - 129
2007 - 120
2006 - 103
2005 - 137
2004 - 143
2003 - 154


Miles Biked:
2015 - 50    Oh,  this was just dismal...

2014 - 292 road   (lots and lots of spin, stopped keeping track)
      Jane Addam's Trail 
      Mesabi Trail Ride
2013 - 300 road (628 spin miles - yes, higher spin than road. Very sad.)
2012 -  572.5 road  (568 spin)
      Heartland Trail, MN - 38 miles
      Badger State Trail, WI - 56 miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride, MN - 68 miles
2011 - 470 road  (755 spin)
      Menominee River Century - 50  miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride - 50 miles
2010 – 701 personal best!
      Split Rock Century (my first!) - 100
2009- 250


Miles Hiked:
2015 - 15  (just two hikes this summer)

2014 - 20ish
2013 -20
2012 - 20
2011  - 40+   
2010  - 48


Knitting Projects completed:
...I know I had some knitting projects, I just don't remember what.  I may have neglected to take pictures. 

I did attend my first Stephen and Steven Tour, which was...I'm still undecided.  I think I've settled on overwhelming and perhaps a bit disappointing?  I did learn a new cast on technique but I'm not sure the session was worth one cast on.