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I walked at least 35 miles in November. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I gained .2 pounds.

I read 7 books, saw 2 movies, 1 play, and I went to 3 Masses.

I found 8 caches in November and went to a party, so I am at 9170.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1537th (out of 50512 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 43rd out of 6338 in P2 with 23525 pages, 691st (of 1082) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1027th place (4761) with 1020 pages. I'd really like to get back to this, but somehow never seem to have the time.

In Flickr I have 67,550 pictures (more, actually, since I haven't yet uploaded all the ones from San Antonio) with 413 sets to work on. 1,971,988 views.

On Netflix: Red River

Reading: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldsborough; A Dangerous Fortune, Ken Follett; plus I want to reread Charles Krauthammer's Things that Matter, and the new book when it comes.

I walked 5.2 miles in October. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 2.6 pounds.

I read 2 books, saw 3 movies, 3 plays, and I went to 7 Masses.

I found 0 caches in October, so I am still at 9161. I have hopes that San Antonio will be good to me!

In Flickr I have 67,303 pictures with 410 sets to work on. 1,960,799 views.

On Netflix: Oz season 4 disk 6 and They Died with Their Boots On.

Reading: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; A book about LBJ and MLK which is packed now; Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldsborough; The Halcyon Fairy Book, T. Kingfisher; plus I want to reread Charles Krauthammer's Things that Matter, and the new book when it comes.

I know, I didn't do this in July, (when I had the colonoscopy), and August, when I went to Crater Lake and Ashland and scheduled surgery and started tests.

I walked 8.7 miles in September. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 3.6 pounds, the same ones I gained in August. Having abdominal surgery certainly had something to do with this.

I read 6 books, saw 3 movies, 2 plays, and I went to 7 Masses.

I found 1 cache in September, so I am at 9161.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1534th (out of 50359 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 43rd out of 6326 in P2 with 23525 pages, 691st (of 1081) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1021st place (4754) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 67,175 pictures with 408 sets to work on. 1,950,823 views.

On Netflix: JAG season 8 disc 5, Oz Season 4 disc 5 and Quigley Down Under.

Reading: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, Doris Kearns Goodwin; Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldsborough; Mrs, Pringle, Miss Read:The Halcyon Fairy Book, T. Kingfisher; plus I want to reread Charles Krauthammer's Things that Matter, and the new book when it comes.

I walked 10.8 miles in June. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 3.7 pounds, which surprised me after all I ate at Boxcar Children camp!

I read 8 books, saw 1 movie, 1 plays, and I went to 5 Masses.

I found 4 caches in June, so I am at 9147.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1519th (out of 49881 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 42nd out of 6277 in P2 with 23525 pages, 688th (of 1079) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1012th place (4730) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 66,493 pictures and I haven't yet uploaded the Boxcar Children Camp ones. There will be 400 sets to work on. 1,989.893 views.

On Netflix: JAG season 8 disc 5, Oz Season 4 disc 2 and Chicago PD season 4, disc 1 (because the recording on the DVR was mislabeled.)

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; Storm in the Village, Miss Read; and Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldbourough. While at Camp I read Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell and it was wonderful.

I walked 12.2 miles in May. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I gained 1.7 pounds, hardly surprising as I mostly sat around.

I read 5 books, saw 0 movies, 0 plays, and I went to 4 Masses.

I found 3 caches in May, sigh, so I am at 9143.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. You'd think, while I was sitting, I could have done some. Heck, you'd think I could have written up the online journal post. I'm in 1516th (out of 49789 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 41st out of 6261 in P2 with 23525 pages, 687th (of 1078) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1012th place (4724) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 66,277 pictures (only partway through May) with 398 sets to work on. 1,905,680 views.

On Netflix: Oz Season 4 disc 1 and JAG season 8 disc 4, (this to find the first NCIS episode, the crossover.)

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; Bitter Gold Hearts, Glen Cook; and Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldbourough.

(What a disappointment the trip to Pittsburgh turned out to be. And I'll write it up, but there's an enormous writer's block in my way. Meanwhile, here is the April summary.)

I walked 18.2 miles in April, 16 of them in Pittsburgh. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 2.9 pounds, which is hard to believe when I ate so well while visiting.

I read 5 books, saw 3 movies, 1 play, and I went to 4 Masses.

I found 11 caches in April (10 in Pittsburgh) so I am at 9140.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1513th (out of 49717 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 40th out of 6246 in P2 with 23525 pages, 686th (of 1078) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1011th place (4720) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I haven't unloaded any of the Pittsburgh pictures, so I'm just keeping my March stuff here until I do. [ I have 66,034 pictures with 395 sets to work on. 1,875,238 views.]

On Netflix: Roots supplementary material and Donnie Darko.

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; A Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, Jr.; and Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Goldbourough.

I walked 5.9 miles in March. I read 4 pages of Decline and Fall. I gained 4.8 pounds. (Good food at the retreat house!!)

I read 6 books, saw 2 movies, 2 plays, and I went to 9 Masses.

I found 5 caches in March so I am at 9129.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1510th (out of 49591 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 39th out of 6233 in P2 with 23525 pages, 686th (of 1077) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1011th place (4717) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have also uploaded some April pictures. I have 66,034 pictures with 395 sets to work on. 1,875,238 views.

On Netflix: Disc 6 of Roots and When Marnie was There, which seems more like a ghost story than a time travel movie.

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; A Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, Jr.; Charlotte's Web, E.B. White; The Peaceable Kingdom, Jan de Hartog; and The Silver Spire, Robert Goldbourough.

I walked 16.7 miles in February. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I gained back .2 pounds.

I read 10 books, saw 3 movies, 3 plays, and I went to 4 Masses.

I found 7 caches in February so I am at 9124.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1505th (out of 49440 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 38th out of 6213 in P2 with 23525 pages, 684th (of 1077) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1007th place (4700) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I managed to download everything. I have 65,857 pictures with 393 sets to work on. 1,862,132 views.

On Netflix: Disc 4 and 5 of Roots and the Terminator.

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; plus We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; A Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, Jr.; and The Bloodied Ivy, Robert Goldbourough.)

I walked 10.4 miles in January. I read 23 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost .8 pounds.

I read 17 books, saw 1 movie, 2 plays, and I went to 5 Masses.

I found 2 caches in January so I am at 9117.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I'm in 1501st (out of 49322 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 38th out of 6198 in P2 with 23525 pages, 683rd (of 1077) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1006th place (4694) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 65,699 pictures, because I haven't yet downloaded the ones in the camera. I will have more than 392 sets to work on. but I haven't started. 1,844,121 views.

On Netflix: Disc two of Roots.

I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; plus We Die Standing Up, Dom Hubert van Zeller; A Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, Jr.; and The Doorbell Rang, Rex Stout. (I'm nearly done with the Nero Wolfes by Rex Stout. Then I have a couple of related Stouts, and then I'll go on with the Robert Goldbourough Wolfe books, and then to the SF take-offs.)

(I thought I'd posted this!)

So: in 2017 I went to Africa and rode an elephant. Also, I had a nice trip to Laramie and another to Ashland (in the smoke.) I also had two bad falls caused by some stupid decisions... to go over the baby gate instead of opening it, and to attempt to balance on a tilty board. I was SO LUCKY I didn't break anything!!

I lost 4.6 pounds, and walked 225 miles. I went to 59 Masses, read 47 pages of Decline and Fall (!) and 106 books, saw 25 plays and 30 movies. I have seen almost all of the Special Victims episodes, and am ready to tackle the current season. Now my ambition is to get all the Chicago Police Department episodes. I only did one puzzle.

I found 120 geocaches and finished the year at 9115.

I got rid of the rats (sometimes a little too closely) and got my new windows.

I'm now reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; and Three Witnesses, Rex Stout.

It was a pretty good year.

I walked 24.1 miles in November. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 2.8 pounds.

I read 11 books, saw 3 movies, 4 plays, and I went to 8 Masses.

I found 4 caches in November so I am at 9111. (argh!)

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I thought maybe I could manage to do some in November. (Maybe January?) I'm in 1488th (out of 49090 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 38th out of 6171 in P2 with 23525 pages, 683rd (of 1075) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1004th place (4679) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 65,418 pictures, because I haven't yet downloaded the ones in the camera. I have 392 sets to work on. 1,821,974 views.

On Netflix: Disc one of Roots and Babette's Feast.

I walked 12.5 miles in October. I read 12 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 1.2 pounds.

I read 10 books, saw 4 movies, 1 play, and I went to 4 Masses.

I found 3 caches in October so I am at 9107. (argh!)

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I thought maybe I could manage to do some in October. Where does the time go? I'm in 1482nd (out of 48897 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 38th out of 6155 in P2 with 23525 pages, 683rd (of 1075) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 1001st place (4673) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 65,400 pictures. I have 391 sets to work on. 1,802,216 views.

On Netflix: Goodnight, Mr. Tom and Lonely Hearts. I would have started Roots but the disc was cracked.

I walked 18 miles in September. I read 0 pages of Decline and Fall. I lost 1.2 pounds.

I read 5 books, saw 5 movies, 2 plays, and I went to 3 Masses.

I found 0 caches in September so I am still at 9104.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I think maybe I'll manage to do some in October. I'm in 1478th (out of 48892 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 38th out of 6138 in P2 with 23525 pages, 683rd (of 1073) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 999th place (4667) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 65,115 pictures. I couldn't get the iPad pictures onto the computer so had to add them here directly, which means each one has to be separately edited. I have 390 sets to work on. 1,790,031 views.

On Netflix: Oz, Season 2, discs 2 and 3; and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, season 15 disc 1 because I couldn't wait for it to eventually come around on the TV.

Now reading: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (yeah, right); Pepys' Diary; American Fiction; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; and The Rubber Band by Rex Stout..

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 547
148.1 miles
HOT

I have the Laramie trip and the Ashland trip to catch up with, so haven't been writing, but here's the summary for August.

I walked 48 miles in August. I read 10 pages of Decline and Fall. And sadly, gained 3.6 pounds during the month.

I read 7 books, saw 1 movie, 4 plays, and I went to 4 Masses.

I found 62 caches in August and I am at 9104.

I proofed 0 pages, for a change. I think maybe I'll manage to do some in September. I'm in 1472nd (out of 48805 proofers) place in the first proofing round, with 873 pages proofed, 37th out of 6125 in P2 with 23525 pages, 683rd (of 1072) in P3 with 469 pages, and formatting 996th place (4659) with 1020 pages.

In Flickr I have 63,564 pictures. (plus a video I have trouble adding and another picture or two.) I have 388 sets to work on, still. 1,763,532 views.

On Netflix: Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Murder Must Advertise. I have had the current Oz disc for almost the whole month.

Now reading: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (yeah, right); Pepys' Diary; American Fiction; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; and More Whatdunits, ed. by Mike Resnick.