Alive in 2010

December 3 – Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail. (Author: Ali Edwards)


For about 2 years now, I've been suffering from terrible pain from microvascular disease in my legs (my calves actually, but typing calves looked funny.) For the longest time the doctors couldn't figure out what was causing the pain, finally they did and gave me medication to help. 


I'd been on the meds for about 2 months when Mr. Harer and I went to Yosemite in October. I was able to take several hikes, without having severe pain. It was so incredible to be back in Yosemite in the fall and able to appreciate my surroundings without having to focus on how much pain I was in. The air seemed cooler, the trees smelled sweeter, the sound of the wind in the trees less scary and more soothing. 


It rained the first night we were in Yosemite and it was very cold, so that limited our adventures, however we did hike to Taft Point and the Fissures. I am looking forward to our trip at the end of May. I am soooo going to conquer Half Dome in 2011. 

Blogger stats

Okay, so I was checkin out my stats and I know there are people out there reading my blog. So why aren't you leaving comments? I had 705 pageviews last month, but only one person (thanks Wendy) consistently leaves me comments. :(

I feel like y'all might be stalkers or something, not cool. Just a simple, "Hello, great post today." would really mean a lot!

Texting, FB and other social media

December 2 - Writing.
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
(Author: Leo Babauta)


I am pretty certain that most forms of social media have been the downfall of writing. Honestly, we use acronyms in place of regular speech; l8tr, lol, omg, ttfn. This is not language, people! I am seriously guilty of doing this. 

Yup, it could be eliminated, but it's not likely. I'll just have to emphasize my writing in other ways. 

Reverb10

Reverb 10 is an annual event and online initiative to reflect on your year and manifest what’s next. The end of the year is an opportunity to reflect on what's happened, and to send out reverberations for the year ahead.

December 1 One Word.
Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
(Author: Gwen Bell)


Inert 
I feel like I spent most of 2010 at a stand still, not moving forward, not moving backward, just in a state of motionlessness (is that a word?). Looking back over the year, I haven't accomplished much, that is disappointing. 


In one year from today I would like to capture 2011 with the word Accomplished.               

        

Crossed the finish line

Thanks for sticking with me last month for NaBloPoMo.