Regular readers might think that i am being a lazy blogger. Today is another family birthday. Happy birthday Dad! It’s true that I am not making any new content today and two birthdays in a row might seem particularly lazy on my part but I didn’t schedule them! Have a great day Dad.
Today is a special day for a very special person. Happy Birthday Nancy. I hope I do something that makes it an even more special day!
Not a photo post today. Instead, it is my Mum’s birthday so I just wanted to say Happy Birthday Mum. Obviously, I will also do that in a more personal way but a birthday message from the blog too!
The second eighteenth birthday in the family in a matter of weeks. My niece Sara is 18 today. Happy Birthday Sara. Hope you have a great day. You’re not in the UK so you won’t be celebrating the same way Chris was but hope you have fun anyway!
Today is a nation’s birthday. As a Brit living in the US, I often get asked about how I feel about Independence Day. I point out that, if Brits got upset about the independence day of every nation that we once controlled, we would hardly ever get out of bed. I don’t mind things that happened over 200 years ago. I do like having a day off though! I plan on enjoying it and I hope you do too – wherever you may be!
This piece is a shout out to my niece, Sara. Sara has just graduated from high school and we got to head across to Syracuse to see her graduate and to help celebrate.
Now she is off to college at Northwestern. Maybe we will see more of her when she is living just up the street but somehow I suspect she will be finding plenty of other things to do. I hope so – that’s what college is all about!
This isn’t a long post and it doesn’t have any images. Today is my nephew’s 18th birthday. Happy Birthday Chris. Have fun – I’m sure you will!
The other day I was thinking about a few things related to this blog when it occurred to me that I must be getting close the the first anniversary of the blog starting. I had been posting about things that I had done the previous year and hadn’t been blogged about before so knew it was still in the first year but figured it must be getting close.
A quick look back through the complete listing of posts showed me that the first posting went up on March 14th 2011 – a year ago today! So, happy birthday to the blog. (Sad to say, I haven’t bought it a present…)
So, what has the first year taught me? Well, I have been able to consistently put new information up on the blog. I seriously wondered how well I would do at finding new things all of the time and not having gaping holes in the timeline. A little figuring out of things in advance along with keeping some of the more complex topics in manageable chunks has certainly helped. It has been easy enough to drop time sensitive stuff in when necessary but it isn’t a problem to space out postings when required. Anyone who was there might wonder about the timing but I doubt many other people notice.
It has also helped me to think about the way I write stuff. The work I have been doing for other outlets always helps but the format of the blog has tempted me to think about other writing outlets. Nothing to report on that at the moment but, as things develop, you know where the first information will become available!
Thanks for reading. I know how many people visit the blog and I am glad that it has an interest for some people out there. It certainly does for me and I am glad that some want to share in that too. Cheers!
Nothing to post today. It is my birthday so no great effort being made on my part for a day! You may wonder whether that is any different to normal?? Service shall resume hereafter!
This is a short piece and has absolutely nothing to do with photography – unless you consider going on a photo shoot as a reason to not keep to your other schedule items! It is safe to say that the holidays did not fit in with my normal exercise schedule. I have a pretty regular routine that I try to do each week but, having people to stay for the holidays and the distractions of food and drink meant everything went on hold. Even the last chance before Christmas was sacrificed to a trip to Waukegan to shoot the Mustangs and Buckeye!
Anyway, the holidays are done, our friends have headed home and it is back to a normal routine. That means back to the gym. In the past I have felt crap after some time out from exercise and, after an odd experience, I have been better about knowing when I am reaching that point. Consequently, today I went in with a limited plan. However, nearly two weeks off combined with a lot of indulgence means even that plan was a stretch. I did it but I did not fell particularly great. However, I survived (otherwise you would not be reading this)!
Usually the next visit is significantly better. I hope so! I also need to get into the routine again since my annual check-up is coming and I don’t want the Christmas and New Year excess to be too obvious to my doctor! Good luck to all of you in a similar boat to me. To those that kept working out during the holidays, well done – I do hate you of course!