It is the 30th of December...almost the end of 2017. This year hasn't been bad. We welcomed my handsome grandson, Isaiah Robert Rubright. He was born on my birthday which was special. I had major surgery on June 7th. I was off work 8 weeks. The recovery was harder than I thought, but my back is much better now. I also finally got my feet back in shape. Went through several weeks of intense physical therapy.
We saw 26 movies
I took several classes - fabric painting and another wet felted hat with Tone, quilting classes with Cynthia England, Kaye England and Pat Delaney, wet felted vessels with Geri Forkner, crochet socks with Jonee Davis and Nantucket basket with Robin Goatey, a hawaiian quilting with Patty Ashworth and a paper piecing class with Pat Pagni.
The only trip I went on this year was to Savannah, GA for the Modern Quilt Show
I saw 14 Plays
Only 2 concerts and they were both the Black Jacket Symphony
Now to my books for the year. I think I have a best ever year. I read 59,838 pages across 179 books.
Shortest - 102 pages "When We Touch" by Brenda Novak
Longest - 928 pages "A Woman of Substance" by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Average length - 340 pages
Most Popular - "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Least Popular - "Cottage on Crystal Creek" by Julie Gaskill
New writers I started reading - Isabel Wolff, Diane Chamberlain, Curtis Sittenfeld, Molly MacRae, Liz Trenow, Julie Gaskill and Alyssa Maxwell
I started another book club. This is with my quilt guild. Not many members but I have read some wonderful books through it.
I was elected President of my guild in December. I hope I'm a good one.
For 2018 - I hope to do better about eating well, get more exercise and take at least one day trip a month. I want to visit some of the small towns that are within driving distance of Knoxville.
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