This blog was created by two friends who made a pledge to try something new, fun, challenging, or even ridiculous every week for a year. At times, life got in the way, but we forged ahead. Our stories have educated, entertained or inspired many. In 2012, we hope to inspire many others to get better, get moving or get over it!
The 52 Weeks
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Feb
15
I like to go to art museums and name the untitled paintings… Boy With Pail… Kitten On Fire…Steven Wright, comedian. “I don’t get it.” Remember the great scene from the classic movie Big, when Tom Hank’s character (a boy that literally becomes an adult overnight after making a wish at a carnival) raises his hand [...]
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Posted: 02/15/11 1:02 AM
Feb
03
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. — Woody Allen Mark Wahlberg (Micky Ward) in the Oscar-nominated film, The Fighter: Aging quickly. Lives in Lowell, Massachusetts — tough neighborhood. Endless monotony, potheads, crackheads, gloomy. Supportive girlfriend. Trying to get “out” of his neighborhood, win the title and rise above his situation. Me: Aging [...]
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Posted: 02/3/11 11:33 AM
Jan
26
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” -Winnie-the-Pooh (and A.A. Milne) I looked up the word commitment the other day. It is defined as the act of committing, the state of begin committed; a pledge or undertaking; applying or engaging oneself. There are many kinds of commitments – for work, family, relationships [...]
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Posted: 01/26/11 6:28 PM
Dec
10
Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally, you’ll hit the Bull’s-Eye of Success. -Annie Oakley I expected a big adrenaline rush from the [...]
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Posted: 12/10/10 3:28 PM
Nov
27
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you’re in. — Dr. Seuss Lately I’ve been looking for a different sport or type of exercise to explore (the running didn’t last–see post). I really want to check this off of my “52“. It’s just that trying something new can sometimes be a little daunting. So [...]
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Posted: 11/27/10 4:43 PM
Nov
25
This is our first guest post! The following post was written by R. Sanders. Our blog inspired her to go gliding for the first time as she faced the possible dissolution of her 25-year marriage. This blog is all about trying new things, facing fears, shaking it up. I don’t think it gets any braver [...]
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Posted: 11/25/10 9:39 PM
Nov
15
Max is a confident, personable guy who is well-suited to be on camera. Good-looking and put together (at least whenever I see him), he always seems to be “camera ready”. I, on the other hand, while confident, am not only camera-shy, but one of those people who always manages to get caught in my sweatpants [...]
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Posted: 11/15/10 10:03 PM
Oct
29
This past weekend was supposed to be the proverbial trek to Las Vegas with “the girls”. You know, that time-honored getaway that so many “women of a certain age” often go on. It’s been in the pipeline and on my list of “52″ for quite some time, and it would have been the first time [...]
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Posted: 10/29/10 10:08 PM
Maybe it was because Halloween was around the corner. I’m not really sure. But this past week, for the first time, I went for a Tarot card reading. What made it even more unusual is that the reading took place while I was away with some friends for an annual “spa” getaway sans significant others, [...]
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Posted: 10/29/10 12:52 PM
Sep
23
Do you bake? I don’t, not really. The occasional Tollhouse cookies or birthday cupcakes from a mix, and a key-lime pie a very long time ago, but honestly, I am not much of a baker. I find the mess and the required preciseness of it more stressful than cathartic, although I once read that baking [...]
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Posted: 09/23/10 1:35 PM
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