{"id":4390,"date":"2012-01-03T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2012-01-03T21:14:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T02:14:54","slug":"2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/2011\/","title":{"rendered":"2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of people have been saying that 2011 was a sucky year. In the women’s bathroom at the co-op the other day, on the chalkboard provided for grafitti, it said, “good riddance to 2011” but underneath someone else had written, “never wish for time to go away – it’s all you’ve got”, and below that, another person, “my grand daughter was born this year”. Sounds like my brother is ranking 2011<\/a> right up there with his best years, 1987 – when he got married – a good one for me too, since my older son was born. And 1997, when his daughter was born.<\/p>\n

For me, my main feeling about 2011 is that I’ve never been so busy at work, so more a grinding-down-too-busy-falling-behind year. And I know I should exercise more and I could be fitter and thinner and yadda yadda, but I guess I didn’t expect to see so many of the signs of aging in my own body when I’m only 56.<\/p>\n

On the upside, I have been feeling better – especially in December. I got some yoga DVDs, and I’ve been doing Rodney Yee’s a.m. stretch. I think I’ve lost the easy first 5 pounds, so my face looks a little less jowly and old to me – at least in the right light. In the summer I rode my bike A LOT – not close to my bro’s 7000 miles, but I did almost all the grocery shopping by bike, as long as the weather held. And I’ve been walking a lot.<\/p>\n

In fact, since I took a long walk this morning, and maybe I’ll do the p.m. yoga tonight, I think I’ll skip yoga and try to do a gallery of favorite food shots of the year – watch this space.<\/p>\n