2012

Ok, I think that I'm well rested from my year+ absence from blogging. It's time to get back to telling you all random things about my life that you may or may not care about. Mostly though, I'm doing this because my dear friend Robin has put a challenge in front of me and I love a good challenge (at least until I get tired of it and move on to something different and less challenging).

Robin and I made a deal recently that we would blog at least 52 times in 2012 – equal to the frequency of posting once a week without the entrapment of having to actually post once a week. We both really like a good non-challenging challenge. The deal was sweetened by the suggestion to see who reaches her goal the fastest, and then the loser will buy the winner dinner at Yoshi’s, a favorite Chicago eatery.

But, since this turned into a contest, and I am really good at laying ground rules, we came up with a few guidelines:
1) Posts must be somewhat informative.
2) Posts must have at least 52 words. (Byline: Shorter posts can combine to equal one, i.e. two posts of 26 words will equal one legitimate post.)
3) No more than one post a day shall count toward the total.
4) Photo-only posts shall count only if there is a minimum of five photos that share a commonality and tell a story (sometimes there just are no words).

After we agreed on the ground rules, we decided to proceed with the 52 in 2012 (or some other lame name) challenge.
(via Gchat):
Liz: I think that we should both post them on our blogs today. The world will keep us accountable (or the 10 people who read our blogs).
Robin: yes!!
Liz: Plus, it will put us each one post closer to 52 (although it will be a wash since we are both doing it…)
Robin: but I am one ahead!!
Liz: Oh, I’m not worried about that…
Robin: haha ok I am getting excited about this challenge. I can almost taste that delicious red snapper with the head still on
Liz: I’m looking forward to a nice steak prepared by Mr. Yoshi himself.
Robin: ooh he does real good steaks. real real good
Liz: indeed. This is going to be good.

Bring it!