Defining Twenty-Eleven

[Guest]

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Hard to believe TwentyEleven is nearly over. What has characterized this year for you?


For me...

...Blizzard:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1856562576045.2113227.1300282613&type=1&l=80bcdc8ced

...Attending cruise nights on a regular basis for the 1st time in YEARS:
https://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/2011CruiseNights

...Coast-to-Coast road trip:
https://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/CoastToCoastRoadTripFri06242011Mon07112011

...Final meet'n'greets/gatherings posted/promoted:
https://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/2011MeetNGreets02

...driving my MCs less than the previous 2 years:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2118627487504.2132734.1300282613&type=1&l=f7e0236632

...4th open heart surgery, 11/11/2011 (& 11/12/2011) ... POST-SURGERY PARTY TBD:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2636895683885.2152619.1300282613&type=1&l=7f835748ff

...nephew time (hard to believe he is 3 years old)

...deaths of a few relatives and several close friends

...witnessed 2 Chicago team "arch rivals" win respective championships (Green Bay Packers; St Louis Cardinals)

...favorable feedback received during/after my Christmas Eve radio show

...connected w/more friends/family on FB and switched up my "daily themes":
Sunday Bulletin
Monday Madness
Tuesday Twist
Wacky Wednesday
Thursday Query
Friday Philosophy
Saturday Twin Spin/Smorgasbord

...songs (available on YouTube), not all from 2011, but heard on my road trip &/or re-discovered &/or associated with an event:
One Republic ... Good Life
Adele ... Someone Like You
Dan Seals ... You Still Move Me (remembered b/c of Adele's "Someone Like You")
Jake Owen ... Barefoot Blue Jean Night
Sugarland ... Something More
Jim Glaser ... Man In The Mirror
Steve Wariner ... The Weekend
Sawyer Brown ... This Missing You Heart Of Mine
Ronnie Milsap ... Still Losing You
Don Williams ... Old Coyote Town
Bellamy Brothers ... Crazy From The Heart
TG Sheppard ... You're Going Out Of My Mind
Tom Wopat ... A Little Bit Closer
John Schneider ... Take The Long Way Home



Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic
CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"Another year comes to a close" __ Sylvia __ 'Reflections'

 

[Freddie]

humm......
2011 eh?
One year I care not to remember.
- The loss of my cousin and all the drama that it entailed and continues to do so
- Turning 50 and no pictures were taken from the surprise party
- Having pneumonia
- Making 3 trips to the ER, all within a month
- No snow for Christmas and having + temperatures

High note:
- People actually came to me 50th B'day party
- After almost 5 years since surgery, my s/o finally felt it was safe enough for me to go on a trip by plane. (Then I get pneumonia 8 weeks later making my s/o feel we shouldn't have gone a trip)
- Having the bathroom renovation completed before Christmas

- Keeping a brave face and a smile on my face

 

[Guest]

Freddie ... I'd like to think the highs outweigh the lows....


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2011 IN PICTURES


February Blizzard:

April Meet'n'Greet, including my 1979 Caprice Classic:

June-July Road Trip, Oklahoma City OK, rental 2011 Dodge Charger w/3rd gen MC:

June-July Road Trip, Medford OR, rental 2011 Dodge Charger w/4th gen MC:

June-July Road Trip, Portland OR, rental 2011 Dodge Charger w/2nd gen MC:

June-July Road Trip, Seattle WA, rental 2011 Dodge Charger w/1st gen MC:

June-July Road Trip, Sycamore IL:

July Cruise Nights:

November Nephew Time:

December Decorations, w/my 2011 Dodge Charger HW model:

Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic
CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"Can you believe what a year it's been?" __ Savage Garden __ 'I Don't Know You Anymore'