Year-end stats: 2008 (aka my sort-of Christmas letter)

• Houses lived in: Just 1! (This is the first time in six years I've stayed put in the same house and the same room. Yay!)
• Herb gardens planted: 2
• Herb gardens still alive: 0 (except for one determined rosemary plant)
• Pounds lost in biggest loser competition: 10 (see here)
  
• Pounds gained back at end of competition: none of your business
• Episodes of LOST watched: 72
• Writing classes taken: 1
• Book club meetings hosted: 10
• Countries visited: 3 (Egypt, Jordan and Israel; see here and here)
  
• States visited: 4 (See here, here, and here for Colorado; here for Idaho/Utah; and here, here and here for North Carolina)
  
• Trips to Utah to see family: 3
  
• Vacation days left at end of year: 0
  
• Pounds of Hunter's seriously sharp cheddar cheese consumed: ~10
  
• Awesome kids I teach music to at church each week: ~40
• Presidential elections survived in DC: 1 (Third one! Can you believe I've lived here more than 8 years?!)
• Times pressed snooze: 365 x ~5 = ~1,825
• Minutes spent commuting: ~21,600 (45-60 each way every day - see here and here)
  
• Books started: ~50
  
• Books finished: 15?
• Major reports released at work: 4
• New blogs started: 2 (see here and here)