33.3 – Percentage increase in the size of my family in 2008. Obviously, the birth of my daughter was the most notable item for me last year.
4 – Months it took before we were all used to each other.
5 – Months it took before we all liked each other (I’m mostly kidding).
4552 – Photos I took between The Girl’s arrival in April and New Year’s Eve, not counting those taken with my cell phone.
370 – Photos from 2008 before her arrival that I kept (I switched both cameras and photo storage disks in there, so I can’t get a good count of how many I took for the entire year).
1 – Promotions I got at work.
1 – Apple pie making contests I won.
1 – Holiday cookie contests I entered, but didn’t win.
1 – iPhones that came into my life.
2 – Bloggers I met in person! High five, Cadiz! High five, Jon!
2 – Photos I got published in a local coffee table-style photography book.
7 – Approximate number of boxes of waffle mix/Bisquick I’ve gone through since the Wife got me a waffle maker for my birthday.
4 – Age my boy turned in 2008. Not that I ever want to wish away time when it comes to my kids, but let’s just say I’m not that sad to see him be done with being 3.
6 – Times I got out to the golf course last year. I remember my scores, too. I wonder what sort of things got pushed out of my brain so that I could retain golf scores?
84 – My best 18-hole score last season.
17 – difference in pounds between my lightest weight of the year and my heaviest. It’s a bit misleading though, because I lost 12 pounds when I was deathly ill in February.
9 – Days this post sat in my drafts folder. The main reason? Because I forgot to publish it. Good thing my 2008 resolution is to get more organized, right? (That was not a typo.)
January 13th, 2009
I think keeping stats of your year is pretty organized!
We took thousands of pics after our new baby was born in May. You can’t help it when they are cute!
January 13th, 2009
12 lbs from deathly illness?! Sounds worth it. Where do I sign up?
January 13th, 2009
I’m good at taking pictures… not so good at printing them out. I have an almost two year old who has not one single picture of himself in print. In the entire house. I’m lame like that.
Who knew that numbers could be so interesting…
January 13th, 2009
re: what got pushed out of your brian – it was probably the bit about gold card status.
January 13th, 2009
i meant “brain,” not “brian.” i don’t even know a brian, so that should help clear things up.
January 13th, 2009
High five!!
I guess my question would be, of those 4552 post The Girl birth pictures, how many were of The Girl? Traditionally, the second born child doesn’t get nearly as many photos snapped of them. Often times, photos of the first born are accidentally attributed to the second by the unobservant parents and the child is forced to point out the differences, even when it’s obvious, like “The naked baby in that picture has extra parts that I don’t have…” It only gets worse for the subsequent children. My youngest sister appears not to have joined the family until her early teens, if you’re going strictly by family photo records.
But perhaps the digital era has changed that, or perhaps Omar is an exception to the rule. I look forward to your answer either way.
Having said that, here is my made up story of why such a large number of photos were taken post baby birth that are NOT of The Girl.
Having recently had two photographs published in a coffee table-style book, Omar has now begun wearing a beret and waxing his mustache. His new camera is constantly at his side as he waits for his cue to go snap some more award winning shots. Not coincidentally, his cue often comes in the form of The Wife informing him that the new baby needs a diaper change, or some other gross baby caring need*. These request by The Wife are always met with the same reaction. Omar holds up his camera, half smiles and shrugs saying, “Sorry The Wife, this is the price of my fame.” With that, Omar heads out the door to photography it up. A later review of his camera roll will reveal a modest amount of squirrel shots, cars with flat tires (of which there seem to be an alarmingly high number in his neighborhood, leading some to believe that he is intentionally letting the air out of the tires himself), and lawn “portraits” as he calls them. These photo sessions often last late into the night leaving Omar exhausted and with only enough energy to bang out a few good night waffles before he heads to bed.
I look forward to my signed 2009 Lawn Portrait coffee table book Omar.
*This is obviously fiction because I know that Omar would never shirk his parental duties.
January 13th, 2009
High Five! can’t wait to see you guys again soon.
January 13th, 2009
Who knew numbers could be so much fun?
January 13th, 2009
I was shocked to see that you dropped 12 pounds from being deathly ill…and then I remembered that I dropped 20 pounds from being deathly ill at age 16.
Not that I’m competitive or anything!
January 13th, 2009
2 – totally busted hightly clever campaign strikes that make me laugh til my sides ache still to this day.
January 13th, 2009
I really do want to know what was dropped from your brain so you could retain golf scores. Sherlock Holmes liked to ignore facts like the shape of the world in favor of knowing where in London you could get red clay on your boots. Pipe, Omar?
January 13th, 2009
Congrats on all your #1s, 33.3, 2 and 84!!
4552 pictures. Wow. WOW.
I wonder what sort of things got pushed out of my brain so that I could retain golf scores?
Mittens.
January 13th, 2009
“Omar has now begun wearing a beret and waxing his mustache”
This could be good as a mini-series.
January 13th, 2009
17lbs? Impressive. Though not as impressive as my target of a 25lb weight difference for 2009. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to eat several immodestly-sized wedges of cheese as well as my weight in hearty Italian bread (there is no other type of Italian bread). For no reason. Certainly not to cheat. Or anything. Like that.
January 14th, 2009
“2 – Photos I got published in a local coffee table-style photography book.”
That intrigued me most. I want to see the two photos!
Oh and yes…I was concerned for your weight loss, just not as much as everyone else.
January 14th, 2009
I’m with Annie. What kind of deadly illness do I need to drop the weight? I asked Sei to take me to Venezuela so I could pick up a tapeworm…
How do we get an autographed copy of the book with your pics??
January 15th, 2009
‘Nads’ (rhymes with ‘buds’) is actually my nickname amongst family and friends, so that’s fine.
‘Cojones’ is where I draw the line.
January 15th, 2009
2 – Photos I got published in a local coffee table-style photography book.?! why have we not seen this/heard about it?
and i am offended that you are using a waffle mix rather than my recipe. do you not KNOW how inferior that is to my waffles?
January 15th, 2009
aubrey by the numbers: right this second edition
42,103 – number of photos we are transferring to our brand spankin new media center as i type this. thought you would like to know. or not.
January 16th, 2009
Ok, I’m still waiting for my answer. I’ve been patient because I understand that it might take awhile to tabulate the results. I will continue to be patient. You may also be attempting to use iPhoto ’09 with its face recognition technology to perform this task, so again, I will continue to be patient.
In the mean time, I would like to bring up something that has gone unmentioned thus far (at least as far as I know). I’m talking about the recently revamped SubJug (that’s what we’re calling this site around here in my head) ninja. I’m not talking about the fact that he’s still decked out in Christmas gear. He can wear that all year if he wants. No, what I’m talking about is the extremely flattering and much appreciated tribute his existence pays to me.
The facts are these: (yes, that’s a Pushing Daisies reference.)
1. Omar has been known as the Black Ninja on my side bar since pretty much the beginning of my blog. That’s since 2005 folks. His mascot is a black ninja.
2. My blog is called the Shuck N’ Jive. “S” and “J.” Those just happen to be the two letters on the chest of the black ninja mascot.
3. If nothing else, my blog should be known for the color orange. If I’m not mistaken, the “SJ” on the ninja’s chest are also orange. I think this case is closed.
Thanks Omar, you’re the best! I certainly hope that my pointing this out doesn’t make the entire world jealous, but let’s be honest, I know it will. Good day!
January 16th, 2009
Aubrey: “i am offended that you are using a waffle mix rather than my recipe”
Wow Omar, how dare you? I make Aubrey’s Waffle recipe every Friday for my kids (Waffle Friday) at 4:45 AM every Friday is Aubrey’s Waffle recipe for Waffle Friday. At 4:45 am. Fridays.
That’s like the best recipe ever. You are missing out dude.
Missing.OUT.
January 16th, 2009
Also, I like it that Jon made a Pushing Daisies reference.
(I wouldn’t make him wait any longer.)
January 18th, 2009
man, i’m jealous. and i’m with becky on that gold-card thing.
January 19th, 2009
HEAD over to Lauren’s blog if you’d like to get a swelled HEAD.
January 19th, 2009
Just wanted to say thanks for the birthday greetings.
I’m so impressed by the “photos I had published in a local coffee style book”. Congrats.
By the way, now that you’ve done a numbers post, how about an “ABC” post–after all “ABC, it’s easy as 1, 2, 3″ ; )
January 20th, 2009
Happy inauguration day!
My live feed just cut out, so I’ve come back here to comment on the SubJug status. (prepare for intense irony)
My research indicates that there is a disturbing trend revealing itself on this very blog. I see a post on December 24th, 2008. Then a full 11 days pass before another post. That is followed by an equally disturbing 8 day break. Now here we are in a yet to be determined void of posting.
I can’t help but feel responsible. I’ve been told that I can be quite influential. You’re almost half way to being on my posting schedule. Have I rubbed off on you? This isn’t easy for me. This is pretty much the only blog I can visit while I’m at work since all of the others are blocked as “social media/networking websites.” I guess I’ll just have to keep leaving long, boring comments here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
January 20th, 2009
So are most of the 4500+ photos OF the girl??
January 21st, 2009
Don’t worry Jon, your comments will be addressed shortly.
January 22nd, 2009
Never a doubt in my mind.
January 24th, 2009
aw, ncs defends the waffle recipe. and still you say nothing. maybe it has something to do with beating the egg whites stiff. did you never get that down right or something? cuz that truly is the trick.
February 6th, 2009
I’m just impressed that you keep track of any sort of stats at all. Half the time, I can’t even remember how old I am.