Favorite things of 2009

Last year (or two years ago, can’t remember) I wrote a list of my favorite things.

It’s been on my mind for the last few days, and I thought that I ought to blog about it since clearly I have such a large fan base who want to know what my favorite things are (much like Oprah).

Here we go in no particular order.

1. iPhone 3GS

My original iPhone changed my life.  It changed the way I approached work, home life, church life, etc.  When I saw the ads about the 3GS I could not wait to get it.  It was timed perfectly with my 2 year contract expiring with Att.  This allowed me to take advantage of the full subsidized price f0r the phone.  By the way At&t would make my list of my least favorite things about 2009.  Seriously, I just want to make a call?

2. Cycling

2009 was my year of change health wise.  What started as a curiosity, as turned into an obsession.  I went about 1,700 miles in 2009.  I’ve set a goal of 3k miles for 2010.  I did dabble a bit with Mountain Biking.  I have an older bike that does the job.  I really enjoyed the trail that I rode this year.  However, when i have a few hours on Saturday, I always reach for my road bike.

3. Subway

I would dare not count how many inches of “roasted chicken breast on wheat” I ate this year.  Being that it is on the $5.00 foot long menu, a work buddy and me would split it and get 2 water cups (one cup and 2 straws just seemed to gay).  This would turn out to be about $2.60 a piece for a fairly hardy, and healthy lunch.  I pretty much ate this for lunch during the week days most the year.  (lettuce, olives, jalapeno, a bit of lite mayo…mmm, mmm, good)

4. Garmin 205

I wanted a better cycling computer for my bike, but did not have a very big budget.  The Garmin 205 fit the bill perfect.  I went back and forth on this as I already had an iPhone with GPS and a multitude of cycling apps, but in the end, I knew that I would never be fully comfortable with my precious sitting out in the weather, and sweat on my bike.  Plus it’s not water proof, or crash proof.  I would have loved to get one of the better models that Garmin puts out for cyclists, but felt weird about spending more than I spent on my bike.  I have become a Garmin fan however, as they sponsor a pro team, and are committed to cycling.  Way to go!

5. Pro Cycling

I started watching Pro cycling a bit as I wanted to learn more about the sport, and bikes, and gear, etc.  By the time the Tour de France rolled around in July, I was a full-fledged fan.  I’ve always been a fan of Lance, but after a year of following the sport, I’ve developed others that I cheer for aswell.  George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish, Levi Leiphimer, Cris Horner, the Shliek Brothers, t0 name a few.

6. Social Media

Been fairly active with Facebook and Twitter.  Both me personally and for work.  Its been entertaining to say the least

7. Fat Cyclist

What a journey his blog has been.  If you have not check it out, click the link in my blog roll.  I started following his blog earlier in the year.  He is an extremely entertaining writer, an incredible fundraiser for Livestrong.  He has done everything from losing his wife to Breast Cancer, to riding with Lance at the Team Radio Shack training camp.  Awesome.

8. Church

I got released from my church calling last sunday, which was the last sunday of the year.  I have taught the Gospel Essentials class for the last 3 years.  It has been an incredible journey.  I have not had a calling in my adult life that I have enjoyed more than teaching that class.  Such great experiences, and memories.  That will be tough to beat in ’10.

Ok, that’s all for now.  Mostly because the o button does not work very well on my laptop, so I am getting more and more frustrated with having to retype words with  o in it.