Trips to Colorado: 3 (Setting an All-Time Record)
Most Unexpected Holiday Guest: A blizzard.
Favorite Read (nonfiction): The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience By Kristin Downey
Favorite Read (fiction): The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller
Naomi’s Least Favorite Realization: The existence of the Ku Klux Klan. Editor’s note: Yesh, try explaining that one to an empathetic, fair-minded, open-hearted seven year old!
Injustice Naomi Expects Me to Fix Immediately: She insists I single-handedly abolish any legislative measures which preclude gay marriage.
Favorite “Twilight Zone” Moment of the Year: Realizing my lucky life that inspires friends to travel from a great distance to Lincoln, Nebraska for the holidays. My friend, Melissa Akin, for instance flew in from Moscow. Becki Roberts descended from Morocco. (sigh) I know such interesting people with fascinating travel dockets!
2009 Resolution Realized: Running more often and a little faster.
2009 Resolution Kicked-to-the-Curb: Penning the McKibbin family holiday letter. It just didn’t happen this year. Sorry, folks.
Favorite New Recipe: Mulligatawny Soup
Favorite Race of My 2009 Season: The Colder Boulder (5K)
Linguistic Crutch of the Year: The word landscape.
Number of Babies Welcomed into the World by Family/Friends: 5 (It was like the Baby ka-Boom around here!)
Favorite Advancement of a “Green Energy” Agenda: Prioritizing Clean Energy Projects Applying for Federal Stimulus Monies.
A Shortlist of Local Enviro-Outcomes of the Stimulus Funds:
1. Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department received $1 million to retrofit diesel engines with oxidation catalysts, and install other equipment that is designed to reduce pollution from diesel engines.
2. Lincoln shares in the state's allocation of $5 million to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities.
3.The District Energy Corporation received $5 million to construct a geothermal facility.
4.The City of Lincoln was awarded $261,985 to hire 24 AmeriCorps members heading up a Recovery Go Green initiative tasked with advancing environmental projects in the community.
All-in-all its been a good year, I think.
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