After a 'Nice November', December saw a reasonable end to the year with a record month in terms of goals achieved with a huge haul of ten. A review of the year in short will follow this post hopefully with more highs than back in 2014's edition.
Another goal came as I reached my target of walking 225 miles on the Runkeeper app which was used in conjunction with the Nike + app across the whole year meaning another successful goal.
The stay on Universal Credit continued and will into 2016 but a potential reduction in my free time came on the 8th as I received an invite for an interview at Aldi in early January so maybe a job at long last. The volunteering at my local British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical store reached a seventh week as the year came to a close and is enjoyable to be able to help the charity with the only downside being that it is unpaid but a minor issue overall. Christmas was a quieter one gifts wise due to my financial situation but was good to spend it with the family.
Some other events may just pop up but only time will tell in the next post.
Sport
No action in terms of Rugby League but a lot of prep done for the new season in terms of tickets with the Magic Weekend and World Club Series booked on the back of November's Season Ticket purchase.
Skelmersdale
United had a strange month as they played just five times with a slim two at Stormy Corner due to the bad weather conditions forcing postponements. A stunning start to the month saw them come from 2-1 down to win 5-2 at home to National League North side Chorley FC in an FA Trophy Qualifying replay. Followed up by an away win at Bootle following a week later in the Liverpool Senior Cup as they drew 1-1 before triumphing 4-3 on penalties.
A huge comeback from 3-0 down away to AFC Fylde in the FA Trophy 1st round saw Skem lead 4-3 late on only to draw 4-4. A 2-1 defeat to Ashton United on the 19th proved to be my final attendance of 2015 at Stormy Corner as the Fylde Replay was called off as was the festive game against Marine but United sadly ended the year with a 1-0 defeat away to high-flying Nantwich Town.
Liverpool's month started amazingly with a 6-1 hammering of Southampton in the Capital One Cup quarter final but a 2-0 slip-up at Newcastle brought the mood down but a 0-0 draw away at Sion in the Europa League ensured the Reds topped the group. A 2-2 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion was followed by a woeful 3-0 loss away to Watford but the month did end on a high as a couple of goals from Christian Benteke sealed 1-0 successes at home to Leicester City and away to Sunderland.
After mixed months for my UK based teams, my NFL side ended the year on a huge high as Washington Redskins sealed the NFC East title with a three game winning streak which began after suffering a 19-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in week 16. A narrow 24-21 win over the Chicago Bears started the streak with huge wins against Buffalo Bills (35-25) and division rivals Philadelphia Eagles (38-24) put them at 8-7 with one week left of the regular season. The fact that they reached the play-offs and won the division title meant two completed goals on my list.
A huge comeback from 3-0 down away to AFC Fylde in the FA Trophy 1st round saw Skem lead 4-3 late on only to draw 4-4. A 2-1 defeat to Ashton United on the 19th proved to be my final attendance of 2015 at Stormy Corner as the Fylde Replay was called off as was the festive game against Marine but United sadly ended the year with a 1-0 defeat away to high-flying Nantwich Town.
Liverpool's month started amazingly with a 6-1 hammering of Southampton in the Capital One Cup quarter final but a 2-0 slip-up at Newcastle brought the mood down but a 0-0 draw away at Sion in the Europa League ensured the Reds topped the group. A 2-2 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion was followed by a woeful 3-0 loss away to Watford but the month did end on a high as a couple of goals from Christian Benteke sealed 1-0 successes at home to Leicester City and away to Sunderland.
After mixed months for my UK based teams, my NFL side ended the year on a huge high as Washington Redskins sealed the NFC East title with a three game winning streak which began after suffering a 19-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in week 16. A narrow 24-21 win over the Chicago Bears started the streak with huge wins against Buffalo Bills (35-25) and division rivals Philadelphia Eagles (38-24) put them at 8-7 with one week left of the regular season. The fact that they reached the play-offs and won the division title meant two completed goals on my list.
Leisure
On the video front, Out and About reached week 51 meaning that with the exception of the first week of 2015, every week of my travels was documented and hopefully will continue in the same vain in 2016. The proposed plan for Skem features was hampered by having just two with no camera for the first game while for the second, I was given the chance to film for the club as a tester for some new software. My spur of the moment plan to film across the year proved to be a good idea as I reached my goal of 50,000 views on my YouTube channel on the 12th.Another goal came as I reached my target of walking 225 miles on the Runkeeper app which was used in conjunction with the Nike + app across the whole year meaning another successful goal.
The stay on Universal Credit continued and will into 2016 but a potential reduction in my free time came on the 8th as I received an invite for an interview at Aldi in early January so maybe a job at long last. The volunteering at my local British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical store reached a seventh week as the year came to a close and is enjoyable to be able to help the charity with the only downside being that it is unpaid but a minor issue overall. Christmas was a quieter one gifts wise due to my financial situation but was good to spend it with the family.
Gaming
December
sealed a record year across the three main fronts with the final goal
of the trio coming on the 24th with 7796 unlocks reached (excluding
apps) and this meant a full year of 100+ unlocks per month.Two completions came in the shape of Lego Jurassic World and Stick it to the Man with both on the Xbox One.
The second goal came as I achieved on 150 different games across the year which though less than 2014's target of 200 had some big hitters in terms of individual games. The month saw 108 unlocks with a 89/19 split across the platforms while 5,643 TA was split at 4,710/833 and the total of 3,165 G divided as 2,785/380.
The second goal came as I achieved on 150 different games across the year which though less than 2014's target of 200 had some big hitters in terms of individual games. The month saw 108 unlocks with a 89/19 split across the platforms while 5,643 TA was split at 4,710/833 and the total of 3,165 G divided as 2,785/380.
The year itself smashed the highs of 2014 with a new high of 1688 unlocks with a split of 1258 on the Xbox One and a disappointing total of 430 on the Xbox 360/Windows platforms. A stunning haul of 74,954 TA included some boosts from the calculations but when split at 59,270/15,684 shows a domination from the Xbox One.
A total of 40,000 G would have been amazing but a record of 39,743 is stunning in itself with another win for the Xbox One as it dominated 31,907 over the Xbox 360/Windows total of just 7,836.
The year also saw a good collection of 18 completions with 13/5 being the difference between the platforms. The biggest goal of the gaming year was completing a streak of 730 days/ two years of earning achievements without missing a day which came on the 28th and plans are in motion for a third year in 2016.
What's Next?
As this post is being written with 2016 already a few days old, no notable plans have been devised for the month so will be referred to in the January update with the only real event being a trip to see Wigan face Leigh in prep for the new Super League season on the 17th.Some other events may just pop up but only time will tell in the next post.
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