i'm really loving having this gym so close to our house. it literally takes three minutes to drive over there, and i've been almost every day since it opened. finn still enjoys hanging out at the kids club, and i love getting an hour to myself. my mom has been coming with me quite a bit, so we can chat while we do the treadmill, and then when she ( Read more... )

the new gym near our house opened on saturday, so gavin and i went on sunday, and i went again yesterday. i skipped today since it was nice out and i just took a long walk with the dog instead. finn enjoys spending time in the kids club there, so it's pretty much perfect. i can easily just drop him in there and work out for 45 minutes or so, and ( Read more... )

we're back home. i am so exhausted. our flight out of barcelona got cancelled and we were stuck there for another 48 hours. i was ready to rip my hair right out by the time we finally were able to get out of the country ( Read more... )

we're in barcelona! the flight out here was not fun, but we made it and the weather is gorgeous and so i don't care anymore. now our vacation really begins and i'm loving being back in europe after many years. we board the cruise ship tomorrow morning.


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gavin and i went and checked out the new gym last week and decided to go ahead and sign up. since we joined before it's even open, we got a really great deal. the gym has babysitting so i can go and work out even if i'm home with finn, and gavin and i can go together sometimes on the weekends if we feel like it. it's supposed to open at the end of ( Read more... )

the 5k is done! and let me tell you, it was even harder than i had even imagined. it ended up being two miles of uphill, at a pretty steep grade. i didn't stop once the whole climb, because i was afraid if i took a break, i wouldn't get started again! once we finally got to the top, i thought i was going to die. but then we ended up jogging the ( Read more... )

the 5k is this weekend! only like two days left, and i'm happy. i'm sure i'll take lots of pictures and update about it once it's done ( Read more... )

well, as to the journey to health - i've lost four pounds so far. this doesn't sound like a lot to me, and at times it's frustrating. BUT, i believe i've lost four pounds while also converting quite a bit of fat into muscle, so that helps. and furthermore, my original hope was just to lose these pesky five pounds, and i'm almost there. and honestly ( Read more... )

i've been lame about updates, i know! the weight loss has still been pretty slow, but i AM going in the right direction. i think i've been doing really well with my eating, and i'm also being super active. hopefully i'm converting a lot of fat into muscle and i'll see more weight loss soon ( Read more... )

i feel pretty good about the $9000 that is in finn's college fund... until i read articles alerting me to the fact that college could cost $100,000. i would love to pay for all of finn's college so he's not paying off student loans into his 30s (like me!!), but i don't know if we'll be able to pay that much. oh well, i'm still happy about the fact ( Read more... )