The new house is wonderful. We are pretty much totally moved in, but not even close to being unpacked. The wee beasties are getting used to navigating slicker floors. So far only Mim has wiped out.

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Allow me to run the following scenario for y'all...

PersonA: I'm totally a meat eater!
PersonB: *hands them a plate of fish tacos*
PersonA: Um... Where is the meat?
PersonB: Fish is meat.
PersonA: I meant things like steaks and ribs and bacon. You know, meat meat.

Uh huh.

So, when I say I don't eat meat this is what I'm talking about. I eat seafood. ( Read more... )

I started my Couch 2 5k training on the 8th. My knee has been feeling great and since the diet changes have improved my energy I figured this would be a good time to start rebuilding my stamina ( Read more... )

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Saturday I loaded my bike into my car and drove over to Ianuk's house to do a trial run of biking to work. I had even bought a helmet! My first helmet ever. Setting off I took a less traffic heavy route, where a few cars passed me with plenty of room. About .8 miles out I noticed my front tire was wobbling. I stopped to make sure it was attached ( Read more... )

After two weeks off the mats and some diet changes I got back on the mats this week. My energy levels are way better. Fifteen minute warm up isn't kicking my ass any more. When class is over I'm tired, but not dragging myself off the mats and wondering if I'm going to die kind of tired. Which is so nice!

I stopped drinking all soda and limited my ( Read more... )

After a week of working my health stuff I'm still processing things.

I bought a filtering water bottle that holds 20 fluid ounces. I've been trying to drink at least four bottles work while at work. I drink a large glass before breakfast and a few more when I get home. My bladder is still working on processing all this water. I've cut soda out ( Read more... )

I've hit a slight point of frustration with my drawing. I it's mostly me being stubborn. Rather than researching I'm trying to just get it.

Last time at the open sketch we had a fabulous model. She was an older lady with paper thin skin. Every pose she did was fantastic and most of them were very dynamic and told a story. For some reason I had hell ( Read more... )

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After my lovely meltdown on Friday I have finally calmed down. I cried. A lot. I've always had wonky blood sugar. Hypoglycemia runs in the family. Diabetes does too, but it's not wide speed. Part of my health and weight loss kick was to keep that in check. It would appear I'm falling to it anyways.

I was banking on my problems being a blown out ( Read more... )