under construction

i started weight watchers 6 weeks ago. I've lost almost 8lbs since then. I think that's pretty awesome. I would like for it to be more awesome though so I decided to get to the track this morning. I did a jog/walk combo, alternating each lap. My best lap time? 2:36. That's ugly but I know it'll get better. All in all, when I add up my lap times, I had an 11 minute mile. I'm looking forward to when it'll be half that. Today, I'm going to clean the hell out of my house, finish painting the bathroom and hopefully get a P90X workout in before taking my 2 mile walk tonight once the heat subsides. I didn't do really great this week when I look back at what I've eaten (an entire angel food cake, for example) so I'm not super hopeful about seeing a loss at the scale this weekend. I'll still go and weigh in. I'll take what I get. I can always start fresh the next day.

a wedding

this has been put off for quite some time now.. but we're finally planning our wedding. the date is still TBD- we're reviewing some sites in the next couple of weeks to determine where we'll get married and hopefully nail a date down.

Places we're considering:
http://www.blueherondining.com/
http://www.carlemuseum.org/



Have an idea? Let me know!

dead parakeets.

we've been talking about selling our house and moving. get a fresh start; try something new. explore. we talk about it with the kids all the time showing them pictures of potential houses and scrolling through the neighborhood, talking dreamily about what the autumn must be like there and if the neighborhood has great Halloween parties like the ones we're used to.

one of my sons just came in from the backyard with tears welling in his eyes, "Mom! What happens to Gloria if we sell the house?!"

Gloria is a parakeet. A dead one. And she's buried in the very back of my yard, under the elm tree.

"Honey, I'm not going to dig up Gloria so we can re-bury her at our new place." His head falls. "I'm sorry but Gloria stays in the ground." Tears.

Didn't see that one coming.