Addicted

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After I saw a friend do this, I had to try it. Just how addicted are you?

Just 15 minutes

This hike is just 15 minutes from our home. I think we will be going there again, and again......

I guess I'm the worst at Tag

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Getting ready to move out of my house in SJ and into my best friend Jay’s house.
2. Just finished a rigorous Christmas time singing schedule for my High School Madrigal Choir
3. Playing GURPS with my friends.
4. Talking on the phone for long periods of time with my little sister M who already moved to CA.
5. Participating actively in the Quill & Scroll Society, the Bread & Jam club* and the Croquet club.

Five things on my to do list today:
1. Study for the GRE
2. Hike in the Olympic mountains (in Washington - not Greece, though Greece would be nice too)
3. Play the Piano
4. Read scriptures
5. Catch up on my sleep – from my last underway on the submarine

Five things I will do when I'm a millionaire:
1. Get a house preferably close to family and a beautiful national park, or place to hike and camp
2. Save still
3. Go skiing with my father in law and wife
4. Try becoming a landlord
5. Go back to college

Five things I'll never wear again:
1. MC Hammer pants
2. The shirt “I got stitches from Sacred Heart Hospital” with a teddy bear on it, that I wore for two weeks straight in kindergarten before it got thrown away because it was filthy.
3. Diapers (hopefully)
4. Ensign Bars
5. Tights (for our Madrigal Medieval Banquet 10 yrs ago)

My favorite toys:
1. Hiking Boots
2. Ticket to Ride (board game)
3. the Computer
4. Settlers (board game)
5. Blokus (board game)

Five people to tag:
1. Ben
2. Jay
3. Tim
4. Bill
5. Caron

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* the bread and jam club was invented by some of my friends in High School as a club where we would meet after school and eat bread and jam. Someone would bring in homemade bread and homemade jam and it was delicious. I even listed being a member of the bread and jam club on some of my scholarship applications. You know, come to think of it, I got that scholarship too, probably only because of the B&J club!

Rolling

About 2 weeks ago MaryP figured out how to roll from her back to her tummy. (She's been able to roll the other way for a few months now.) Today she made a new stride, or should I say roll, in her progression. I left her on a blanket in her room while I took care of a few things and when I came back she was part way across the room. Yikes! I guess this is just the forefront of the "nothing is safe" part of life. But it's fun to see the new changes and developments!

Feeling Good

A few weeks ago a friend was telling me about an awesome workout class that she attends, and from what she described I knew the class was definitely not for me. Not that something like that wouldn't be good for me, it's just I know that at present I'm out of shape enough that I would pass out mid-class and seriously embarrass myself.

I have been wanting to get back in shape. Nursing and not eating lunch (I forget to when Wood is at work and MaryP is napping - I just get busy doing other things) has brought me down to below my pre-pregnancy weight. This is great because I wanted to lose weight pre-pregnancy anyway.

Unfortunately 1. I'm not nursing anymore (which I'm sad about but there you go) 2. I'm going to make a concerted effort to eat lunch - it just makes me feel more normal, and 3. Just because I've lost weight does not mean I'm in shape. I get worn out too easily.

At the library we found this great DVD and I liked it so much I bought it. This is big for me because I don't usually enjoy work-out videos more then once or twice, but I love this one. No, it's not intense. No, I'm not maximizing my work-out time. But yes, I am moving. I'm getting up and doing something. And it makes me feel really good and gives me more energy for my day. And, I love that I can do it with MaryP - I enjoy spending that time with her. MaryP is still not so sure how she feels about the video, she looks at me like "Mom, what are we doing?" But she tolerates it. I also got Baby Reps. We want to do a lot of hiking in this area, so hopefully between the three I can get to a place where I really feel good.

Twilight on New Year's Day

We drove to Port Angeles on Highway 101 today.

However, we didn't see any vampires, werewolves, or silver Volvos. Too bad.