This year I am 30.
To commemorate the occasion, I decided that this year I would take a photo each day and at the end of the year I will combine them all into a book. It's the first year that I've done a 365 project and so far it's going well - today is day 63!
My birthday this year was interesting... probably my least birthday-like birthday ever. There was no cake, no candle, no decorations, or present opening, although I did get the opportunity to go shopping with my mother-in-law and grandma-in-law for some new clothes! The highlight of the birthday though, was when Gage took me to Minneapolis for a couple days! This was my first time being away from Avery for more than a few hours since she was born. It had been well over two years since I had been able to go somewhere and be kid-less for a day. It was fun but very strange!
We walked around nearby the hotel (The Marquette), found a great place to eat (8th St. Grill), and hung out in the hotel room watching TV, doing a puzzle (my new-found love), eating junk food (cheese puffs), and ordered room service for the first time - some super expensive tiramisu. :-) The next day we went to the Mall of America. I finally used a $100 gift card for Vera Bradley that Gage bought me a year ago, and I found Avery an adorable birthday dress at the Disney Store.
It was a fun trip and I'm looking forward to similar trips in the future. I am fairly certain I left a case with a memory card in it there in the hotel though.... that contained many of our Disneyland and CA pictures from December. :(
This year I also decided enough was enough and I am determined to get down to a reasonable weight. I joined Weight Watchers on January 20th and so far I have lost 10 lbs! I haven't been exercising much so that's my next goal this month, to get on my treadmill at least 3 times a week and perhaps start doing a DVD workout of some kinds as well.
It's my intention to keep updating this blog as I go through the process of losing weight... hopefully that will serve as some extra incentive for me to stay on track! We'll see though, I don't exactly have the best track record with this blog. ;-)
Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty by means of the seven liberal arts and the four sciences so that, in Christ, the student is enabled to better know, glorify, and enjoy God. - Andrew Kern
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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