Christmas 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

It's the Most Wonderful Time . . .

I'm having a bit of a hard time getting into the holiday spirit. Maybe it is because the weather didn't get wintery until yesterday (it was cold and there was rain!). Or maybe because I am so tired of packing/unpacking that I don't want to unpack Christmas decorations too? Because we don't have a Christmas tree yet (I'm almost starting to lean towards a fake one so I can put it out right after Thanksgiving, but then that would be more stuff to store and we have plenty!). Because I'm still in test hangover from my NASM test (which I passed and am offically a personal trainer now. If only I knew what I am going to do with it). Because I have been sick with a cold and doped up?

Lots of excuses. I think I will get over myself today and decorate with some holiday music! And I won't even think about the fact that I haven't even started any present shopping . . . . oh my!

Move 'em on out

So we are moving AGAIN. I've been spending my days at home packing up boxes and preparing for yet another move. I am more excited about this move than the last one. We are moving into a really nice, newer house. And the rent is cheaper, which combined with the fact that we will have a garage at the new house and won't need to rent a storage space, we will be saving money. The one "bad" thing about the house (which this is bad in Jeremy's terms mind you) is that it is in a subdivision. I'm looking forward to using my jogging stroller I bought in the spring on sidewalks instead of a washboard dirt road, and not giving my son shaken baby syndrome. I am also looking forward to taking him to one of the nearby parks in this nice "cool" weather we are having (I am using cool very loosely here). And we are going to see if our mutual desire for a house with stairs is going to play out well with a busy almost 3 year old running around.

We do the walk through on Monday and then we can start moving things in after that. Can't wait - to get this done!

Happy Halloween!

Update

So there has been a lack of posts lately, but not a lack of happenings.

First, Lisa left her job at the gym. I won't go into details, it just wasn't a good fit any longer. Since leaving the gym I have been busy with some side jobs. The first is working at the Community Center again with the rest of the family. They put on an annual haunted house and hayride, which I am helping set up for the second year in a row.

I am also getting my personal training certification soon. As a part of this new venture I have started teaching a weight loss class. The class is once a week and so far we have a class of 11 people. It is run like the "Biggest Loser", where whoever loses the largest percentage of body weight at the end of 12 weeks wins a cash prize, as well as 2nd and 3rd place too. So far I have had one class, but I can already tell I am going to love it. It gives me an opportunity to teach and help people get healthy.

I have also joined a boot camp taught by my personal trainer that I met at the gym I worked at. So far it has been going on for 2 weeks and it is a great workout. I won our competitive challenge this past Saturday, which was pretty awesome.

Ryder is growing like crazy. He has been spending the middle of the day at a babysitter's in town and loves it there. He gets a couple of hours of playing time in with other kids around his age and then has lunch, a nap and then I pick him up. A pretty good schedule for a little guy. He has entered what I like to call the parrot stage. He immediately repeats everything you say, especially what Daddy says. His favorite things right now are Cars and Thomas the Train.

Jeremy is still working in the concrete business, which isn't quite picking up yet. They are trying to ride out this construction slump though.

In our free time (what little there is) Jeremy and I joined the gym out here and have been working out "together" almost everyday. We are really working on getting healthier and bigger/smaller (Jeremy/Lisa).