Summer on the Road

My daughter and I will be hitting the road this summer. We are heading to New Orleans in the last week of June to spend the summer down south. (Heading home the first week of August.) I'm really excited. We are going to visit friends along the way. Yay!

I am getting better with blogging again, but am not doing it as often as I had planned. At least, I'm still around. I'm enjoying catching up on my reading of your blogs, too.

3 more days of work/school!!! Then about a week at home and off we go. Tell me if you think you might be along our way and would like to meet up. I can't promise anything, but we'll try!

Miss you all!
Shari

Am I really almost 40?

Well, my birthday is a week from today. What a different place I am than last year! On my 39th birthday, I was a married, (well, civil unioned, to be precise) 200+ pound mom with infertility issues, who had just stopped trying to have another baby a few months before.

I set a few goals for myself at that time, mainly the "Fit by 40" goal. I have not reached it, yet I am still farther along than I was last year. (200+ will not be in my vocabulary again.)

Now, I am a single, hot mama without a care in the world (well, except my amazing daughter) who (on most days) is ready to tackle the world head on. I want to squeeze the nectar out of life and not miss one single fucking happy moment. I want to do what people think I shouldn't, and have FUN in the process. I want to stop worrying about whether people think I'm a good person or not. I am a good person and *I* know it!!!

WOW! 40, here I come!!!!

Happy May - recommitting myself to ME

Well, it's May. I'm a big annoyed with myself for gaining 15 of the 25 pounds I lost back. Now there's only 3 weeks until my birthday and my "Fit by 40" challenge that I started the day after my 39th birthday has fizzled. I need to recommit to it!!!

I guess life begins right NOW!!!! So, I'm throwing the can of salt and vinegar chips in the trash. (That means opening it and dumping them all so I can;t change my mind.) Too trigger-y. I started my crunch routine again last night. 100 crunches and 10 leg lifts in the morning and then a repeat at night. Whew! Didn't realize what a few months off would do. UGH! They were tough. Especially the darn leg lifts. When I was doing them a few months ago, I noticed that even though the jiggle of my tummy did not change, the ability to tuck it in did. I just tucked it easily without much effort, but now, it's harder. So, off we go.

I am committing to a couple of days a week at the Y for some sort of class. I don't really know what to do on the machines, but I can follow along in a class and I even enjoy it.

Thanks for the warm welcome back and I hope to get to catching up on all of your blogs soon, too. Thanks for the support.
Shari

I'm trying to get back

So much going on in my life. So many changes. I miss so many of you and I want to let you know I am still here. Still around. Doing better. I am no longer in the relationship that lasted almost half of my life. But I'm okay. I'm actually good.

I've gained half of my weight back, but I have another 5 weeks left of my "Fit by 40" challenge. I am recommitting as of right now.

Thanks for everyone's support as I tried to expand my family. I guess it turned out the way it was supposed to, since my family life has changed so much. I am content with it all now.

:) With many smiles.
S