The YMCA pool has been underused this week, which made it easier to put on my swimsuit Friday and expose my fat, saggy self. Just the lifeguard, one other guy, and Kevin there at first. I swam 8 lengths of the 25-meter pool, which was more than I expected to be able to, my first time in. I still love to swim, though my form is dreadful ( Read more... )

I think my batterie de cuisine has been substantially upgraded. My cousins Carol and Chaela gave us a Ninja chopper with four stackable bowls and Santa brought a Cuisinart food processor with 3 workbowls. Kevin's mom sent warm slippers with open backs (JUST what I wanted!) and he got dried shiitakes, nice new sheets, and a good laptop bag. The cats ( Read more... )