I'm not dead yet!
Actually, far from it! Things are going really, really well over here.
I am losing weight for the first time in my life. Like, actually consistently losing .5-1lb/week, seeing and feeling it. It's not that I have a ton of weight to lose, but I want to get it under control now while I'm ~10lbs overweight rather than a lot more than that. It's been a really hard struggle, but I'm finding ways to work with myself. I've been going to the gym a lot - I started a personal training plan that is one session a week, and am now going in 4-5x/week on average - I never thought I would be able to make that kind of time in my life, nor that it really would feel so good - but it does!
I'm also "shedding" a lot of things. Just yesterday Landon and I traded in our Prius for a Yaris to cut down on the car payments - the Prius was an awesome, awesome car, but it's more "car" than we need, and far more "car payment" than we want. We're also trimming down on books we are never going to read, junk in the kitchen, clothes we don't wear, etc. It's been nice to have less things - especially since our house is rather small.
Speaking of the house, we're considering holding onto it rather than flipping it. I'm still planning to do a bunch of renovations (in fact, after I have coffee and breakfast, I'll be going up to do some rewiring in the attic), but instead of selling it, we might see what it would cost to put an addition on the back to make it big enough for us. Then we wouldn't have to move again, and we could eventually pay off one house instead of bouncing around for another few years.
So, there it is. I feel kinda lame for not posting here often, but honestly, most of you are also on FB and that's where I do most of my networking these days. Love you all!
I am losing weight for the first time in my life. Like, actually consistently losing .5-1lb/week, seeing and feeling it. It's not that I have a ton of weight to lose, but I want to get it under control now while I'm ~10lbs overweight rather than a lot more than that. It's been a really hard struggle, but I'm finding ways to work with myself. I've been going to the gym a lot - I started a personal training plan that is one session a week, and am now going in 4-5x/week on average - I never thought I would be able to make that kind of time in my life, nor that it really would feel so good - but it does!
I'm also "shedding" a lot of things. Just yesterday Landon and I traded in our Prius for a Yaris to cut down on the car payments - the Prius was an awesome, awesome car, but it's more "car" than we need, and far more "car payment" than we want. We're also trimming down on books we are never going to read, junk in the kitchen, clothes we don't wear, etc. It's been nice to have less things - especially since our house is rather small.
Speaking of the house, we're considering holding onto it rather than flipping it. I'm still planning to do a bunch of renovations (in fact, after I have coffee and breakfast, I'll be going up to do some rewiring in the attic), but instead of selling it, we might see what it would cost to put an addition on the back to make it big enough for us. Then we wouldn't have to move again, and we could eventually pay off one house instead of bouncing around for another few years.
So, there it is. I feel kinda lame for not posting here often, but honestly, most of you are also on FB and that's where I do most of my networking these days. Love you all!