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March 11, 2008 - Number of Comments » 3

I always thought if I had to choose between Heaven and Hell I’d choose Hell. After all, it sounds like all the party animals will be there.
Besides which I’ve assumed that I’d never make it past the gatekeeper anyway.
But now I am thinking again…. Why suffer a life of eternal damnation when I […]



February 28, 2008 - Number of Comments » 2

I was thinking about the commitment I had made on Sunday morning to take part in torture yoga with my friend Beth.
I’m all for keeping my word - but some commitments can get you into BIG trouble. Case in point….



February 26, 2008 - Number of Comments » 8

Normally I wouldn’t have given it a second thought… but when my friend Beth invited me to a yoga class on Sunday morning, I thought about my recent commitment to the Fit Friends and said, “why not?”.
After all, yoga seemed like such a gentle, relaxing way to slide into the day.
And Hubs said […]



February 11, 2008 - Number of Comments » 3

Date night was moved to Saturday this week due to the babysitter’s schedule. But after a pretty full day, dinner-and-a-movie simply became a pizza at La Fiamma (our current favorite is the Finn - Pesto sauce, shrimp, grilled artichoke hearts, mozzarella and asiago cheese. mmmmm.)
On the way home I was lamenting that because of […]



February 6, 2008 - Number of Comments » 9

Today I went to the gym. THE GYM! I can’t even remember when I last set foot in a gym.
But, as I have now committed to working out 3 times a week, and I am a fair-weather walker (and we don’t get too much fair weather here in the winter) I thought I’d check out […]