Weight in day

So this week I started writing things down again. I wanted to 'pretend' I was starting again. I still have 30 pounds to go so I wanted to keep myself on track. It worked - I was down 1.4 today. Yay!

It's been a quiet week otherwise. I missed my Thursday night workout because I worked late. I had a good meeting with my boss on Friday. I'm trying to drum up some new work these days - I do not like to be idle at work.

I finally found jeans for my little girl at Old Navy.... and picked her up a cute little jogger outfit as well. It was all on sale and I love a good deal. I had been checking out kijiji and a consignment store in town but had not been able to find any jeans that were smaller in the waist. But Old Navy came through!

Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day (above zero) so we're planning on getting out for a family walk.

A Fish Story With a Different Twist

A year and a half earlier my loving DH had given me a little goldfish for my graduation (WLU MBA). We called him Smarty Pants (Spee for short). God love him he made it through a number of traumatic events in his little life - our vacations, baby being born - where we would forget to feed him for periods of time. Poor little guy. This was supposed to be one of our initial "tests" into parenthood. Oh dear - perhaps if he could have been able to talk he would still be with us today.

So I started back to work in early November after 7.5 months of Mat leave and my husband took over the full time child rearing role for the remainder of the year. It was a BIG deal going back to work and I admit some things got put to the back burner until I made the transition. Well, poor Spee, I only just noticed his absence last week. Uncertain of how long Spee had had been gone - I asked my husband what happened him. I of course was a little embarassed to have to ask and was very worried about what the response would be and even more worried how much teasing I would take over the event. He passed away one week after I started back to work - THREE AND A HALF MONTHS later I notice. Good Lord. Where was my head.

Family Day

Ahhh what a quiet weekend. The weather was so crappy; it was tough to get the baby out and kind of nice just to veg. I am determined to get some APs today - I really need to get on the excercise band wagon. I've kind of got the urge to get back into running - I just wish I had someone to run with. Most of my girlfriends are not excercise people at the moment with babies on the way. I need to find it within me to get at it. I am doing good with the weight loss but I still have a ways to go and excercise will give that extra push.

Well, my little girl just woke up... so I am off to chase an active 10.5 month old!

Food for thought...
We're celebrating our first Family Day in Ontario. I'm not sure how I feel about this holiday - family is important and I like the idea of having a day dedicated to the family. However, what about Rememberance Day? Why not just reestablish that as a National holiday. Was not the efforts and sacrifices of these men and women that enable us to enjoy the life we have today including our families?