6 days and counting...

Kent and I are on track again and we have been to the gym 4x this week. The last day we went I really did not want to go. My legs were tired and I haven't been sleeping very well. Kent pretty much demanded, which is a great thing, and I'm glad we did go. I love how quiet our gym is in the evening. We do go later, around 8:30pm and it is perfect for me. I am comfortable doing any exercise, I have no intimidation factor about my size or abilities and we pretty much have the gym to ourselves. On Thursday night I went into trainer mode and I did a fabulous circuit. I went from the rowing machine, to the elliptical, to running for 5 minutes and then to running the stairs in the gym. My trainer use to have me running all over my previous gym at peak hours. People would be annoyed at me as I was literally running the real stairs to get to the different levels of the gym. Anyone who has ever really trained knows that the stair master is not equivalent to a running/walking a true flight of stairs. I felt great after we were finished and I am loving how we are feeling about ourselves again.

Kent and I have been focused in all areas of our life, like cooking healthy, living in a budget and laughing a ton. I honestly think the two of us have laughed more this week than we have in quite some time. It feels good to laugh and to be on the same page, the same team. We have overcome some crazy times over the past few weeks. With the snow drama, a sort of sad holiday, and now trying to get over this dismal economy and keep both of our jobs afloat it is probably good that we are getting in our fitness and taking care of ourselves. Here is a fun picture of us in the snow one night. We had tickets to the Color Purple and I was not going to miss that show. I have wanted to see it for years and it was fabulous!

Unfortunately you can not tell how much snow we had. Kent and I went to a performance in jeans, puffy jackets and tennis shoes because we didn't think we would even be able to get downtown. It was a little scary and dangerous, but the show was well worth it. So many people couldn't drive to the theatre that we ended up moving to the 5th row..and we had the whole row to ourselves.

The New Year is now upon us and I have been working very hard on being positive. Tonight we had dinner and discussed our future for the year and I think we are going to be fine. We are going to be better than fine because we have one another. More than likely we will move out of our home and rent another home. We will keep our triplex and continue to look forward to the money benefits down the road. Kent and I are actually fine with the idea of renting a house for a few years. This will allow us to get into a home and feel comfortable having a baby. We also won't feel the pressure this economy is having on us and feel trapped into accepting an offer on our home that is just not appropriate. Kent has worked so many years on restoring this house that it just does not feel right to me to sell it quickly and for something that is under its value. I know we are going to be ok because we have one another. Sure we would like to be able to buy a home and renovate it; this is what Kent does for a living. The more I think about it though we have many, many more years together to do this.

Kent and I took this picture on NY's Eve. I really like it because I do think it is a good representation of us...a little smiley, sometimes sparkly and always side by side.