January 17, 2011 Nicholas took his first steps today. At nine months he can walk the entire kitchen and climb stairs. He smiles all the time. He loves baths. He craves affection and loves playing with his brother. He looks for me now too. For the last couple weeks he’s been crawling to my bedroom whenever I’m absent for long periods of time. As soon as he arrives he searches above to see if he can see my figure, then…
Seeking a profound existence.
January 7, 2011January 7, 2011 I’m not feeling too hot today I’ve been waking up every day this week early to cover my fitness program at the Middle School. I’m in the process of looking for a new coordinator, but in the meantime, I felt that it would be important for me to be there every day so I can get re-acquainted with the students, the program and the progress. After another cold morning at the school, I drove to the gym…
Life Investments.
December 31, 2010
December 30, 2010 Lately I’ve been figuring out my focus for the next year. When we rang in 2010 I was focused on giving birth to a healthy son in April, profiting as a new business owner, succeeding in a 50k grant for Fitness without Borders, planning a meaningful wedding and getting in the best shape of my life at 30 years old. In 2011 I am creating a new list of professional, personal and physical goals. However, I’ve been…
Where I belong…
December 23, 2010December 22, 2010 In the last four days I hosted a Gingerbread House-making party, organized an employee Christmas party and attended my niece’s Birthday party. Between my family and friends, my care home, my nonprofit and my Mom-me group, I am literally either planning (sometimes attending) a field trip, a seasonal party or a yearly celebration. While I was driving around running last minute errands for the Gingerbread party on Saturday I began my usual regrets of mentally saying, This…
30 years old
November 22, 2010November 22, 2010 5 more days left. Absolutely crazy. I contacted all our wedding vendors, crossed off my to-do lists and created a special wedding portfolio for my wedding coordinator complete with tabs such as: our itinerary, wedding party, photo list and 10 things that will drive me crazy. After waiting for nearly two years, David and I will finally tie the knot by the end of this week. Every day this week has an event planned. Tomorrow we have…
The “perfect” plan
November 10, 2010November 9, 2010 I woke up at 5am today after a 4-hour night’s rest. While I wanted to begin my daily routine by heading to the gym, I found Christian in bed sick from what appears to be the stomach flu. So I cuddled and coddled him all morning, while changing his diaper four times in the last two hours. Poor baby. While I was looking forward to detoxing my body at the gym after a long weekend, I realized…
My weekly goal
November 6, 2010November 5, 2010 I’ve made a goal to start running more – a minimum of 10 miles a week to be exact. I have already lost 50lbs within six months after the birth of my second son, Nicholas. However, my body was beginning to plateau and I knew I needed to start doing what my body felt challenged to do. And so I’ve started running. I run up bleachers, on the treadmill and outside with my double stroller. It’s not…
my college years.
October 6, 2010October 5, 2010 My days have slowed down ten-fold. Right now I am enjoying quiet time as both boys are napping and I am finishing emails and updates online. Later this evening I have two meetings and an errand, but absolutely nothing else, which makes life very exciting. While there are always things to do, I realize that I really need time where there is nothing to do nothing but watch television, take a bath with the boys or walk…
Creation begins with a choice
September 17, 2010September 16, 2010 I’ve wanted to create Nicholas’ photo album, walk my parent’s dog, create a new business site and update my nonprofit site for the past months now. After a full day of marketing at a middle school, going to Kinko’s, the bank, the grocery store, the gym, the pharmacy and my care home, I was finally able to re-draft a fitness article I submitted just five minutes ago to my editor. Right now I am in attack mode…
My rock
September 2, 2010September 1, 2010 I don’t usually update this site during daylight hours as it is 3:40pm as I type. However, it seems that whenever I can put in hours anywhere I do. If I have 30 minutes to train, I get on my treadmill in the garage. If I need to eat, I consume one of my pre-made tuna sandwiches in the fridge. If I need to clean, make phone calls or run errands, I test myself to see how…