I hope everyone had a really good Christmas. I had a good laugh when I saw Santa drinking a beer in the bar at my work. =)

I fly out to Texas tomorrow for the holiday's, to visit my husband's family. I doubt I will be checking in on LJ til I return! I wish you all a happy holiday season! We are taking our gym cards so we can work out at 24 hour fitness during the week and a half we are there. I will need it with the yummy cooking my in-laws are bound to do.

My running continues on into the new year, with my resolution of completing my first marathon.
My 9 week training program we start on Jan. 4th for the 8k (5 mile) road race in March can be found Here!

I went to Sea World today with my coworker! I've only been in warm weather, and man, it's so different! They had everything decorated with Christmas lights and fake snow. All of the shows are Christmas themed, with a cute message. Best of all, I wasn't feeling like I had a touch of heat exhaustion. The only thing I really missed was being able to sit front row at Shamu for my fifty-two degree shower.

I might be going back next week with the boys from editing! =)

December 14th thru 20th

219 - No loss this week
(though it's the lowest weight I have been in 3 years!!)
Total Pounds Lost: 51!

Food for Thought: I ran my farthest so far this week, 3.5 miles. I've been adding an incline to my running on the treadmill. A week ago was our first 5k race and I am still beaming with pride.
I do the 5 mile race in March and I'm looking forward to it! I've started weight training in the gym in addition to running and my new favorites are the Leg Press and Hip Abduction machines ;)

The kids opened their presents today, because it was "family" Christmas. One of the things I got Christian was a couple of iCarly books, because he can read chapter books now and he's burning through about one a week. That's right. He's going to be seven next week, and he's reading like a New York editor back from vacation.

Anyway, tonight he goes to bed, and I hear him reading along for a while. When I was pretty sure he'd put the book down and went to sleep, I sneaked in to scare him. Because that's how I roll. So, I opened the door and said, in a monster voice, "I'm coming to take your skin!" and he holds up the iCarly book and goes, "Get out. We're smooching."

Our first 5k Here is a picture taken of my husband and I running the last 1/4th mile of the Jingle Bell 5k on 12/12/2009. It was the culmination of hard work after completing the C25k program, and we are now training for a March 10k!

My nephew laughed for the first time tonight! He just kept laughing and laughing! Babies aren't even supposed to smile until four weeks old, so this is very exciting! He's just the cutest little bugger ever!

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Dogs are pretty much the best.

I spent about eight hours at editing yesterday! I got an entire scene done, which is kind of a big deal. It would normally take about three days with four people working on it to get it done. I think the reason it went so fast is because I was able to key everything, without being forced to rotoscope. I wish this were a paying gig, because it really is an enjoyable thing for me.

I realized I was getting a cold yesterday when I got up for work. Today, I'm just beaten down. My grandmother took Wednesday while Joe is in class, and I'm wrapped up on the couch with tea and The Tudors. If I'm going to be sick, I'm going to do it watching pretty costumes and sexy intrigue.

The funny thing is, boots is no where to be found today. I don't know if that's a blessing, or a horrible curse, because I'm too sick to do anything, anyway. Ugh, I can hear my lungs bubbling. I'd better not get pneumonia again.

I think I might switch from tea to hot diet coke, because that always comforts me.

I had the strangest dream last night, that I had left Joe and was living in Germany with an older man. In the dream, he was played by Sam Neill. My mom was coming to visit, and I was going to show her around. She was very disapproving about me living with this this guy. The weird thing was, when I was showing my mom around the town, everyone was speaking German. I don't speak German. Who knows if any of it was actually German, but it was so disconcerting, because it was MY DREAM and I couldn't understand anyone.

For some reason, I took my mom to like, a Best Buy type store, and as we were leaving, there was Yoko Ono. And right behind her were Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. I went up to her, and I just stood there saying, "Oh my god!" and Paul backed away, like I was a crazy fan, so I said, "Oh, don't worry. I'm not all hung up on you. Or you, Ringo." And then I said to Yoko, "But I am hung up on John." She said, "I thought you might say that," and then told me that she was happy to hear it. It was such a strange dream.