Things I Learned This Weekend

1. If it's been awhile since you've ridden a bike, you should probably make your first ride (in months!!) a manageable time and distance. Holy sore hiney, Batman!

2. My 9 year old is officially better than me at Guitar Hero! I used to be the Guitar Hero master of my house. I can rock pretty much any song on hard, but the boy can now do songs, many songs, on EXPERT! He is such a cool kid!

3. A compliment can really boost your spirits. I saw an acquaintance this weekend who I hadn't seen since before Christmas, which was about 15 pounds and many, many inches ago.. She actually said that I looked tiny! Me? Tiny? I haven't been tiny since...well...ever! I was a 9 pound baby so I wasn't even tiny when I was born. I know that I am not truly tiny because let's face it, I'm 5'10" and when is the last time you saw a tiny amazon?? But it sure did feel good to have someone notice my hard work.

4. "...that that don't kill me can only make me stronger." Because Kanye says so! I love that song and when I think I can't run anymore and it comes up on the iPod, I can run another 5 minutes because if it doesn't kill me, it will make me stronger! Thanks Kanye!

Women Vs Men

Ron and I are both on weight loss programs. I have been doing Weight Watchers since January 2. He has been on Nutrisystem for 4 weeks. In that time I have lost 13 pounds and he has lost 23! Why does that bother me you ask? Well I will tell you! :) In our quest for better health and smaller waistlines, not only have I been a faithful Weight Watcher, I have also been a faithful exerciser. Cardio for 45-60 minutes 6 days a week, either Turbo Jam or 3-4 miles on the treadmill. Thrown in for good measure is 3-4 days of toning/sculpting for 20-25 minutes in the form of pilates, Turbo Sculpt, Lower Body Jam, Ab Jam...you get the idea. I have been doing serious exercise! Ron has been on the treadmill exactly twice. TWO TIMES! So he's basically sitting on his hiney and the weight is just melting off. It totally sucks!

Now don't get me wrong, I want him to be healthy and he does have much more weight to lose than I do, but is it so wrong of me to want him to have to suffer the same torture that I am suffering? Why is it when men decide that they want to lose weight, it is as if they walk into a closet and come out the next day 25 pounds lighter? Yet if a woman wants to lose 5 pounds, it takes months of sweat and eating nothing but lettuce just to rid herself of those pesky 5 pounds It's not fair!!

Zoey Girl

My baby girl. She's 10 years of demanding diva princess, but she was my first baby and we sure do love her!

Shopping for the Boy

What do you think? Too grown up? Cole is getting a full size bed and will, of course, need new bedding. Gigi, as my Mom is known to most, picked this out for him but I'm not too sure. I really like it, I'm just not sure it's wise to get a 9 year old boy a quilt with that much white. Too many opportunities for dirt! I thought about something from Pottery Barn Kids, where his current bedding came from, but it all just looks so young and I don't want to spend a bunch of money on something that he will outgrow in an year or two. I think with the right accessories I could make this quilt look age appropriate and make a totally cool room for him, and it would definitely last and grow with him. Decisions, decisions.

My Valentines Candy Heart

Your Candy Heart Says "Get Real"

You're a bit of a cynic when it comes to love.You don't lose your head, and hardly anyone penetrates your heart. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: is all about the person you're seeing (with no mentions of v-day!) Your flirting style: honest and even slightly sarcastic What turns you off: romantic expectations and "greeting card" holidays Why you're hot: you don't just play hard to get - you are hard to get

Nothing really too surprising here. I think Ron would be the first person to agree that I am not a romantic at all. But I am fiercely loyal to those that I love and I try to show it in other, less romantic ways.

Breaking Dawn

I just read the news that "Breaking Dawn", the next installment in Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series will be released on August 2. I can't wait! I've missed Edward and Bella and can't wait to read what they are up to now. I think I need to make a ticker!!

Giants 17, Patriots 14...

And that my friends is called karma. The football gods are an unforgiving, vengeful group, no??

Cheaters never win boys!!!

19 - 0*

It's Super Bowl weekend, the holy grail of weekends for football fans. The day when our sport is on the biggest stage in the world. Normally this is one of my favorite days of the whole year, almost as big as Christmas. But not this year. This year my sport has been tarnished.

A team is on the verge of doing something that hasn't ever been done, going 19-0. Under normal circumstances that would be huge. No, it's not my team doing it, but contrarary to what some might believe, I think it would be really cool to witness a team -- ANY team -- making history. I am a Cowboys fan, but I am also a football fan, and I would normally love to witness history being made in my favorite sport. But this year is not normal because the New England Patriots, the team on the verge of going 19-0 didn't do so fairly. They cheated and they got caught. Their coach admitted that he cheated and what is he going to get for punishment? Quite possibly the championship of the National Football League and the great honor of being the first coach to lead his team to 19-0? Wow, Commissioner Goddell, way to be tough on crime!

I will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday and because I am a football fan and a fan of teams who play fairly, I will be rooting for the New York Giants, a division foe who I should never, ever want to see succeed. However I do expect that the Patriots will probably win the game. They will win and they will be 19-0. But to me they will be 19-0*. Their record should accurately reflect their season and when their story is told in the Hall of Fame, they need the asterisk, because at least in one of those games that they "won" en route to their perfect season, they cheated to do it. So if the story is going to be told guys, let's at least tell it right!