Week #5

So...I finished last week at my goal of 17 miles! I find myself looking forward to my workouts...which is exactly what I hoped for! Here's to week #5 and keeping the momentum going...

Keep on keepin' on...

So...10 miles this week so far. I took Monday off, walked 5 miles both Tuesday and Wednesday...should be able to get 4 miles in tonight watching Grey's Anatomy leaving 3 miles to finish either Friday/Saturday to hit my goal. I heart my treadmill...best purchase EVER!

Workouts...

I finished last week with 19 miles. Towards the end of the week, I started running. Not very fast and not very far, but run I did! I haven't ran anywhere since college, so I was pretty pumped. Let's see what happens this week! :)

Getting Fit in 2011

So...my Christmas present to myself this year was a Nordic Track treadmill. I love that it has speakers for my Ipod or Pandora and also that you can put in Jillian Michaels IFIT workouts. I have also set up a TV just like at the gym, only its my shows playing and not ESPN. My goal is to walk at least 17 miles per week until infinity. I just had my 31st birthday (I know...I don't look a day over 25...I get that a lot-lol!) and with each passing year, gravity grabs a little bit more!

So, in 2011, I am bound and determined to GET FIT! I am still working out at Curves three days a week and trying to limit work lunches/dinners to salads and broth soups only(its amazing how many calories you can pack in at a restaurant).

I walked 6 miles the first week and 10 miles the second week...and then old man winter stepped in and gave me the worst cold I've had since Sept...took a week off and this week I have already put in 11 miles. I am going to update this blog with my progress and hopefully by summer this year I am singing a completely fit and healthy tune!

New Baby...

I became an Auntie for the third time last week...let me introduce you to Baby Lily:

Lily Mae Christenson
December 15, 2010
4:10 AM
6 lbs, 10 ozs
20 in

She is a peanut and I can't wait to meet her in Feb for the baptism!
You can see pics of her here:
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/Default.aspx?SM=ByCartId&CI=63451316639431

Tagged...

I have been tagged by Davina....

RULE #1 : People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

RULE #2 : Tag 4 people to do this quiz and they cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals, or are they members of your family? I do not have pets nor want pets...that should answer this question...

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be? To get married, have a couple of kids and live a much slower pace of life...

3. What is the one thing most hated by you? People who can't just "do the right thing"...and take responsibility for their actions...its not always "someone else's fault"

4. What would you do with a billion dollars? Pay off all of my family's debt and then buy a bunch of land where we can all live close to each other but have seperate homes etc. and then do a bunch of volunteer work...and travel...and make as many memories as possible!

5. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood? Um...watching TV or reading...

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone? Both...I think you need to know how to truly love someone else before someone can truly love you...

7. What is your bedtime routine? Take out my contacts, put on my jammies, turn the TV sleeper on and slowly fall asleep...

8. If you are currently in a relationship, how did you meet your partner? Oh...no relationship to speak of right now...perhaps next year I will have a better answer...

9. If you could watch a creative person in the act of the creative process, who would it be?
Probably Bobby Flay on Iron Chef...not really into the arts...

10. What kinds of books do you buy? I do not buy books...I am a proud card carrying member of the library! I read authors such as Nelson DeMille, James Patterson, Catherine Coulter, Nora Roberts, Francine Rivers...love books!

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time? Shizer...when someone asked me this question five years ago, I definitely didn't say Hawaii...I have NO IDEA where this crazy life will take me...I will wait patiently for the Lord to open my next door...stay tuned!

12. What's your fear? Drowning...or getting bit or stung in the ocean...remind me again why I live on an island...in the middle of nowhere?

13. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to visit outer space? Probably not...unless the other astronaunts were hot, single guys...then maybe...

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married, but poor? I'm single and rich right now...JUST KIDDING...only the single part is true...I've got nothing on this question... :)

15. What's the first thing you do when you wake up? Turn on the TV and think about getting in the shower...

16. If you could change one thing about your spouse/partner what would it be? See Question 8

17. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be? Anne of Green Gables...just kidding...I can't think of a good one...

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing that special someone has done?Yes...and then avoid similar situations going forward.

19. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?Popcorn...tons and tons of popcorn...

Maunawili Falls Hike

Went on my first hike in Hawaii last Saturday. Its a 1.5 mile hike in and ends at a stunning waterfall. Can't wait to hit some other spots in the next couple of months...