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Why I haven’t exercised in 5 months.

exercise

I haven’t talked about fitness in awhile.

And good reason. I haven’t formally exercised (aside from the few yoga classes I was teaching in the fall) since July of last year. It all started with our summer road trip, then Joseph went off for four months for AF training, leaving me alone to raise & home school 4 kids. I had to cut something, so I chose exercise. Which wasn’t an easy decision.

Looking back, I was an exercise holic. After all, it was our proverbial bread & butter for 6 years. I made enough money as a fitness instructor at two universities & other professional institutions to pay (most of) the bills. Some days I exercised 2-3, or more hours. It was crazy, & I don’t recommend that level of exercise for anyone (except, of course, if it’s your dream to become a...

Everything new.

personal

We’re in San Antonio now.

I love it. So far. The contrast of my prior life to my life now, is so stark that some days I find myself feeling like I’m a different person. A whole new world of people & surroundings. A brand new life, I guess you could say.

Everything in Texas is big. EVERYTHING. The road signs & billboards, the houses, the stores, the portion sizes (of course), the landscape.

We live in a beautiful, newer, spacious home in a nice neighborhood. Real estate (compared to our prior locations) is cheap. Our BAH (military housing allowance, since we don’t live on base) enables us to live in a 5 year old, 3,000+ square foot house. The neighborhood has a community pool & the kid’s school is a reasonable 12 minute walk away.

So much has changed in a short amount of time.

After...

{MM} 12.3.2012

marvelous mondays

You guys.

Life is a tad crazy around here.

I just got back from D.C. (which was A-mazing, btw, but more on that, later.) & now I’m packing things up & getting everything ready to drive the 2K+ miles to San Antonio, where we will finally set up a home & be a complete family again.

In light of this, I haven’t spent much time scoping out good things on the www to share with you.

But I do have a few things to share.

♥ I have been a fan of Choosing Raw for some time now. Gena has always struck me as an extremely thoughtful, intelligent & articulate individual. I appreciate the compassionate & reasoned voice she contributes & what she adds to the plant-based dialogue.

I was certain we’d have a lot to talk about, especially since we have much in common, but when we met up in D.C., it...