OK, I may be exaggerating a little bit, but I still feel pretty good about myself.
Last night I unlocked the last of the Wii strength training exercises and Yoga positions. This means I've been working out pretty consistently, as well as improving a little bit. This also means that in order to do a full hour of exercise I don't have to pad the time with balance games. :)
So last night I did a really good work out and twisted myself into yoga poses I never thought I'd be able to do, but I did! I'm definitely feeling the workouts now. I'm not as sore, but I'm much more aware of my core muscles than I ever was before. It's awesome!
So yeah, go me!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Our Long Weekend
Well we started off the weekend going to dinner with my parents and brother Friday night. My mom also informed me that Nat and her husband got 5 tickets to the Draper Temple Open House for Feb. 20th, so they're coming up from St. George that weekend, and we get to go with them. And Phil. :) I'm excited.
Saturday we had the fun opportunity to take our car into the shop once again. Yes, the very same car that we had to get a whole new engine for this last summer. The "check engine" light came on about a week before but he doesn't drive the car that much and didn't have time to take it in until this weekend. So we drove out to the mechanic that replaced the engine (on 27th S. & 27th W.) and he did a couple tests. I had also driven because we didn't know if we'd need to leave the car there. He finally reset the light and said it was the Catalytic Converter, and that the whole problem may be that it's just too cold, so it doesn't think it's working properly. I don't understand completely, but owell. He said drive it a few more days, if it turns on again we need to bring it back in for some more tests.
Shortly after getting home and then leaving again to go to the store, it turned on again.
The mechanic said it should be OK to drive as long as the light is not flashing. If it starts flashing we are to pull over immediately and get out of the car. How reassuring. I'm getting kind of sick of all the problems we've had with this car. My Jeep is older and sounds like it's falling apart and the only problem we've had with this is something to do with a belt and we fixed that ourselves. (Well my father-in-law did, for which I'm eternally grateful.) But I don't want to sell it because we still have a lot to pay off on it and I don't know if we'd get any profit on it. We'll figure it out though.
The one good thing on Saturday though was that Brian got a call from work saying he didn't have to come in. It's a bike shop. It's winter. They have 1 customer per 2 hours. So that was nice for us.
After taking the car in we went to help our friends Matt & Val move into their new/first home. Well, the car stuff took so long that we missed the moving part, but we did get a tour of their new house and then went to lunch with them at Zupa's. If you haven't been there, you should go. I love it!
Then we went home and did some grocery shopping and then Brian had to go into school to do Bishopric stuff and I did laundry. Exciting I know.
Sunday was my first time teaching for this year. I was pretty excited all week long because the lesson was about Joseph Smith and the First Vision. But then of course, come Sacrament Meeting, I was a nervous wreck. But I think the lesson went well. I had lots of comments from people and I love that! Then I know that I'm at least getting through to someone.
After church we went over to some friends' apartment and played games with them and another couple. We had a blast! I love to just get out of our apartment, and especially to hang out with other couples. I always want to invite people over, but I feel like our place isn't big enough for more than one other couple. I guess no one's is. :) But it was fun nonetheless.
Oh, I also got a book recommendation for Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. I've already reserved it at the library & I'm going to get it tonight. Anyone else read this? Any thoughts?
Yesterday, even though it was a day off from school and work, Brian still had to go into school for most of the day. I thought it would only be a few hours, but I forget how much they have to do sometimes, & Brian likes to stay ahead of things so he doesn't get more stressed later. So I spent most of the day folding laundry and watching Gilmore Girls, and cross-stitching. I know, I'm lazy. But I enjoyed my day off from work.
When Brian got home we did our Wii Fit workout. We haven't been perfect at it, but we've done pretty good. I'm not as sore afterwards as I used to be, so I count that as progress. :) I've also been able to up the reps on certain exercises so I think that counts for something too.
Then we went to Training Table for dinner. I know, all that hard work down the drain because of Ranch Burgers and Cheese Fries. They're too hard to resist though. :)
Then we came home, watched one TV show & went to bed. Ahh, the exciting life of the Glads.
This morning, Brian didn't have his first class, because the teacher believes that Inauguration Day should be a holiday as well. I happen to agree. Especially because I had to come into work and I can't get the speech to come up on my computer so I missed it. :( I'll have to watch it later.
That's all that's going on with us. Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend!
Saturday we had the fun opportunity to take our car into the shop once again. Yes, the very same car that we had to get a whole new engine for this last summer. The "check engine" light came on about a week before but he doesn't drive the car that much and didn't have time to take it in until this weekend. So we drove out to the mechanic that replaced the engine (on 27th S. & 27th W.) and he did a couple tests. I had also driven because we didn't know if we'd need to leave the car there. He finally reset the light and said it was the Catalytic Converter, and that the whole problem may be that it's just too cold, so it doesn't think it's working properly. I don't understand completely, but owell. He said drive it a few more days, if it turns on again we need to bring it back in for some more tests.
Shortly after getting home and then leaving again to go to the store, it turned on again.
The mechanic said it should be OK to drive as long as the light is not flashing. If it starts flashing we are to pull over immediately and get out of the car. How reassuring. I'm getting kind of sick of all the problems we've had with this car. My Jeep is older and sounds like it's falling apart and the only problem we've had with this is something to do with a belt and we fixed that ourselves. (Well my father-in-law did, for which I'm eternally grateful.) But I don't want to sell it because we still have a lot to pay off on it and I don't know if we'd get any profit on it. We'll figure it out though.
The one good thing on Saturday though was that Brian got a call from work saying he didn't have to come in. It's a bike shop. It's winter. They have 1 customer per 2 hours. So that was nice for us.
After taking the car in we went to help our friends Matt & Val move into their new/first home. Well, the car stuff took so long that we missed the moving part, but we did get a tour of their new house and then went to lunch with them at Zupa's. If you haven't been there, you should go. I love it!
Then we went home and did some grocery shopping and then Brian had to go into school to do Bishopric stuff and I did laundry. Exciting I know.
Sunday was my first time teaching for this year. I was pretty excited all week long because the lesson was about Joseph Smith and the First Vision. But then of course, come Sacrament Meeting, I was a nervous wreck. But I think the lesson went well. I had lots of comments from people and I love that! Then I know that I'm at least getting through to someone.
After church we went over to some friends' apartment and played games with them and another couple. We had a blast! I love to just get out of our apartment, and especially to hang out with other couples. I always want to invite people over, but I feel like our place isn't big enough for more than one other couple. I guess no one's is. :) But it was fun nonetheless.
Oh, I also got a book recommendation for Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. I've already reserved it at the library & I'm going to get it tonight. Anyone else read this? Any thoughts?
Yesterday, even though it was a day off from school and work, Brian still had to go into school for most of the day. I thought it would only be a few hours, but I forget how much they have to do sometimes, & Brian likes to stay ahead of things so he doesn't get more stressed later. So I spent most of the day folding laundry and watching Gilmore Girls, and cross-stitching. I know, I'm lazy. But I enjoyed my day off from work.
When Brian got home we did our Wii Fit workout. We haven't been perfect at it, but we've done pretty good. I'm not as sore afterwards as I used to be, so I count that as progress. :) I've also been able to up the reps on certain exercises so I think that counts for something too.
Then we went to Training Table for dinner. I know, all that hard work down the drain because of Ranch Burgers and Cheese Fries. They're too hard to resist though. :)
Then we came home, watched one TV show & went to bed. Ahh, the exciting life of the Glads.
This morning, Brian didn't have his first class, because the teacher believes that Inauguration Day should be a holiday as well. I happen to agree. Especially because I had to come into work and I can't get the speech to come up on my computer so I missed it. :( I'll have to watch it later.
That's all that's going on with us. Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Last Semester of Undergraduate Degree
Well, Brian started school again today. I meant to take a "first day of school" picture, but we ended up accidentally sleeping in, so that didn't happen. Owell. He seems pretty chill about this semester. I think the whole program is a little less stressed this semester. While it's still important to do well, they've already been submitting applications to Grad schools, and they should all know where they're going by March. So no one is quite as concerned about perfection as usual. I think Brian's really happy to be finishing his Undergraduate degree and graduating in May. True, he'll be graduating again in a couple of years with his Master's, but it's still exciting. He's the oldest in his family, and I think the first on either side of his parent's families to graduate from college. I'm very proud of him.
We enjoyed this last week of freedom though, as I posted earlier. We found a Wii, and have used it almost every night. It's really fun and we even like the Wii Fit better than the regular Wii games. We haven't tried them all but we'll get there.
I also forgot to mention, that the other week in Sunday School, when I was teaching, I shared about my divorce (because it applied to what we were talking about). I hadn't done so before, because I wasn't quite ready to share that yet. But I love our ward and I've started to feel even closer to the people in it, so I felt comfortable sharing. It was kind of amazing to do so, because another sister came up to me and shared that she had been through a similar situation. You never think you'll find anyone that's been through something just like yours, but hers was pretty close. I really appreciated that she would share that with me.
Yesterday we had a really good Sacrament Meeting. The talks were about personal conversion. We recently had a couple move into our ward that spoke, and the husband spoke about his personal conversion story, which was amazing. And the wife spoke about the differences of the church here and in England, which is where she's from. The other couple that spoke, talked about some of the conversions they saw on their missions. They all did a very good job and I loved listening to their talks. I also played a musical number.
The last speaker was talking about love and how when he's doing what he's supposed to be doing he feels more love for his wife, because God is love. (I probably slaughtered his thought, but it's been a day and I should've written it down sooner.) Anyway, he also mentioned that he & his wife have been married for only 2 months and they're still all schmoopy (constantly holding hands, hugging, kissing, etc.) And people tell them it'll wear off eventually. I think that's dumb. I'm sure it gets a little less frequent with the arrival of kids and such, but I think it'd shouldn't just wear off. Brian and I laughed a little though, because we've almost been married 2 years and we still are schmoopy, and I love it! I'm very lucky to have him.
Until next time... Don't get mad, Get Glad!
We enjoyed this last week of freedom though, as I posted earlier. We found a Wii, and have used it almost every night. It's really fun and we even like the Wii Fit better than the regular Wii games. We haven't tried them all but we'll get there.
I also forgot to mention, that the other week in Sunday School, when I was teaching, I shared about my divorce (because it applied to what we were talking about). I hadn't done so before, because I wasn't quite ready to share that yet. But I love our ward and I've started to feel even closer to the people in it, so I felt comfortable sharing. It was kind of amazing to do so, because another sister came up to me and shared that she had been through a similar situation. You never think you'll find anyone that's been through something just like yours, but hers was pretty close. I really appreciated that she would share that with me.
Yesterday we had a really good Sacrament Meeting. The talks were about personal conversion. We recently had a couple move into our ward that spoke, and the husband spoke about his personal conversion story, which was amazing. And the wife spoke about the differences of the church here and in England, which is where she's from. The other couple that spoke, talked about some of the conversions they saw on their missions. They all did a very good job and I loved listening to their talks. I also played a musical number.
The last speaker was talking about love and how when he's doing what he's supposed to be doing he feels more love for his wife, because God is love. (I probably slaughtered his thought, but it's been a day and I should've written it down sooner.) Anyway, he also mentioned that he & his wife have been married for only 2 months and they're still all schmoopy (constantly holding hands, hugging, kissing, etc.) And people tell them it'll wear off eventually. I think that's dumb. I'm sure it gets a little less frequent with the arrival of kids and such, but I think it'd shouldn't just wear off. Brian and I laughed a little though, because we've almost been married 2 years and we still are schmoopy, and I love it! I'm very lucky to have him.
Until next time... Don't get mad, Get Glad!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
"We would like to play"
We have a Wii!!
And a Wii Fit!
That was Brian's job this week, since he had no school and I had to go back to work full-time. Find a Wii. :) And he came through! After many phone calls, and much searching, he finally found the Wii Fit first, and after a wonderful suggestion by our friend Jaime, he found the Wii!I was so happy. I came right home after work on Tuesday and we started to play. We did a little work out just to test out how the Wii Fit works, and then we played the regular Wii Sports games. We did some Boxing, which I totally rock at. I probably look like a spaz doing it, and my calves get most of the work out because I'm jumping up and down the whole time. :) And then we did some bowling, which I totally dominated the first game, and then Brian got the hang of it the second game and whomped me. Then we played tennis and I lost miserably. I guess we can see that I don't do so well at hitting smaller objects that are flying at my head. I'm better at hitting and throwing large objects. :)
We had a lot of fun though, and did another work out last night. Brian used to say that he didn't think you could get a real work out using the Wii Fit, but he now takes that back. We were starting to sweat last night doing some of the things they have on there. I'm so excited. I mainly wanted the Wii Fit so I could get in better shape this year, and I hate to work out in front of other people. So now I have something I can do at home at my own pace. :)
If anyone ever wants to come over and play, just let us know. Wii love to play!!
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