A great video...

Watch this video all the way through. It is a good reminder of how things should be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

addendum

Here's a little video I wanted to put on, but forgot.

It's been a while!

Since I've written last, we've had birthdays for Sam, Thomas and me (Caitlin's is coming up) and we've gone on a trip to CA to visit with family. T & I went to Alcatraz (sans children) with my brother, Andrew, and my new sister-in-law, Michelle. I love historical buildings and places, so that was a great thing for me. I was totally bummed that what was the warden's home and the military family housing (for when it was still a military fort, pre-prison days) and other buildings were burned down during the American Indian occupation. There was a big drinking party of Indians and non-Indians, and no one knows who started the fire. I could have kicked someone.

Anyway, we also had 4 generation pictures done with my mom's parents. It was a good time, and I'm sad that we can't stay a few more days when we go, because I still didn't get to see everyone. I love you all! (We don't have pics from Sam & Tom's bday because my camera wasn't working, so it's all on our camcorder instead.)

Sam fell asleep looking like Joe Cool.
My little Claire-bear is getting so big!

Left to Right: Thomas, Peter, Papa (mom's dad), Sam, Uncle Mike

Back, L to R: Auntie Sue, my beautiful Mom, Auntie Robyn

Front, L to R: Heidi, Sam, Claire, Nana (mom's mom), Andrea, me

4 Generation Picture

On Alcatraz

View of San Francisco from Alcatraz

View of the Cellhouse from the Recreation Yard Thomas in a cell

And now, me...

my brother Andrew in a cell..

and Michelle's oddly creepy picture in the cell.

View of Alcatraz from the ferry.

Alcatraz on my left shoulder

End of Month 1

I've posted my progress after 1 month on my fitness blog. Check it out!

My cool sister

This is a post of two things from my younger sister's blog.

The first thing is an awesome article about motherhood she had linked to her blog.
Click Here

The second is a video of her playing her guitar in her bathroom, and I like it. So,
now Click Here, and enjoy!

I'll be in the Paper!

For more details on that, check out my fitness blog...but don't laugh too hard.

Funny Blog entry entitled "I've had an affair"

I'm reposting this blog entry that I put on my fitness blog.

I saw this blog entry on sparkpeople.com and thought it was too funny not to post (slightly edited):

Friday, January 02, 2009
So it's time to come out and admit it.I've been having an affair with my fridge. It started sometime in November or December, and slowly became more passionate until the recent Christmas break, when it moprhed into what could almost be called psychotic infatuation and criminal stalking. Needless to say I've been neglecting the gym as a result, and the gym has decided to take revenge.The first thing the gym did was tell my pants.
My pants and I had really been getting on this year, they were comfy, they fit, I had new ones.... but maybe this was the problem. Maybe my pants were secretly getting nervous that as I'd discarded their predecessors so eagerly they thought they were heading for the same fate. So my pants listened to what my gym had to say and decided to take action. Then they told the scales.
The scales were very upset and started saying horrible and nasty things to me. They told me I weighed 179 lb the other day, and only a couple of months ago I was 169. I was unable to convince the scales that my relationship with them should not be impacted by my relationships with either the gym, the fridge, or indeed my pants, but my poor scales are codependent and wouldn't listen. My pants by this stage had done all this in vain as I was now in the verge of dumping them and going back to find their predecessors, which to me were not only more comfortable, but far nicer. This was too much and my pants told my mirror.
The mirror, never known for diplomacy, was blunt. It yelled at me YOU'VE BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE FRIDGE. A BIG, LONG, PASSIONATE AFFAIR. LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO EVERYBODY!! HOW COULD YOU? And every time I walk past the mirror, it yells it. Then of course, being an interconnected species, every other mirror in the universe got on the bandwagon, and now even when I'm washing my hands at work, the mirror in the ladies' bathroom yells YOU FOOD SLUT! I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE FRIDGE. ONLY A MONTH AGO YOU HAD CHEEKBONES BUT NOW YOU HAVE A DOUBLE CHIN! So, of course, I'm in the toilet with pretty much every household appliance that doesn't live in the kitchen. Half my wardrobe is yelling at me. None of the mirrors like me either. So - I'm back on SparkPeople, I've joined a heap of challenges, I've got my gym class schedule on my fridge, and I'll be signing up for a triathalon or two.