Just checking in

I can't believe how quickly the time flies by...it's already Tuesday. I see from my sitemeter reports that many people check the blog every day. That's so exciting - I love that I've generated such interest. And I'm sorry that I haven't posted new posts as often as you check - I know when I check my friends' and families' blogs it's disappointed when it's the same post day after day. I'll try to be better! :)

One interesting thing that is new is that we tried out a new babysitter this weekend -- Harrison! He has been staying alone for awhile now and staying with Jacob and Michela during the day, but not at night. We decided that he's getting too old to have a babysitter -- the babysitters that we used to use when the kids were all little were in middle school, 7th and 8th grade. As they got older, we continued to use them, so they were highschoolers, but now they have busy social lives on weekends. So, what are we to do? Go back to middle schoolers? Let's see... a 7th or 8th grader? Well, um, yeah, that would be a DATE for Harrison. So, it's time for him to be the babysitter. We tried it out sat night when we went to a party at a neighbor's house not too far away and it went great. Jacob and Michela respected him and listened and in return he didn't boss them around. They all know what to do if there are emergencies. So we'll save some money too and the kids really enjoyed the privilege of staying home alone together.

I had a two nice compliments this week. One was at the gym on sunday morning. A guy who I used to see there all the time when I used to go two years ago was there and he noticed and remembered me. He said it was so great to see me back because he had wondered long ago where I had gone and if I was ok. He said that my smile lights up the room. Isn't that sweet?! Marlon better watch out! Just kidding - he's like 60 or something. But it definitely made my day. That and the fact that I could do my 10 minutes on the eyptical trainer without feeling like I'm dying. Oh, and I increased my mph on the treadmill! I'm definitely noticing that I'm in better shape. Then today, at the pool, after I finished my full hour of laps, this guy who was also there (relaxing by the pool, not swimming) said "wow, you're an incredible swimmer." Yeah, right. Incredible? Even Jacob and Michela beat me across the pool hands down. But I CAN sustain my swimming for an hour without problem, so I guess that's pretty good. And I do burn 900 calories when I swim an hour, so that's really good! The compliment was nice anyhow.

So, as you can see, the exercise is going well. The diet is too - I'm pretty used to it now and it's just routine. I'm hoping for another good week at the scale, but, if not, I know the week after will be good.

Aside from that, not much else is new. We had a great weekend of normal weekend activities -- soccer games, baseball games, dance classes, hebrew school, some playdates, etc. Harrison had fun at the school dance on friday night and Jacob and Michela and I and two of their friends (and one other mom) went to see the sing-a-long version of Mamma Mia, which was really fun!

I'll update again on Thursday after my weight loss class! Have a good couple of days and don't forget to comment and let me know what YOU'RE up to!