Well,one of my New Year's resolutions is to write approximately once a week on the blog. I am a little over that this time but better than I have been. Dad and I are getting back into the running and really enjoying our Garmin. We discovered today that going down to 134th first and then around the hospital block is longer than going the other way...a surprise to me, at least. It is also safer since we don't have to go up that section without a sidewalk. Today, we both ran most of the way. I even was able to run up the hill from 134th to our street but was definitely winded. The layoff due to weather and Christmas activities has really put us behind.

I also try to go to Curves and then do the elliptical at LA Fitness. It adds up to about 2 hours of exercise. If I can just modestly restrain my eating, I should be able to lose weight. I think this week we will finally finish off with the whole contractor business from the leak. Yesterday, the alarm person came and found a cut wire in the crawl space and restored the alarm on the back door. The contractor is coming to get their check on Wednesday...ouch!...for the work that they did that was not covered by insurance. We still need a bit of touch up paint for what their painter didn't do very well...but that was on our nickel and I think I foolishly "saved" money only to end up spending more in the end. I'm going to have our original painter come and redo the picture wall and fix some other color problems. The family room and hallway are slightly different colors and he got them a little mixed up.

Today, I'm going out to lunch with one of my visiting teaching sisters. Her birthday is on Christmas Day so we always go out in January to celebrate. On Thursday, Dad needs to go over to Boise for work so I'm joining him to spend the day and night with Anne and Peter. Then we go down to Salem for his bi-annual ACLS course and certification. He has been studying every night...although I didn't let him take the books to Mt Hood.

By the way, it was a great weekend up there. It would have been even better to have Dave and Adina for more than one day...but we'll take what we can get. I've definitely gotten hooked on Dominion. I just would like to figure out my strategy so that I could win once of these times!! Actually in the last game, I did come in second!

I'm thinking of getting my hair cut in a different style so I'm surveying pictures on the internet. I'm open to any suggestions...remember my hair is stick straight!!!

Well, I'd better get in the shower and get going on my day. Tom, it was great hearing from you...I love Tracey's postings but it's nice to hear from you also. I challenge all of you to also write once a week...even if it is short!!!

Love,

Mom