Mo and Will's nontraditional Christmas

We'd had enough of the blizzard conditions in NYC and decided that this year, we didn't want to spend the holiday watching everyone else's kids open their gifts while longing for children of our own. So we checked Ms. Moxie into a puppy spa/boot camp and headed out of town for an unconventional Christmas. Instead of the usual holiday activities, we've spent our day snorkeling and swimming. It's been a nice way to reclaim the holidays.

We hope you are having a very, very happy holiday - and look forward to sharing 2010 with you all.

Mo and Will

Moxter in the snow

Bounding around with a big stick up in the country

Running with Mo (notice Moxie's blue boots!) beneath the railroad tracks after the blizzard

Bambi on ice. Or more accurately, boxer on ice

Mo's shape up plan: week 5: back on track

I've been so good this week! Worked out a bunch, ate right. Felt so so good to get things back under control and especially to be on top of exercising. Big news this week is that I've dropped enough weight to hit a weight that ends in zero. That means only 10-15 or so pounds to go to be back at a weight where I feel good and happy with my body. God, wouldn't that be nice?

Total exercise this week: 6 hours aerobic
1.5 hours on elliptical
4.5 hours running on treadmill

Diet: I was SO well behaved this week, sometimes probably actually not eating enough, in part because I have had a family emergency going on that has pretty much squelched my appetite. But I'll take it. Trying to be healthy in the choices I am making.

Items of clothing earned: 2 (another grey sweater, black pencil skirt. Hey, I live in Manhattan. Must wear black, grey, and brown to the exclusion of all else.)

Weight lost this week: 2.6 lbs

Weight lost overall so far: 8 lbs!!!!

Total body fat lost (based on gizmo on my scale that I only half believe): 3.38 lbs.

Mo

Sundays of grace #21

What am I grateful for?

1. First big snowstorm of the season. Snow everywhere! Love to see it lying in pillows on the fire escape, each tree limb blanketed with a layer of whiteness, the park filled with sledders, the city quiet beneath all the white.

2. Puppy in a blizzard!!! Moxie has been so excited to run and romp in the snow. She has blue rubber booties because all the salt on the pavement is tough on her paws. When she walks down the street, they make this thwack thwack sound, like she's a little four-legged duck.

3. Almost one-fourth of the way through my master's degree. I have not been so excited about getting another degree on top of the master's and PhD I already have (this one was a requirement of the two-year grant I received to do my research. Bleh). But it seems that the time is flying by. Three more semesters to go and then hopefully, no more school ever!

Mo

Hallmark Reject #8