New Year New Me!

Old New Year's pic of Hubby and I from pre-Monkey days when we used to do fun things on NYE like have people over, wear silly hats and stay up until (sometimes even after) midnight!

Obviously, I have been very delinquent in keeping up with my blog.  I guess all of the eating and drinking during December got in the way.  Oh, and the shopping!  Can't forget the shopping...  Anyway, in the spirit of the new year, my resolution is to spend more time 'blogging'.  Hubby will be so thrilled!  It's not that I don't love talking about myself, it's one of my favorite pastimes actually, but finding things to write about that anyone besides myself might find remotely entertaining has been tough.  And I'm the worst when it comes to technology so uploading pictures can be a bit of a challenge.  I have about a hundred from Christmas that I will work on sharing, hopefully by Valentine's Day!  

My other resolution has been to get in shape!  My Christmas gift to me was a trainer.  Not much of a gift when you consider I'm paying someone to torture me, but I'm hoping I will appreciate it in the long run.  As we're starting to think about Monkey the Second, I would like to have someone to hold me accountable to my workouts before and during my pregnancy.  Maybe this time around it won't take me two years to lose the 'baby' weight!  My trainer is this really funny lady from South Africa and her whole deal is reshaping your core, strengthening the muscles along your spine and improving balance.  She claims that she will give you that boy look with no thighs, hips or tummy.  I've never had that shape in my life, so if she succeeds it will be a miracle!  One of the things she recommends are those crazy toning shoes.  I'm attaching a link to puma and a picture of the pair I just ordered. PUMA BODYTRAIN  I have a feeling I may break a neck in these things before I notice a result, but I'll keep you posted!