new things

first of all, my brother and his wife are expecting their second baby! and so is a.! they're both 6 or 7 weeks pregnant, so i guess we'll have two new babies at the beginning of december. very exciting.

last night i made a new resolution. i've been thinking about how easily my workouts used to fit into my schedule when i worked full days at ebscoland. i used to just combine my lunch and breaks and go to the gym for an hour every day in the middle of the afternoon. it just happened, and it was easy because that was just the routine and it fit in so well. i haven't found that easy gym routine since elenora was born. and especially since i started getting up at 6:30 am. by the evening i'm just too tired to go to the gym, and often j. will have orchestra or basketball in the evenings and i'll be stuck at home. but last night i decided that i'm going to try to go to bed by 10:30 pm and get up at 6 am and do a workout before work starts. i go to the gym every morning to dry my hair anyhow, so if i can just get there a half hour earlier than i've been doing i can work out and still get to my office by 7:15 am. then i can have a normal day and relax in the evenings.

this morning i got to the gym by 6:25 and worked out until 7:10. it felt really good, and i had a lot more energy today than usual.

here is a list of things elenora is saying clear as a bell:

lucky
calculator
blue one
hold one
little bear
awful
pickle shoes (she finds this phrase hilarious)
barrette
easter
sitting
walking
painting
popcorn sweater
water cup
river
purple ball
leaves
picture
camera
boxing
shirt
hug
kitten
suction cup
hanger
flowers
daffodil
moss
shadow
puma
window
notebook
dandelion
swinging
tuna
pita