The Bachlorette...

I can't help but love this show. Even if Chris Harrison is a dork and they were clearly feeding Jillian lines, I never miss an episode. Here's a picture of Harrison and I being riveted by TV.






























We're happy Jillian picked Ed.

K-Fed and Me (this post is rated PG-13)

What do we have in common you ask? No, we are not pregnant, but we've both been packin on the pounds during our recent hiatis from the public eye. I have gone up two dress sizes. This doesn't happen to me very often. I'm lucky to have a really skinny Dad and a super fit Mom...especially considering that said parental units are both in their late 60s / early 70s. So I blame the Carls' Junior Kentucky Bourbon Burger and my job at Co@ch. The burger because it has these delicious crunchy onions and this amazing sauce that reminds me of an alcoholic beverage despite being 0 proof, and Co@ch because there's nothing to eat out there 'cept Carls.

I also blame my newfound breakfast pancake ritual. And the brownies for dessert ritual. Also the fact that I have not worked out at all in 8 months.

So you know when you gain weight gradually, you don't realize it at the time that it's happening. Then all of the sudden you can't zip up your jeans. And you notice that old photos of you are way cuter than recent ones. And your shirts don't "hang" the same way and your bra feels tight. Then something wierd happens to your face. My eye-lids get puffy. Yep, I had all the symptoms, but I was still blindsided. I can not afford to replace all my clothes either. Time to take action.


Fat on the Fourth

I joined LVAC. I've been three times in the past seven days. That's really good for me. I figured out how to stay motivated, too. Wanna know my secret? I don't work out to keep up with everyone else in the class/wieght room, which is what I used to do in my 20s. Now that I'm a bonafied 30-something, frazzled, tired, taxed out Mom, I don't care how pathetic I look. There was a grandma in my pilates class today who could do the hundreds better than I could. Ya. Don't care. She could also do that thing where you lie on your back and use your stomach muscles to sit up with you legs still on the floor. I can't, I have to bend my knees and pull up against the backs of my thighs. Still don't care. Determined to fit into my Diesel jeans. I figure if my heart is pounding and I'm sweating as much as all the people around me, it doesn't matter how bad I look. Group classes really highlight how uncoordinated I am too. Whatever. I'm a girl with a mission. I'll let you know how it goes!

Brand Park in Glendale

We're a swingin' family

Zip Line...good thing Dad has strong shoulders.

Wood Chips = Hours of Fun


We made quite a few trips to Brand Park while we were In Burbank visiting Mom. It's Harrison's favorite. He likes it more than the zoo, the Huntington Library and the Americana. We had fun at those place too, but he kept requesting the "Pah-k! Pah-k!" Please note that these pictures are old because I haven't blogged in a while. Don't be suprised if you see me and I'm no longer this skinny. Here's Harrison. As you can see, his favorite color is still red, and he would live in his jammies if we didn't fight him out of them...I guess one day we gave up because he's wearing his "nap shirt" out in public. Oh, well. We were on vacation, right?

Happy Mother's Day!

Here we are on Mother's Day. I was so excited to dress Harrison for church that Sunday because I had found him this cute outfit from the Gap Outlet on sale...little linen pants, and an embroidered hawaiian white linen shirt with little matching brown leather sandals. Pat said, "He looks like he's going to a destination wedding in the Bahamas." I laughed. He was right. But it was still cute and weather appropriate for a hot Sunday in Vegas. Harrison didn't want to stand still for his picture. I held him and he was trying to leap out of my arms. See the (tiny) muscle in my arm flexing? Ya. This boy is getting strong.

Here's the cute handprint and poem he made me in Nursery. It was a great Mother's Day!