Weight loss update

If you will recall, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to lose weight. Recently I’ve gotten a bit more serious about it and, thanks a to a handy program I found for my iPod, I’ve been making progress. I’ve managed to lose about 6 pounds in the past couple weeks which is pretty good progress. I’ve only got about 22 pounds left to go before I get to the weight I want to be at. If the program is right, I’ll be hitting that in June.

It hasn’t been easy though. I didn’t realize how much I was eating before I got the handy little program. So part of this whole thing has been being hungry pretty often. It’s good when I get in a good work out though because then I can eat a little more. That’s always a treat.

Anyway, I’m losing weight and that’s a good thing. I’m eating better and getting more exercise which is also a good thing. Now if I could find a way to get rid of work stress I’d really be taking care of myself.

My kind of Valentine’s Day

This is how we spent Valentine’s day. So cool. Look at my Snow Bunny. So hot on her skis. This is definitely my kind nof Valentine’s Day. Hitting the slopes with the one you love. Could there be a better, more romantic way to spend a day? I don’t think so.

Countdown to the weekend

I’m tired. This has been a long week at work. I have been working on redesigning the newspaper and found out today that our graphic design girl had been doing the same thing but the publisher didn’t tell me. At least it moves things forward a bit.
It has really made me ready for the weekend. It also has made me want to get away from the office for a few days. Sadly that seems unlikely as I need to save my vacation days.
The weekend will have to do.

Gotta love the pow

I haven’t had time to get this posted before now cause I’ve been busy with skiing and work. Can’t complain about that. Except the work part maybe.

Anyway, Thursday I woke up to go skiing. Checked the website and found they had 16 inches of fresh snow. So, finally, I grabbed the new skis and headed for the hill. They were AWESOME. Worth every penny I spent. (And that’s a lot of pennies) I skied for a couple hours then had to bail to go to work. That was the hardest thing ever. I really wanted to stay and keep skiing. I was having way too much fun. These skis and deep snow are where it’s at.

Friday I went back up and spent the day cruising all the best parts of the mountain. Well, at least the best parts when Jess isn’t there. She would never hit up the areas I do. I loved it though and I pretty much shut the lifts down. When I left, the final life had another 20 minutes of operating but I was beat.

Saturday Jess and I went up and went skiing. It was pretty windy which takes some of the enjoyment out of it but we had a good time. I took up a different pair of skis that are more for goofing around and I had a lot of fun on them while cruising the mountain with Jess. I enjoy getting to ski with her, even if it’s not the most challenging skiing I do, it’s fun to just enjoy the snow with her. Since I’d already spent two days charging the mountain, being able to slow down and relax was great.

Since then I’ve been working (and watching the Super Bowl). Yesterday we narrowly avoided another round of lay-offs in the newsroom. The reporter they were going to lay-off agreed to take a pay cut and work 30 hours a week instead of 40. That hurts the newsroom a lot. This is the same reporter that the Missoulian laid off a few months ago. So he’s gotta be feeling pretty bad about his future with the company. Makes me wonder how much longer the newspaper is going to be going. I just keep hoping for the best but it’s pretty stressful to keep working knowing every day could be the last one.