Coulda Woulda Shoulda

I've been practicing yoga on and off now for about 7 years. And when I say 'on and off' I basically mean once a week at a gym during those times when I HAD a gym membership and as well as the occasional at home attempt which usually led to me asleep on the floor (according to D). And so, when I discovered there was yoga at D's school and that it was FIVE CANADIAN DOLLARS a class, I decided it was well worth my time and money to sign up. The best part was that rate also included a drop in rate. So, literally I would buy up a bunch of tokens to use at my leisure and not feel tied into going every week at a certain time. Because guess what? They're even MORE flexible - the classes are on 3 different days during the week, at different times. And lets face it, it's a FIVE MINUTE walk from my house. I expected to stretch my muscles out a bit, help build some strength for my half marathon (support me here!!) and just generally have an excuse to get out of the ho...

In honour of St. Patrick's Day, I thought I would walk myself down memory lane from the first time we spent the holiday in Europe.We were living in Leeds and took off for a long weekend, not to Dublin, but to Belfast. We had no idea that the 4 days we spent there would inspire us to want to move there. Regardless of the political and religious undertones of the holiday and the city we spent it in, it became more for us our next beginning. We stayed in a youth hostel right near the city centre area. We even got our own beds: We were taken up the coast by my lovely cousins: Saw beautiful scenery Including the Giant's Causeway Found a cute little pub (that quite quickly became on of our locals after we arrived) Joined the crowds outside city hall And of course, waved an Irish flag And in all of this, somewhere amongst the revelry and finding of old relatives, we decided this would be a great place to continue our adventure abroad. In the years that followed, I s...

Training for a half marathon? Challenging. Training for your SECOND half marathon? Harder then you thought. I can't deny it - some strange section of my brain was taking for granted the fact that since I had already run a half marathon, the training for the SECOND half marathon was going to be a breeze. Needless to say, I've been humbled - er well that part of my brain that was being so cocky has been humbled. And even saying it or writing it down makes it so so obviously true that I'm wondering how that part of my brain actually got control of my thoughts anyway - how were all the other smarter brain cells not strong enough to overpower them? What? Too much red wine you say? Ok well when you put it like that... Regardless, I'm all caught up now - yes, it IS actually just as hard, if not harder to 'get back on the horse' so to speak and go out there and train for something. After a dismal 14km 2 weeks ago, I was a bit nervous about the 16km this past...

I'm not sure I'm going to run out and patent that but I am going to get myself writing here a bit more regularly. Good friends of mine are headed off on a 3 month trek around Asia and combine that with D's desire for me to GO THROUGH THAT SCRAPBOOKING BOX that I have forced him to move around the world and you get me wanting to write about travel again. Since I'm not currently in a position to GO travelling, I thought I would venture back in time, piece by piece, through some of the stories - good and bad - that have happened to the two of us along the way. And in the process, I might actually get to DOING something with all of those momentos that doesn't involve resealing them in ziplock baggies. Stay tuned .... 

After being happily swallowed up by the Olympics over the past 2 weeks, I'm getting myself back to normal here in our new home. There had been some anticipation and 'wait until after the Olympics' type actions here since we arrived in January. Now that we've lived through that spectacular chapter, it's time to get down to the business of really digging into some of the things I've been wanting to do for a couple of years now. Running I've commited myself to another half marathon here in Vancouver at the beginning of May. I'm hoping for a personal best and am continuing to raise funds for a great cause - you can read more about it here: http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=6777 The weather has helped with my training immensely - as have the yoga and spin classes I'm able to attend. The serotonin is doing wonders for my mind and the physical aspects are allowing me to fit into my pants again. Reading I've star...