Biggest Loser

That would be me. My first day on the elliptical machine I could BARELY stay on for 10 minutes. And that was only because I pushed myself. I knew I was out of shape, but that was ridiculous. Everything lower than my waist was burning and I thought I was going to throw up for about 30 minutes afterward. My only comfort during the 10 minute struggle was that at least I was in the comfort of my own home so I didn't have any super-fit people rolling their eyes or quietly making jokes about me.

In other news, we are slowly getting used to our new schedule of having WH home all morning. It's been a little weird to adjust to never having any kid-free time...but it's a temporary change and we're making the best of it. Tomorrow my mother-in-law is coming over so we can go out on a lunch date. We're eager to explore our new town and find some good local spots to take our friends to when they visit. (I don't want to take you to Sonic every time you visit, Shep.)

The most exciting part of this week was introducing our children to the library. Our last town did not have a decent library within 20 minutes of our house so I didn't make the effort to go. (Okay, that's not true. There was a very nice library about 10 minutes away in Trenton, but we were only allowed to check out ONE book at a time. When we brought that back we could get TWO the next time, and so on until we hit TEN. I kid you not. It really wasn't worth my time to pack up all my children for ten books.) With a 3 year old, almost 2 year old, and 4 month old, we're really just now getting to the stage where the library is even "do-able." Well, judging from Cooper's description over the phone when talking to my Mom, you'd think our library is really a theme park. All day he kept saying, "That was SO fun, Mommy. The library is so much fun." So maybe we were a little overdue. (No pun intended.) I am already reading several books right now so I didn't get anything new, but I did allow myself two Cook's Illustrated and Time magazine so I could read up on "The New Calivinism." I suppose I could read both magazines online but then I wouldn't be able to read while my rear-end and legs burned. And who doesn't love a good cooking magazine while they're working out?