Thursday, May 13, 2010

Take 2

Unfortunately, my worst fear with my list has come true... list revision! Last March my husband's company filed for bankruptcy. Since then he has been on the job hunt. We knew that relocation might be necessary, but we wanted to stay in Colorado. Good news/Bad news... my husband got a job and we moved to Rancho Cucamonga, CA. No need to adjust your screens... yes the name of our new city is Rancho Cucamonga.
Multiple items on my list involved places or events that were Colorado specific. I am going to try to replace those items with things that are as similar as possible. Drumroll please for the revamped list:
#7 Run the Cherry Creek Sneak. This would have been on 4.25.10. We moved to CA on 4.23.10. New plan- The Playa Del Run 5K on 7.18.2010.
#6 Run the Bolder Boulder. This is on 5.31.10. As much as my hubby wants to fly back to run the race it seems a little impractical. I on the other hand really want to run the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. It is the weekend before my birthday and I think it sounds like a lot of fun! I am on the fence between the half marathon and 5K option for this race. 13.1 miles may be more than I can handle... I'll keep you all posted on what I decide.
#11 See a concert at Red Rocks. I wanted to at least go and see the amphitheater before we left but didn't get the chance. Hope to still get to do this one someday. Since this is a venue that people from around the country travel to there is no California equivalent. The Hollywood Bowl is one of the options I'm considering... but for now this goal is taking offers.
#15 Hike a fourteener. Colorado is home to 54 fourteeners. California is home to 13. Apparently it is such a coveted event that you have to apply for a permit months in advance with the date and number of people in your party to be able to hike many of them. So, we may not be hiking an official fourteener but will hike a mountain with 3,000ft elevation gain.
Silver Lining? Completing the list should be easier then ever, especially things like #18 Tour 3 Wineries. Completing the list will also give us a chance to get out and explore our new home.
-K

Monday, May 10, 2010

#4: Look better at 30 than I did at 29

When I first created this goal it was all about weight loss to me; getting back into what I’ve called my “fighting weight,” which is essentially what I weighed when I got married nearly four years ago. But over the last few months I realized it goes deeper than that. It’s about being healthy and it’s about being confident. To me, this was one of those goals that was progressive over the past year. It wasn’t about waking up one day and looking better than I did a year ago, it was about changing my attitude about what looking better involves.

I did lose weight from where I was a year ago. It was about half of what I wanted to lose, but I still lost it. More importantly I think I developed some good habits that are going to stick with me to help me not only keep losing weight and getting healthier, but also keep me off the roller coaster of weight gain that I’ve been on since I was 21.

I also feel like I gained a lot of confidence in myself. My husband helped a lot with this. He constantly reminds me how beautiful and sexy he thinks I am and I’ve occasionally started to believe him. I also found ways to work what I’ve got; the make-up lesson was huge in this.

Another item on my list is to be comfortable in my own skin; it’s not crossed off yet because I’m definitely not there … but the small steps I took to accomplish #4 is absolutely a step in the right direction.

-B

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

B's back and she's 30

Your eyes are not deceiving you, this is in fact a blog.

Wow. K and I just sucked the last month blogging and updating on our journey. In K’s defense, she had a major life change which I’ll let her chat about … and I got sucked into the vacuum otherwise known as work. But I’m back and hopefully K will be soon too.

So, I’m 30. Yay? It really doesn’t feel any different, but at least I’m no longer afraid of it. I accomplished a lot in the last month, which will soon be blogged about, but I am proud to say that I completed 67% (20) of my goals. Not exactly what I was planning when I created my list, but life really got in the way. I’m going to continue completing goals (and blogging about it) because they were important to me from the start and something I want to follow through on. We’ll now call it the 30 before 31 list.

I’ve got to say though, by far the best part of turning 30 was ringing it in. It seriously lasted two solid weeks thanks in large part to my amazingly wonderful, fabulous friends. The birthday extravaganza started with a birthday surprise that included a limo ride up to a spa in Evergreen, spa treatments, Tattinger, yummy food and dinner with four of my favorite ladies. Amazing!!!!

The following Saturday was the completion of goal #30: celebrate turning 30 in style … and boy did we. I was joined by approximately 50 friends and family members at a wine bar in Lodo for wine, cake and more wine. Combined with a fabu new dress, FMPs and the perfect smokey eye (courtesy of my previous make up appointment), I seriously felt like a million bucks. And I even had my first happy birthday sing along.

The following Monday was the actual birthday and I was surprised by a bottle of Veuve by my coworkers, beautiful roses from my godfather/Uncle Bob, and an amazing home cooked meal by the hubs that included steak and a bottle of bubbly from our trip to Napa.

The celebration wrapped up that Friday following the week of work from hell – seriously, I’m not kidding – at Capital Grille with coworkers for more champagne, Stoli Dolis and cake. Yum!

I honestly couldn’t have celebrated in a more wonderful fashion and am so grateful to have such amazing people in my life. Thank you all!

And despite K’s and my desire to stay anonymous … I just have to post a photo showing how happy I was despite my fear of turning 30.


-B

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