Yes, as normal, I am using my blog for navel gazing. My blog, my navel.

Anyway, I have been trying to do better for my body. This month, has been very difficult. I am still dealing with the poison ivy (note to others, yes, it can take 3-5 WEEKS to get rid of it), I am tired from my body fighting it. The first two weeks after the bee sting were difficult in the fact that my system was in total overdrive.

I have gained a tad bit of weight back (3lbs, but enough for me to say, wait… that’s 3lbs) and I am entirely looking like an almost 40 mom. I have decided to change that. I see a personal trainer once a week. He’s good and he is teaching me some great exercises, but I am not being entirely honest with myself. I haven’t gone to the gym like I should, I haven’t exercised like I should and I certainly am not eating the way I should be.

Changes.

I have 2 facebook friends who are into an exercise theory called "T-Tapp". I bought the book and found it entirely difficult to follow. I got discouraged and stopped. However, I decided to change. I bought the DVD. I got out the book and read over the exercises again. I started what the author calls "boot camp" again. I am not making the mistake of following her advice to only do her exercises. I fell into that trap last time and ended up not doing ANY exercise. I have planned out Mondays, Tuesdays (with trainer), Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as exercise days. I am doing the T-Tapp 15 minute exercises for a 4-6 day boot camp. The DVD I ordered will arrive tomorrow, and that will help me get the form right.

I need to get my body in shape. My family is prone to getting nice and lumpy as we get older. I will be 40 next year. Time to take charge and deal.

In another set of changes, we have signed on with a builder. The loan we have worked out will close next week, we hand over the deposit to the builder and off we go! Since Rosh Hananah happens early this year (Sept 9) we are planning on having the foundation set in August, and then the building start after the holiday. Dr. Jay will not allow anyone to work for him on the holiday, so this gets us started, the concrete in place, and gets his moral obligations dealt with. Yom Kippur falls on a weekend, so he has no issues there!.

Now we get to do the fun stuff, pick out wall sconces, exterior lights, paint and speakers. We’ll move our 42" TV from down stairs (our current family room) to the new room when completed. We get to pick out furniture and windows. Very very exciting.

And we have to pay for all of this, but that’s another day!