I finally got my haircut today.  It’s long overdue.  I only got about 2″ cut off, but I had a few layers cut in too.  It looked really good with whatever product the stylist put in so I snapped a pic.

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We went to see Hancock at the movie theater tonight. It’s the new Will Smith movie for those of you not in the know. It was REALLY good, as are most of his movies. Very entertaining. I give it 2 thumbs up.

I decided to make my “Cardio Tennis” post separate but everything else going on can just go in one post. So let’s see…

I went to NYC for a long weekend a week ago and met up with my friend Mary. We stayed at my sister’s apartment in NYC. We had SUCH A GREAT TIME! I think we did just about every thing we could possibly fit into our 4 days there:

• We got up early and tried to get on the TODAY Show and got our 3 seconds of fame.
• Top of the Rock (went up to the top of Rockefeller Plaza and had a gorgeous view…we were actually the very first people to the top that day.
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral
• Central Park
• Time’s Square
• Shopping on 5th Ave (well ok, WINDOW shopping.)
• World Trade Center area
• Sex & the City tour (this was AWESOME!)
• Mary Poppins on Broadway…Emily’s friend IS Mary Poppins so we got to get a backstage tour and all that. The show was amazing!
• …and probably a lot of other stuff I’m forgetting.

We had such a good time though. I used this trip as an excuse to celebrate my upcoming 30th birthday (in TWO days!!) so every night when we went out to dinner Emily and Mary told them it was my birthday so I’d get a dessert. It was fun fun…

Here are a few trips from the trip. The entire album can be found here.

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Let’s see, what else is going on? Anna’s about to start her first dance class. I AM SO EXCITED! She is too. She keeps “doing ballet” all over the house so I searched and searched to find a school around that accepts 2 year olds. I originally found one about 25-30 minutes away that has a “mommy and me” class. It’s an 8 week class. We missed the first class and I just realized a couple of days ago that we were going to miss 3 more, so half of the classes for that session…so I’m not paying for that if she’s going to miss so much.

SO. I searched and searched again and found a place that’s about 40 minutes away. They have a 30 minute tumbling/ballet/tap class for 2-3 year olds that’s NOT a “mommy & me”…so we’ll see how that goes. She already has her leotard, tights, ballet slippers and tap shoes, so she’s all set. It’s a 2 week session, with two classes each week (so 4 classes total) and we won’t miss any (well, unless she’s sick or something). So I’m excited! She can’t wait to go….see?

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Hmm…I guess that’s about it. I’m sure there’s more going on with me, but it’s really not all that interesting.

I haven’t played tennis much in the past few years but I’ve been itching to get back into it.  I played a lot growing up, especially during high school.  I got pretty decent but never won any tournaments or anything.  Anyway, I’ve been looking all around the area for tennis clinics or some kind of board with people looking to hit and have had a hard time finding anything.  I finally found a “cardio tennis” class at a country club not too far away.  Luckily the class is open to non-members and is very affordable.

I went tonight for the first time and had a blast.  There were 7 of us and everyone was really nice.  Luckily it was *only* 90 degrees, though a little muggy…but it could have been a lot worse.  I think I probably sweated off about 10 lbs.  (Yeah right…that would be nice though..)  It was a great workout and a lot of fun.  I’m going to go again on Wednesday and try to keep going twice a week.  It’ll be good exercise and get me playing more.  I think I’ll also be able to hit with some of the people in the class, so it’ll be nice to finally meet some people down here.

Later in the summer I might try to join a league, though it kinda scares me.  I was never very good at matches…I think I used to get really nervous, so I don’t want to let a team down.  But we’ll see.  It’ll probably be fun.

…and we made it to Houston mostly in one piece.  The trailer busted an axle…or something related to the axle (I don’t speak car-talk) and we ended up leaving it somewhere in the middle of Oklahoma and rented a Uhaul trailer for the rest of the trip.  Oh well, we made it in one piece so I suppose that’s what matters most.  Now if I can just get used to this heat and humidity down here…  Thank God for a/c!

We’re in the middle of our move to Houston. We’ve been in Kansas City with Dan’s parents for over a week now and should be finishing our move in the next couple of days. Anna has had a blast out here with her 4 (almost 5) year old cousin Alex. We’ll definitely have to make sure that we make it out here more often.

I got some cool pics of Anna in front of a fountain the other day that I wanted to share. I converted them to black & white, which I rarely do with photos and think they turned out quite nice. Enjoy! :)

We had such a great time in Puerto Vallarta. It was really hard to come home to rainy Seattle. I have a bunch to write about but am too lazy to do it now…but I do have a BUNCH of pictures from the trip. I took almost 900 and am still going through them. Here’s the link to the album on my gallery though if you want to take a peek. Here’s a purty sunset to tide you over until I write more. ;)

Talk at ya when I get back!

I am so so excited about our upcoming trip to Puerto Vallarta.  We leave Saturday and come back Sunday a week later.  Oh I can’t wait to just lie around the pool and on the beach all day and do nothing…well other than run after a 2 year old…but other than that, nothing.  I’m SO SO excited.  Less than three days before we get on the plane…woohoo!  I can’t wait.  I do wish I had lost more weight before the trip, but that’s alright.  At least I lost the 8lbs I did…

PUERTO VALLARTA HERE WE COME!