Archive for February, 2007
President’s Day
Monday, February 19th, 2007While I know many people don’t have today off, including one of my daughters, government employees in our state join the ranks of the federal workers in celebrating the day. Most, if not all, school districts seem to have the day off as well.
How did the President’s Day holiday come about? I found a history […]
The National Spotlight
Sunday, February 18th, 2007The eyes of the nation may be on our fair city this coming week due to the upcoming visit of a large group of 2008 presidential candidate hopefuls. I’m interested in seeing how the national media will perceive our little part of the world and I plan to post as regularly as possible throughout the […]
A Good Day
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Yesterday was a very good day for me on the exercise front. We had such beautiful weather that I couldn’t resist getting out for a walk and I ended up traveling 5.26 miles (almost two of those uphill) over a two-hour period. I headed west into the foothills of the gorgeous Sierra Nevada […]
Year of the Boar (Pig)
Saturday, February 17th, 2007Happy Chinese New Year (Gung Hei Faat Choy in Cantonese: or congratulations and be prosperous). Wikipedia has a very interesting entry about the celebration of the Chinese New Year that includes a table on the Chinese astrology associated with various years. I was born in the Year of the Rabbit so my next “year” won’t […]
On the Fitness Front
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Yesterday I managed to take both fifteen-minute walks and I climbed the stairs at work six times even though I was exhausted out of my mind. For some reason, I had trouble falling asleep the night before (which rarely happens anymore) after staying up to pick up my oldest daughter from work at midnight.
While […]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Or I should say Happy Day After Valentine’s…
Yesterday passed in quite a blur because I hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before. The day wasn’t too bad in general, as days go. Work went quickly because I was contacted by several patrons and managed to do a variety of tasks: a small amount of research, […]
Lost Wages
Sunday, February 11th, 2007This past week, I took a work-related trip to Las Vegas and was reminded just how much I like living where I do. While I’m sure Sin City is a lot of fun for the people who live and visit - the area just doesn’t appeal to me all that much. Especially now […]
Looking Back
Sunday, February 11th, 2007In the process of importing and categorizing my Blogger posts today, I read what I’d written over the past two years. The main thing I noticed was how often I made excuses for not eating right or exercising enough. Day after day, week after week, month after month, until yet another year had […]
Month #2
Thursday, February 1st, 2007This week has been better than the rest of January, exercise-wise. I’ve been working on remembering to take my breaks and go for those fifteen minute walks in the morning and afternoon. Getting outside also means I end up climbing those stairs to my office a few extra times each day.
My goal for […]
Solid
Thursday, February 1st, 2007My current weight appears to be a solid 198lbs so my next goal is to break the 190 mark. February is a short month and I don’t plan to push myself to lose the eight pounds if my body isn’t cooperating. Still, I feel as though I achieved an important milestone in January […]
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