My nationality??

Okay, if you haven't ever visited my sister's blog, now would be a good time, because what I am about to tell you totally coincides with what she just blogged about, and makes it even funnier. So before you read the rest of this post, you've got to go read her most recent post....then come back.




So, this morning I went to a little coffee shop to get a 1/2 pound of coffee to take on our trip, and also get some fresh homemade bagels there...so yummy. This is the conversation I had with the gal at the counter:

Girl: Do you want the bagels to go
Me: Yes....to go to Mexico ( I just can't help myself...)
Girl: Oh fun, are you leaving today?
Me: No, we are leaving first thing in the morning, and they don't feed you on the plane, so we figured we'd take some bagels with us.
Girl: Cool, are you going to visit family??
Me: uhhhhhhhhh ........................... No, just going on vacation

She must have thought I looked Hispanic. If my mind would have been working a little faster, I would have asked her so. It just so happens that the more tan I get in Mexico, the more the natives start speaking to me in Spanish because they think I am Hispanic. Turns out, I'm just a white girl with olive skin. Most of you know my sister is a blue eyed blonde with light skin. Yep, same parents...go ask them. My mom was asked many times if her daughters had the same father. Who asks that anyway???


Anyway, I thought it was hilarious. I've been asked so many times what my nationality is, and have been told that I look hispanic, greek, Mediterranean, italian...among others.

Less than 24 hours

AAAAHHHHHHH, I can't believe we are now less than 24 hours away! It's especially crazy because I've been counting down the days since about day 362...no lie!

My bags are mostly packed, passports ready to go, web check-in for our flight done. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to sleep tonight, as we have to be up at about 3:30am...and since I never wake up to an alarm clock (blessed I know), I always sleep terribly when I know the alarm clock is on....I'll wake up several times in the middle of the night to see if it's time to get up yet...some anxiety about missing the alarm. Combine that with the excitement about leaving, and it's just not looking good. Oh well, I'll have plenty of time to catch up on sleep :)

I've got our whole week basically planned out, from activities to where we are going to eat. I am the travel agent in the marriage (like my dear sister), so I've made every single reservation/plan/decision about this vacation. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be going on vacation if my husband were left to the planning :)....love you honey!

So here is a rundown of our week so that you can live vicariously through me :)

Saturday: arrive in Cabo at 12:05, get rental car, go to grocery store, then to resort for check-in. Lounge on beach for a while, have dinner at resort.
Sunday: Run by Costco (isn't it lovely they have a Costco...it's right next door to Walmart..which we will not be going to because they don't pay their workers fair wages). Drive up the coast to Todos Santos, stopping at a place called Art and Beer along the way. A must see according to almost everyone.
Monday: Lounge in sun ALL DAY, maybe a massage on the beach, dinner in San Jose Del Cabo.
Tuesday: Meet with Trip Advisor folks to take clothing and other fun things to the kiddos in some of the poor neighborhoods. Come back and have dinner at Mi Casa.
Wednesday: More lounging by the pool, maybe go zip lining...depending on our mood.
Thursday: Valentine's day. Possibly go zip lining if we don't go Wednesday, going to The Office for dinner (feet in sand, water 20 feet away, the best pomegranate margaritas).
Friday: Lounge in sun
Saturday: Come home :(

It just doesn't seem like enough time!!

So I haven't worked out since my crazy Wii workout. My elbow is totally messed up!! I get these sharp shooting pains when I move it certain ways, and my elbow actually has decreased sensation. I'm really glad that I'll have a week of relative inactivity to let it heal.


I hope you all have a wonderful week too! Many of you have requested for me to drink a margarita for you, which I'm happy to oblige!

Tenga un día maravilloso.


My dear sister just made reference to my toes in her blog
so I thought I'd share them :) I hope none of you have strange feelings towards feet. I think they are quite FESTIVE!!

Wii Boxing...

So yesterday, I was feeling little schizo with the workout, so I decided to do intermittent squats, lunges, push-ups and situps throughout the day. I think I did about 80 of each. Then I decided I would do Wii boxing with my weighted gloves to get a little extra workout. I ended up burning about 250 calories doing 30 minutes of boxing. However, when I took the gloves off, I noticed my left hand was feeling a little lame...as in it wasn't working right. When I tried to type, it felt like I still had weights on my fingers. My wrist and fingers did not want to extend beyond neutral, and when I tried all my fingers would start shaking. Ya, nice huh. So this morning my elbow is all wacky, and my left hand is still lame. I think I irritated a nerve or 2. In my world I'd diagnose myself with acute lateral epicondylitis, mostly known as tennis elbow. Never knew the Wii could be that dangerous huh!!

Luckily, I'm right handed so all will be well. I did get some upper body soreness from the boxing though, so at least I was working something.

Note to self...no more boxing with weighted gloves!!

To do list

Things I need to get done in the next 5 days

1) Workout 5x
2) Go tanning x 1
3) Buy coffee from Good Bean to take to Cabo
4) Buy toys and school supplies for kiddos in Cabo
5) Get hair done (those dang gray hairs!!)
6) Get a pedicure
7) Pack
8) Organize all paperwork/reservations to take
9) Leave message on work phone that I am out of the office
10) Set email to "out of office"
11) Finish cleaning out the fridge
12) Pack some more
13) Scream in excitement that I'll be lounging by the pool this time next week
14) Buy some Valentine's goodies for kids and Grandma
15) Bake or buy some goodies to take for traveling
16) Find a picture of our friend Antonio to take to him in Cabo
17) Pray for good weather, safety, and that the kids won't miss us much
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18) Pray that I can focus on work for the next 3 days!!

MY NEW WEBSITE!!

Yeah, so my new website is up and running! Let me know what you think.

Get Fit With Kristen




Oh, and 10 more days!!!!!

Hula Hoop fun

Remember the days of hula hooping, when every child at recess had one around their waist? Well, apparently they are making a comeback, but this time they are being marketed as an exercise tool. I saw article about this new trend, and then at Walmart the other day, I walked by some for $4, so I decided to get some for the "kids". Aaron says they have them at school, but he isn't very good at doing it.

So we get home, and Aaron has mastered the art of hula hooping within about 20 minutes. When you are not very good at it, you generally move your hips a lot more than is actually required. Once you've mastered it, you are actually not moving your hips a whole lot. I wasn't very good at hula hooping when I was a kid, although I don't remember trying very much. However, I have now gotten the hang of it, and wanted to see how many calories you can burn doing it. I strapped on my heart rate monitor and grabbed the hoop. I did it for 30 minutes and burned 120 calories. I was expecting a bigger number, but considering my heart rate was staying right around 100 bpm, it was as if I was taking a walk. You do have to keep your abs pretty tight the whole time, so that can be an added benefit. Apparently you can now buy weighted hoops to make it more difficult. I have to admit that it was rather fun, and the time went quickly, and for $4 and not very much space, it could be a good workout to do while watching TV.

Anyway, I would really really like to post a video of Steve doing it, but it looks REALLY obscene, but totally hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard for a while....you know, where the tears start streaming down your face. Oh my, it was funny. He won't let me post it...I've asked :(
So here is Aaron doing it...in his spiderman suit for added pizazz

Craigslist

Today we had our first experience with Craigslist. If you are not familiar with craigslist, it is basically on online flee market/garage sale. You post items to sell in your area, you don't have to post any personal info (you put your email address in so craigslist can email you, but the buyer doesn't ever see your actual email address), and it takes about 5 minutes to post an ad, which shows up on the website almost immediately.

Steve has been wanting a new TV pretty much since we got our other TV. The other TV was great, but because our our rather large entertainment center, it was just too high for prime viewing. So, I gave Steve the go ahead to purchase another one. I gave him a "honey do list" of all the things he needed to complete in order to get this new TV (he tends to procrastinate on projects). He agreed to the terms and ordered the new TV today. One of the "terms" of purchase was that he had to put our other TV on craigslist to sell. He agreed. However, I was sitting here on the laptop, and decided to see what was involved in posting an ad. Well, it was just so easy, that I ended up just posting one.
At about 1:45 the ad was posted
At about 1:50 the ad appeared on craigslist
At 1:14 we get an email asking us to call about the TV
At about 1:30 Steve calls the man
About 20 minutes ago (3:15), we had cash in our hands, and the TV left our house!!

Now we have our bedroom TV in the living room to fill the big hole left by our now absent old TV. It looks absolutely tiny, but it will be fine until our new TV is delivered.

Now I'm thinking about all the other things I can sell on craigslist!!!!