Fitness Friday: Wishing for a snow day

As I look out the window from the couch where I am typing this, I’m watching huge snow flakes fall by the window. It’s been snowing for at least 30 minutes now, but it’s all melting as soon as it hits the ground. Quite unfortunate really. The one...

Fitness Friday

Since I started my Wii Fit program on January 30th, I’m happy to report that I have put in at least 30 minutes of activity a day, not including the hour I spend out walking with the dog. Actually, I only logged 22 minutes of workout on the Wii yesterday...

It’s on like Donkey Kong

I finally hooked the Wii back up to the TV on Friday night and pulled out my Wii Fit balance board. I don’t know why I was dreading it. Although the Wii was trying to hold me back and didn’t want to take in the disc (apparently dirt and dog fur is NOT good...

Cityboy Book Review: A glimpse into what it’s really like

I just finished reading Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson. I have barely been able to put it down the last few days, eager to learn how this poor sap’s life turns out, what happens with his insane bet against a fellow analyst and...

I must have been very good lately

Santa Claus came early this year…and he brought me a wildly fantastic new SLR camera! My dear husband mentioned to me before my birthday that he’d been thinking about getting me a new camera for blogging, work and fun use. But unfortunately the prices were...

Sick. As. A. Dog.

That would be my husband. He has managed to cause the herpes zoster virus stored in his system during childhood to rear its ugly head and play with his body for the next few weeks. So you don’t need to go research on google or wikipedia, when he was a kid, he...