Doooon't stop, beeeelievin'....

I assure you, blog, I have not been ignoring you. I have been simply uninspired.

So far I have managed to surpass my two-minute-in-a-half-hour-session walking/jogging time to five minutes and 40 seconds. Not all at once (mrr), but still any improvement right now is encouraging and I'm very grateful for it.

The Top Ten of the Rar. Keep Moving. Playlist:
1) Only the Young (Journey)
2) I've Just Seen a Face (Across the Universe)
3) You Already Know (Train)
4) The Devil is Bad (W's)
5) Any Way You Want It (Journey)
6) It Won't Be Long (Across the Universe)
7) Ma Ya Hi (American Remix) (O-ZONE)
8) Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey)
9) The Sound (Switchfoot)
10) Lights (Journey)

There's more on there, but it's being switched around and whittled down.

In other news, VBS is coming up in about three weeks and it's (truthfully) probably the first time I've looked quite this forward to it. We're cutting it down to two hours instead of three for one thing which I love. Take into account we start at 6:00 PM. Little kids at 9:00 at night? They no longer care. They just want to go to bed. I can't say I blame them after 3 hours every night. So to make up for the time cut we're smashing together crafts and missions (my class) which I think will work fine. Most of the classes, except maybe bible study, don't use the full 30 minutes anyway.

Admittedly a lot of my old underlying frustration with VBS came from feeling it was too "churchy." Make sense? It's been around forever. I wasn't sure it was even accomplishing anything anymore. And I don't remember being too fond of it as a kid. So with all these thoughts in mind, my view of VBS was tainted and with each passing year I had more and more trouble volunteering.
That is, until last year, where my view was altered entirely.

Ah! That sounds like a blog post. Inspiration! You'll have to wait.

Mmm....I'm trying to be good and healthy but all I can dream of is chocolate chip cookie bars.

Curious Links:
Taxi Driver Relies on Yap-Nav (Dun dun dun...The Return of Ananova)

Infinity Pool on the 55th-Story of Hotel (Now World's Most Expensive Hotel)

More on Tate / Playlist Assistance

So since I found out I can give his soon-to-be-legal American name (but just not the currently-legal African one) I can assure you baby Tate is incredibly cute. He's 5 1/2 months old. I already have pictures to show off, so be sure to ask if you see me (again, can't post anything online yet). Even if you don't ask I'm sure you'll see them anyway and possibly numerous times since I keep forgetting who already has.

I could use some help. I'm working on a playlist for walking/jogging music and would really love some ideas. I tend to struggle with treadmills because 1) they cause major mental boredom and 2) they cause major mental boredom. I'm walking. W-a-l-k-i-n-g. They have tv's and I have mp3's so you wouldn't think it would matter but it does. So I have to keep myself moving, not bored and have major motivation. So far I've been listening to all Journey because they're pretty much spot-on what I'm looking for. They're strong driving beats with that great 80's dramatic flair. It opens with a great warm up in "Only the Young" and ends with "Lights." The current favorite of the bunch, however, is "Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)". It feels epic. Boss battle epic. I could take this treadmill down (not really please!). It's also great to envision how you would rock out to it. But I'm needing some variety. And googling "exercise music lists" just isn't working. (They keep suggesting Fergie & Jay-Z. No.)

I'm vaguely considering the idea of joining Komen's Race for the Cure 3-mile run in October. Currently I can't run (um, jog) more than two minutes in any half hour session, so any time I mentally commit my body shivers in fear. Yikes. But I do love that Komen has a Sleep In For the Cure. That rocks. :)