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Whoa. I planned on a couple of weeks off, and next thing I know it’s been over a month. Oops.

Truth be told, not much to report – let me give you a summary: Valentine’s Day, chocolate, school holidays, Stella in the hospital, Stella out of the hospital, Elisa kind of freaked, diet, no chocolate, weight loss, crappy weather, back to school, more crappy weather, exercise, jeans fit better, freaked out about atomic power plants, still no chocolate. That about sums it up. So I’m sure by now you can see for yourself, but let’s all say it together:  February was kind of a bust. And so were the first two weeks of March.

Are you clamoring for a do-over? I’ll allow it. (In fact, I was kind of wishing for one myself.)

March is half-way along already, but it’s not over, so how about some New Month’s Resolutions to make the best of the next two weeks? ’cause it may have been a bust, but somewhere along the way I realized that you’d got to make the bet of what you’ve got. Ready?

This is Tracy Anderson. She is, cute, petite, a trainer-to-the-stars and a bit full of herself, but she is also kind of awesome – at least her method is. She does say “teeny tiny” a lot and it makes me a bit stabby, but if you drown that out with some good music her workouts are great. Which is why I have decided that in the next two weeks…

1. I will do one Tracy Anderson’s workouts every.single.day.

Wish me luck. And if you are feeling generous, maybe send an oxygen tank and some bionic limbs my way, ’cause her workouts are way harder than they look.

I am really really looking forward to April – quite aside from Easter, which is that magical time of the year when you have a good excuse to eat chocolate to your heart’s content (giving Christmas a run for its money in the title for “most wonderful time of the year”, if you ask me), this year April will also bring a weekend in London with my best friend, a weekend when my husband will be taking care of the girls and cook and all, something he didn’t object to at all, because he is awesome like that. In fact, he is just generally awesome and supportive and patient (gotta be patient to be married to me, I tell you) and I often alternate between wondering how I landed such a great guy and congratulating myself for it. So I have decided that

2. This month (or at least what’s left of it) I will refrain from nagging and/or bitching and/or snapping at my husband entirely.

If I can handle not eating chocolate for a month I can certainly reign in my temper and refuse to let my inner bitch out in the open.

Mind you, this resolution is limited to my husband. Mostly because he deserves it, bust also ’cause I have my limits.

The weather is still kind of awful here, but spring is coming – and with it, that long-awaited/dreaded tradition that is Spring Cleaning. Since so far I haven’t stuck to any of my household related resolutions (thereby confirming my status as a full-fledged undomestic goddess) I feel like I should at least make a little effort, so

3. This month I will declutter one room in our apartment.

Most likely the bedroom, so that I can make room for the spring wardrobe. What – a girl’s gotta find motivation somewhere, right?

But enough about me. What have you been up to? Any plans for this month?

 

 

 

 

 

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New Month’s Resolution graphic courtesy of Pokidots. Used with artist’s permission.

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