When you are reluctant to change, think of the beauty of autumn

Yesterday I was trying to make mental notes of all of the things I had to blog about. As of tonight I am having a hard time remembering. Here it goes...
Yesterday I pre-made some bacon and zucchini quiches for my weekly Friday morning Momtime. I do love Momtime. It's an hour and a half every Friday morning where a bunch of us Austin moms sit around and chat - sometimes structured, sometimes not. We also take turns bringing food and have a nice little brunch while our children play in the nursery. I was a little leery when I first starting attending as I didn't know many people. I now look forward to my Fridays because of it.
Anywho, after cooking a quiche recipe that directs to "fry zucchini, onions and garlic in bacon drippings..." I was happy to have my workout date with friends to try cycling class at the Y. (sidenote: the Y did finally waive my joiner's fee!)
Cycling = hard. I was grateful to have Monica, Kristy and Christine all by my side as beginners too. Of course no one else in the room is talking and Monica is there to keep me entertained, yelling things at me like, "You can do it, Anna! This is for the skinny jeans! Let's burn off that bacon!" Hilarious. Thank you, Monica.

After class I was asking the front desk about the "Young adult member" discount. The woman working gave me a look and said, "Um. Yeah. Are you twenty-three?" as if the answer was an obvious no. For the first time while living here in Austin I wasn't embarassed to share my age. It is going to save me money.

On that note, I am doing another self-ban from Target. Two weeks starting today. This means I am not allowed to step foot into Target again until Friday, the 19th of November. I decided if I am going to get my Y membership, everytime I get the itch to shop I will workout instead. If I have time to go to Target, I have time to run or do something more productive to reach my new goals.

What new goals? Well, I am going to lose 10 more lbs by Christmas. That would mean a total of 15 lbs from the time I started to Christmas day.

As I was working out yesterday, I thought to myself, This is ridiculous. I look like an idiot attempting to salsa dance at Zumba. I should really just embrace the part of me that wants to hibernate all winter and make heavy, rich foods and be content with that.

Then I remembered two great quotes;

"When you are reluctant to change, think of the beauty of autumn" --author unknown
(Perhaps it is because of my love for fall I find this to be so inspiring)


"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
--Robert A. Heinlein
(This was my reminder to keep expanding my horizons and try new things)

Things I am thankful for :

Yesterday - Being considered a 'young adult'

Today - The opening of JoAnn fabrics here in Austin

New things in the Otto house;