So as I stated in a previous post, we recently joined our local Y. We have been wanting to loose some weight and our hind ends must get to it because we will be spending the first week of June here…..

We will be setting sale on board the Carnival Dream on May 29th for seven days with my sister Lindsay , brother in law Spencer and my two brothers Matthew and Nicholas. In just a few short weeks, my mom would have been graduating from the University of Findlay with her degree in Elementary Education. When she had started there as a non-traditional student two years ago, we had told her that when she graduated we wanted to take her on her very first cruise to celebrate all her wonderful achievements. After mom passed away in October, my sister, brothers and I discussed it and decided that mom would still want us to go. So, that’s what we are going to do. This will be my second cruise and I can’t wait to go and spend such a fun week with my siblings, husband and brother-in-law.

Since the majority of this vacation will be spent in a bathing suit, it is time to stop making excuses and shed that baby weight that I have been carrying for almost 4 years now. I decided to sign up for a step class that is offered for free at the Y for members and went for the first time last Monday and then again today. I have done step before but that has been a few years now. So I walk in there with no makeup on and my mangy hair pushed back with a headband as it is 9:15 on a Monday morning and who gets dolled up before a workout? Well apparently I am incorrect in my thinking and you do get dolled up for your workout. One lady in particular walks in with her beautiful shoulder length hair all curled and not a hair out of place and impeccable makeup. I couldn’t help but snicker and think “Well, this must be her first step class.” The instructor gets going on her nicely put together routine and I am starting to feel like I am going to DIE about 20 minutes in to the 60 minute class! If you’ve ever taken a step class, you know that the room is generally mirrored all across the front of the room. So I’m looking around at everyone else and they are acting like this is no thing. The lady with the hair and makeup, a pro! She isn’t even breaking a sweat for petes sake! And here I am with my face a shade of red I have never seen, I am dripping sweat everywhere and wheezing like I’ve been smoking two packs a day for 25 years. Ok, that my be a bit exaggerated but I thought there was a very good possibility that I was going hit the floor. At least the instructor was breaking a small sweat so I don’t feel like a complete freak.

I’ve been feeling pretty good about what progress I have seen so far in myself so I decided that maybe I stood a pretty good chance of ordering some bathing suits for our vacation and for once feeling good about how I looked. Wrong again. I love to look as cute as the next girl but want to be modest as well. What can I say, my mom passed on certain attributes that are hard to hide and I this body has endured 2 difficult pregnancies in 22 months time. So after feeling a bit discouraged from that experience, the search continues for the right bathing suit. On the bright side I did get a very nice pair of beach linen pants that fit great and will look very cute with a tank and some flip flops.

If you have any suggestions on where I could find a good quality bathing suit, I am welcoming to any ideas.

You may (or may not have) noticed there is a new button on my sidebar. Lynnette over at Dancing Barefoot On Weathered Ground is hosting Simplifying for Sanity. The idea is declutter, clean and put your personal touch on each room of your house. She will choose one room a week and you have a week to complete the room. I love it when the house is sparkling clean but dread the whole process so this is just the motivation that I need. If you would like to join us, head on over to Lynnette’s blog and grab her Simplifying for Sanity button.

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