I’ve been doing pretty good on my fitness challenge. I managed to lose 2 lbs over the holidays so that brings my total up to 16 lost. Only 9 more to meet my goal.

After being sick for a week, I’m so tired and ready to be healthy again. Work doesn’t stop for sickness… especially in January and not only do I have projects to wrap up but also a presentation in Australia to finalize and practice. But I like being busy. Unfortunately last week Megan was sick too so WE and I got to remember exactly how much she does for WEjr and for the general flow of our household. We were glad to have her back this week! Now WE is starting to feel sick so I’m afraid the sickness will never end…

But on to some more exciting news – I drove the Honda (stick shift) to AND from work today without killing it once!!!! That’s a first. So hopefully that means I’m getting the hang of it. Even though I didn’t kill it I did get honked at once for being slow off the start…so I guess there’s always something to work on. Thanks Dad for taking me out on Christmas Eve to learn how to drive it. I think WE is in heaven getting to drive his new car finally.

I coached our first YW basketball game of the season on Saturday. We lost but the girls are already starting out better than last year. I’m excited for the team and hope that we can win enough games to make it to the tournament. Also, on the church front WE is feverishly working on a technical solution to be able to webcast our next stake conference. He’s buying all kinds of video, mixing, and broadcasting equipment and weighing options on quality and cost to try and get a great, sustainable solution within budget. So he’s been scouting out the church attic on Saturdays while we play bball. Lastly, in a couple Sundays I’m going to be conducting a Youth Choir for sacrament meeting. They will be singing Hark All Ye Nations. I’m hoping it all comes together nicely and will be a simple, but powerful addition to the spirit of the meeting.

Well, that’s about all from this little corner of the world.