Greenwood Triathlon

The time has come, my friends,

To talk of many things: 

Of bikes--and shoes--and swimming suits--

Of good times--and of friends--

...I was going to try and go on with ripping off Lewis Carroll but instead I will just tell you that you should do the Greenwood Triathlon, it is jolly good times and fun will be had by all! If I can do it, you can definitely do it!

For more info, go here. Basically, on May 28 my family (mostly Mom) puts on a triathlon that starts at the Fillmore Swimming Pool and ends up at my parents house. I am never the fastest, but it is always fun. I think that Carla has come in first for the girls all of the past triathlons, but she is going to have a baby about that time and is out of the running, therefore someone else might have a chance, it probably won't be me (really, have you seen me run?) , but that could be incentive for you to participate!

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. 

Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." 

How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. 

You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." 

Happy Ark Day!

And Noah said....March Forth!---Grandpa Tilman Johnson

No Sugar March

Okay, so if you know me at all you know that I am probably a little too addicted to sugar. Yep, I admitted it. That is the first step, right? I crave basically anything with that particular white powdery stuff. This would be all fine and good if sugar loved me as much as I love it, but alas (ha, I just used the word alas!) it doesn’t. It continually likes to make me be a little bit more round and fluffy than I would really like to be, now if I were a cake or a cookie or some other confectionary goodness that would be great, but I am definitely not one of those, even though I am starting to resemble them.

At this point you are probably wondering what the point of this tirade is, well I am going to try and go off refined sugar for the month of March. GASP! Shocker, I know.. This means that I am going to try really hard not to eat refined sugar.  I am still going to eat fruits and naturally occurring sugars and some natural sugar substitutes are okay in moderation and maybe have one day a week be a free day(I I have to have something sweet. I might go crazy if I don’t have any sweets at all). So 

So here is the deal. My lovely, awesome, wonderful people (and by people, I mainly mean roommates) you have to help me. When I am standing in the kitchen wanting to make cupcakes or brownies or something, you need to tell me no. I know, this goes against all instincts and you never agreed to go on the no-sugar thing with me. But I think it could be good to see that I CAN and WILL survive without copious amounts of sugar running through my bloodstream.

Okay, I think I beat that topic to a pulp. 

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" — Audrey Hepburn

Love!

(I got this pic in an email from terrybicycles.com)

Guess what??? I am so excited I finally purchased a road bike! I am in love! Do you want to see what it looks like? 

Isn't it gorgeous? And so much fun to ride! Granted, as soon as I bought it the wind started blowing and then it snowed a TON! I haven't ridden it hardly at all, but I will! I am going to bundle up in the warmest biking type clothes that I have and go on an awesome bike ride. So in honor of the last day of February I am declaring myself in love! I know you are not supposed to love things, but like just doesn't seem to be a strong enough word. So does anybody want to go on a bike ride with me?

The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.
Ann Strong
Minneapolis Tribune, 1895.

Dear Mike,

Dear Mike,
      I blogged.
Love,
    Chelsey

In 2011...

I will always replace the gas cap before driving away from the pump
I will Brush, Floss, AND Rinse twice a day
I will exercise my smile muscles
I will sing loudly in the car
I will keep track of my phone...maybe.
I will wake up happy.
I will not press the snooze button more than three times.
I will pluck my eyebrows more.. No one likes a uni-brow.
I will read my scriptures everyday

I will take more picturesI will snowshoe, hike, camp, and enjoy the outdoors more often
I will remember that Muffin Day is on the 29th of every month
I will worry less when my house is messy and there is company.
I will pass the CPA exam.
I will play games and build blanket forts with my nieces and nephews (well, Will and Camelia might still be a little bit too young for this one)
I will weigh at least 30 lbs less on Dec. 31, 2011 than I do today.

I will have a FANTASTIC year and be optimistic about my life.