The Skinny Jeans

I started another blog awhile ago, after stumbling on a blog dedicated to Kelly's preparation for her first triathlon. And while I'm not training for a triathlon I definitely needed something to make me feel more accountable to working out. I have a bunch of things against me when it comes to working out. I got married a few months ago and my new hubby can eat massive quantities of anything and everything and never gain a pound and it's been hard not to join in on the french fries and pizza (everything in moderation, remember that). An other thing is we moved and now I have no friends to go workout with and no best friend to tell me when my jeans are starting to look too tight. So I started a new blog, I don't like to think of it as a weight loss journal or anything like that, but it is important to have an attainable goal. I have a great pair of jeans that I love and looked amazing in last summer, and now they look like they've been painted on, so they don't get worn. The goal now, and the title of the blog, is to look stunning in The Skinny Jeans. I record a workout plan for everyday. It's also been a fun way to keep in touch with an old friend, Kelly, who was the inspiration behind it!

Just An Ordinary Day

I am getting completely spoiled by the weather, scenery and our house. James and I both get home from work right as the sun sets every evening. We are lucky enough to live right on the beach, so we walk down every night to watch it, and are amazed at the beauty every night. The tide was out the other day so we walked up and down the coast gazing at the ocean. Much to my surprise a school of dolphins were swimming about 20 feet away, playing and jumping in the surf. It was amazing to see them so close!

ps to mrs weekes - I need your blog's website!

The Circus Tide

The other day James took the dogs down to our beach, the tide table showed a 'negative low tide' marked in red, and being from Idaho we had no idea what a negative low tide was. There's high tide and low tide, right? And maybe the negative means it's extra low, or something.....

Our beach is kind of secluded by the cliffs wrapping around, and at high tide the tide comes right up against the cliffs and gets deep. There are about 100 stairs to get up and down to the beach. Sometimes when the tide is washing out there is about a two foot jump from the last step to the sand.

We usually only take the dogs at low tide so there is room for them to run around. One this particular day, when James got down to the beach he noticed that for being at low tide the water was coming pretty far up on the beach, but didn't really think too much of it. James and the dogs were really enjoying themselves running and playing fetch. Then after a minute or so the tide came in, almost to James' waist! Dog decoys, leashes, and flip flops were about to get washed away so James tries to hurry and grab all of that, meanwhile the dogs are about to be washed away too! Both dogs are crying and looking at James with great big panicky eyes trying to swim back to James. He runs out to Packer and basically throws him onto the staircase that leads back up the cliff, and goes back out to get Denver. Packer then freaks out because James and Denver are both in the water now, so Packer jumps back in! Since Denver is in hand he goes and puts Denver on the steps. And then Packer is trying to get up on that first step but with the water rushing around, practically making a whirlpool he can't do it. James jumps back in and pushes Packer on the bottom step. Both dogs are safe on the bottom step just crying and shaking. It was like a circus trying to save both dogs, decoys, leashes and flip flops! All of this happened in a matter of seconds, so fast but also kind of in slow motion. James decided that was enough fun at the beach for one day and put leashes and shoes on and walked back home!

James learned for both of us that the negative low tide, is really like and extra super high tide. We decided it is marked in red on the tide table for a reason! And now we just call it the circus tide!

We made it!

Well we made it! After two long days in the car, and getting lost along the way (I should not be the navigator)! But we were able to see more of California that way! We are almost completely settled, and were able to spend New Years on the beach with the dogs. It was fun seeing them in the ocean for the first time! Here are a few pictures. I'll post more of the house and stuff soon!

Walking to the beach for sunset!

The oranges in my front yard, delicious!

Another tree in the yard.

New Years on the beach. First time at the ocean for the dogs.

So far everything is going great! We picked out our new surfboards and can't wait to try it out this weekend! The house is super cute and ready for visitors! We've been really enjoying our new neighborhood, there's lots of new fun things to do and new places to go. Driving to work has never been so much fun! I have a view of the ocean the entire drive and the streets are lined with palm trees!