It's been a while

Hello dear friends. I haven't really blogged in a while. I guess it's time for an update. Things are really changing around the Andreas household!! As you may know over a month ago I started at Union Hospitals Fitness Center and I'm LOVING it!!! I'm starting to see some little results but ultimately I just feel better! I hav NEVER felt this rejuvinated!! I'm so determined to get this weight off and keep it off. Not just because I want to look better, but because I want to live my life better. I'm very glad I made the decision to get a personal trainer. I realized I don't push myself nearly hard enough. Even when I go to the gym by myself I don't, but I at least I know what to do and how to do it. But Chad is wonderful. He pushes me hard but doesn't take me to the point where I feel like I'm going to throw up and and die.

Our long time babysitter, Tracy, isn't watching Liam anymore. It was hard to hear and switch but that's just how the timing worked. She wanted to be a stay at home mom who watched kids but because of the economy she had to go back into the work force. So we got Liam into Treehouse Day Care. And we LOVE it!! We never put him into a big facility because of our work schedules ... not that they are any better now, but we have great friends who are willing to help us out. My schedule is changing at work to where I only have to work one evening a week which financially is scary but it has to be done. I'm hoping my clients will understand that the only reason I'm eliminating my other evening is so I can be with Liam more in the evenings. It will be odd to have Mondays to myself again, but I admit I will love having the time to get some cleaning and errands done. Plus some alone time never hurt anybody.

Work is good but a big rollercoaster!! My best friend Jimmy left, right around the time Amy is set to come back from medical leave. Laken took a promotion at her other job so now we need a new receptionist. It's funny, it's been over a year since we moved to this smaller salon and I'm still not use to this "small Medusa's" I started working at Medusa's when I was 16. It was my first job and I loved it. It's what shoved me into doing hair. I always loved it, but seeing it every day made me have passion for it. And I'm eternally grateful. But the dynamic is totally different. To go from 8 stylists and three receptionist in a spa salon down to 2 stylists that just do hair in a 900 sq ft building is a hard switch. But we digress. Neil and I are very driven motivated stylists. Amy is coming back but who knows for how long. She is in school at IVYTech and when she graduates she will be making a career change. Things are just now getting interesting.

Josh is doing great at work and I'm very proud of him. He is such a hard worker. Now that his hours have changed we are trying to adjust to his new schedule. And we will, just like we did before. In April he will be at Duke for four years. It's a great company to work for even with his schedule. It provides well for our family.

2011 has not been good to us but we refuse to be knocked down. With every down that comes our way there is an up. I will not be derailed. I'm determined to be positive and find a learning experience in each of our endeavors. But I do feel we are on an up swing. I'm in a great mental place right now after I allowed myself a few weeks ago to break down. Now I feel renewed!