This is a cool idea

http://now.msn.com/now/0301-ikea-flatpack-house.aspx

85K gets you the house and all the furnishings from IKEA! WOW! Small but fun!

Can you say Doug and Mary cabin???? Now I just need the lake to put it on!

This is amazing and SOOO TRUE!

Everything is possible when you have a great attitude!!!!!

Donald Driver on DWTS!!!

This is so fun! I think he will do so great!

This will get me to watch Dancing with the Stars for sure!

Birkie 2012

I had the best Birkie race EVER! It was a beautiful day and the snow was so much fun!! I was so happy from the first K to the last 50K!!! 32 miles through the woods on skinny skis...that is my idea of the best time EVER! The hills were a bit tricky just because the snow was soooo soft but I took it easy and paced myself out just right! It was the very first Birkie where I did not stop on any of the hills to gasp for breath! I made it up and over the top of every hill! The down hills were FAST!!!!! I did NOT snow plow! I LOVED that...it has taken a lot of hard work and TONS of coaching to not snow plow all the time down those screaming fast hills! (Thanks to Jim Boldra for all his AMAZING patients teaching me this sport!!!)

I was so happy to have Emma there all weekend to take in Birkie Fever! She really had fun! We got to ski together, dance together, and meet TONS of people from all over the world!!!

Most of my friends are ready to hang up their skis the day after the Birkie but I will ski as long as there is snow! I love it. I could ski every day of my life!!!

Follow me during the Birkie on Saturday

My third Birkebeiner!!! You can follow me if you want! Click here!!!!

Who knows how I will do??? Who knows what the conditions will be??? How will my asthma be? So many things to find out during this race!! Will my camelbak freeze walking to the start like last year? Will some crazed lunatic skier take me out like on the Pre-Birkie?

This is what I LOVE about xc skiing!! You just NEVER know what the day will bring! So many variables...you just have to take them as they come!

Things to remember: eat, drink, and go slow until you hit the half way (25k) mark (that is harder than it sounds!!!!)

Things to do: Smile, don't forget to look around, meet my friends (and Emma this year) at the Hayward Bakery at the end and eat a cookie!!!!

Life is good. I love adventures! I love finding what I am made of!!!

Strange Addiction...really strange!

She already has the World Record for largest breast and she wants them to get BIGGER! CRAZY RIGHT? She already is a size 38KKK. What kind of bra is that???

Here is the story!

Laura one of our Biggest Losers...

Hello Doug and Mary ,

Well, I know how much I worked my butt off this past week, more than the week before. And yet, I have only lost 2.4 lbs. And Jasper only lost 1.9 lbs. Hmmm...

I am breaking down and I'm going to do journaling this week and see if it makes a difference. I did not go out to eat at all last week, but maybe I was eating more than I realized. So it's come to food journaling.

I hate food journaling, but I hate being 219.2 lbs even more than food journaling. And I hate not being at my goal weight that I had set for myself by this time. I really wanted to be down to at least 211 by the end of the first month.

I really just can't wait to be below 200. I haven't seen that since my thyroid went haywire on me.

I don't even know what to say for Jasper. I know he's working hard at work and he's sweating multiple times on a daily basis. I'm just going to keep encouraging him. We are making a point to get out more and be more active. We went hiking up and down the bluff by his family's place on Sunday. It was a very fun time that consisted of lots of exercise. It felt good to actually not have to stop every few steps to catch my breath.

I'll talk to you in the morning!!

Laura

What I would like to say to her is....CELEBRATE any amount of weight loss!!! You are moving forward!!!!! Life is changing so embrace it! Journal your food for sure!!! It is the BEST way to lose weight!!!!

Go Laura and Jasper! Keep it up!