Airbrush Tattoo

Bella, James, and I hiking

My new bike

My new hair (I took this picture yesterday this is my most current)

It's just barely summer and I'm already sportin a flip flop tan line! WAHOO! I've been keepin busy like mad, and I'm lovin it! I bought myself a new bicycle because I've been wanting to get into it for a while. I got a Specialized ariel sport, which is at about an intermediate range. It's a hybrid, so light enough to go on the road, and sturdy enough to take on the trails. So far I've been exploring the pathways that who would have thought it were right outside of my door. I guess I'm at the junction of the Ogden River and the Weber River, and BOTH have awesome paved pathways with beautiful routes around them. This also means that I'm connected to the city without having to ride on the road yet. I'll be honest, I'm not confident and road savy enough to compete with cars yet so I'm glad I've found these pathways. They add a few extra miles on the routes, but the beauty and safety are worth it! One goes over to riverdale, which is where most of the stores I shop are, one goes out to West Haven, and the other goes up the Ogden River to the Canyon, and who's on the other end of this parkway? Yep! James!! I can ride my bike to his house along the pathway, cool beans I must say! I've decided that I'm going to try to drive my car around the city as little as I can, basically only driving to work. I'm even going to start riding to Yoga next week after I get just a tad more experience of road driving. That means that on Monday, Wednesday, Thursdays, and Saturday I go to the gym for Yoga and Zumba and on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday James and I will be biking around! I can not WAIT for those biker legs!
I've started a new diet/lifestyle that I describe on my other blog. So far, so good! It's based on finding a balance with your food, everything in life is categorized as yin or yang, and finding a balance is what creates a long and healthy life. There are many cancer patients who actually use this diet in means to help support their treatments. It consists mostly of plants, like whole wheat, brown rice, buckwheat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and the occasional fish (shrimp SOMETIMES). I've been doing it for two solid weeks now, embarking on my third and I'm really enjoying it. I'm down to my lowest weight yet, and when I went to try on pants at the store I actually fit into size 5's.... that is a freaking size 5!!! Yeah I was excited. I'm finding however that I'm needing to up my food intake to keep up with my new more active lifestyle. It's all good, I've perfected vegetable fried rice, buckwheat noodle stir fry, and miso soup. I'll sometimes sneak the occasional organic Ogden grown eggs in my diet, but I keep those at a minimum. All in all, I'm pretty happy with this lifestyle and feel it's a good choice for me right now. Though I'll be honest... I miss my chicken breasts, but not as much as I once did!
So this is what I've been up to for the summer so far. Picnics, hikes, bike rides, kite-flying, and just having a good time. I must say it's really nice to have someone in my life that actually helps me and pushes me to get out and be active. Upcoming plans for the summer include: James's birthday this weekend where he's going to take home his brand new Harley Davidson, Boating with my daddy this coming Monday, Lagoon with my work, camping with friends, and lots and lots of bike riding! Man, I love me some summer fun!