Baby Bucket List

Wow, my poor neglected blog… I’ve seriously been slacking! Part of the reason is because I’m too lazy to deal with the hundreds of photos on my camera. And I really like to include photos in my blog posts. The other reason is because I want to post something about Kiel Wedding Part 2, but I haven’t gotten the CD of the files yet. So stay tuned for that! 🙂

So what have I been up to lately? Mostly the same ol’, same ol’, although I have decided to once again try to get into working out/running. This time, instead of just getting out there and running, I’m trying out Couch to 5K. I think I was only 1-2 weeks into running when I started having a lot of knee pain the last time I decided to start running again. Andrew told me I was pushing too hard too fast. Yeah, I have a tendency to go by the “no pain no gain” philosophy, even though joint pain is generally a bad thing. So after finding a link to Couch to 5K on Pinterest, I read through the whole program and thought it seemed more gradual and do-able. Shockingly, Andrew agreed (yes, he’s my go-to guy when it comes to fitness). Having set time/distance increments really has helped me stay motivated and (so far) pain-free. I’m not quite done with Week 2 yet, but so far so good!

One of my favorite parts about running/walking/jogging is that it’s a good time to just ponder. I always seem to be pondering something, but being out in the woods really seems to be a good place to just think without distractions. Anyway, I came up with a brilliant plan! A Baby Bucket List! Okay, not that I’m equating getting pregnant with kicking the bucket, but it was the first things that popped into my head when I compiled a list of things I would like to do before we start a family. Here it is:

1. Get Healthy

This is a two-part thing. First I would like to finish up Couch to 5K and run a 5K somewhere in East Anglia (our neck of England). The plan after that is to continue to run regularly. I hate the gym. I hate sports (part of that is because I have absolutely no skill with any sport). So running it shall be! The other part of this is losing weight. Along with regularly working out, I am trying to be more aware of my portions at mealtime. It’s important to me to be physically healthy before we even talk about having kids.

2. Go to Italy

Okay, more specifically, drink wine in Italy! I would be really sad if we went to Italy and I couldn’t sample as much wine as I wanted. Our future trip to Italy is going to be a belated honeymoon, and I’m guessing pregnancy would kind of kill the whole “honeymoon vibe.”

3. Go to Belgium

Um, yeah, this one has to do with alcohol consumption as well. Don’t judge me for appreciating good booze. 🙂 There are six breweries in Belgium still run by Trappist monks, and apparently, they’re amazing. I don’t love beer nearly as much as Andrew does, but I know I would love to go to a monastery to drink some beer!

So, yeah, short bucket list. But they are things I want to accomplish/experience yet, and that’s important to me. And maybe I’m a little nutty for giving myself a to-do list before starting a family. I’m sure I’ll come up with other crazy things to ponder out in the woods… 🙂