What Metabolism?

I was warned growing up that one day my metabolism would slow down but it seemed so far away and I often thought to myself that won't happen. Well that "blessed" day has come with a vengenance. Shouldn't your metabolism speed up as you get older? When you are younger and in school you have PE classes and are constantly on the run. So whatever calories you do eat they are usually gone by the end of the day. I would eat pizza almost everyday and not gain a pound. So it seems unfair that when you are older and don't have a PE class frequently that suddenly your metabolism begins to fail you. Now it looks like watching what I eat and increasing the exercise routines are in the cards to fight back.

Awww the Joys of Home Ownership

Matt and I are loving our house but lately it seems like every week there is something new to put money towards. A few weeks ago we had a horrible wind storm and our storm door didn't close properly the night before. Well the wind got under it and slammed it into the brick. After that it wouldn't shut properly anymore, so Matt pulled it off the hinges to see if he could repair it. The entire door was bent!! Then a couple days later the wind came back and blew our grill across the lawn and into pieces! That was a project not worth investing into, so we had to throw it away. Next our printer decided to stop working and had ink all over the inside. Luckily Matt was able to clean that up and get it to start working again. Although, not even ten minutes after he fixed the printer we discovered that our washer was no longer spinning. LOL...poor Matt, good thing he took a break from school so he can be Mr. Fix-It. They say things come in threes and that is four, so I'm hoping we are done for awhile.