The best things in life are free

The best things in life are free.

Or, after the next 2 months, they will cost approximately $2 a month.

Follow my cryptic hintings up there? 

Derick and I finally committed to committing to joining a gym! We decided at long last, and after much consideration, decided to join a local LA Fitness. Just a few of the perks that we will now be able to enjoy with our membership:

• Access to all of the LA Fitness gyms in the state (all for the SAME price as our base membership – no additional fees for clubs!)
• Access to all of the weights and equipment (obviously)
• Access to free classes ranging from Aquatic Aerobics to Zumba (yay Zumba!)
• Lap pool with three large lanes – no children allowed (unlike other gyms we went to)
• Kid’s club (not that we need it, but nice to know it is there for potential use down the road)
• Personal training sessions (additional fees here, but there if we want to enroll)
• Juice Bar (at our location - again, for a price, but surprisingly cheap!)

I am really excited to getting back into shape, now that I have gone to the gym a few times since joining. 

I never thought I would be one of those people that EVER said to herself, you know, I really miss the gym, in the case that I hadn't made it to the gym that day. This thought TOTALLY crossed my mind as I was driving to my cake decorating class on Monday night. 

Oh, BTW, I spur of the moment decided i would enrolled in another cake decorating class during the month of July - cake flowers is the focus of this class, and actually, the very first Wilton class I have ever taken. So there's that too. 

Can you tell I like to torture myself with allotting myself zero free time...

Also, in recent news, I tried (again) to start reading a Malcolm Gladwell book (Outliers) and for the LIFE of me, I CANNOT get into those books. I start reading and for some reason I associate it and his other two books with sheer boredom. I tried, I mean really tried to read it - but even opening the book felt awful. So, that book auto-made-it to the Swap Stack and ironically, was instantly snatched up and requested it be sent out. DONE! I also listed the other book I recently finished:

This is a work of FICTION by Jen Lancaster. NOT another one of her autobiographical books. I thought it was just another one in the series when I had requested it, so when I started reading the book, I was strangely confused. Then I read the dust jacket and lo and behold, discovered the reason for my confusion. It was not about her at all. Complete fiction. It was still a pretty decent book. A little reminiscent of 13 going on 30 and a lot of those mini-time travel type situation books out there. Not bad though. Her writing style still reads like her, which I l-o-v-e about her writing.

Next-up on the to-be-read stack is:

I am already falling for this book. Since I was a nanny a few summers of my life, it really rings true some of the experiences they mention in the book. And, while I did not nanny in New York (where the book takes place), there are similarities across the board for nannies everywhere, which is why I think it struck a chord with so many out there.

Well, that is all for now, happy reading and working out!

-LD