DORY- The words 'marathon' & my name don't go into the same sentence......... bahaha. I'm laughing so hard just thinking about it!!! The trek home from school is about half an hour & I'm guessing it's about 4km? I know that isn't far, but you have never seen my bent out of shape bod! lol. I have little markers set up & I have to run to each one & then walk for a few minutes & then run to the next one. I am finding that I am running greater distances than I am walking & I'm getting stronger with my stride & also recovering with my breath better. We taxi to school, then I run/jog/hyperventilate home, then during the day, any grocery shopping or errands is done on foot & then I walk back to the school in the afternoon & probably 80% of the time, we walk home again. I'm getting about 3 hours+ of exercise per day. Then on Friday's I do Zumba. It sounds a lot, but honestly, the results I'm getting are so worth it! You will love chatting with Kelly, she does triathalons & so does her man. That is just WAY too much for me!! So, tell us, have you spoken to the 'relative in question'? I'm curious as to what comes out her mouth next. How is Miss Hannah today???

MAKO _ Bless your beautiful heart, I think you are such an awesome & inspiring lady. Sage is so lucky to have you!!! I can't wait to get back to Aus & see his Santa pic on FB! The girls are going super! They are loving all the Christmas fanfare taking place at school. Boy, I thought in Aus we went OTT at Christmas, you should see how the Americans & also the Chinese do it! The Chinese don't celebrate Christmas, but all their malls are decked out to the nines in the most beautiful of decorations. It's wonderful. There are HUGE glittering Christmas trees everywhere. The kids think they are in wonderland! The classrooms at school all have trees, lights, tinsel, fake snow & decorations everywhere. It's really festive!!! Jessica got an absolutely glowing first report card from the school, so we are thrilled about that.

AFM _ I am so Mother Earth, I made a big stroganoff for dinner last night, so it's leftovers all the way tonight! bahahaha. No cooking for me thank you very much! I'm off to snuggle my babies on the couch & watch cartoons. Oh yeah, the fog this mornign was so bad, I thought we had floated into the clouds. I couldn't even see the ground, let alone the other apartments in our complex. It took Alan's driver 4.5 HOURS to navigate the traffic to get him to work!! Madness.