Hiking the Y...or not.

These past few weeks Skyler and I have come to a rude awakening. We are getting really fat. We realized this when we were walking in target dream shopping just looking at things we would want to get for our very far off future house. We were walking down the home decor isle when we came to the mirrors. A 360 degree isle (of torture) where you can see yourself at every angle. We both stopped, stared and then ran out of there as fast as our chubby little bums could take us. So the next day we decided that enough is enough and we NEED to go on a diet or we WILL die. The honeymoon is OVER! (As my wonderful stepmom Cheryl would say) We have been so happy these past seven months in our blissful little married wonderland eating anything and everything in sight without even thinking about exercising. Basically we have become the marshmallow couple. (hmm..thinking of marshmallows is making me want a smoore!...SEE this is exactly what I am talking about!) Anyway, since being married both of us have gained about 20 pounds a piece. Daaang. So we decided that we are going to eat better and be more active.

So in my efforts to not be fat anymore, I decided to go hiking with my friend, Devery, up Y Mountain. I've done this hike before a couple times and it is strenuous, but not really THAT hard and I've always thought it was fun when you do it with friends. It had been maybe a year or 2 since I had last done it so I decided to do it again. This was the WORST idea I have ever had. Someone tell me WHAT was I thinking? I have gained almost 20 pounds in the last seven months and probably could count the times I have gone out to exercise on my fingers. What makes me think that I could just go walk up a mountain without wanting to DIE??? We didn't make it to the top to say the least and this morning I felt like I had been run over by a truck. It was awful. Not to mention embarrassing. So I've decided to start slow for now. I've looked up some good hiking spots online that are rated as "easy". (Anything more than that for now might kill me.) BUT..turns out Utah is great if you are looking for walking or hiking trails! I tried to go to one today with my sister in law but that didn't work out too great either. I think it would have been fine had we actually found the trail. My sense of direction is notorious for helping me get to where I do NOT want to be. After driving for half an hour looking for the trail ( I had even written down directions from mapquest...hello, how could I not find it?) we gave up and decided to try another day. I will have to convince Sky to drive me so that I will actually be able to reach the trail.

So anyway, better luck next time. Devery and I have decided to meet once a week and do some fun exercise thing together and on the days between, we will exercise on our own. So we'll see how this all works out and one day I will again be able to hike the Y (to the top).

Hello, World!

Hello, Everyone...
So I decided to get into this blogging buisness. Everyone and their mom seems to have a blog nowadays and I think that it is time that I be part of this lovely adventure. After taking an hour just to figure out how to get started...I finally have created my BEAUTIFUL (if I do say so myself..) blog page! Yay me. It's the little things in life, ya know.

So, now what to blog about...I hadn't really thought about it yet. Skyler says I should tell the story of "us". And he says he's not a mushy, romantic kind of guy, ha! It's a good idea, but who really wants to hear that story besides your mom and little sister? So how about I start with the basics.

I am Mary. I am enrolled at BYU nursing school and can't wait to be done. It is a six semester program to get my bachelors degree and it feels like an eternity. I have three semesters left and somehow that seems to give me a light at the end of the tunnel..a very dim little thing. I am planning on working as soon as I graduate and can I tell you how excited I am to have a real job? The job I have now is at Vivint alarm system. I work in the call center as a customer support representative. Basically, I get to sit on the phones all day and listen to the most interesting people. Today I had one lady talk to me for half an hour about her knee surgery. Thank you lady, that is just what I wanted to know about. Then there are always the angry people. The ones that start yelling at you before you can even finish saying hello. Oh, yes. I am excited to graduate. After graduation, we have lots of fun plans. First on the list..BABIES!! I can not wait! But unfortunately, I have to. Bummer, man. Skyler will graduate at the same time that I will. Then it is off to law school and the Marines for us. The future is lookin' bright. Right now, Skyler is currently working at Furnish It selling and making furniture. He is basically awesome at it. Can I just say how much I love my Skyler? Especially when he brings home that bacon baby! Our current new obsession is furniture mostly because Sky gets awesome deals at his store...we are all about the new mattresses, beds, couches, you name it and we want it. This job is gonna make us go broke. Good thing we don't have money to buy the stuff in the first place or else we really would have a problem. Other than school and jobs and wanting things we can't have right now (new furniture and babies) Skyler and I are pretty much happy as can be!

So that is us in a nutshell. Our life is pretty great I have to say. So until I find something else to write about besides myself...have a great weekend!