It's never too late...

It's been a long time...and we were politely demanded upon that we start actively blogging again, so that is what we'll do.  I can go on and on about the excuses as to why we haven't kept up with this blog...but realistically, all they are is excuses.

When we decided to take on our new business, we said we wanted a work life balance. Yeah...unless you know what you are in store for, you can say whatever you want, but it doesn't mean anything.  It can though...you just have to be the one in control.

With one year behind us, we know what we are up against this summer (summer is our busy season), but we choose to be in control of our balance and choose to re-evaluate our priorities and stick to them.

This of course includes our health.  We've let our health...really for lack of a better word - deteriorate since I originally started this job...and even more so when we took on the business.  Let me tell you, dragging 30-50 lbs of photography equipment through houses and up and down stairs, up and down hills, over large estates of property is HELL when you also carry so much body weight too.

Since I know most of the people who follow this blog, most of you know that I just turned 30 and Kurt is going to be 40 in a couple of years.  We don't want to be heavy anymore.  The bottom line is that we won't enjoy what short lives we'll end up having.  Morbid, yes, but also a reality.

It's going to take us a little bit to get this blog rolling back into the same fashion it was before, but it will.  We are TIRED of giving up on things.  We are always looking for help and guidance too...as the original point of this blog was not only be accountable to ourselves, but to others (its the people pleaser in us - hehe). Even if that help is a reminder - "I haven't seen a post in a couple of days." - we don't care...bring it on!! :)

We've already begun to implement a better diet, which mostly means that we started cooking at home more regularly then going out, but I'll discuss that at another time - maybe later today...we'll see.

I do have to say thank you to our family and friends who are always reminding us to take care of ourselves (some more bluntly than others, but we still love you anyways).

Until later,

Hello out there,

Hey followers,

I promise you that we haven't fallen off the face of the earth, or worse fallen off our new way of living. Candace is still working crazy crazy hours, however her boss is starting to burn out from all the days in the row without rest and is letting Candace have days off!!! Last week she worked only 4 days, but still put in 48 to 50 hours. This is very good for me, I get to spend time with my lovely wife and she is able to go to the gym 2-3 times a week now.

We are going to start going to the gym really early in the morning (like 5 or so) 3 times a week so that Candace will be able to continue working out more regularly. I will let everyone know how that goes, probably on Wednesday we will be doing the psycho workout hours, but being healthy is important to us, and going to bed a little earlier isn't the end of the world.

I lost some 1.5 pounds last week and Candace lost right about that, I mention this because I felt last week I wasn't eating as well as I should. My breakfast and lunches were healthy and sensible, but dinner is seemingly another story. I have grown tired of salads and Chicken or Turkey Burgers and the like so a couple of crummy food nights. Does anyone have any suggestions to make some yummy healthy recipes? I am fresh out of ideas and don't want to make bad decisions in order to break the monotony (?).

I am happy though, I finally get my bike back tomorrow after 3 weeks of waiting for parts to arrive. So on the days that I don't go to the gym, I am going to bike to school, so I can get ready for school at the end of August. So if any Sparks inhabitants see a yellow road bike with a large Ape on it, please be aware its probably me.

Well that's all that's fit to print....

Kurt