End of the month Wrap-Up

Wow, I can hardly believe this month is almost over!  The weather has been fantastic this year!  SO WARM!  It hardly feels like winter at all.  This morning, I started my day off with a kale, pineapple, strawberry and apple juice.  I then went to work on some original songs for the first time with a few talented musicians and have since come home and worked on learning Spanish.  I have not said too much about this yet, but earlier this week I started to think about how nice it would be to speak Spanish.  I have a few employees who speak English as a second language and it inspired me to learn Spanish and be able to communicate in both languages.  If they can learn English, I can learn Spanish!

Ten years ago, I had learned quite a bit of Spanish and had gotten to a point where I could understand a decent amount.  Since then, I stopped practicing and learning and had forgotten most of it.  So, I pulled the dictionary and old textbooks and notebooks out and reviewed my notes.  Friday evening, I bought the first software set out of five in the Rosetta Stone Totale language learning program for Latin American Spanish.  Friday evening, Saturday and today I have been working through the software, and also making note cards to refresh my memory as well as get back on track and learn more.  I was super excited today when I got to the end of unit 1 and looked at several short stories based on the unit one vocabulary and I was actually able to read all of the stories and translate them into English!!  It felt so good to see that I was actually making progress!

While I don't recommend the Rosetta Stone on it's own (although it is a very outstanding program).... I think it is a super way to supplement other sources (classes, text that really explain grammar, Etc).

So, I plan to continue to learn Spanish and hopefully become a fluent Spanish speaker one of these days! 

The other thing I am excited about is that Travis and I have decided to get back into the P90X workouts.  We are not going to do the 6 days in a row routine as we just cannot seem to fit that into our schedules.  Instead, we are going to do three workouts a week.  On two of the days we are not doing P90X, I am going to do some cardio and use the treadmill.  The insanity begins this Tuesday.

That just about wraps up my month of January.  The Breville juicer is working like a champ and I have juiced every day since (except two) since I purchased it.  The Rosetta Stone and other Spanish textbooks I have are helping me achieve my language learning goals.  I am playing music again and LOVING it!  So, all in all, I'd have to say.... LIFE IS GOOD!