This is the fittest you will ever see me!!

We just finished a 12 week "Wellness Challenge" at the district. To qualify, you just had to keep track of the servings of fruits and vegetables you ate - and the number of 10 minutes increments of exercise you accomplished.

Unfortunately, there were no penalties for consuming chocolate! So, even though I consumed lots of fruits and veggies - and engaged in a modicum of exercise - that mostly consisted of walking to and from school - I can't say that I'm any smaller.

Apparently the "magazine cover" is our reward!!

So I'm posting it in honor of Hannah and Robbie - who are running a real race today - and who probably ate right and exercised for more than 12 weeks!!

I am slightly motivated to really get smaller.

I'll let you know how it goes!!

Sargent's Daughters by Erica Hirschler

My book group chose this book - called the "biography of a painting" by many reviewers and critics. It's a "true" story - one with many details missing. Sometimes all the "artistic" details become tedious - unless you are an art scholar - but mostly they are interesting.

And the story of the lives of the young girls in the painting, their parents, John Sargent, Henry James and others whetted my appetite for more - so now I'm reading a biography of Edith Wharton!!

It has long resided in the Museum of Art in Boston - drat, we are not going this year - but it's on my list for 2011!