I have been MIA for quite some time now, as I was extremely busy planning my wedding, getting married, and then going on my Honeymoon, but I am happy to say that Vlad and I finally tied the knot!!!
We have decided to start trying to have a baby right away, and since this is what [...]

It has been quite some time since I updated this page.  I have been so busy with wedding stuff, that I have not even had time to think about this blog.  I am still training.  I have been training for about 4.5 months.
Not a lot has changed.  I have lost about 15 lbs since I [...]

Yesterday Helio Gracie passed away at the age of 95.
Helio Gracie was the inventor of the modern martial art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.  My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

…keeping this blog updated.  Anytime I think about updating the “Things I know” page, I cringe.   I have learned so much in the past 2 months, that I don’t even know where to begin to update it.  I don’t even think I remember everything.    I will get to it one day.  But for now, I [...]

No post in a while.  I had a good class yesterday.  I really needed that.  The two classes before were really bad, and I was feeling really down about my ability to do this.  I just could not get anything right.
Yesterday was the first time that the warm up did not kick my butt.  I [...]