Thursday, August 28, 2008

Strange Name Coincidence

I have a very unique name. Anja Louise. In fact I have never met anyone with my same name. I know there are people out there with this name, but most of them pronounce it differently, and at any rate, I haven't met any of them. So, my best friend Amber forwarded me this excerpt:

From PerezHilton.com...

And there's another beautiful baby born.

This weekend, Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio gave birth to a baby girl in Brazil.

Alessandra and her businessman boyfriend have been dating since 2005.

This is their first child together.

In a statement, Ambrosio says, "To all of our family and friends, we are pleased to announce that our little princess Anja Louise Ambrosio Mazur was born on Sunday Aug 24 at 7:32 p.m. She is 6.3 lbs. and absolutely perfect."


So I thought that was a pretty cool coincidence that they picked my first and middle name for their child. Well, I was speaking with my dad today about the fact that he is going to be a Grandpa in April (see post below) and we were talking about what names my sister and brother-in-law have chosen for the baby. If it is a boy they like James Weil (James after my bro-in-law's middle name, and Weil after my Grandpa's middle name). I like that name. If it's a girl, though, they had already decided on Alessandra Elise. Before Alessandra Ambrosio had her baby, Anja Louise.

Isn't that an interesting connection? I thought so.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Auntie Belle



So I just found out that my big sister is pregnant!!! I am so excited!!! I am going to be an aunt!!!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Swimming


So, I have taken up swimming laps at Deep Eddy Pool to try and work my way back into shape…it’s slow going. I have no (and I mean NO!) endurance. I have been using http://www.swimplan.com/ as a way to create beginners workouts so that I can maximize my time in the pool. Unfortunately, the easiest workouts they will give me are still pretty tough. But considering I haven’t swum laps in like 10 years or so, I think I am doing pretty well. I have been trying to go every other day and swim around 800 meters a day. Which takes me between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on what strokes I am doing…Freestyle is obviously faster the Breaststroke…well, obvious for anyone who swims I guess. The good thing is that at Deep Eddy, they have around 8 lanes set up all day long in a separate pool from the free swim area so you don’t get bothered by kids splashing around. The bad thing is, it’s a really popular place to swim laps, and the lanes are usually full when I go after work so I sometimes have to share a lane. I suppose that’s not too bad, but when you’re just getting back into it and not as well conditioned as some of the other swimmers, it can be intimidating. Most of the folks I have met there are really nice though.