My first blog

Hi to everyone out here on the Internet,
My name is Teresa and all my friends call me Tree.  Picked up that nickname when I was 11 years old and stood 5'10".  I am now 52 years old(53 in August), stand 6'3" the mother of 3 children(2 girls,1 boy) and the grandmother of 3 grandsons.   All of whom I love very much and am very fortunate that they all live close.  Besides being tall I am overweight.  I quit smoking and started exercising 6 weeks ago.  This all came about after I lost my husband last year to cancer.  It was kidney cancer, main cause of this is smoking and more common in men than women.   I miss him something terrible at times, but I am doing the things that we had planned, like stop smoking, get in shape, start hiking, biking, camping and just live life to the fullest.  He is looking down on me and smiling right now, because I am doing it. 
My exercise consist of going to Curves(great work-out program by the way), playing softball(slow pitch of course), riding my mountain bike and I do a bit of walking at work.  Still need to work on my diet.  I need start eating better, like more veggies, fruits and stay away from fast food.  I am taking multi-vitamins and a couple of supplements(one being an omega 3, 6, 9).  So looking forward to nicer weather so I can do some camping, hiking and biking. 
Living in the state of Washington(western) you don't get a lot of nice days, so you learn to do most of your outdoor activities in the rain.  Doesn't bother me though because this is a beautiful state.  Plus I was born and raised here.  They don't call it the evergreen state for nothing.   There are so many places to go here, like the ocean, mountains, and everything in between.    Growing up my family spent many a summer exploring this state and it is something I want to do again.  I have been looking for different places to go mountain biking and hiking(for the beginner).  There are a few places close to home that I will be checking out here soon.   I will let you know all about them.
Hey thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. 
Teresa(aka Tree)