I'm going to post when I do my Zumba/30-Day Shred workouts here so that I can be more accountable for them and also so that I can keep track of them! I'll update this post as Week 1 goes on.
Wednesday, 2/10/10
I did the 30-Day Shred with Lisa before watching our DVRd episode of Lost and the next Glee episode. We've decided we'll do this every Wednesday and also on other days that we get together and watch stuff. We decide that Jillian Michaels and the other women on her dvd don't understand why chubby people hate jumping jacks (hint: there's a lot more stuff that bounces around uncomfortably when you're chubby). Damn you, jumping jacks, for pointing out my problem areas so violently. Damn you.
Thursday, 2/11/10
As of now (11:45 a.m.), I haven't done anything. This may be one of my non-workout days, as I have to leave our house by 7:00 a.m. to get to the chiropractor's office and work on time. If I get motivated, I may do the 30-Day Shred tonight, but I'm not going to count on it yet. If I don't get anything in today, I'm still okay for the week. Note: I did NOT do any Shredding today.
Friday, 2/12/10
Lisa and I made a plan to get together tonight to watch my newly-arrived New Kids on the Block video, Coming Home, that I got for my birthday. I know, we're reliving our 1990-era dreams, and we love it! We decided we'd do Jillian's Shred pre-NKOTB video, so I didn't get up and do the Shred in the morning. When the evening rolled around, I was really ready to just watch our NKOTB video and a Glee and call it a night, but Lisa arrived in her workout gear, so we did it! We were both really happy that we convinced ourselves to Shred!
Saturday, 2/13/10
Austin and I hit the Kid's Expo at the Interstate Center this morning, which was a lot of fun! On a whim, we decided we'd go down to Decatur to visit Mom for Valentine's Day. I took the dvd and my hand weights so that I could Shred at Mom's house and managed to get a pretty good workout in while Mom and Austin played. This week's stats so far: 3 workouts in 4 days, so I'm on target!
Side note: I looked online at the website where I got Mom's Wii a month ago for a GREAT DEAL and, at the beginning of this week, they still had some at the great price. Now there are no more, and Wiis seem to be hard to find! I hope in 3 1/2 weeks, the stocks have replenished!
Sunday, 2/14/10
Happy Valentine's Day! I did do my workout today, but I'm going to be honest here. I did 30+ minutes on Mom's Wii Fit instead of Shred. I still sweated, did some virtual bike riding and step aerobics, and I feel pretty good about my exercising today!
Monday, 2/15/10
Zumba, baby! Whew! Tonight's Zumba class kicked my butt, and I taught it, so I guess I kicked my OWN butt! It was a very sweaty hour of high intensity Zumba. That burned some serious calories, I just know it!
Tuesday, 2/16/10
I did Shred today while watching TV at night. I have to say, I kind of was half-assing it, though, so I'm not happy with the workout, but I am happy that I got up off of the couch and did something, anyway!
Overall, Week 1 was a success. I didn't get the intensity that I wanted each day, and I did substitute Wii Fit for the Shred on Sunday, but I'm happy with my increased workout regimen this week. To go from one day a week of activity to six days of activity is a big accomplishment for me. On to Week 2!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Challenge
So I've decided that I really, really want a Wii and Wii Fit. Erin and Danny have one, Mom has one, and I think we need to have one, too. At first when they came out, I thought, "That looks fun, but we already have an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 2, so there's NO WAY we are also getting a Wii." I have kept this attitude up for a couple of years (or however long they've been in existence). I played Erin's Wii Fit once when I was at her old house and had fun and then we all played with Mom's a couple of weekends ago and again, I really liked it! Also, after Christmas, it seemed that EVERYONE on my Facebook friend list had gotten a Wii/Wii Fit and was playing it because I kept reading status update after status update about it. Still, I remained strong in my one-woman quest to not own 95% of the video game systems available on the market today.
I have, however, broken down. I really want a Wii!
I decided that even though I could just go out and buy one, I'm going to make myself earn it. Here's the challenge I posed to myself. Starting yesterday, 2/10/10, I will do Zumba once per week (at least) and do the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred dvd at least 5 times per week for the next 4 weeks. If I do this for 4 weeks, I can get a Wii. If not, my 4 weeks start over again and I can try again.
I'm pumped. I want that damn Wii.
I figure that this challenge has more than one benefit. If I'm able to do it successfully, I will not only get to buy the Wii, I will also have inevitably lost weight/toned up/become more healthy, which is the larger goal here. Also, by doing a much more regular exercise regimen, I will be in a habit of working out several times per week (instead of just the one that I do now!) which will result in my actually USING the Wii once I get it!
Here's to the next 4 weeks!
I have, however, broken down. I really want a Wii!
I decided that even though I could just go out and buy one, I'm going to make myself earn it. Here's the challenge I posed to myself. Starting yesterday, 2/10/10, I will do Zumba once per week (at least) and do the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred dvd at least 5 times per week for the next 4 weeks. If I do this for 4 weeks, I can get a Wii. If not, my 4 weeks start over again and I can try again.
I'm pumped. I want that damn Wii.
I figure that this challenge has more than one benefit. If I'm able to do it successfully, I will not only get to buy the Wii, I will also have inevitably lost weight/toned up/become more healthy, which is the larger goal here. Also, by doing a much more regular exercise regimen, I will be in a habit of working out several times per week (instead of just the one that I do now!) which will result in my actually USING the Wii once I get it!
Here's to the next 4 weeks!
Friday, February 5, 2010
What If I Posted Today?
I know, it would be some sort of miracle, huh? I know Erin is tired of seeing the "Weekend of Sick" title on her blog, so here's a new one!
I get too wrapped up in feeling like I have nothing funny or clever or interesting enough to post about, so what if I just posted anyway? I'm going to try to go with that for a while and see what happens.
We are now in the midst of a winter storm. It doesn't look too bad outside -- there's some snow and blowing, but nothing that looks like the apocalypse will be hitting today. However, Nick did say that it was pretty icy on his way home from work this morning. He came in and told me he was heading back out to salt the driveway because he had parked his truck at the top of our driveway, went out to put something in the mailbox, and noticed his truck sliding backwards down the driveway! Not a desired action! On a related note, I have to give Nick major props because he is good at keeping our driveway shoveled and salted! He usually tackles this job first thing in the morning when he comes home from work, which means we usually have one of the clearest driveways on the cul de sac!
Okay, now it's snowing harder...
I don't mind if we get a lot of snow for the weekend because we really don't have any weekend plans outside of the home. I really, REALLY need to clean and organize EVERYWHERE this weekend! I always have good intentions but they often fall flat, so I am going to try my hardest to make it happen this weekend. I really love the way I feel when my house is clean and organized, but often times the laziness takes over and I just don't get it there. I blame the fact that I work, teach Zumba, and have an almost-3-year-old (can you even beleive that?), but I know that if I really wanted to, I could get it done. I'm going to try to be more on it!
There will also need to be a trip to the grocery store this weekend for our continued "Let's be healthy!" lifestyle change. I'm proud to say that we have all done really well this week. Nick has done his P90X all week long and seems to like doing it (so far!). We have eaten pretty healthily this week, too, and I've done better with the meal planning and prepping ahead of time, so we're going to work on continuing this trend. Even Austin got into doing some yoga and pushups with Nick last nights, although he really kept thinking we were going to eat yogurt!
Here's to a great weekend ahead!
I get too wrapped up in feeling like I have nothing funny or clever or interesting enough to post about, so what if I just posted anyway? I'm going to try to go with that for a while and see what happens.
We are now in the midst of a winter storm. It doesn't look too bad outside -- there's some snow and blowing, but nothing that looks like the apocalypse will be hitting today. However, Nick did say that it was pretty icy on his way home from work this morning. He came in and told me he was heading back out to salt the driveway because he had parked his truck at the top of our driveway, went out to put something in the mailbox, and noticed his truck sliding backwards down the driveway! Not a desired action! On a related note, I have to give Nick major props because he is good at keeping our driveway shoveled and salted! He usually tackles this job first thing in the morning when he comes home from work, which means we usually have one of the clearest driveways on the cul de sac!
Okay, now it's snowing harder...
I don't mind if we get a lot of snow for the weekend because we really don't have any weekend plans outside of the home. I really, REALLY need to clean and organize EVERYWHERE this weekend! I always have good intentions but they often fall flat, so I am going to try my hardest to make it happen this weekend. I really love the way I feel when my house is clean and organized, but often times the laziness takes over and I just don't get it there. I blame the fact that I work, teach Zumba, and have an almost-3-year-old (can you even beleive that?), but I know that if I really wanted to, I could get it done. I'm going to try to be more on it!
There will also need to be a trip to the grocery store this weekend for our continued "Let's be healthy!" lifestyle change. I'm proud to say that we have all done really well this week. Nick has done his P90X all week long and seems to like doing it (so far!). We have eaten pretty healthily this week, too, and I've done better with the meal planning and prepping ahead of time, so we're going to work on continuing this trend. Even Austin got into doing some yoga and pushups with Nick last nights, although he really kept thinking we were going to eat yogurt!
Here's to a great weekend ahead!
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Weekend of Sick
Austin was sick at the end of last week and last weekend. He had a slight fever on Tuesday night (around 99.5), so we both stayed home on Wednesday, during which he had no fever. Great, I thought, that was a fast recovery! Thursday, however, I got a call from Sherry saying that his fever was 100.5, so I went to pick him up. He stayed warm on Friday and Saturday, spiking only to 100.8 on Friday evening though. I was pretty surprised. From what I've heard from other friends, most of their kids who have had this have seen fevers in the 103-104 degree range, so the fact that he didn't even hit 101 was a bonus.
We had a pretty low key weekend, which consisted of many movies being watched and the random trips to the store on Sunday. I could tell he was feeling much better on Sunday because he was rambunctious and just wanted to run all over the house and play. We had some issues, my boy and I, due to the fact that we were both stir crazy and bored from our few days of hibernation, which resulted in much whining, a lack of listening, several time outs, and some making up. I'm glad to say that he's back at Sherry's today (and, I'm assuming, doing well since I haven't gotten a call from her!), playing with friends and being way more entertained than he usually is with me!
Tomorrow, Nick leaves for his annual "Deer Camp" hunting trip. He'll be gone Tuesday through Sunday, so Austin and I are looking forward to some fun time together. We're planning a trip to the Festival of Trees (an annual outing for us!) and a visit with Grandma, Aunt Erin, and Uncle Danny this weekend. What could be better?
We had a pretty low key weekend, which consisted of many movies being watched and the random trips to the store on Sunday. I could tell he was feeling much better on Sunday because he was rambunctious and just wanted to run all over the house and play. We had some issues, my boy and I, due to the fact that we were both stir crazy and bored from our few days of hibernation, which resulted in much whining, a lack of listening, several time outs, and some making up. I'm glad to say that he's back at Sherry's today (and, I'm assuming, doing well since I haven't gotten a call from her!), playing with friends and being way more entertained than he usually is with me!
Tomorrow, Nick leaves for his annual "Deer Camp" hunting trip. He'll be gone Tuesday through Sunday, so Austin and I are looking forward to some fun time together. We're planning a trip to the Festival of Trees (an annual outing for us!) and a visit with Grandma, Aunt Erin, and Uncle Danny this weekend. What could be better?
Monday, October 12, 2009
Let's Do the Time Warp Again...
This past weekend, I traveled home to Decatur to spend time with my family and also with friends who I haven't seen in years. One of my high school friends, Kimberly, lives in Arizona but was coming back to Decatur for a visit, which made this a great weekend to get together! The Class of 1994 (the year ahead of me) was also having their 15-year high school reunion Saturday night, which gave us a good opportunity to see people we normally wouldn't.
Five of us met up for dinner at Bizou on Saturday night -- me, Kimberly, Tori, Beth, and Lesley. I had never been to Bizou before and it was pretty nice! There were some great looking things on the menu, but they were a little pricier than I wanted to pay, so Kimberly and I ordered off the appetizer menu! I was very happy with my veggie quesadilla, especially because it had great big chunks of avacado stuffed in with the onions, cheese, and tomatoes. Delicious!
After dinner, we walked over to Daugherty's, which is where the reunion was taking place. It had just wrapped up and so we spent a few minutes talking with people who were still there. I have to admit, there were several people who I didn't recognize! Some people had changed a lot, some people I just didn't remember...also, my memory isn't the best these days! Luckily, Kimberly filled me in on who most people were, so I was good to go.
The party moved to the Cornerstone Bar after that. This is a bar that used to be called something like The 99 Club, I think. I just remember it as the weird bar across the street from Farm & Fleet where some 3rd shifters used to go in the morning time. I never went there when I lived in Decatur, either, so it always seemed like it was not the place to go. Apparently, it's now a very "Meridian" place to go, according to my sources! We had a pretty good time! There was a DJ (although the stuff he was playing was a bit techno/dance remix for my taste much of the time), there was a dance floor, there were cheap cans of beer...it was Decatur at its finest! There was also a handwritten "Cash Only!" sign behind the bar, a sad sight for those of us who don't carry cash anymore! I was assured by the waitress that there was an ATM, but if was broken! Luckily, I had enough money for one drink, and several friends found it in their hearts to provide me with more throughout the night! The funniest part of the night was that a lot of us kept going outside to the "beer garden" to talk because it was so loud inside, and people kept saying, "I'm so old! It's too loud in there!"
It was great to see people and brought back a lot of memories! It was also weird because it definitely felt like I was back in 1994-1995, since that was the last time I saw many of these people! It's like my brain was trying to remember that this was 2009 the whole time! Also, it was weird but really fun to see everyone's kid pictures. We're so grown up now!
Of course, I got to show off this gorgeous boy, so lucky them!
Five of us met up for dinner at Bizou on Saturday night -- me, Kimberly, Tori, Beth, and Lesley. I had never been to Bizou before and it was pretty nice! There were some great looking things on the menu, but they were a little pricier than I wanted to pay, so Kimberly and I ordered off the appetizer menu! I was very happy with my veggie quesadilla, especially because it had great big chunks of avacado stuffed in with the onions, cheese, and tomatoes. Delicious!
After dinner, we walked over to Daugherty's, which is where the reunion was taking place. It had just wrapped up and so we spent a few minutes talking with people who were still there. I have to admit, there were several people who I didn't recognize! Some people had changed a lot, some people I just didn't remember...also, my memory isn't the best these days! Luckily, Kimberly filled me in on who most people were, so I was good to go.
The party moved to the Cornerstone Bar after that. This is a bar that used to be called something like The 99 Club, I think. I just remember it as the weird bar across the street from Farm & Fleet where some 3rd shifters used to go in the morning time. I never went there when I lived in Decatur, either, so it always seemed like it was not the place to go. Apparently, it's now a very "Meridian" place to go, according to my sources! We had a pretty good time! There was a DJ (although the stuff he was playing was a bit techno/dance remix for my taste much of the time), there was a dance floor, there were cheap cans of beer...it was Decatur at its finest! There was also a handwritten "Cash Only!" sign behind the bar, a sad sight for those of us who don't carry cash anymore! I was assured by the waitress that there was an ATM, but if was broken! Luckily, I had enough money for one drink, and several friends found it in their hearts to provide me with more throughout the night! The funniest part of the night was that a lot of us kept going outside to the "beer garden" to talk because it was so loud inside, and people kept saying, "I'm so old! It's too loud in there!"
It was great to see people and brought back a lot of memories! It was also weird because it definitely felt like I was back in 1994-1995, since that was the last time I saw many of these people! It's like my brain was trying to remember that this was 2009 the whole time! Also, it was weird but really fun to see everyone's kid pictures. We're so grown up now!
Of course, I got to show off this gorgeous boy, so lucky them!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Chilly Friday
I am so, SO flippin' tired this afternoon! I don't know what happened, because I was totally fine this morning. Somewhere between my gas station pumpkin spice cappuccino with the EXTRA shot of espresso thrown in and my Steak and Shake lunch, I apparently ingested some sort of horse tranquilizer and, as a result, am about to fall asleep at my desk.
I have to admit, I love that it's chilly outside! I am not a big fan of sweating, and I feel like I do it a lot (like I'll end up sweating while trying to wrestle my favorite 2 1/2 year old into his car seat!), so when the temperatures start to drop, I usually enjoy it! I like this in-between chilly but not freezing weather every year, and every year it seems to go by pretty quickly. We'll see how 2009 pans out. I remember last year on Halloween and Thanksgiving that it was much warmer than normal. For example, Aunt Erin and Uncle Danny came up to walk around with us for trick-or-treating, and no one had to wear any coats. Danny even wore a t-shirt, for Heaven's sake!
(I like that I made that part all dramatic...NO-T-SHIRT!!!!!!! Can you IMAGINE IT??)
On Thanksgiving, we hosted my family since it was the first Thanksgiving in our new house. I remember it being so mild outside (and so warm from the oven and stove) that I opened most of the upstairs windows because I was, hold on to your seats people, sweating. In fact, I had a lovely red sweater on that I quickly swapped for my faded out Willie Nelson t-shirt (AGAIN WITH THE T-SHIRTS!!) before dinner, as evidenced by photos from the day.
(So pretty!)
A funny, random memory from that Thanksgiving is that our across-the-street neighbors, the Wilsons, had someone on their roof on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which is when we did our celebrating with the family). I think it was Dusty, and I believe he was hanging Christmas lights? For some reason, I'm remembering him either doing Christmas lights or, I guess, roofing, since hew as on the roof. I'm going with Christmas lights, because would someone really repair a roof all alone in November? It seems less likely.
So we'll see how this fall turns out. We had a pretty mild summer, which has led many people I've talked to to believe that this will be either (a) a mild winter, or (b) the worst winter in the history of weather. It's really a toss up at this point!
Oh, and by the way...I was shopping at Walgreens the other day (it was still September) and saw that there, above the clearanced items in one aisle, were rolls and rolls of Christmas wrapping paper! It was just LOOMING there up on the high shelf, taunting us all, "Heeeyyyyy, everybody! Here we come! It's not even October and you'd better get ready for Christmas!"
Sheesh, gift wrap! Why ya gotta be so ominous?
I have to admit, I love that it's chilly outside! I am not a big fan of sweating, and I feel like I do it a lot (like I'll end up sweating while trying to wrestle my favorite 2 1/2 year old into his car seat!), so when the temperatures start to drop, I usually enjoy it! I like this in-between chilly but not freezing weather every year, and every year it seems to go by pretty quickly. We'll see how 2009 pans out. I remember last year on Halloween and Thanksgiving that it was much warmer than normal. For example, Aunt Erin and Uncle Danny came up to walk around with us for trick-or-treating, and no one had to wear any coats. Danny even wore a t-shirt, for Heaven's sake!
(I like that I made that part all dramatic...NO-T-SHIRT!!!!!!! Can you IMAGINE IT??)
On Thanksgiving, we hosted my family since it was the first Thanksgiving in our new house. I remember it being so mild outside (and so warm from the oven and stove) that I opened most of the upstairs windows because I was, hold on to your seats people, sweating. In fact, I had a lovely red sweater on that I quickly swapped for my faded out Willie Nelson t-shirt (AGAIN WITH THE T-SHIRTS!!) before dinner, as evidenced by photos from the day.
(So pretty!)A funny, random memory from that Thanksgiving is that our across-the-street neighbors, the Wilsons, had someone on their roof on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which is when we did our celebrating with the family). I think it was Dusty, and I believe he was hanging Christmas lights? For some reason, I'm remembering him either doing Christmas lights or, I guess, roofing, since hew as on the roof. I'm going with Christmas lights, because would someone really repair a roof all alone in November? It seems less likely.
So we'll see how this fall turns out. We had a pretty mild summer, which has led many people I've talked to to believe that this will be either (a) a mild winter, or (b) the worst winter in the history of weather. It's really a toss up at this point!
Oh, and by the way...I was shopping at Walgreens the other day (it was still September) and saw that there, above the clearanced items in one aisle, were rolls and rolls of Christmas wrapping paper! It was just LOOMING there up on the high shelf, taunting us all, "Heeeyyyyy, everybody! Here we come! It's not even October and you'd better get ready for Christmas!"
Sheesh, gift wrap! Why ya gotta be so ominous?
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Cecilia, this one's for you!
So...okay. Why am I not such a good blogger? I have funny (sometimes) things to say, I'm a fast typer...you'd think this blogging thing would be really easy!
I will tell you why. I can't hold myself back and end up telling the handful of people who I believe read this blog all my stories before I have a chance to post them! Therefore, I will either try to wait and not share everything in person or throw a few things in my blog that are just random thoughts instead of funny Austin stories!
Today, I read a story on The Pantagraph about a new spa that has opened up in Eastland Mall. They're advertising 20-minute massages for $24 and, for the rest of the month, a Buy One, Get One Free deal! Some of the comments people left online were about how they could never relax while getting a massage in such a public place. Someone else noted that there is a private area in the back of the spa. I am going to have to see this place. I wouldn't be too thrilled with having a mostly naked massage in an open area, but $24 for 20 minutes, and BOGO free? Not a bad deal!
I will tell you why. I can't hold myself back and end up telling the handful of people who I believe read this blog all my stories before I have a chance to post them! Therefore, I will either try to wait and not share everything in person or throw a few things in my blog that are just random thoughts instead of funny Austin stories!
Today, I read a story on The Pantagraph about a new spa that has opened up in Eastland Mall. They're advertising 20-minute massages for $24 and, for the rest of the month, a Buy One, Get One Free deal! Some of the comments people left online were about how they could never relax while getting a massage in such a public place. Someone else noted that there is a private area in the back of the spa. I am going to have to see this place. I wouldn't be too thrilled with having a mostly naked massage in an open area, but $24 for 20 minutes, and BOGO free? Not a bad deal!
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