***>---6 Month Alumni---<*** December 19, 2010

Wow, Jo, that is definitely interesting.... I don't know that I could ever un-invite someone because of a space issue... LOL! Then again, I know some crazy family dinamics firsthand. My sister won't show up to any family function if she knows my older brother will be there. And my older brother doesn't get it and keeps wanting to bud in...:rolleyes: Luckily they both buried the hatchet while we were over there and just avoided being on the same side of the room....:eek:
I need to get some cleaning done too, and some last minute gift wrapping, but that's about it, I think. Doesn't it feel nice to have all the christmas cards out?

Thanks for you guys' concern about the flooding and slides and all that. I know it gets nasty for those who live on hills. But we are in a very flat area, so I don't think that we will be having any problems, except for our yards not draining well because of the clay-like under soil... We have ponds all over the place....LOL!

Rachel, good luck with all the cooking and prepping! I'm sure you'll be glad when you get to sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Kim, I'm happy for you that you don't have to do much for this year's celebrations! I was just thinking, is jury duty going to interfere with your move in date? I sure hope not!

I did a tm walk with the cathe vest again today, I like it and all I'm noticing is that my shoulder neck area gets a bit tight/crampy from it, but I am thinking this will wear off once my body gets used to it. In the meantime I make sure I stretch the areas well and I seem to be fine afterwards.
Then I did Push and Pull (this is the dvd I got with my reward money, the last one that I still wanted to get, my collection is pretty much complete except for a couple of titles I'm not interested in....I would never have thought I'd ever have all cathe's dvds!) I really liked this one! I think I will do it again next week and try supersets as well until I start my sts rotation. My back seems to be taking it all well, I'm so happy I finally figured out what was the culprit for the flare ups! It was tricky to figure out because it didn't hurt while I was doing it, but would get worse later....
 
It's after midnight and oh what I day. Let me summarize: left the house to get groceries, did that - at the same store there are these area rugs I've been eyeballing as part of my "change how the house looks." I've been looking at these for like 3 years and today they were 1/2 off plus another 10%. But I can't handle them because of my weight restrictions. So meet DH @ home so he can come help me, he says SS called and wants us to bring Ibo to where he works (hi end plant nursery) to have pictures taken in front of the poinsetta tree (they make 15 foot or so tree out of poinsettas). So we do that and EVERYONE at the nursery wants to pet Ibo and little kids are running up and hugging him and people want their picture taken with him; so we were there over an hour. Then DH and I go get rugs, then DH wants to stop and get his hair cut. By the time, we messed around, drove all over, got the rest of my groceries, etc., it's now 6:30. So then we need to see how rugs look so start cleaning house. SS comes home from work and we've all been cleaning house until about an hour ago! Oh, and I bought new table cloth, placemats, etc. So now I'm looking Xmas'y and ready for company tomorrow! I'll post a picture as soon as SS sends them to me.

Cendrine, I know, crazy crazy family stuff! Well at least you can pick your friends! LOL! I did hear the rain has let up your way so hopefully the sun will be out for you tomorrow and Saturday! We're getting tons of rain though.

What's everyone doing for Xmas workout? Enough for now. In case everyone is too busy to post.. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend! I should be able to post tomorrow since we're pretty much done with cleaning the house! Oh my gosh, I just realized I forgot about the laundry!!! Uggghhh!

TTYT!
 
Merry Christmas Eve!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today. I have a lot to do today and just wanted to pop in say I feel our friendship is a gift and feel blessed to have such like minded fitness friends.

Can't wait to see the pictures of Ibo, Jo and how wonderful to have an unexpected Christmas party;)

I know the family get togethers can get weird too Cendrine...this will be the first year in 3 that my whole family will get together at my house. I am so glad everyone has finally grown up. LOL

Kim, You having the biggest family, I think, I am sure you are super busy...I am sure too it is a White Christmas...Enjoy the last Christmas in your house!

 
Back atcha Rachel! I'm up and off to do some last minute errands!

My new rugs look wonderful and loved waking up to a perfectly clean house this morning! LOL!

Everyone have a great Christmas Eve and wonderful Christmas!
 
Our house is clean too! Yay! I love those times when the whole family pitches in cleaning and I don't have to do it all on my own! The last load of laundry is in the dryer and I have a yummy, festive fruitsalad all made and ready to go. Tonight we have fondue at our house, so will have to get some stuff chopped for this, but nothing mayor. (we like to dip bread, broccoli, cauliflower, fingerling potatoes and such. I might experiment with pear and apple slices, because dh loves to eat cheese and apples together....

Jo, I can't wait to see the picture with Ibo and the pointsetta tree! That should be fun! And what a great deal on the rugs, it pays off to wait, at least sometimes.... I can never figure out when I should wait and when I better grab it or it's gone...LOL!

Rachel, like Jo said I feel thankful for you and this thread too! It's been so much fun being on this fitness journey with you guys!

Christmas workout will be tm walk with Cathe vest and then supersets, plus my back exercises and stretches.... Ask me tomorrow if I did it, because I sure like sleeping in these days!:eek:
 
Merry Christmas morning!

Well my workout this morning will be High Reps!:D I just forgot to tell yall that. LOL
I have tons to do today so I have to get to it. I hope everyones holiday parties have gone off with out a hitch!

Have a great day!
 
Merry Christmas!

How was your workout, Rachel? I did not feel like getting up but I decided to just get it over with and felt pretty good once I got started. I really like the push and pull and supersets dvd! I'm going to do it again this coming week.

Our kids stayed up late last night having fun with our company so they are down now taking a nap, actually, ds is already up again...LOL He's got a big Lego Set he is sinking his teeth into.... They opened up all their presents this morning and are quite happy with all they got... :D Dd got a mini doughnut maker, so of course we had to try it out and made mini doughnuts for dessert. They were tasty and not fried! I used the recipe that came with the doughnut maker, but I do have a healthy one too that I will try out with dd next time. The cute thing was that dd put on her cooking hat and apron and totally looked the part of a chef-ette...;) She also got a two wheeler pink scooter (she had used her hand me down three wheel one from her brother until now) and she was quite happy riding circles around the island with it. The kids also got the just dance for kids wii and will be trying this one out this afternoon. Should be fun!

All our socialization is done for the weekend, so we are just enjoying family time and hanging out!

I hope you are all having a great Christmas day too!
 

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