***>-6 Monther Alumni -<*** December 26, 2010

Here is the link to the Gutenberg project - all the books are free.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

The downside to getting books not on Amazon is that if something happens to your Kindle, you will have to go find them again and download versus how you have your account on Amazon. But hey, it's free! :D
 
Hi Guys,
workout done. I did tm intervals and worked up a good sweat! I usually have my smoothie right after I do my back exercises, stretches and icing, but now that the temp has dropped so much I get pretty darn cold even though I put on a sweatshirt over my workout clothes for breakfast...I may have to hit the shower first for a while...LOL!

Kim and Jo, I was wondering about doing the kickboxing on the MMA dvds, I wold be ok doing the front, side and back kicks, but I think the upper cuts and the punches with a rotation might be a problem as well as the drills, since they involve jumping. I know I could modify, but then I wonder if a tm walk wouldn't get me better cardio, since when you modify kickboxing, at least the way I would have to modify, would become rather easy on the heart.... I might have to preview the workouts again so I can get a better idea of how much I'd have to cut out. I have to admit, it would be nice even just for variety's sake!

Jo, 6inches of snow! wow! We got about 5 inches of rain down here since christmas! When I went to drop off the meal at my friends house yesterday, her lawn was a bog and the planter type areas next to the walkways were flooded, so much so that the candy cane decoration cables were swimming in water!:eek: That would scare me!
I hope you make it out to your Mom's tomorrow! If the guys for the fence can't come up, does that mean you can't go down either?
So glad to hear your pc is fixed, at least to a workable state! The do your own bath business sounds like a nice place to go and leave the mess behind! How often do dogs need a bath?
I still remember when we first got our cat, the vet who gave her to us said to give her a bath weekly...well that lasted for about two or three baths, and then I just let her be, being an indoor cat she doesn't get dirty and has no fleas or anything....
Thanks for all the pointers on the Kindle, all good to know stuff!

Kim, how smart of you to pack up the stuff you know you won't be needing now! You'll be glad you did when the time gets closer!

What is everyone doing for New Year's Eve? We're not planning on doing much, probably just hang out as a family.

Hi Rachel!
 
Wow Cendrine, once a week on the bath for a cat seems a little much! When I worked at the vet we rarely bathed cats regularly. We would get the random cat in that someone wanted to have a bath and flea dip. I felt so bad for the little guys. I don't think it is a good idea to start bathing a cat after it is grown and never had a bath before. It is pure torture. Esp. at a strange place by a stranger...haha

Well I had my niece and nephew again last night so time got away from me yesterday plus the electricity went out for a few hrs so when I did have time to post I didn't have the means:rolleyes: My little 4 yr old nephew is on his mom's night owl schedule. Thank goodness my 13 yr old niece was here too so she could stay up with him. I could still hear the pitter patter of little feet at 12 last night!:eek:

My brother should be here any minute to get them...I told him to come from work to get them since today is DH and I's anni. I have no idea what we will do but it looks like whatever we do, it is going to be raining on us.
I will come back later after my work out to finish up.
 
OK workout done...MMA Kickboxing. This one might be a little hard to modify , Cendrine, since basically it is all twisting punches and jumping and then the core has a lot of twisting moves from the ground too. It might be best to either do some tm maybe with some straight forward punches and if you can handle any other punches add those in too. Since I hadn't done that one in a while I forgot how much jumping there was.

Jo-I hope you got to your mom's ok. Our weather is ridiculous here. It is humid and about 70 something. It is suppose to be cold again tomorrow I think.
I am loving the Kindle. Am I missing something though because mine isn't in color when I am shopping the kindle store so I can't tell if the books are pink or not. I think I might have gotten one of those that was not indexed though. Mary SHelly's Frankenstein. When it is not indexed does it just start anywhere? It seems like I can not find the beginning of that one or something.
I will tell you what I am absolutely addicted to and I do not play games at all...The game on there called Every Word. I start playing that and I just have to find the big word...I can not put it down:eek: It really has cut into my reading the last day or so! LOL

Kim-I would be packing too. Just the things that I knew I wouldn't need out for the rest of the month before you move. I am kind of a procrastinator but I think I would be so excited that I would start that early. Are the kids packing there own knick knacks?
Sorry the weather has turned all icky for you...I do not know what is going on from one day to the next here.


Kim and Jo...Happy belated birthday to both of your mom's !

Have a Happy New Year!
 
Just got from home work and waiting for the rest of the family. They were at ds's hockey, their team won the tournament! DH said it was quite the nail biter and ds won the "hardest working player" award. The plan is to go see the latest Harry Potter movie tonight, but it is super cold here in the minus 30s so I'm not sure if I feel like going back out

Jo LOL on the Cathe weighted ball at the physio, that's neat! Hope you got everything worked out about the fence and got to your mom's okay!

Cendrine I heard on the news about all your rain! Is it done for now?

Rachaell Happy anniversary! LOL on the 4 year old still being up at midnight. I often go to bed before my kids but they are older. The kids have done a little packing. I gave dd a box and thought she could pack knick-knacks, stuff she doesn't use, of course she insisted on packing her favourite dolls and their clothing:rolleyes: Of course, they're not going to stay packed but some things are not worth arguing about.
 
Girls forgive me...came down to my moms and forgot my power cord for my computer so can't get online! I wanted to wish you all a happy new year!
 
Kim, I had to laugh about dd packing her favorite dolls and clothes and how they won't stay packed, and how some things aren't worth arguing about...:D You are so wise! And you are way up there on my pedestal for not complaining about your temperatures! You would shake your head and roll your eyes if you saw me around here! I have been seen inside with a scarf and a down jacket on today... it was 60°F when I went outside to go grocery shopping...and I'm dressed like I'm going to the north pole and happy to be looking like an eskimo! Jo, you must be thinking things too...LOL! So all this said, Kim, I don't blame you if you won't go out tonight for a movie, minus 30... yikes! And I couldn't get out of my bed this morning to work out because it was 65 inside...:rolleyes: Happy to report I did do my workout later, after breakfast! Supersets, tm walk with vest and my back routine. And Monday starts STS! I keep telling myself to go light, but I think I need to tell myself that again before I make my final weight choice!:rolleyes:

Rachel, I could not function if my dd was still wandering about at midnight! Wow. I'm so glad you had your niece to take care of your nephew so you could get some zzzs! And happy anniversary! I agree with you on the MMA it seems to have a lot of jumping in it, which is why I'm thinking of doing walking with the vest.

Jo you said you used your vest a lot. How heavy did you get on your vest? I'm currently walking with it at 12lbs, and am thinking of upping it slowly, since I don't need to create any other physical problems with my muscles and all... What weight did you use yours at? I think eventually I might use it for squats too, I like how it feels!

Sorry you forgot your cable, but enjoy your time with your mom and Happy New Year! To Everyone!
 
Good Morning and Happy New Year!
It's 9 am and I haven't got my workout in yet but I will...I am superstitious about working out on the first day of the year. My mom always thought what ever you did on the first you would be doing all year so I HAVE to work out.:rolleyes: Silly, I know, but that's the way it is.:p
DH and I just went to an early dinner last night with friend and came home and just hung out. Our friends really wanted us to come to a party with them but I am not too much of a drink in the New Year sort of person so we opted out.

So todays agenda will be first to workout and then to get the Christmas down and straighten up the house and then who knows:D.

I hope you are all starting your New Year with a smile. Have a great day!
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!!

Still super cold here and very little open on the holidays.(even Walmart is closed as I hoped to get a couple of things) so just spending a quiet day at home. I got tired of waiting for Cathe to post the January rotation so I did Travel Fit with DH. I thought it was a nice change to do on a holiday.
We did brave the cold and went to see Harry Potter last night, I thought they did a nice adaptation from the book.

Cendrine Do you like supersets as much as Push and Pull? Did the kids stay up till midnight?

Rachael what workout did you start the New Year with??

Jo Enjoy the time with your mom!
 
Happy New Year everyone!

Rachel, I never have heard that one about what you do the first day of the year you will do all year! Good thing I worked out today! LOL! I did hill intervals on the tm with the vest, which worked me good and then did a thorough stretch. We had to do an outdoor meal for ds' cub scouts homework, so we invited his cub friends to the park for banana/chocolate/marshmallow boats. Turns out only one of the friends was in town but his mom and sister came too and we had a blast. The playground was flooded so of course the kids took their shoes an socks off and went to build moats and such! Ds in in the shower now warming up! LOL!
We didn't stay up for new years eve, Kim, I used to do it all the time but just kind of prefer my sleep nowadays... but the kids got their own sleeping bags for christmas except we forgot to give them to them because they were hiding away in our closet. So yesterday we remembered and pulled them out. Both kids slept in them last night!;)

Kim, I have to say I love both push and pull as well as supersets, just both of them have a nice flow to them for me! I'm glad the movie was good!
It's still cold here too, for California standards, but the sun is out today. Tomorrow it is supposed to pour again for three days in a row... :rolleyes: We sure need it, is all I can say, even though it is flooding many places.
 
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