Let's see if I can remember all to comment on! Vilma, I love PUB/PLB combo, too -- meant to say that in my earlier post.
Oh, the hint about pushups..... you know how some people do them on dumb bells? Personally, that hurts me worse..... well, some woman tried using her rolled up yoga mat, putting her hands on those, and she said it was much kinder on her wrists. It's there in the open forum somewhere -- "pushup hints" or something.
Hottie, on housing..... you'd be shocked, I'll bet..... about five years ago we realized we could move our company anywhere and so we went on a search for where we wanted to live. We had fairly high standards -- we wanted a pleasant place aesthetically, good schools, decent weather, and some culture which we ended up deciding to combine with a university (for hiring talent). Our rationale being if there is a university near the place, there is usually some culture. We looked in the bay area from Aptos to Marin, we looked in the Seattle area, Portand & Bend, OR, Boulder, CO, Vancouver, Hudson Valley in NY, and.... hmmm, is that all? Oh, Madison, WI, too. What we found is that if you want all those things, the cost of housing really doesn't vary a huge amount. Yes, it can get very pricey in some of those areas, but just the entry points in areas where people really want to live are expensive. I'm not sure that makes you feel any better...... oh, yeah, and in the end we decided we just couldn't leave the bay area.... partly because we like it, but partly because we were afraid to have a high-tech company outside of silicon valley......
Chris, I was too shy to ask about the extended stretch thing on the STS forum -- I don't want to seem like I'm complaining! And, no, I can't do those levitation things either!
Ivy, you'd better take it easy and start doing the cold-eez or zicam! I think my youngest is going to be home from school tomorrow.....
-Beth