Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 3/25

[garance]

Hi Deb, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did the Upper body split on Total Body Trisets (56 min.).

Deb, the editors are three British men and literary critics. I met them at the Hughes conference in Cambridge 18 mos ago (wow, time flies!). Two of them are long standing Hughes scholars, while I am definitely a Plath scholar who has an interest in Hughes as a byproduct. I think they are a bit leery of me because of the antagonism between those who are Plath partisans and those who are Hughes partisans. I am wondering if they want my piece just because it will make the volume look less partisan to have at least one female critic in the mix. Anyway.....

Sheesh--everyone's going on vacation, and my spring break is almost over and now I have a deadline! Oh well, enjoy yourself Josie; I know you love those grandkids. Have any special plans with them? I saw lots of little kids at the Boston science museum, and they were absolutely crazy about the gekko exhibit and the room with the butterflies.

Hi to Joan!

[Josie]

Hi Ladies,

I did not workout last night. I was supposed to go spinning, but got lazy. I will be doing my weight training tonight at home and if I have some energy left I will go spinning.

Garance, I plan to take the kids to the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena. It is a hands on museum where they can touch everything and learn how everyday things work. I also plan on taking them to Palm Springs to visit my DB and play in the pool for a couple of days. You can check out the what the museum has to offer at kidspacemuseum.org.

Deb, I’m glad that Keegan is doing fine.

Hi to Joan and Cathy!

Josie

[fox2star]

Good morning,

I will be meeting my friend for either breakfast or lunch today, we haven't decided yet. Still need to do some other things on my list while I have the time off, it's just so easy to find something better to do.

Garance, I'm not going anywhere either, just here for now.

Josie, have fun!

Easter is coming up soon, have to make sure I know what I am having for the family brunch, etc. I have to buy some candy, jelly beans, etc. I hate having that stuff in the house.

Take care,

[garance]

Hi Deb, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did Cardio Supersets (41 min.).

What happened to our beautiful spring/summer weather? Cold and rather grim here today. Palm Springs sounds heavenly, Josie! I will check out that museum.

Hey, Deb, not to nag or anything, but what happened to your five times per week exercise plan? Yes, I'm glad that I can just turn away from all the candy displays at this time of year. Peeps, chocolate bunnies and eggs, jelly beans--NO! I remember the Easter baskets for my boys. I did enjoy coloring eggs, though. When I came home yesterday, we had a whole flock of real peeps--live chicks, mere fluff balls. Max loves chicks and gets so excited watching them.

Back to re-working my paper. Blech!

[Josie]

Hi Ladies,

Today is my Friday since we have a day off tomorrow. It is Cesar Chavez day! I will be spinning today and resting and carbo- loading tomorrow in preparation for my 100 mile ride on Saturday.

My grandkids are coming on Friday and their DD will be here too. They are going to be so happy to see him. They don’t know that he is going to be here

I will not be making any Easter baskets here. My Peanut #1 has so many cavities and is at the dentist right now. I will also be taking them home on Friday the 6th 

Have a great weekend!

Josie

[fox2star]

Good morning,

Hope to get a workout in this morning, ( thanks for the "nag" Garance!, I need it).

Woke up to a pukey dog today, lovely. Later I am supposed to go to the Outlet mall with my cousin to look for new shoes. Also have to stop by the watch store to get the battery replaced in my HRM watch.

Garance, how do you turn away from the candy? Just don't like it? Plans for the weekend?

Josie, have fun with the GK's!

We cleaned the upstairs freezer yesterday, and I cleaned out a dresser/chest I have. It felt good to toss a lot of stuff, and put some in the donation bag. ( the clothes not the stuff from the freezer. LOL).

Take care,

[garance]

Hi Deb, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did AT (56 min.).

Josie, I will be thinking about you and your 100 mile (yikes!) ride tomorrow as I am getting some cap highlights. I would say "have fun," but in the words of one of my favorite characters from The Princess Bride, "Inconceivable!"

Deb, for me the problem with candy is that it's too hard to stop, so it's best not to have one piece. When I indulge, it's usually ice cream, and even so, I get those 100 calorie Klondike bars. DH, on the other hand, has a big bowl of ice cream every night.

We will probably do Comfort Sunday again, and this is probably the last one of the year, since the restaurant business picks up around this time for Easter, Mother's Day, graduation, alumni weekend, summer tourist season, etc.

Have a great weekend!

[fox2star]

Good morning,

Agility class this morning and more HouseMax. I shredded a lot of old VISA bill statements yesterday, next are the old checking account statements. Made lots of room for more filing. I hate paper.

I went to the Outlet Mall yesterday and bought 2 pair of shoes and 3 tops. The sales were amazing. Loft was the best.

Garance, I did a 40 minute treadmill circuit workout yesterday, I was happy, but am sore today, and not in a good way. We stopped at one of the strip plaza's where they open up a candy store temporarily for Easter...the candy we usually buy is up to $14 a pound. Are they kidding? we didn't buy it. I would be the one eating most of it anyway. We'll end up getting some, but not that particular brand. I like those Klondike bars too. My Dad used to have a huge bowl of ice cream every night, and he was thin as a rail. Why didn't I get those genes?

Off to do more shredding, or something else on my list. Do you make lists of "to do's" ?

take care,