STS 6 Month Alumni ***January 2012***

[cab0899]

Waving hi from Disneyworld. Moved from the UNiversal hotel to the Disney hotel today. It is cold here! Freezing warning in effect for Orlando tonight and of course the Canadian children are swimming I do wish it was a little warmer, gets quite chilly after being outside for a few hours.

Today was kind of hectic, we rented 2 vans to move our group of 13. Always some issues we rental cars, hotel check ins etc. We will to the outlet mall for a couple of hours and I was able to buy some new clothes so that was a nice change from the amusement parks.

Anyone in for Cathe's 3 month LIS/STS rotation?? It looks great! Will plan to start when I get back. HOpe everyone is doing well.

[cendrine]

I'm glad you are having a good time, Kim! I was thinking of you today when we were at Disneyland, remembering how much bigger disneyworld is!

We haven't been in about 18 months and so there were a few new rides for us to try out. Unfortunately the fast pass places weren't very accomodating today, so we didn't get on a lot of the long wait rides, but it was a fun first visit after being away so long.

I didn't see the sts rotation, sounds good, but am not sure if I'm going to do it. Kind of thinking of shelving it for later.

Rachel, what are you up to?

[FourAM]

I am so sorry I totally let the time get away from me and I just realized today how long it has been since I checked in!
My friend is starting a new endeavor and I went to a workshop to support her yesterday. It is called YogaCan and it is a donation based organization for Cancer warriors. Her loving yoga students sent her to California to a work shop given by a cancer survivor who now teaches yoga to other cancer survivors and their care givers. It was pretty powerful to see a woman's reaction yesterday who is 16 years out from breast cancer. It was interesting to see how affected she was.

Kim-I can only imagine what traveling with 13 is like. I bet there can be a little chaos but how fun those memories are going to be too.
I have not even thought about a rotation to be honest with you. I think we are going to go back to work soon and I will just have to see what I am going to do. I did see that it was posted though and it did peak my curiosity! I love the LIS series and STS so I think I would love that but if we go out of town any it would get disrupted.

Cendrine-What have you decided to do for the new year as far as workouts go? Have you made any plans?

DH is shooting a short film tomorrow. I am supposed to be a zombie. I am so far from wanting to be in any sort of camera thing but I felt sorry for him. LOL I will post pics if I get some.

Have a great Sunday afternoon and an even better Monday!

[cendrine]

Rachel, I have been sidetracked too, so no worries at all!
I had a rotation all lined up but now I can't get myself to do it...
the only thing I've been doing instead is watching Netflix on my Droid while doing the treadmill or bike trainer....
I'm hoping to snap out of it soon. In addition, something I did aggravated my back and I'm trying to get that under control.

Yesterday they brought snow to our neighborhood, a realtor sponsored event, where the kids can slide down snow slides all day, so of course we went and had lots of fun.
This week should be the first week of 5 days of school, hopefully we'll all get into the swing of things!

How did the zombie thing work out? Not something i would volunteer for usually, either.... lol

Kim, hopefully you guys are having va wonderful time!

[FourAM]

Is it Wednesday already?!! It seems with the new year there comes a new economy. At least in our neck of the woods anyway. We have got companies calling us left and right and scheduling is getting tricky, mostly because you can not necessarily count on a job to be ready to start when someone tells you it is. That is why I like to work for one company and let them hash out the schedule. We have a few little jobs going on at the same time. With a little to do at each of them at a time so it is sort of here and there.

We did the zombie thing on Monday. It was not as bad as I thought. I was not the only one that was nervous so that made me relax more if that makes sense.
Now DH has to do alot of editing. That will take a while but he likes doing that sort of thing.

Cendrine-I hope your back is getting better. I am having a lot of luck so far with mine but we will see the busier we get at work.
I hope your first full week of school is going ok. It sometimes makes the week seem like it is more like 2.

I am off to get a few things done around here. Have a great day!

[cab0899]

Back home! Got home really late last night so letting the kiddos sleep in a bit and go late to school. Overall a good vacation although I had one little fight with one sister but that's not surprising. It's hard to travel with a group of 13 and keep everone happy especially of different ages (from age 5-68). Some really hot weather and some cool weather but only a couple hours of rain the last day.

I have today off to do laundry, groceries, etc. My plan is to do start the 3 month rotation today with STS disc 16 but we'll see how the day goes with getting the house organzied.

I think I will really need to detox from all the restuarant eating these last 2 weeks! My plan is to ge really clean for the next while.

That's good news that there is lots of work coming in for you Rachael. So what was the Zombie filming for???

Cendrine, I remember the snow event from last year, it must be a annual event?? We had lots of snow when we were gone, I guess there will be shovelling here today. What rotation do you have in mind??

[cendrine]

Good to have you back, Kim! Sounds like you are hitting the ground running...lol
I'm going to do super clean right along with you, but I think as far as rotations go I'm sticking with the treadmill and bike trainer for cardio(watching movies) and some total body workouts for weights, i did high reps this week and got good and sore...

Yep the snow is an annual event. It's sponsored by a Realtor so I was worried he might stop with sales down and all, but luckily he's keeping it going!

Rachel, I'm glad you got lots of jobs lining up but I hope it's not too hard of a hit on you after having time off.

My bloodwork came back and get this, I'm in California and am low on vital D! gotta go outside more! Lol!

[FourAM]

LOL Cendrine!!! Yes you are in the land of sun with a neighborhood of fake snow and you have low Vit.D ( I wrote VD but that sounded wrong in my head.) Yes you might need to go out a bit more. I probably have Low Vit. D too right now. I feel like I have not been outside in forever.

It is blustery and cold today. We had to go to the dentist today for our checkups and so we have the day off and it is nice to be in out of the wind.Our puppies came running with their heads down when we got home for us to let them in. They just hate the wind. I think they are still shell shocked from years ago when we had a couple of trees fall near and on the house. We were not here so I have no way of knowing how they were affected.

This morning I did Athletic Training. It has been a week since I did any Cathe I think once we go back to work and I am limited to what days I can go to yoga, I will be doing more. I used to workout and then go to a 9am yoga class but I like the classes that are offered at 5:45am better so then it seems true to form that after I get home that I don't do a workout. The morning workouts are ingrained in me!!!

Kim-So glad you just had little hiccups and no major snafus. I love it when travel goes smooth. I am kind of a nervous traveler since we do not do it too much but am hoping to change that this year. I guess I am sort of a chicken and am worried about everything going well and sometimes I think I talk myself right out of going anywhere! Not this year!!! I am thinking we are going to try and go to Oregon early summer. Hopefully we will be able to take our friend who has been several times so he can help us not to miss nothing!

Well it is still early so maybe I can try and get something done around here!
Have a great day!!!

[cab0899]

Sorry I haven't been around much. That trip just exhausted me! I need a vacation from my vacation!!! Yesterday I did 8 loads laundry, drove kids around, did the grocery shopping, returned phone calls, unpacked, then did STS disc #16. Today was a full day of work then Trisets Lower Body.
I just feel exhausted. Good thing we don't have much on the agenda for this weekend.

Cendrine, LOL on the Vitamin D! Do you need to take a supplement??

How exciting about the Oregon trip Rachael! I love planning trips. I think I like the planning better than the actual vacation. I'm always so amazed at your energy to do early morning workouts!

[cendrine]

Take it easy this weekend, Kim! I always feel like needing a vacation from the vacation! Lol
I am taking a vital d supplement. I actually have vital d in my calcium pill that I take daily, but it must evidently not be enough or not absorb. So I ordered a liquid version on vitacost, the same brand that does my multi. It tastes good....lol

Our girlscout troop is finally officially up and running with a troop number, troop checking account and completed background checks! DDR and her troop went to a Daisy playmate sponsored by the Brownie troops in our area yesterday. Was so cute!

Rachel, I hope you are getting some good rest this weekend, so you'll be all ready for all those jobs that are lining up.

I'm in a weird phase workout wise... working out at night haven't done that in years, I did sts total body last night.