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Once kids reach a certain age, it may be easier to get them a smaller item so as to have the fun of picking out something special, and then give them a gift certificate apiece. Or, take them on a shopping expedition with a budget. Then each will choose what's most desired. Your oldest did...

Hi everyone! I am working from home for awhile again, and want to get back into the habit of regular posts! This one is just to kind of prime the pump, and let you know I still exist :) Will be home for perhaps three weeks: working next week and half of the one following, and taking my...

Hi all! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Tis the season to express our gratitude, and I echo Shoegal: I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you. It's a true pleasure and a treat to have a group of friends who are enthused about fitness, and have such great personalities. Our group is a...

I wouldn't waste my time on that site ... what useful information would it give you? I checked them out once because the site showed up when I did a self-google, and I was curious. There were two comments posted, both nasty. Both were regarding classes I'd never taught, during a time period...

Hi all, I am at home this week! Have a few minutes before I'm due on the phone again, but I wanted to share that my dvds came too! I see Laura has hers also. They arrived yesterday. Thank goodness it's safe now to do some workouts with care, for up to 30 min. I started that mid last week and if...

Janie, I went back and read a bunch of your posts about the dogs, the bread, and those things on your face. Whew! You have had many challenges lately. You're setting a good example for us, and it's an important reminder that you were able to stop a problem while it was still pre-cancerous. Very...

Hi all, I'm back this weekend and able to spend a time on the computer for personal again! Hope you don't mind if I do this in bits and pieces; it is easier that way and there is a lot to catch up on :) Renee, I always love reading your posts, and especially this one! It is terrific to...

Hello all! I'm finally able to do personal things on the computer again! At least for short periods ... Let me bring you up to speed. It's been my turn to have a back injury. That slip I took earlier in October - don't know if I posted about it or not - well, actually it was quite a long fall...

Hi all, I am home for about 36 hours total this time - and not spending much of that at my computer. Those bulbs are high priority, and of course the four footed and two footed kids! We had a veterinary issue yesterday with our lab, who greeted me with a tennis-ball size lump in his throat...

I prefer the supine for reasons mentioned above ... but I make myself do the overhead version, and nearly always substitute it. That's because the overhead version is closer to what I end up having to do on an airplane with my luggage (getting heavy items in/out of an overhead compartment)...

Good morning all! Lots to catch up on here, I can see. I'm home for a few days and then off on Wednesday or so. This weekend has been a combination of college activities/visits (with Clara), getting work caught up (being off for a few days is always difficult), and getting those bulbs in (up...

Ditto the above! I keep my TRX packed for travel - it goes nearly everywhere with me. I use the door anchor, and have heard of people using the Iron Gym as an anchor point too (though that sounds a little dangerous ...). Anyway, while I own most of the workouts now, thanks to several...

What a sad situation ... You know, I agree with the suggestion that your son's friend's mom knows, but since your kids are close, she may be truly worried what you think about her, her son, and her family ... depends on how much she cares about other people's feelings, but that's a normal...

Hi all, welcome to the weekend! I'm off to plant bulb number 11,165 and beyond. Apparently we're supposed to have rain tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday and the day before were slow planting days, because we had the vet out. It was mainly routine: horse dentistries, rabies shots for every family...

How about packing yourself a 'care' package of dvds in addition to the ones you bring along? You could bring along two-three rotations worth that way, and set up another two-three rotations to follow. If you have the next set of rotations ready to go, it would be easy for someone to handle...

Good morning all! Today is continuing in the week's pattern - very beautiful, warm, and sunny. What a gorgeous week to be home :D Michelle, you probably do hear me counting! I've got a spreadsheet all set up for tracking inventory that I began when I made purchases this spring: after I...

Best wishes for this visit! My two favorite kinds of travel workouts probably won't work for you: TRX and Cardio Coach. The first requires the TRX system (which is great for strength training) and the second would work with any cardio equipment if you had access to the hotel gym equipment ...

Janie, you were asking about Forza II? There are clips now up on Total Fitness: http://www.totalfitnessdvds.com/Forza-Samurai-Sword-Workout-DVD-Ilaria-Montagnan-p/1041.htm I ordered Ilaria's other new dvds ... perhaps as a reward, once I've finished the bulbs, I will get Forza II as well :D

Might a hybrid method work? For myself, it is effective to combine my GoWearFit, keep a loose estimate of calories, periodic weighing/tape measure to 'keep an eye on things', and relatively careful calorie counting a few times a week. I no longer measure as my eye is pretty good nowadays...

Hi all! I'm back this week, and mostly taking it off so that I can ... drum roll ... handle this year's Great Bulb Planting :eek::eek::eek: Yep, showed up home, and not only were most of the 20000 (yes, twenty thousand) waiting for me in their little plastic bags and cardboard boxes, but the...