August 09 Check In ***Friday 21rst***

[Kathy36]

Good morning ladies..

I am scheduled for a stretch day today..I am thinking that I may go for a nice long walk with the kids and the dog. Then, come home and do a stretchmax segment and a coremax segment...

Hope everyone is doing well today..Gotta go give the kids their tests for today. Lauren has 4 today. YIKES!!!

Talk to you later..

 

[Boingo1]

Good Morning Kathy and all to follow!!

I'm still bleary eyed in spite of being up for 3 hours and having 2 cups of coffee...Ugh.

My workout today is going to be S&H: Legs and Shoulders and I think I'll do the "Weights" portion of Abs Circuit, Weights and Plates...

Kathy: Enjoy your stretch! How's Lauren feeling about 4 tests today? WOW!

Beth: You're right, let's just jump into STS. I am going to use my 1RM's from last time. The thought of doing them over would put me over the edge of NOT doing STS so soon! LOL!

Okay, better get underway...... BBL!!!!

 

[Kathy36]

Hey Chris: She is ok with it..Test days are shorter since it only involves the test and no homework or questions. She did well on them..in the mid to high 90s..Proud of her!! Now she is doing her math assignment. She is not fond of math! Enjoy working those shoulders and legs. I have mild DOMS...I am hoping the walk will loosen them up and then the stretch will be wonderful!

Ok, now off for that walk and then lunch..Maybe the pool later!!

Be back later..

 

[bitmover]

Good morning! Kathy, wow, 4 tests in one day! Sounds like STAR testing (the state testing in CA to see how the schools rank). We just recently got Travis' scores back from that -- he did pretty well, whew. Glad to hear Lauren had a good day of testing! Hope you enjoy your walk and stretch. I felt so tired this morning I thought about making it a rest day, but....

I had Angie Miller's kbell workout to look forward to, and that helped me get moving. I did it -- I was dragging somewhat. Chris, maybe it's something in the air!! Actually, for you I'm sure it's because you didn't sleep well the night before last -- for me it always hits on the second day like that. Hope you perk up somehow! Loved your coffee guy.

Ok, we'll jump into STS -- I didn't think you would do the 1RMs again, but I wondered if you might just add a little. Kathy, are you going to do another round of STS? I thought about Lalo this morning and realized I'm going to miss him for the next three months.

Babysitter is coming today so I'm back to work -- finally -- I have so much catching up to do!!! And then later today we head to the school to find out what teachers/classes the kids have, and after that we're headed to our friend's house with the pool for an end of summer get together -- should be nice. Larry has poker tonight, so he won't join us and I can only hope he won't be hungover tomorrow!!! Those guys....

cheers, happy Friday, OSIF, and all! Joanne, we missed you yesterday.... hope you are not in a funk!! Vilma, we miss you all the time lately, thank goodness for FB updates.

 

[Boingo1]

SLOW & HEAVY: Legs & Shoulders AND Abs Circuits: Weights : DONE!

That was tough you guys. I just felt so tired , and I kept yawning. Motivation was on the low end, and I seriously thought about stopping partially into Legs. Somewhere towards the end of legs, I got a LITTLE oomph, enough to finish.

Yeah, Beth, something must be in the air, huh? Speaking of air, our air today is VERY VERY thick and humid. The sun is out now and it's TOASTY hot. Alex and Zach are at their last day of camp today. I would be crying to come home! LOL!! .... Good job on KB today!! Did you get into it and enjoy it afterall? Ohhh, yeah, I knew you asked if I'd lift heavier for STS, My mind is a fog, I swear. No, I'm going with my print outs from last time. I don't think i'll make new ones, will you? It's a thick stack!!

Kathy: That is true, that at least there is no homework. I always loved Math! What kind of math is Lauren doing? My legs felt really tight during the stretches at the end too. I think my run yesterday added to it. If I feel like this tomorrow , I might do 1/2 cardio and then 1/2 stretch, we'll see.

Joanne: Hope your'e doing ok! Miss ya! Check in with us! We love ya, funk or no funk!

Vilma: I'm dying to know how school went!!! What class(es) are you taking and how often?

I'm so pissed, I found a late bill, now I have to go pay it and catch up with the others...

tah-tah for now!

 

[Kathy36]

Hey Beth: I was thinking of waiting on STS because we are going to VA beach the beginning of September for a week. So, I don't want to start then stop. Then I was hoping the cardio would be close to being released and I could do them together. But, that might not happen. So, ultimately I was thinking of October and take it through the end of the year...I may change that; not sure..Have fun at the pool...The kids were tired after the walk. So, we may not go to the pool. If we do, it will be much later.

Chris: Math was my favorite too. It breaks my heart that she doesn't love it like I do. She is in 7th grade and doing Basic Math. I think next year she will do Pre-Algebra and move up from there...The Basic math kinda hits all aspects from the basic adding, subtracting, multipling and dividing to some algebra and geometry...Slow & heavy is always tough for me. I always want to come up about 1 or 2 counts before Cathe...

Hi everyone else...

 

[Boingo1]

Got a bunch of bills paid and some cleaning done. I found myself in a bummer mood which only 1/2 bag of marshmallows seemed to cure (I *hate* when one of the boys has me buy them something and they forget about it, and I eat it instead!). I think what I may need is some good ol' fashioned Vitamin D i.e. sunshine. I'm going to go outside for a bit, muggy-as-shit or not!

Kathy: I kind of wanted to wait for STS Cardio to come out, but then figure, if it comes out during the 3 months that I'm doing STS strength, I'll just throw it in! I don't blame you for not wanting to start/stop too.Unless you wanted to start the week you come back, I'd wait for ya?

okay, gotta go get me some sunshine....

 

[Kathy36]

Chris: That is a thought...I could do that. Maybe start on the 14th. I think that is a Monday. The one after Labor Day!!

 

[bitmover]

Kathy, I completely forgot about you not wanting to start STS because you're going away. Should we all plan on starting on the 14th? I'm fine with waiting, though I do prefer to start on a Saturday so that I can make good use of my weekend days.

On the math..... do you remember that show The Wonder Years? Well, the Winnie character went on to get a degree in math, and she's now written a couple of books aimed at girls about Lauren's age to get them to try to like math a bit more. The pages were theoretically designed more like magazine pages, so as to be less intimidating and all. Danica McKellar, I think is her name -- might want to see if your library has her books.

I hate late bills, too, Chris.

Wow, I just got home from work and it was so smoky driving home I thought there must be a new fire really close. spooky!!! It's really hot today, so maybe something about the heat has brought the smoke our way -- apparently there is no new fire. whew! Glad I'm not planning to run in the morning though -- stretch day for me -- I need it!

Have a good evening......

 

[Boingo1]

Hey, ya...I'd be ok with starting on the 14th, if you wanted to, Kathy, Beth, Hottie AND Joanne?

I could always start Cathe's Sept rotation, or even her lower body rotation she had for July and throw in Physique57, if/when it comes.

Beth: wow, that sounds like a great math book! Good suggestion!...Oh , ick, the smoke sounds horrible. we had fires here a FEW years back, and I just remember the smell was awful and everywhere , ALL the time. Hope your smoke clears soon!!...Nice for a stretch day tomorrow! I think I may do 1/2 of the IMAX3 and then do 30 min stretch too. I feel tight, esp my legs, and that's before the DOMS of S&H Legs sets in (if they do!).

I'm in a weird mood. Almost PMSy. Zach annoyed me horribly , because at camp he ate a SNOW CONE , and "didn't think it had any carbs in it". OMG, that thing is PURE SUGAR! His blood sugar was 450-something when he came home, so this evening has been about getting his blood sugar down, and it's not cooperating. *sigh*. Makes me want more marshmallows! LOL!

I WON'T,!!!!!

 

[Kathy36]

Ladies..I am in for the 14th too. Are we going to do the 3 month rotation with the cardio suggestions Cathe posted?

Beth: Yes, I did know that about the girl from the Wonder Years. I think I saw a "Where are they now?" show that mentioned it..I will have to look into the books and see if they motivate Lauren. She likes to read! Glad there is no new fires..The smoke must be horrible!!

Chris: Hope you get those blood sugars down...That must be pretty scary to worry about!

Ok, so I ended up doing housecleaning instead of stretchmax and coremax. I just didn't want to have to do it tomorrow. I cleaned the bathrooms, kitchen, vacuumed the house and did a couple of loads of laundry...I am pooped now. I am going to try and add some coremax on to tomorrow..if I have time!!

Now, time to read then go to bed..Starting a new Nora Roberts book...Midnight Bayou. I have the movie in my netflix queue and I usually like to read the book first. I watched Nora's Tribute movie yesterday. I had already read that book. The movie was great and followed pretty close to the book...

 

[bitmover]

Kathy, instead of adding coremax tomorrow, could you come to my house and do that cleaning here?????

 

[Boingo1]

...and mine?? I read that washing kitchen floors is GREAT for the Core!

 

[Kathy36]

Ha Ha...I think I would rather do coremax!!