Buff Badgers Aug. 27-Aug. 31

Yes, Laurie, I do walk her every day. Unless its raining really hard out there! She sleeps in her kennel but will bark if I am over sleeping! If I don't walk her right away she follows me around and bugs me until we head out! I think when you start them young like I did (she was 3 months) its just a habit for them!

Susan
 
Laurie - Let us know what you think of Gabby Reece's workout. I've been wanting to do Yoga X, too. Maybe this weekend. It's been awhile and I thought it might help any FUTURE back injuries.

Karen - Are you getting into running now? I'm too lazy to sprint while I'm running. :+ I know if I want to speed up I'll have to do that though.

Susan - The jewelry party was actually fun. I was looking for an excuse not to go since the only person I knew was the hostess but I met some really funny ladies and we had a good time trying on all the jewelry. Bought a silver necklace that I know I'll wear a lot. Told DH he can consider it my anniversary present since that's coming up in about 2 weeks.:) Have fun camping this weekend!

Took a rest day today. Both kids are home sick and complaining of sore throats. The doctor said no strep yesterday but found out last night that 2 kids we saw on Sunday have it.

Sue
 
Laurie, are Gabby's dvds only dvd-r?

Sue, glad you bought something you will wear a lot. Nice to get what we want ant just tell our DH we already have out anniversary present. Hope your kids feel better soon.

After open house our family is going out for my birthday meal. Probably Culvers. I am taking the kids to Dollar General to buy me some presents. My pastors wife brought me over an angel food cake with choc. whip cream. I am 43 today.

Enjoy your day.
 
Happy Birthday Karen!!!!

Very good idea on the Dollar General. We just got one of those in Mukwonago.

DVD-R is what I have found out. That isn't a big deal for me. I just want a good workout.

Laurie
 
Laurie, how do you know if they play on a certain dvd player, DVD-R's that is?

Thanks for the birthday wishes.
 
Happy Friday! Can't believe Labor Day weekend is already here!

What beautiful weather we're having too. We leave to go camping tomorrow bright and early! I hope to come home early Monday to get things settled in and the children ready for school!

Today I have to mow the lawn again! I will also do CTX Kickbox cardio and bicep work.

Have a great weekend ladies! Susan
 
Morning BB's,

Today I am doing GS Legs and Squeeze upper body. My DH said he wanted to give me a present that would last so he took me up a huge hill and on continuous sprints and more hills for 22 miles last night. Now the DOMS will last as my birthday present. Thus the reason for no cardio today as scheduled.

Sue, thanks for the birthday wishes. Is your school shopping done yet? How are the kids feeling.

Laurie, The MFH rotation and the 4 week wave workout are the rotations I am considering right now. I keep switching back and forth.

Susan, have fun cutting the lawn. Sure for half of the summer we don't cut our grass at all and now it's every couple of day. Have a good time camping. Where are you guys going this time?

I got an MP3 player for my CC's, a pair of furry blue slippers, a set of 4 dvds of Janis Saffell, and a pair of navy blue slip tennis. The kids found good sales at Shopko after deciding they couldn't find anything at Dollar General this time around. The problem is that I don't know how to download my CC from my computer to the MP3 player.

Have a great weekend.
 
Morning BB's,

Today will be Yoga X. Don't have anything planned for this evening, just picking DD14 up from the school. She has another race today, but it isn't a hot day so I'm not to worried about her.

Karen, The DVD player in my workout room played the DVD-R just fine. And I only have one other DVD player, and I will never use it on that one. I had to LOL at your DH's b'day present to you. I like that he thinks DOMS are a present. What is MFH and Wave, you will have to give me a link. :) I'm always up for new things. You got some great gifts. I'm no help on the dowloading thing.

Susan, You want to come and mow our grass? It is so thick that DH is having a hard time cutting it. :) He hasn't been home all week, and DD14 won't do it because the mower gets all clogged up. Thanks for the info on the dog, maybe I better rethink the time I want to do the walks. Then I won't be awake at 5am in the morning on Saturdays.

Sue, Hope your kids avoid the strep thing, escpecially right before school starts. x( Not fun to have sick children during a 3 day weekend.

The Gabby Reece DVD is probably not something that I would recommend if you like good production quality. It had some points, and I think it was because of the background, where she looked like she was going though reeds of bamboo. (Bamboo was in the background) Otherwise I did get a good workout and could go heavy. I thought some exercises she went a little too fast, and she only used one set of dumbbells. Overall I will keep the workout, because it did do the job that I wanted it to do. I have DOMS, and I know I can go heavier on the biceps. I used 15# and I know I can go to 20#. I can also go heavier on the triceps. I was using 10#, and I'm thinking of going to 12#. I like Gabby as an instructor, so I'm hoping that she gets better. And that they stop the DVD-R.

All of you have a great weekend,

Laurie
 
Laurie - Thanks for the Gabby Reece review. Sounds like I'll pass for now. Interesting about the bamboo. The set was probably designed by someone who never designed for a workout dvd before so didn't realize how distracting it would be. Happy Last Weekend of the Season at Ren Faire!

Karen - Sounds like you had a nice birthday. I'm not going to mention what your DH gave you for your birthday (DOMS) because my DH who always struggles with what to give me (I'm really not a hard person to buy for) would give that to me every year! :+

If your mp3 player is an ipod, downloading music is real easy. I'm not sure about other mp3 players. My daughter bought a non-ipod one for $50 from one of her friends and it didn't come with any instructions so she's been unable to use it - and hopefully learned a lesson about buying stuff without Mom and Dad's ok! Hopefully yours has some instructions.

Susan - Have fun camping! I hope the rain and the bugs stay away. Eat some s'mores for me, too.;-)

Did most of Yoga X this morning (up to the yoga belly 7s). Note to self - Don't do this workout again in shorts. My legs were so sweaty by the time I got to the balance poses that my foot kept slipping off! Was going to run outside but it was only 55 degrees at 5 a.m. and didn't feel like braving the cold. Wimpy I know.

We might go to the Wisconsin Highland Games on Saturday or Sunday at the Waukesha Expo Center. Heard about it on the radio and it looks interesting. Here's a link: http://www.wisconsinscottish.org/

Kids are still running a bit of a fever and coughing so we're letting them stay home today again. Doctor said they'd continue testing throat cultures for strep but what if the old cultures DON'T have it but new cultures DO?

Have a GREAT Labor Day Weekend everyone!

Sue
 

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