DaMaGe CoNtRoL...Boxing Day!

[gidget1978]

Good Morning!

How was everyone's Christmas?? We had another awesome one here. Both sets of parents spent the night here and we had so much stuff to open...it was insane. We had to wake DS up so he was kinda off and on all day. I was hoping he was gonna take a nap yesterday before dinner but that didn't happen. He will probably have a good sleep in today. I woke up around 7'ish and I decided to get up b/c I am having brunch here today. And I wanted to get my workout in before that.

Let's see...what did Santa bring me...a new coffee pot (one of the nice ones that perks one cup at a time) clothes, boots, my lulu lemon (love it!), digital picture frame, jewelry....and Santa paid the balance on my course! I think that is my fav part so it the new year my books should arrive and I can get crack'in!

I started to get a sore throat last night, that's what usually happens when I go,go,go, then stop! And today I woke up with a stuffy nose

I think I am gonna run outside today. Its still wet out there...all we have had is rain! Blah! But I don't wanna get on that TM either.

I may bbl!

Lori

 

[Fit_mommy]

Merry Christmas Lori and to all who follow!

Nice scores there Lori! Glad you had a fun day. Who's coming over today?

Let's see...what did I get....Well I got my Chi flat iron and OMG it ROCKS! I am sooooo happy! I also got the Wii balance board + wii fit game and a skiing/snowboarding game to use with the board (both games are fun b/c yes, I'm a big kid and already tried them!), clothes, earrings, new frying pans (mine are in horrible shape so yes, this actually a GOOD gift! lol), and Santa totally surprised me with a new 32 GIG IPOD TOUCH!!!! DOWNLOADS HERE I COME!!!!

IDK if I told you but in addition to the fitness items my mom got me, Santa sent me 2 dvds...Abs and Push Ups and Bodystrikes (both my Ilaria). Well I have Bodystrikes so I will be exchanging it for something else (haven't decided what yet) but I don't have Abs and Push Ups. I've looked at it on Collage but it scared me. Now I HAVE to do it! Santa sure is mean!

We still have to exchange with my sister. Not sure when that will be happening.

Today's work out will be INTENSITY...the MAX premix (75 mins). It's all of INTENSITY as produced plus she tacks on the BC segment.

We had to leave DS with my inlaws last night when we came home. He has off from school this week and we don't have a sitter otherwise and neither one of us has time to take off to stay with him. My mom would usually share the babysitting but she can't this time. I called an aunt of mine who's local but she had already made some plans that I can't obviously ask her to cancel so he's gone for the week. We are leaving for A/C on friday when I get home from work so he would have to go up north anyway for the weekend but it would've been nice if he could've been home until then. DH has off thurs/fri but that's not enough time to help and also being at the end of the week it's rather useless. Oh well. DS will have fun and we'll call him a lot.

Ok, let me wrap up this novel and I'll be back in a bit! No plans today except for house work, and maybe foodshopping before THE SNOW STORME HITS . Otherwise I'm gonna play with my new toys and maybe wash and put DS' new sheet/blanket set on his bed (TRANSFORMERS) so it's there for him when he gets home on Sunday.

 

[Fit_mommy]

Hey. Downloaded the cathe forum app to my iPod so I had to post! Lol well I have nothing but play on this thing so i better go be productive now. - bbl

 

[rmrmr]

Hi ladies,

I too had a wonderful Christmas. DH and I didn't exchange gifts this year, but we did buy a new 42" flat screen that is in our room and I got my laptop fixed. I'm pretty happy.

DS1 got clothes that he picked out, and a gift card to Old Chicago. Him and his boys hang there on Thursdays. DS2 got a fuel card, an external hard drive, and we will pay half of the computer he wants to build. Jerod is more interested in his new psp games than his computer. I'm actually considering taking it back. I will talk to him about it later today. It's a low end model and I'm not even very happy with it.

We had a great time at MIL's last night. Prime rib is always on the menu for Christmas. It was delicious. My niece wants to know when I can run again. She plays college soccer at the Colorado School of Mines and wants me to run with her. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be cleared to run until the end of January and she will be back at school.

Lori-sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas! You have a full house with both sets of parents there. Hope you are able to sneak out for your run before brunch. btw-I'm going to follow the weightloss rotation you gave me after my stitches are out. Not sure when we are starting STS, but circuits will ease me back into shape after a 2 week break of no cardio and only a few weight w/o's.

Wendy-Awesome, an Ipod touch....I want one of those too but told DH not to get it right now. There is nothing wrong with useful gifts IMO. I have a wii fit and have only used it once. I just prefer to w/o with Cathe if I'm going to w/o. Is Joey used to being away from his parents for such a long time. I'm sure he will be fine especially with you calling him. Oh, and lets not forget how grandparents spoil the grandkids!

Jacque-how was your Christmas with the kiddo's? Did all your kids come by? Hope so, that sure would be nice. I bet the grandson's had a great time too. What was your favorite gift this year?

Laura-How was your Christmas? Did you get anything cool??? Hope things went well with DSIL.

Can't believe this, but I'm taking down the Christmas tree and decorations today. I want to have more room for the girls to play and not worry about them breaking anything accidentally. Plus, this will also help with getting the basement cleaned up as we can get all the containers back under the stairs!

Have a great day ladies.

 

[Sunshine1528]

Good morning ladies !

Sounds like everyone had a great day yesterday. My kids/gks all come down y'day late AM to early PM and we had loads of fun. DH bought some Hot Wheels track that came on Friday so set it up for the boys down the hallway and they played for quite a while. I'll have to see if the pics came out . . . Then it was off to SIL's for DH's family Xmas - always enjoy that (even though I think I had a few too many margaritas with my kids ! )

DH and I didn't really exchange either . . . but I got him a few things that are really for both of us, a Back 2 Life (one of his friends says it works well - we'll see in a bit), a Beer making set and a $50 GC to Outback. He got me the last Harry Potter DVD which should be excellent on our new 50" HDTV and then he'll get me a flat screen for the workout room. We'll be working on a few areas of the house so that will be incorporated Xmas and BDay's for me. MIL gave me a gorgeous necklace (looks like crystals in multi colors) and the kids gave us nice pics of the GS's - need to get a picture wall started ! DD gave us lots of Shark's stuff . . .

Lori - nice nice gifts you got young lady. woo hoo to finish your classes for the certification ! Now you gotta fit it in, huh? Hope your Boxing Day was a fun one !

Wendy - score with the IPod ! woo hoo . . . I'm thinking it is time to move from old fashioned cell phone only to the real world soon and add texting and internet. Just have enough idle time that I might be able to keep up a little better if I was "connected to the outside world". Hope you don't miss Joey too much . . . did he enjoy his Xmas?

Diana - We had prime rib too - DH grilled it on the rotisserie - got a little sidetracked with the gift opening so it was a little mroe done that he wanted, but tasty just the same ! ITA that having your laptop is a good gift that came a little early . . . and a flat screen in the bedroom works well for vegging on those days you catch up on your dvr's, right? I'm loving our new plasma - the pictures are so neat, especially for movies like Avatar. Can't wait to see my Harry Potter movie - I love the settings for those movies. So tomorrow is the doc appt, right? Will you get the word on when you can start walking on it a little more (with weight on it)?

Laura - hey girlie . . . what did you get for Xmas ? ? ?

So when are we starting STS? I'm needing some muscle on this "soft" stature ! Thinking I'm ready to start the beginning of the year . . . what about the rest of you?

Have an enjoyable day girls . . . off to clean up the mess from yesterday that we just left sitting around !

 

[rmrmr]

Hi Ladies,

STS Total Body is done! I did have to modify since I can't do lunges...well I tried to but I was in socks only and my feet were slipping. Didn't want to risk an injury since my stiches come out tomorrow and I should be able to wear a regular shoe. I did a plie squats with a barbell instead of lunges.

Off to shower and take down the Christmas Tree.

bbl

 

[Fit_mommy]

Finally did my work out at about 2:30-3:00 pm.

INTENSITY MAX PREMIX + a few minutes of my own abs (100 varied crunches).

Prior to that I was being soooo lazy. I did a leetle bit of laundry and we went food shopping but that was it. I found myself sitting in various places in the house playing with my Ipod Touch most of the time. It's pretty freakin' awesome and makes me wants a phone like the Droid even more! DH doesn't wanna pay all that $ for the data pkgs though so it probably won't happen. Oh well!

So speaking of my Ipod...I haven't even gone to download the WB yet. I am praying for a snow day from work tomorrow (it's lookin' like it so fingers crossed!) and if I get one I fully intend to download it, buy a couple downloads and put it to the test! Just have to carefully consider what I want!

Okay, well my DH cooked dinner (YES! LOVE IT!) and it's ready now so I gotta go eat!

BBL or in the a.m.! Toodles and glad everyone had a merry!

 

[Sunshine1528]

Well I finally did my workout and it was 4DS Kickbox/Legs. Sweaty and tired after that.

Showered and working on some more cleaning/laundry.

Diana & Wendy - nice job with the workouts !

Guess we all took a little time getting to them but did it ! Thanks for the suggestion on the 4DS ladies - thinking I'll stick with it the rest of the week and then see from there. Will probably add a couple of the new workouts in between.

Back tomorrow !