**FEBRUARY 10 Check in for WEDNESDAY, 2/10**

Boingo1

Boingo1

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Hey girls!

No school today! Except my alarm went off at 5:40a, I turned on the TV to find out, PLUS the phone rang from the school, to say no school today. And I was WIDE awake. I MADE myself stay in bed, and eventually did doze off, until 7am. Jakey came in the bed and snuggled with me and we watched Arthur ... it was kind of nice!

It's yet to start snowing here, but it's SUPPOSED to be nasty, turning very windy tonight with 40 MPH gusts. Yikes!

So somehow , sometime I will get in my workout, but I'm a little frightened of it! It's 40/20 and THEN the drills from KickMax! Thanks for reminding me, joanne! LOL!. I'm gonna do it, though, or try like hell!

BBL!
 
Oh..and wanted to say, Beth, that movie Paper Clips sounds very cool. I think it would be good for Zach to see and even me! Wish I had Netflix at times like this!
 
Hi ladies!!

Kathy, hope the weather is cooperating for you at Disney and you are having a good time!

Chris, yowsers - did you try it yet? Actually, I was dreading it, but it wasn't too bad. I really needed those 60 second breaks in Hiit 40/20, though. I was doing fine until she added the extra risers to the step. I couldn't go at the same pace for most of those moves. KickMax wasn't as hard as I remembered. I was even tempted to do the leg drills, but did laundry instead.

I guess we had an earthquake here last night! At 4:00 in the morning. I didn't feel a things, but lots of people are saying they felt it.

Waves to everyone else!!

Joanne
 
HOLY COW!

I did do it, Joanne! 40/20 was WAY harder than the KM drills, wasn't it? I can't do those friggin butt kicks. Not so much I can't modify and do them off the end of the step, but it almost hurt my chest going in the down position when my heart was so fast already. I just did Plyo Jacks instead. The running man KILLED my quads! My form on some of the KM Drills was laughable (tuck jumps? LOL!). But i got through! HRM said I burned over 600 calories! :eek: I believe it! You are a NUT thinking about doing the leg conditioning afterwards, but now that I'm settled down a bit, I think I could do them!??! :eek:

OMG, you had an earthquake?? That's scary. I'm glad it wasn't here, it would scare Alex so bad (as rough and tough and loud and crazy as he is, he gets afraid of bigger things like that). Funny you didn't feel it. was it snowing then too?

It's after 11am here, and still only barely snow flurries, which you really have to strain to see. Well, the kids are happy to be off from school. Hope tomorrow isn't another no school day for them. I just realized, we have to go out for Valentines!!! Crap. maybe I can find some old ones...
 
Where are all the people??

Beth??

Hey Joanne, did your kids have a snow day today?

I'm bored!!! I guess I could go do dishes and laundry :(
 
howdy...I was dealing with...marriage drama. Seriously, there are some days I wish I were single again! But I was back to being uber depressed and it lasted all morning watching crap off the dvr FOREVER. I tried to do a BM2 Timesaver Cardio Premix but I couldn't get passed the bonus cardio bits...the leg blasts were just making me go gah! Which is weird because I was happy with the long (sometimes boring) low impact warmup. I ended up throwing that AS Finished Combo which I did better again and I felt a LOT better after that. Walked evee and I attempted the arm and ab booster from Beth's p57. Geez! I couldn't do all the ab stuff but I needed the haul my butt to work...you know so I can graduate. I'm going to be here until late in the evening (and yay, more marriage drama...blech). But I'm going to treat myself to togos soon so that's good. i'm crossing my fingers for this one experiment because if it proves that I did something right I'll be looking forward to one of those big marathon experiments but it's like a big glory experiments (so my boss can't stop regretting hiring me). LOL -- oh I need the humor.

Joanne -- I thought of you when I read about the earthquake! Did Tully know ahead of time? Apparently, dogs are supposed to sense the tectonic shift or something. Maybe your house is heavier than others. I remember we had an earthquake when I was living off campus as an undergrad and all my friends thought I was going crazy because I had felt in my flimsy apartment and they didn't feel anything in the historic buildings on campus.

Chris -- um, yeah...still haven't even previewed HiiT yet. Just too scared! And KM drills! I don't know if I've ever gone through them all. What do you have to get for V-day for the kids?

I'm bored too Chris if you wanna make this a chatty thread today.
 
Hey Chris! I know - where is everyone?? Come on out Beth and Hottie! Kathy, we know you're covorting with Mickey!

No, no snow day for us. They started doing late starts instead of snow days. So, they just started an hour later. Which is good cause then they don't have to make up the days at the end of the year. Did you ever get snow there?

Yes, 40/20 was harder than KM! I was remembering KM as being killer, but it wasn't too bad. Wow, 600 calories is awesome!! My HRM battery died a few years ago and I haven't replaced it. I cheated big time on the running man things!

Yea, it was snowing when the earthquake came. Weird, isn't it? It's a bit scary to think we could actually have a pretty major earthquake here or close to here. I guess there are some fault lines nearby. We need Valentine's, too. Well, probably just for Caitlyn. Colin didn't want to do them last year. Somewhat related topic....do your boys (well, probably just Zach for now) show any interest in girls? Jameson - not really, that I know of. I learned on FB that Ian likes someone. One of his friends posted something about it. I'm not going to ask him about it because he's totally secretive about anything remotely related to girls. Last weekend I was taking him and three of his friends somewhere and they all started (well, not Ian in front of me ;)) about girls they liked. It was actually kind of cute, but I was like, guys, you're 12!! I see some interesting years ahead....;)

Time to stop procrastinating!

Joanne
 
Hey Hottie - there ya are!! :) I think I owe you a drink! Sorry about the drama - men can be pains! I don't know the specifics of what you're going through, but I'm hoping it all works out for you. I can drown myself in DVR programming, too! Sounds like you eventually got a good mish-mosh of workouts in there! I love AS. And Step Moves. Have you tried that one yet?

You know, Tully was at my bedside during the night and it might have been around 4:00. But, she does that a lot. She stands there and growls and whines until you tell her it's OK to come up on the bed. Of course, I do and she jumps up and we all go back to sleep. ;) So, I think it might have just been her regular routine.
 
Oh I love Step Moves Joanne -- I never send that PM about my trip to Cathe's. The class I went to was a lot of Step Moves (and I was the only one who got the triple shuffles!). I love that one too. I'm still pissy that they're not on the same disc for awesome premixes. I love the series a lot but I think I'm pretty critical about the premix stuff.

Did I tell you that during the whole marriage crap I broke Evee's rule about not entering bedrooms (all that boundary training, out of the window! or at least in the master. she doesn't enter the gym room)? Well, she climbs on the bed without any prompting, exfoliates us, and then decides that her bed is more comfortable and leaves!?!? Jeez...maybe I should try to sleep in her bed! It was such a nice idea for evee to be at the foot of the bed...

And our neighbor across the street is apparently scared of pitbulls. My neighborhood is a bit...well...nosy. So, they've watched us take our walks with Evee...from the beginning where she pulled and pulled to know where she's maybe 65%-80% loose leash next to me. She has this hoity toity kinda walk too -- our neighbor commented it was like a show dog and as he was going on and on about how pretty she is we slipped and said she's part pit and the man jumped back 5 feet. First, LIKE THAT HELPS! and second, I love pits mixes. Best alarm system ever.

Waiting for the fancy machine...
 
PEOPLE! YAY!!

(But I'm still a bit worried about Beth?! Wonder if it's her spotty internet??)

OMG, the snow. It is very anticlimatic so far. It didn't START snowing until about 1:30p, and it's still snowing (VERY finely) but it's not sticking on the roads , just a dusting on the grass. And they said this was supposed to be "the worst of it". I think they really bombed out with this forecast! The kids REALLY should have had school today, but the storm was so hyped up! Whatever... Greg says I should be happy, because I'll be able to enjoy an extra summer day when they're in school, and I can go running or something!! LOL! He knows me too well!

Hottie: I guess I get pissed off that things aren't going ok for you there with Joe. I just think you deserve the very best , cuz you ARE the very best!!! I totally respect and admire you that you are both trying so hard. I love that! I have to say, my parents used to have some crazy yelling fights and I always was so afraid they'd split up. I'm grateful they didn't. It never got physical, just yelling. I can honestly say Greg and I haven't really had big yelling fights in a few years. It seemed worse when the kids were younger somehow. ... I digress.... At least you got SOME cardio in, and finishing up the last combos of AS is not easy, so good for you! And the walk with Evee is even better! .... My 2 younger boys, 10 and 8, are doing those kiddie valentines for their class. I think they're having snacks on Friday. They picked out some cute ones, 3-D Cats & Dogs. They're cool. My 10 yr old, Alex, wasn't quite sure he was going to do them, and then changed his mind when he saw the dogs and cats. I think this year or maybe next year will be his last. :( .... For all of them I'm going to get them a big heart of chocolates. They loved that last year. ... I'm sort of doubting I'll get my big box of Godivas due to the price of them and our "budget". I guess as long as I get chocolate, even if it's just a bag of hershey kisses! LOL!

Joanne: I swear HiiTs are making other cardios seem easier. I remember reaching puke status with Plyo Legs in the past, and last week it wasn't THAT hard to me. You live in a high snow area, so I can see why they wouldn't close school alot. This is actually one of the biggest snow storms we got so far...so they all panicked about it! .... Ah. Zach and girls. He hates me asking. If I ask him if HE likes any girls, he says, "Oh mom, cut it out". But I asked him the other day if any girls liked HIM, and he said "Ya, a few". I know he IMs them on the computer and on his phone. But no dating yet. I swear, my boys are very immature. Which is fine with me! ... Jake was so cute in class the other day when i went to help out. Our little reading group was talking about why all the boys didn't like girls. "They're bossy", "They talk too much". But Jake was like, "I have friends that are girls, I like them". Good for him!!! Alex actually has a good friend that's a girl too. ...And then I think about Zach starting HIGH SCHOOL next year! holy crap. I know things are going to change and they're goign to change fast! ... I am thankful I don't have girls in that respect. Way too mature WAY too quickly these days!

Better go figure out supper. I think I'm going to do Shepherds Pie, but mine I' going to make with cauliflower mashed potatoes! I'll make the boys the regular way...
 
Chris, very cool comment from Jake! Very wise for his years!! If I ask Ian about girls he'll say "Mom - Stop - just stop!" Jameson just mumbles. Yea, I'm a bit leary of when Caitlyn gets older and the whole boy thing. Although I know her dad and I'm hoping her brothers will scare any unworthy boys away! Ian is constantly texting on his phone - I'm sure some are girls. Jameson starts high school next year, too. It's an all boys school. Not sure how I feel about that, but I guess he won't be distracted! Although there is a huge all-girls school right next to it and they do a lot of activities with them, I guess. I have to figure out what to get kids as valentines. I used to get them little stuffed animals, but the boys have outgrown those and Caitlyn has too many. Candy always works! I bet you'll still get those Godivas! ;) How annoying about the snow, or lack thereof!

Hottie, what a blast -doing Step Moves with Cathe live!! Exfoliates you!! LOL! Too funny. You know, we had the sweetest dog ever before we had kids. She was at least half pit bull. I may have talked about her before, but she would lick everyone to death! Must be something in that breed. Tully is probably 80-90% German Shorthair Pointer and very likely the rest is pit bull. The shape of her face looks like one. I get so annoyed when someone will say in a snarky manner - oh, looks like she has pit bull in her. So what?! She's also the sweetest thing. It's all in how the dogs are raised and treated. Same as people.

See, we livened up this thread!
 
stupid fancy machine.

Actually, i'm convinced something is wrong with another step...so I have to do everything again, but its more annoying. I will not have them deny me my glory. (them = evil science)

Thanks for the kind words. we may have intense arguments but we don't actually yell that much...but it really doesn't matter sometimes. but I think we're both coming out battered and bruised from it all. as long as I don't get into a super emotional state, I tend to fall back onto rationality which if i didn't do I think I'd go insane. I will say Joanne -- it's your commitments to work out that get me off the couch. I get all self-pitying and I think how you dealt with so much worse with Caitlyn and your father and I tell myself if Joanne can do this, so can I!

You know there was this guy...I'll never forget him. He was getting ready to go to HS and the summer before he was in the place where I used to get electrolysis on the west side. He was getting facials and waxings and manicures and hair cuts...total metrosexual. But if you saw the before, you would have been shocked. But one day I asked him where all this interest came while I was waiting and he looked at me sand said (I kid you not), "I'm entering HS next year and i want to bang me some *****." But don't worry -- I made a joke commenting the size of his still toddler sized penis and took him down a couple notches. Couldn't believe it -- just stunned someone so much younger than me just was thinking like that -- (oh and he called me OLD! I was like 26!) Ok, I realize that the story doesn't help that much but the point was that be happy that the boys are less "mature" than they could be! Chocolate is EVIL. I'm trying to avoid the stuff...not for now but right after. Oh the clearance sales...mmm...shepherd's pie....rather have that right now (even though i stuffed myself with that salad wrap).

The snow sounds awful between the two of you guys. I had my el nino rains -- I even had a moat at one point (which yes, I did love to empty out myself with an empty kitty litter pail -- really I did), but I'm really glad I don't have snow. My parents said it was at least 30+ inches at this point...
 
Hottie, OMG on that story about kid. Wow. Could you imagine if his mother had heard that? Hopefully she would be mortified.

DH and I have had lots of rough patches. There have been a few times - particularly in the last few years where I wasn't sure how it was all going to turn out. It's so hard. Right now we're in an OK place, but don't always have the healthiest relationship. I'm sure we could benefit from counseling, but have no idea how we'd fit it in with everything else. Marriage can be extremely stressful, exasperating and can also be great. I just hope you and Joe can work things out in a way that's best for you cause you deserve to be happy! Aww, I'm glad I could be an inspiration to you for working out! I have gone through a lot with Caitlyn, but I look at her now and think "wow" - how incredibly lucky are we that she is here and healthy. Working out is a great stress reliever and always makes me feel good that I am doing something for myself - no matter what else is going on.

OK, I'm making myself all emotional - time to get ready to go home! Have a good night everyone!

Joanne
 
Wow, you guys! I did miss some chatting!!! Yes, our internet was completely hosed this morning and then I was out getting my hair cut/colored and buying a blackberry, which so far I'm not really thrilled with. Ug! Phones....

Chris, I'll bet libraries would have that Paper Clips movie.

Workouts! Good work, ladies! I still haven't done 40/20, but have done the other two. I did not work out this morning -- I've been so tired and I felt like I was getting sick again, so I just stayed in bed.... I'm thinking I may try to do something quick here right now. I had lunch with an old friend yesterday and he mentioned twice that I look tired and look like I need pampering!

I heard about your earthquake on our way to school, Joanne. I think there are a lot of earthquakes that go unnoticed.... even by dogs.... I've also heard about all the snow dumping, and all the rain your way Hottie. Crazy weather!

Good luck with the lab work, Hottie, and of course good luck with the relationship woes, too.
 
yay Beth is ok! you know I was thinking about you because they're going to have a 20% sale off the Lotus Dog Food and I was going to pick up a 30lb bag for Evee. If you're going Southwest who do not hate luggage, I could pick you up one bag too. I'm going to pick up some other stuff too -- I swear Evee eats better than we do. Heh! Lab and marriage...seriously, two things that are literally going to take away every year I add on to my life through exercise....I guess it's just even steven in the end though! What don't you like about Blackberries? I used to love mine when I had a *real* job!
 
Thanks for the offer on the dog food, but I'm going to try to do nothing but carry on like I did for the last RT.

The blackberry.... I think mostly I'm not used to it yet. I'm not sure I want to get used to it.....
 
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