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[Kathy36]

HI ladies...

Hope I don't dupicate today's thread. I tried to start it earlier this morning. But, I got a message saying the boards were down.

Anyway, I had a busy day yesterday...Hubby was working at home and I couldn't get to my computer. I did get my grocery shopping done though!

Today is Disc 17: Legs....I hope I don't get DOMS like last week! I didn't have many DOMS from Monday's workout. Thank goodness. Yesterday I ended up doing the kickmax premix #1. It had the kicking/punching combos and the leg drills. I was going to do the cardio but I guess I chose the wrong premix. I wanted to do the combos and the cardio blast. Oh well, when the leg drills came on I thought to myself I could use this too...

Not much else going on today..the kids have PE class if it doesn't rain..

 

[bitmover]

Good morning Kathy and all! No workout for me again today -- what a crap week this is turning out to be! We had tornados and hurricanes through here last night -- at least that's what it sounded like! So, our power was out. I thought about trying to do my ipod yoga, but it was just so friggin' dark that I wasn't quite sure how I'd manage it (if you knew how much stuff was left on our floors lately you would understand that! ) Just as I was finally getting up in the dark at 6:15, the power came back on. Nice, but too late for a workout. Oh well!!

Kathy, be glad the leg drills came before STS legs! It'll be interesting to see how the doms are for you.

I'm nervous about getting the kids to school -- I'm sure there will be some trees down somewhere! Normally it wouldn't matter, but I have to get to the chiropractor and don't have a lot of time to spare. And, since I missed Monday's appt. due to the fire, I'd hate to be late! Seems like it's going to be a very wacky winter here!

Have a great day everyone. Joanne, I hope your dad is doing well with all he's got going on. Been thinking about you! Hope your back is feeling better, too! Waves to Chris, Hottie, and Vilma!

 

[Kathy36]

Beth: Glad you are alright..Gosh, your area has been dealing with alot of weather incidents. Hope you get a break with it soon..Have a great chiro appt. Hope you get there on time. I will let you know about my DOMS..I am sure I will have some!

 

[jojobean]

Good morning/afternoon! I'm so hungry it feels like it should be afternoon!!

Beth, you deserve a break with all your crazy weather! I hate having to rush around like that, which I feel like I am always doing. Hope the chiro goes well.

Kathy, hope the STS legs doesn't slay you again!

My back felt about 80% this morning, so I did a workout. Maybe I should have waited a day or two, but I needed it! It probably feels about 70% now, so I hope I didn't do too much damage. I ordered one of the Turbokick fan workouts and did that. Wow, that was fun! Janelle, Chalene's sister taught it. Just like Turbo Jam, but more intense. There's two workouts on the DVD - I might try the other one tomorrow. I'm hoping I can get back to CLX on Monday.

My dad is having his procedure at 1:00 today. Which means 3:00. I'm going to leave early so I can be there when he's done. He's actually feeling OK, just anxious to get this all behind him. I hope this does the trick today.

Hey, Chris, Vilma, Hottie...

BBL...

Joanne

 

[Boingo1]

Hey Girls!

I'm still in need of a boost of cheer today. Maybe the weather is draggin me down too, it's DARK, COLD and RAINY. ICK ICK ICK!

I did feel more excited about doing a workout though. That's something! It's "Recovery Week" for me, so I thought I'd pull out something different today. I did one of my first STEP workouts that I used to LOVE, it's in VHS form, REEBOK STEP with Gin Miller. It's a MTV-ish setting with a steel drum band playing in the background. I haven't done it in YEARS , literally. It was odd, because I still knew the moves and even what Gin says! The workout is SOOOOO basic though. Just up downs, and lunges. But it got my HR up there a few times. Stayed in the 150's mostly, not bad. I did SEG #1 of Stretchmax afterwards.

Kathy: Hope Legs goes well for you today. Is it tri-sets now? I hate when I mess up a premix and get a different one than I thought!

Beth: Holy cow, the weather is CRAZY there, huh? Have you ever thought about getting a back up generator for your electricity? I know when we first moved here, we used to always lose our electricity for whatever reason. We thought about it, but it got better soon after that. .... You saw my job ideas on FB, huh? How fun would THEY be? Shooter girl! Ya!

Joanne: That stinks that you hurt your back last weekend. It's all your hubby's fault! Hope your dad does ok today! ..It's nice you can take off early to be there. ... OMG, I came sooo close to ordering one of the TurboKick fan workouts yesterday! (She's having a sale this week). Which one did you get? I was looking at Volume 2. Is that the one you have? .... But then I'm having guilty thoughts about getting a new workout. But, I'm still getting my weekend bonus until January, right?

Oh geesh, My supervisor just called, Told me she figured things out that in order to make up the money lost, i'd have to work 19 extra shifts a year. ACK! I swear I was just starting to feel better about this today, and she had to call and remind me of it. Crap.

 

[hottiescientist]

Mmmm, didn't get up until 930a. Awesome...I really don't want to go into work but I feel like I should to get the first day's collection for this one experiment. Joe and I are both feeling like, we're still a bit sick but we can work (just don't want to!!). I have STS Legs too -- Kathy! I didn't have much DOMS from Monday either and last week's legs workout DOMs didn't go away until SUNDAY!

There are tornados and hurricanes in Northern CA? Santa Ana winds are passing through right now...lots of stuff flying all over the place. We had to put on the heat this morning too as it dropped to 65 degrees (I'm fine with it that cold but Mr. I grew up in the Midwest can't take it). Hope the kids are better...

Joanne, I really hope your back is ok! I can understand that your dad wants everything to be done with. Man, there are so many workout videos I want to try. But I'll be honest, I find myself liking Cathe more and more. For example, I really like KCM -- REALLY do -- but I can't get over the music in the back in her DVDs. I guess I got spoiled with Cathe. I even though of ripping the video and first layer of audio and putting in my own music onto a dvd because I hate it that much but liked the workout!! But um, in what free time would I do that?

Chris!!! OMG, don't you wish some people would just shut up? (just not me) I hope you can figure it out. I actually cancelled on a student last night because I wasn't feeling up to it and I was half thinking about, why did I turn away the $$$?? But I wouldn't want her to get sick and I wasn't at my full game.

So weird thing -- my new blog's stats shot up a bit today because apparently my review of Orvis got circulated around their company. Communications manager left a note but I think its all posturing really..

 

[jojobean]

Chris, I have Vol. 3 of the Turbokick workouts. That one isn't part of the sale. Which I am glad, because I would have been mad if it was 50% off a few days after I bought it!! I really think you'd like it. If you join their fan club you get 20% off. Which I did. You get an automatic shipment of their new workouts when they are produced. So, if you don't want that, you don't want to join the club. I think old workouts are kind of like riding a bike - you don't forget them. Sorry you are still feeling down. Understandably so. Will your supervisor allow you to work the extra shifts if you wanted to?

Hottie, I had to laugh when you called 65 degrees cold! That's a heat wave for us starting about this time of year. Wow, sleeping till 9:30 sounds divine! Glad you and Joe are feeling a bit better.

Going to a baby shower for a girl at work in about an hour. I love baby showers for new moms - they just don't know what they're getting into!! It's all good, though! Oh, speaking of kids, we all got a laugh from Caitlyn last night. Her and Ian were wrestling around and she yells "ow - Ian gave me a Mexican twist!" I was like, what's that???? Finally, Jameson says, "oh, you mean an Indian burn?" Maybe you had to be there (and know what an Indian burn is), but it was really funny! She got upset that we were laughing, though, so then I felt bad.

Joanne

 

[bitmover]

Chris! I want to cheer you up! Does that do anything for you?! Not sure what to say except I hate thinking about you being in a funk. I hope your day, and the weather, gets better.

No, we are not having literal tornadoes and hurricanes here -- no rain, even, just super strong winds. Crazy winds, like I don't think I've heard here before. Funny enough, no trees down, but it got Larry out of the house early. Well, no trees blocking the road. At the end of our road there was a tree blocking a private road that forks off of ours and Larry looked very happy to be getting the chainsaw out to take care of it.

Chiro appt. was good -- she says I'm noticeably loser, and I'm feeling much better -- almost feeling like I could tackle a workout without mods, but don't want to push it. Joanne, all I can say is.... go easy for a while!!

Fun to hear about workouts -- old and new!!

Ok, have to get a few things done and then get to school for packets and pickup.

 

[bitmover]

Chris, I forgot to mention -- we do have generators, but none set up to kick on automatically (like a lot of people have). It's kind of a pain getting whatever set up on it, so I typically just deal without. But, when it was out 48 hours last week, Larry definitely had the fridge plugged into it and a couple of lights going for us.

 

[Boingo1]

Hey Again...

My "depression" has turned into irritibility and anxiety. Yay!

I kept thinking about what my supervisor called to tell me today, and it's got me even more upset (although it was meant to make me feel better). There is now going to be 4 of us looking for extra shifts every month. 4 of us! There is no way enough time for 4 people to pick up extra time. And I don't even WANT to work more. WANT does not = WHAT YOU GET. I need to suck it up. I really wish I could stop thinking about this whole pile of crap

Hottie: thanks for backing me up on this and getting pissed off with me! It's good to have you guys on my side! ... LOL @ 65 being cold! that is what our thermostat is SET at! LOL! Joe needs to toughen up!! Hope you guys feel better, you HAVE to feel half ok to get STS Legs done today! That's too funny about your blog! Orvis should pay you !!!

Joanne: Oh, you didn't get the Turbo Kick on sale? I'd be upset too if it went on sale. I think I might get #2. It does look fun! I'll ask DH if he thinks if it's ok if I buy it. Today thinking about having to curb my workout buying is making me want to vomit. ... That is WAY too funny about "the Mexican Twist!". And I bet it coming out of Caitlyn's mouth made it even funnier! ... Enjoy the baby shower (will there be CAKE there? )

Beth: I know, you guys are the best, it helps that you guys care about me. Not feel happy so much, but cared for! Ooohhhhhh , it's just feeling like Kansas at Dorothy's House? I gotcha! I can see how a generator wouldn't help you when it actually happens. But your power goes out a LOT or has it been worse lately? Yeah, it would totally suck to lose a refrigerator full of food every time there was a big wind!...

So the boys are making me take them to the Haunted House at their school. It's pouring freaking rain out, and I dread carrying umbrella's and treking through a hot crowded school after kids all over the place.

 

[hottiescientist]

Man, I'm just slow today. I'm super pissy because I came in to do a pilot experiment and it FAILED totally. That's what pilots are for...to try try again, but I'm sick and I don't wanna try again. There's one other experiment I want to do but then I'm chucking out of here. My boss came back today (yay...not). But here another grad student had her bday so we all had cheesecake. I pulled a hurricane/tornado thing and believed when the girl joked that she was turning 28. I thought she was older than me (she is) and I was freaking out that she accomplished so much more than I did at the same age as me (I'm turning 28 this year). Then she was like, I was joking. Maybe next year I should tell you I'm 27. ::headdesk:: so gullible.

You know, in Joe's defense, it was below 50 outside. He's really picky with how warm/cold it is inside. He can't handle the cold but the hot he can and I'm the opposite. So our house can only really be from 67-76 degrees without one of us bitching. But I still get floored with -- you lived in Illinois? really? It doesn't show. To which he retorts that he's been in living in LA since 1995 so its an unfair comparison.

Joanne, i like showers too but I'm wary for my own. I had two bridal showers and both sucked sucked sucked and I wanted escape the whole time. My sister's baby shower was way more fun. I still can't believe she has three of them. And then there's me who is still debating on having one (only one!!!).

Beth -- ugh, generators. I remember when we used to go to india and the power would go out on a nightly basis. Generators can be a headache so I totally understand. Yay on being almost ready for no mods! Oh, i did do STS Legs before I came into work...sort of happy I did it sort of regretted it. I really suck at those paper plate things -- I have no flexibility.

Of course we're going to back you up Chris -- it's crazy. It's bad management and forethought of your group. As much as I hate Joe's company for taking away his OT, his company was a lot more thoughtful about how to implement their cuts so remove the least number of jobs. (And hopefully, OT will be coming back soon!) And I understand totally about not wanting to work more either -- like ANY of us have any real substantial free time to do extra stuff?

But yeah, Orvis is trying to give me money in the form of a gift certificate. I mean, its nice and all but its like, what am I going to buy at your store that my dog isn't going to tear to shreds?? But hey, it makes me feel slightly better that someone is reading my ramblings...

 

[bitmover]

Chris, your day just keeps getting better, doesn't it? Hope the haunted house wasn't too wet!!!

Joanne, I forgot to comment on the mexican twist -- I thought that was so cute and funny at the same time! I love it. Oh, and I also wondered about the CAKE when you mentioned going to a shower. Guess we know what you like!

Hottie, sorry you have a sucky experiment day. Funny that you got taken in the age thing. I'm pretty gullible, so I can relate and laugh "with you".

Our power was out another couple of hours (it seems like) this afternoon. I sure hope it's on for my workout tomorrow morning!!! I am getting the house cleaner!