Best news ever!!!  Sauna's fixed!  Hallejullah & praise the Lord! 

We met super sexy blonde fit girl today...she's there some of the time when we work out and both Lynn and I have noticed that she has a very short work out program, like 1/2 of ours.  Okay maybe she doensn't need as much work so she can spend less time, but really! She looks good.  Like a 20 year old, which I think she is.  Something I've learned is that the only people who look like 20 year olds, ARE 20 year olds.  She hasn't gotten lazy and stopped caring how she looks for just a brief moment, which somehow turns into months and then years and then all of a sudden you're 40 and wondering how overnight your body got like this???  Aaaaahhhhh! 

We're struggling a little bit trying to remember which excercises are which...we're gonna work on renaming them so that we know what the heck we're talkin' about.  Plus, I think it would be kinda fun.  Anything to keep us in the game...

We went for our "reward" massage on Thurs.  I don't think there's such a thing as a "bad" massage, but mine really wasn't great.  Certainly not like my new love, "Kola" can do...we only went to this place because I had a gift certificate.  I think that my gal was trying to do the "sleeper" on me.  OUCH! Seriously, I think she actually paralyzed my jaw momentarily...and no, I wasn't talking non stop either...so it was uncalled for.

okay...back to business.

Been a blog slacker, case you hadn't noticed...

Still been working out, but had a little extra stuff on my plate. Like a presentation about parenting...the lighter side of. I'm not sure how I got that gig. My qualifications? I'm a parent. Guess that counts. Oh, and the home renovations...actually, it appears to be more of a demolition project at this stage. I'm getting nervous. Our oldest daughter, the valedictorian, told me I was a "1/2 project do-er"...what the heck is that supposed to mean? I know it may appear that way to an outsider. Sure we've got a lot of things started and not a lot finished...in fact, we're not even close to being "1/2" finished anything. So OBVIOUSLY she's not THAT smart. Ha.

And as for the working out. Well, you know it's just kinda becoming a regular part of my life. I really look forward to it. And Rick, well let me tell you, that boy needs a sense of humor. I made a joke today, and he seriously did not get it. I don't think he realizes just how funny I am. Or is that how funny I THINK I am. Nevertheless, he still needs quite a bit of work.

Oh, and my serious beef for the day? What is the deal with people hogging the machines at the gym. Seriously. I don't think it's okay for you to be doing 3 excercises at a time, I'm sure it saves time but c'mon. I'm gonna start doing that. I'll be working with the dumbbells and then someone will step onto the treadmill, I'll holler at 'em, "Hey you, excuse me, but I'm not done with that treadmill yet" oh, and the pec dec machine, ya, I'm still using that too, oh and the first shower in the change room, that's mine too. It's kinda like animals in the wild marking their territory with sweat. Ick. I think I'll go take my shower now.

Yay!!! Lynn's Back!!!

Started my morning by meeting my girlfriend at the local Tim's for coffee at 7:30 am...who AM I???? We had a nice visit, then I headed off to meet Lynn. I was running a little late and so feeling like I needed to get busy, only too bad for my cuz I ran into Chatty Cathy in the locker room and she had a lot to talk about...don't get me wrong, she's a very nice lady, but I was was LATE!!

Joined up with my girl, Lynn, on the treadmill. Catchin' up on some of the chit chat from the past few days. The time goes much faster when she's there too. Mind you she did start talking some kinda smack about a 10k run this spring. Huh? She gets 2 workout days off for good behaviour, and THIS is what she comes back with???? What up Dawg?

We're pretty much ready for the army now, if they come lookin' for us, got some nice "army presses" happenin'. Our armies are looking real good, now just a bit more work on our tummies and bummies and we'll be laughin'.

Lawyer, Larry, said something this morning and Rick laughed out loud! Well we couldn't just let that go unnoticed, so made sure to give Larry thumbs up and a "holy cow" to Rick. Soon that boy's gonna be rollin' on the floor laughing. I can't wait.

Linden said he got a little talkin' to about needin' to be more "professional", he was even wearing the "Genesis" uniform shirt today. We told him he seemed to be extra professional. Very impressive.

Well...abadababdaba tttthhhhat's all folks!

Ya Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd...but you can be happy if ya put yer mind to it...

Spent yesterday rounding up and vaccinating most of our buffalo herd...feels like I was working out already.

After what looked like some kind of a comedy gag this morning...as we were trying to leave the house, we'd all 4 of us be in the vehicle, then someone would run in to grab something they forgot...then on the way back to the truck, would pass another member of our family heading back in to get what they forgot...holy gong show! Must be Monday!

So I rode into town with My Reason for Living and the 2 girls this morning, still no Lynn. We dropped the kids at school, then parked at Mark's office. I had to walk 2 blocks to the gym!!! To be fair I took that off my cardio time. Triathlon girl pointed out to me that it IS down hill all the way. Still counts.

Still a struggle with the old ipod. I don't actually have a pocket, so just stick it in my waist band. As I'm running on the treadmill, the darn thing slid right down and hit the ground...there I was fishing it out...looking extremely cool. I'm sure. As I'm doing my core, it jumped right outa my waistband and hit the floor, yanking the headphones out of my ears. Ouch. And exposing the bare wires near the plug, even more...I hope I don't get electricuted. Hmmm...that could be reason #2 for not going to the gym.

Workout was good, except for the guy hogging the cable machine. Seriously. I think if you're away from the maching for 5 min or more, it should be assumed that you're done. Grrrr. Oh well. I guess I'm not that honed of an athlete, that it really matters if I do my workout out of order.


So, finished up, and walked the 2 blocks to catch my ride. UPHILL this time. I think that should definetly be noted.

Solo

Well I'm feeling kinda proud of myself...I made it to the gym on my own today...it took me until 10:30 to get there, but by gum, I did it! And it wasn't actually that bad. I'd say the hardest part was gettin' there. I really was worried that I wasn't going to make it.

Did 30 min on the treadmill, ran about 12 of those, and it went pretty quickly cuz I very cleverly, anticipating my solitary workout, put a whole bunch of AWESOME workout songs on my ipod. By myself! I was very proud of that fact, only too bad for me, because I don't actually know how to make a playlist, so my songs were slapped right on there with all the songs for my clown routines...so pretty much I'd hear one super cool dance tune, then, the theme for the Gong Show or the Dating Game would start up.

Excuse #3 for not going to the gym...my playlist is messed up.

I have to say, I left the gym feeling pretty happy that I'd managed to make it afterall. Hmmm suddenly the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show is going through my head...I'll have to put that on my ipod next week.

Still in the game!

Feeling pretty good today. We decided we'd do 30 min cardio and vary the intensity...when we were getting close to 30 min, Lynn looks at the clock, and says, okay, so if it takes us about 1/2 hour to do this...I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, that's pretty good, if it only takes us 1/2 hour to do 30 minutes of cardio, we're on the right track.

The gym was really busy today. Must be because it's Feb. 3rd.

We finished the rest of our regular workout, Lynn didn't get eaten by the "schmoosher" machine, so that's good.

On to the core...did 3-1:10min planks today! Ya baby!

And too bad for us, sauna was closed today. Still pouting.

Friday I'm on my own, Lynn's gone till Monday afternoon. That's right, I will have to go to the gym alone. I'm kinda scared...what if I don't? I have to. Ya, I can do it. Just do it. Hmmm, that has a nice ring to it. Maybe I'll make a t-shirt that says "Just do it", with a check mark on it, you know, like checking something off your life list. It might just catch on. Who knows?

oh monday, monday...

Well today was HARD! Probably the hardest days since we started...I think it might have had a teensy bit to do with the poisons we ingested on the weekend, so we deserved it. The creepy Dutch guy, walked up to me today, stared me straight in the eye, and said, have you ever done track?...desperately looking for an escape route...I said this is my excercise right now...just getting up in the morning, I tried to engage the other ladies standing in the vicinity, Tracy bit...thank you God...so he repeated, to everyone now, that we should get a track team together in the spring, and we could participate in the masters at the Butterdome in Edmonton...even though not one of us said "ya, that's a good idea" I heard him telling Linden, that that was what "we" were planning for the spring...wth? Oh no, I'm not gonna. He can't boss me. No one can. Not even me. That's why I'm here in the first place...okay, I guess I'm kinda bossin' myself right now, but that's different.

After that, I was afraid for my life as the treadmill was shocking me every few seconds...perhaps it's some kind of governor (spelling) that won't let you fall below a certain speed or it shocks you, or maybe that was just from the friction of my thighs rubbing together...

We struggled through the core, not my favorite. Have I mentioned that before? Got the stopwatch out for the "plankage", we started, it's really hard...shaking...sweating...check the time...only too bad for us, cuz I didn't actually press start. Ugh.

I believe my favorite work out excercise is the sauna. And not surprisingly, I'm quite good at it. Maybe being a super athlete ain't so bad after all.