Well still working on the fitness front, but thought it would be very borring for you all if I just went on and on about all those successes or failures (as the case is right now).
So moving on to other things.
Big things in my life right now.
I called my mother yesterday. We chatted for a very short time and set up a time to meet up when I am in Anchorage this coming weekend.
Yup, in less than 1 week I will be back in the state I was born in! I started doing tourist research yesterday, but didn't spend enough time to actually narrow down anything. I think I'll consult with my cohorts about that.
Wish Me Luck!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Renewed Effort
Renewed effort on the fitness front means I need a plan.
Some wrist issues recently made me drop Jazzercise for May, but the nice weather has brought some alternatives.
1) Pack a lunch 3 times a week (include a large salad)
2) Instead of my default breakfast of v8 juice and toast or cereal... have fruit
3) In addition to the items above which are more "activities" than workouts, strengthen my wrists by starting light weightlifing 3x a week
4) GO TO BED always by 11pm during the week
Those of you who know me are free and encouraged to ask me how I'm doing on my goals next week.
Mel, where you at? What are your goals!
Some wrist issues recently made me drop Jazzercise for May, but the nice weather has brought some alternatives.
- Walking with Kelly (and Abby in the stroller)
- Hiking at Quarry Hill during the week
- Treadmill in my basement
- Workout DVD's
- Jogging in my neighborhood
- Bike rides on the bike trail near my house
1) Pack a lunch 3 times a week (include a large salad)
2) Instead of my default breakfast of v8 juice and toast or cereal... have fruit
3) In addition to the items above which are more "activities" than workouts, strengthen my wrists by starting light weightlifing 3x a week
4) GO TO BED always by 11pm during the week
Those of you who know me are free and encouraged to ask me how I'm doing on my goals next week.
Mel, where you at? What are your goals!
Sunday, March 26, 2006
March Madness
No I'm not into basketball, or whatever sport that is that has March Madness. For me the last two years March has ment... Jazzercise water bottle contest!
I belive me and my 2 partners are just about to get enough points to earn it. I can't wait! I have stepped it back up to 2 times a week (having to go some Saturday mornings) and we are going to get enough points when I go to class tomorrow.
Monday 9-5 Work, 5:30-6:30 Jazzercise, 7-8 Girl Scout leader meeting, 8-9 Volleyball...
Dont ask me when I'm going to be grabbing a bite to eat or how I'm going to make the 15 min drive to Volleyball with 10 min to spare to get my shoes on etc.
This only happens once a month Volleyball and my GS Leader meeting on the same Monday night and if it were not for the Jazzercise contest I would just cut that part out of my evening and make it less "mad dash".
March news:
I belive me and my 2 partners are just about to get enough points to earn it. I can't wait! I have stepped it back up to 2 times a week (having to go some Saturday mornings) and we are going to get enough points when I go to class tomorrow.
Monday 9-5 Work, 5:30-6:30 Jazzercise, 7-8 Girl Scout leader meeting, 8-9 Volleyball...
Dont ask me when I'm going to be grabbing a bite to eat or how I'm going to make the 15 min drive to Volleyball with 10 min to spare to get my shoes on etc.
This only happens once a month Volleyball and my GS Leader meeting on the same Monday night and if it were not for the Jazzercise contest I would just cut that part out of my evening and make it less "mad dash".
March news:
- Taxes kinda suck, even when I actually get them filed I will have a nagging feeling that I missed some deduction or tax law that would make my refund more...
- A good friend just got engaged, Congrats! I hope you invite me to this wedding :)
- There is one last Girl Scout Cookie Booth sale to sell Cookies. It will be our last chance to make the money we will need to use for our 2 night camping trip at the end of the year.
- I love my Sci Fi/ Fantasy Book club, I feel blessed to find people who like to discuss books and are always willing to read something new, even if its not what they voted as their first choice.
- Ive been Ice Skating 3 times this month! It started as a Girl Scout thing (Winter Sports Badge) but both Brandon and I really want to make it back for open skate some nights in April.
Ice Skating for Scouts
My friend Kelly and I, she was helping me with my Girl Scouts on the ice. Some had never been skating before... kinda scary, but everyone tried hard and we had some good progress! 
Thursday, March 02, 2006
2006... Is it really here already
Can't I just pretend that 2006 just started on March 1st... The last 2 months have been busy and fun... but not healthy or productive. I have had a lot of things going on.
Best of 2006 so far:
We are going to AK for a hiking trip. All planned out by REI Adventures and 2 of our great friends from Rochester will be on the same trip!
Girl Scout cookie sales are almost over :)
Celebrating Mel's birthday out on the town in Minneapolis.
My own Techno Dance night out on the town in Minneapolis in late January.
A 3 day weekend in Deadwood SD for the Mardi Gras Celebration.
Anyone else have best of 2006?
Friday, January 13, 2006
Aches and Pains
- I have the memory of an 80 year old woman. (no offense grandma)
- I have a right shoulder pain for 2 weeks with no apparent cause.
- I had mild back pain for the last 2 weeks that I attribute to sporadic exercise (ab routines).
Returning from Christmas vacation has been a shock for my system physically. Before break I was sick, and during break I took a vacation from working out as well. This week I tried to get back and managed 3 workouts (M, T, R). Two of them were Slim in 6 BeachBody videos and the other my Jazzercise class.
'Cheers! Here is to hoping that the aches and pains of starting up my workouts again go away soon!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Sign of a borring blog..
Its sad when you dont have any posts for a month and no one asks you "Whats been going on, post already"!
Means that I don't have a lot of readers :(
That is ok I guess. It is still a fun place for me to write about what has been going on.
I spent the first part of the holidays vising family in ND, and the second part hanging out in Rochester. While in Rochester we did a lot of sleeping in and bumming around the house. Got some much needed rest.
So much so in fact that trying to wake up for work this morning was a big shock to my system!
Hope everyone had a great holiday.
Means that I don't have a lot of readers :(
That is ok I guess. It is still a fun place for me to write about what has been going on.
I spent the first part of the holidays vising family in ND, and the second part hanging out in Rochester. While in Rochester we did a lot of sleeping in and bumming around the house. Got some much needed rest.
So much so in fact that trying to wake up for work this morning was a big shock to my system!
Hope everyone had a great holiday.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Workouts Urg
I had reasons yesterday to not workout, and I had reasons to workout.
Yes: scale creeped up about 3 lbs, big eating over Thanksgiving, big eating over lunch Wednesday, another point for the Jazzercise contest...
No: my evening plans meant I have to go to the 4:15 class, and then work from home later to make up for leaving early.
So Yea for me I went to Jazzercise
Yes: scale creeped up about 3 lbs, big eating over Thanksgiving, big eating over lunch Wednesday, another point for the Jazzercise contest...
No: my evening plans meant I have to go to the 4:15 class, and then work from home later to make up for leaving early.
So Yea for me I went to Jazzercise
Sunday, November 27, 2005
To Chicago and back to ND!
I went to
We spent Saturday at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, and then on to Magnificent Mile for some window shopping. After cleaning up at the Hotel we headed to Joe's Crab Shack (after getting an hour wait at the swanky steak place a block away) for dinner.
Sunday we hit a nearby shopping mall (Woodfield if you know the area) and actually managed to find 2 things for other people on our Christmas list.
This last weekend was Thanksgiving. That day we spent in Stephen and the rest of the weekend was all about hanging out with the Family. Friday we did some morning shopping and Saturday we went to Harry Potter IV: The Goblet of Fire. Pretty good flick!
Today was a pretty crappy day, a long stressful drive back in some bad weather that took most of the day, some serious anger at my computer when getting back when we couldn’t figure out how to get my scanner to work with our Macintosh computer, and the bitter realization that the work week is starting again and I feel painfully behind. I am in the middle of what has become a HUGE project that I started about 3 years ago.
While visiting my grandmother I was looking through some old photos and asked if I could take some home to scan. That started an avalanche of photos I have agreed to scan and I have yet to get through that first group that I brought home.
Don't get me wrong I really WANT to scan these pictures, photos are not much use to me unless they are digital. I like to adjust and crop things and hope to create a digital archive of as many pictures of my family as I can. I just haven’t been spending much time doing it. I hope this winter I will find a few empty weekends to really get into this project... AND I apologize in advance for any pictures I have taken saying I would scan them, and not yet brought them back!
Hope you love me anyway (Linda I am working on the ones from Mary right now!)
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Tired of ND? I think not!
Ive been in ND for the last two weekends in a row. I couldnt blog much about last weekends activities because it was a suprise party for my Dad's 50th.
Last weekend was SO fun. My friends attended my dads party so I got to mix my frineds and my family. My dad was SO floored, he had no idea we were throwing a party.
1) it was the day after his birthday
2) We hid all the cars out back at the farm
3) there was already a few people planning on coming over that night just a small gathering
4) his parents were supposed to be visiting on Sunday
We rocked! Way to go Linda on all the planning!
This weekend I'm in New Salem (30 miles west of Bismarck) as Brandon hunts. I rode along today but as anyone who knows me will certify, I don't actually hunt. No serious moral objections or anything, just the trapsing around outside in the hopes of seeing somthing you might get close enough to shoot, and then you have to have good enough aim to actually hit the moving target and then track it down to the spot where it eventually dies. Phew, that just doesnt sound like a ball of fun to me!
I'm glad to be here with the family though, Brandons grandma and his mother both have Birthdays this weekend and we have spent some time with Issack, his nephew as well.
So we are heading out tomorrow and I'm bummed. I like coming here and I'm sorry it was only for 3 days this time.
Till next time ND!
Last weekend was SO fun. My friends attended my dads party so I got to mix my frineds and my family. My dad was SO floored, he had no idea we were throwing a party.
1) it was the day after his birthday
2) We hid all the cars out back at the farm
3) there was already a few people planning on coming over that night just a small gathering
4) his parents were supposed to be visiting on Sunday
We rocked! Way to go Linda on all the planning!
This weekend I'm in New Salem (30 miles west of Bismarck) as Brandon hunts. I rode along today but as anyone who knows me will certify, I don't actually hunt. No serious moral objections or anything, just the trapsing around outside in the hopes of seeing somthing you might get close enough to shoot, and then you have to have good enough aim to actually hit the moving target and then track it down to the spot where it eventually dies. Phew, that just doesnt sound like a ball of fun to me!
I'm glad to be here with the family though, Brandons grandma and his mother both have Birthdays this weekend and we have spent some time with Issack, his nephew as well.
So we are heading out tomorrow and I'm bummed. I like coming here and I'm sorry it was only for 3 days this time.
Till next time ND!
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Workout Fiend.
After a skipped workout Wednesday I had to really work to fit it in to my Thursday from hell!
It was not so bad a day, but I had a Girl Scout meeting tonight and had to prepare for it. There were all kinds of things at work that had to get done as well so I had to make my time there as effective as possible.
Everything went off really well at the meeting tonight though. My frined Kelly who has a 18 month old daughter offered to host our meeting at her house so we could work on activites all from a childcare badge. She figured her daughter would be most comfortable in her own home and she was right. Another friend brought her 2 month old son over as well so we had a couple of different age ranges to observe and interact with.
Happy Scouting all !
It was not so bad a day, but I had a Girl Scout meeting tonight and had to prepare for it. There were all kinds of things at work that had to get done as well so I had to make my time there as effective as possible.
Everything went off really well at the meeting tonight though. My frined Kelly who has a 18 month old daughter offered to host our meeting at her house so we could work on activites all from a childcare badge. She figured her daughter would be most comfortable in her own home and she was right. Another friend brought her 2 month old son over as well so we had a couple of different age ranges to observe and interact with.
Happy Scouting all !
Monday, October 17, 2005
Abandon
Ever notice that the phrase "Pursue with abandon" means to relentlessly pursue without giving up... while the word abandon, means to give up?
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Every Day
Every Day
I know there are 7 days in a week, and I am only trying to make a 6 day a week commitment, but it sure seems close enough to call it every day.
On October 17th, 2005 Brandon and I are starting a workout program that alternates every day between a cardio routine and a weights routine. We have a weight bench and free-weights in our basement already, so it is just a matter of using them!
The videos came in the mail yesterday so tonight we are going to do one of them, just to start getting familiar with the moves etc. It’s a 90 day program so we will be at this for quite a while.
On the Nutrition side of things I don’t think we are going to do anything drastic. The current goal is that however good/horrible we eat in a day we must include one salad every day.
I know there are 7 days in a week, and I am only trying to make a 6 day a week commitment, but it sure seems close enough to call it every day.
On October 17th, 2005 Brandon and I are starting a workout program that alternates every day between a cardio routine and a weights routine. We have a weight bench and free-weights in our basement already, so it is just a matter of using them!
The videos came in the mail yesterday so tonight we are going to do one of them, just to start getting familiar with the moves etc. It’s a 90 day program so we will be at this for quite a while.
On the Nutrition side of things I don’t think we are going to do anything drastic. The current goal is that however good/horrible we eat in a day we must include one salad every day.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Hello Friends
Finally a bit of a break!
I've just had a friend visiting this weekend and we had a great time! Between ladies night out at the bar, and friends over for a night of socializing, it has been fun. The only downer is that Brandon has had a HUGE homework and program due today, so he has not been able to fully party. I guess that made Friday night more fun though cuz it was just the girls out!
Just relaxing the next few weekends coming up and I'm excited! If I remember correctly Ive got nothing planned! YEA!
I've just had a friend visiting this weekend and we had a great time! Between ladies night out at the bar, and friends over for a night of socializing, it has been fun. The only downer is that Brandon has had a HUGE homework and program due today, so he has not been able to fully party. I guess that made Friday night more fun though cuz it was just the girls out!
Just relaxing the next few weekends coming up and I'm excited! If I remember correctly Ive got nothing planned! YEA!
Thursday, October 06, 2005
For all those Blogreaders out there..
I started using this a while back and I LOVE it! You can see updates to all your friends and family's blogs all in one place.
A friend asked me a while back "But can you see new posts from all your friends on one page?" and I said no, but I was wrong! You can, I have my blogs organized into friends, family and other, and when I click on the main heading I get all new ones from all blogs in that folder.
The one drawback is you don't see comments to blogposts, just new posts by the author.
Check it out http://www.bloglines.com/
A friend asked me a while back "But can you see new posts from all your friends on one page?" and I said no, but I was wrong! You can, I have my blogs organized into friends, family and other, and when I click on the main heading I get all new ones from all blogs in that folder.
The one drawback is you don't see comments to blogposts, just new posts by the author.
Check it out http://www.bloglines.com/
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Serenity Now!
Anyone fans of Firefly?
I just got out of an early screening of "Serenity" the movie based on that series and it ROCKED!
I can’t speak to those who dont know anything about Firefly, but for those of you who, like me, have seen all firefly episodes at least once, it really delivers.
So what do I say to not spoil it?
The characters you know from Firefly are all there, the humor that we know and love from Joss is there... Everything I hoped!
There is a lot of action and as usual just as much violence as the situation warrents.
On a personal note, I won a set of 3 Serenity comic books by singing a line from the Buffy episode "Once more with feeling". A woman tried to sing the opening song by Buffy but sang quite a few wrong words. SO I stood up and said "Those words are not right!" and proceeded to sing out loud and proud!
Yea ME!
I just got out of an early screening of "Serenity" the movie based on that series and it ROCKED!
I can’t speak to those who dont know anything about Firefly, but for those of you who, like me, have seen all firefly episodes at least once, it really delivers.
So what do I say to not spoil it?
The characters you know from Firefly are all there, the humor that we know and love from Joss is there... Everything I hoped!
There is a lot of action and as usual just as much violence as the situation warrents.
On a personal note, I won a set of 3 Serenity comic books by singing a line from the Buffy episode "Once more with feeling". A woman tried to sing the opening song by Buffy but sang quite a few wrong words. SO I stood up and said "Those words are not right!" and proceeded to sing out loud and proud!
Yea ME!
Monday, September 26, 2005
Been a long time, shouldn't have left you...
Without a blogpost!
Hey guys, I have been having a fun/busy time the last couple of weeks. This last weekend I spent camping nearby here. Even though it rained SO much we had a great time. It was all made possible by a huge picnic shelter at our group site that we "camped out" under when it rained. Gave us a place to dry off during the Saturday morning rainstorm, and a place to play cards in during the Saturday afternoon rainstorm. After stopping just long enough for our Saturday night guests to set up their tents and us to cook out over the fire, we went back into the pavillion for more cards.
That night it was Crazy lound and wet. It rained ALL night as far as I knew, and when the thunderstoms passed by I managed to catch a few good hours of sleep. We had water in our tent of course but nothing I could feel from inside our sleeping bag.
Thanks to Chris and Karen for inviting us to camp.
Hey guys, I have been having a fun/busy time the last couple of weeks. This last weekend I spent camping nearby here. Even though it rained SO much we had a great time. It was all made possible by a huge picnic shelter at our group site that we "camped out" under when it rained. Gave us a place to dry off during the Saturday morning rainstorm, and a place to play cards in during the Saturday afternoon rainstorm. After stopping just long enough for our Saturday night guests to set up their tents and us to cook out over the fire, we went back into the pavillion for more cards.
That night it was Crazy lound and wet. It rained ALL night as far as I knew, and when the thunderstoms passed by I managed to catch a few good hours of sleep. We had water in our tent of course but nothing I could feel from inside our sleeping bag.
Thanks to Chris and Karen for inviting us to camp.
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