Original Writing Exercise 1: Receipt

... at his watch again, 7:30. He can see the bus coming up the road now, ready to pick him up and take him home. Then he can unwind and fall asleep with the rest of the world. Logan takes one last glance at the worn receipt, then lets it ...on, paying the fee with coins that jingle noisily as they slip into the fare box. How many people have seen that receipt? He wonders. All the way home, he wonders.

wut

... to either of them to have to leave the ranch. After the episode they showed and update about the guy that had to go home - he had lost 100 lbs after he went home and was still going strong. This show is too damn inspiring to not do anything about my health. I feel stupid and goofy watching the fatties ...

...a gift, or what, but we shall see I'm only about 1/10 of the way done - if that. So yeah. Yesterday was productive. Put 2010 Action Plan ... into action... yesterday, and worked out at home. Jump roping kicked my cardio ass pretty hardcore, pretty fast. This may be a good thing. Was a little frustrating, but good. Followed that up with some other yoga ball, etc. exercises and was feeling pretty ...

The cofffee, it does nothing!

...amazing how much more tired you are in the evening when you, you know, had to go to work, even if you work is mainly sitting at a desk all day. Was a very sleepy sort of fox by the time I got home. Work ended up not being that bad though and I drew last night, something I really need to do more of as I was a bit rusty. It will be eventually scanned but I had the bright idea of trying to finish a ...

Workout notes

... torso, 75°, 2x10reps each side @ 50# - lat pull-down, 5min @ 85# - hip adductors, 5min @ 80# - hip abductors, 5min @ 100-105# - lower back, 5min @ 130# Then I ran a couple errands, came home, and vacuumed the office. Still need to excavate the desk, which has been the dumping ground for stuff-to-deal-with-later for, um... long, but just having the floor less foul is a big psychological boost.

Back on track

... hopefully wont happen) it wont be so bad Goal Weight: 70kg *154lbs Goal BMI: 23.4 Dream Weight: 67kg *147.4lbs I'm going to start walking 4 days a week in the 30min-1hour it takes Damian and Heather to get home. I'm considering having a go at the C25K program. I'd like to be able to run 5k but I have to admit it scares me a little. I'm not sure why but I find it a little intimidating. I'll see ...

First Entry of 2010

... told, we don't care all that much about "ringing in" the new year. We don't stay up to watch Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. Another year is another year to us. I prefer staying home to going out with who knows what kind of people on the road. Still, I loved having him here with me. :) We had some delicious homemade dinners and lunches, which consisted of a chicken sandwich recipe he came ...

So I blew it....

I really need to figure out how to make this work when I am not in my home..... Today was an EPIC fail!  We usually do sunday dinner at Don's mom's house, and before now I wasn't really concerned with what I was putting in my mouth.  Boy today did I learn a hard lesson..."Speak up, or fail miserably."  Don wanted swedish meatballs, HELLO!  I figure okay, I can just eat a tiny bit.  Problem was...

gym in JoCo?

...!) I'm looking for something close/convenient to Johnson County Community College neighborhood (moving to Quivera & College in Overland Park - and I know I'm more likely to stick to things if close to home!) which offers a selection of group classes (mat/ballet pilates a MUST.  would also like yoga, nia, toning) and eliptical machines.  In the past, I've enjoyed belonging to smaller, all-women'...

TwentyTen Resolutions

... new year. Family was all together for the first time in a number of years, as eldest daughter is home for the holidays. Melissa was off visiting relatives until Wednesday, so having her back made for an even nicer New Year's Eve. As for what I'd like to accomplish in 2010 ... Exercise I'm going to continue with the Jillian MIchaels Wii workouts. I'm encouraged by the results so far...