Umm…is this the Geriatric Yoga Class?
	March 30, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The gym ended my Beginner’s Yoga Class. I had a three week warning, the last class was last week. The instructor told us we would be fine, that although it was a little more difficult and 25 minutes longer, we would all get through. Those words weren’t that encouraging to me, really.

Today I had planned to attend the class and I was scared. I was quite sore from doing strength training the last two days andRacecar was up quite a bit last night, so my muscles were mad and my mood needed adjusting, but because I scheduled day care and I did not want to do strength training three days in a row, I bit the bullet and headed to the class. Mind you–after every class I am sore. REALLY sore. Which to me means this shit is working. And I like that.

So, I drop the children off, put my purse and jacket in the locker room and head into the studio. And everyone was old. Not 50’s old, friends. s-e-v-e-n-t-i-e-s and eighties. I was still frightened, but it made me feel a little better. It wasn’t until halfway through that I thought “oh my God, is this a Geriatric Yoga Class?” I started to sweat at the thought, I quickly looked around and saw a man in his 50’s and I thought, “he’s not geriatric, I must be okay.” But secretly I was still scared that I was intruding on their excercise class. Please do not get me wrong. I love old people, I swear I do. I would kill to be in a yoga class filled with my elders. They’re nice, polite and non-judgemental. They don’t care about what they have or don’t have and they could care less about what you have or don’t have. They’re just happy to be alive. That’s my kind of company.
So, about halfway through the class, we were stretching our legs using a strap, which is one of my favorite things to do. It was a similiar stretch to the picture, except our right legs were extending across our bodies, stretching to the left. So, here I am, stretching to the left when my neighbor, we’ll call her Grandma, tickled my foot. You can’t make this stuff up. It’s true. I, of course, enjoyed that. I snickered at the thought of doing that to a neighbor in a non-geriatric class, a neighbor my age, I don’t think it would have been taken so lightly.
All in all, the class was great, it only last about 50 minutes, but it was fun and well worth the ride.
By the way, I checked the schedule of events…and it was Advanced Yoga. And there is no Geriatric Yoga Class.

Oh and I do not know the person in the picture.

	What is wrong with this thing?
	March 28, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 10 Comments

So, I plug in my camera to download pictures and it will not work! I download the pictures to Brian’s computer because the cord is connected to his tower, I have a laptop, so we like how permanent it is on his computer since we download often. I plug it in and nothing happens. I’m not real familiar with Brian’s computer, but I’ve certainly done this before. I turn my camera on and off, on and off and nothing. After some brilliant investigating, I realized the cord I plug into the camera is the power cord, not the download cable. not too bright. At least I didn’t wait until Brian got home to share my dilemma with him!

My kids love to watch Full House. It’s so funny to see Uncle Jesse’s mullet. Just think: back in 1988 he was a hunk of burnin’ love!

Now to the pictures I just downloaded!

Giving eachother kisses. I can hardly take it!

Anna had the idea for both of them to wear sunglasses and for me to take a picture.
She’s so smart!

Match much? Everyday,Ariel gets her shirt wet at lunch, which means time for a new shirt. (note the name of my blog) This was her outfit today! She even layered! She was very proud and kept asking “do you love it, mama?”
Of course I said “yes!”

Noah drinking my water. He calls it milk. I love the way he looks at me when he is drinking. I had Brian take a picture to capture the moment.

I letAriel brush my hair. Or should I say…my face. She kept brushing my hair across my face and then brushing my cheeks and nose. It was great. Obviously she thought the whole affair to be hilarious! (I did, too!)

	The Incredible Shrinking Woman
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I went to the doctor yesterday and the nurse measured my height, apparently I’ve lost an inch. I don’t understand how I have gotten shorter. I’ve ALWAYS been 5′ 7″, now I’m 5′ 6″? Should I change my driver’s license? Where did that inch go? I miss it.

I have alot to blog about. Today we had a salesperson from 800.Basements come to our house for a consultation. They should have just shared the price with us over the phone to save a trip and save some time. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXPENSIVE. ridiculous. outrageous. Not going to happen.

Thank you Sara T. for the advice about Mozilla and dowloading pictures onto blogger! I downloaded it and I have already used it for this blog entry! I can totally see how much faster it is! THANK YOU!

I am so pleased that someone named “amy” made a comment on my blog the other day. I feel blessed that she shared her opinion of me being a mother, she knows SO much about my life that she most certainly has a place to make a judgement. (can you sense the sarcasm?) Here was her comment:
“Broke my heart to hear that the kids cry when you leave the room for bread. It sounds like they really need mommy time. The cleaning and gym can always wait, your children come first.”
I was advised by my sisters to ignore the comment and I should, but I can’t. It makes me crazy that people not only make judgements, but publicly criticize my life. I know it comes with the territory of having a blog, but what is it with people who think their opinion is THE WORD? Amy, thank you for reading my blog, truly, but my advice to you is to not be so quick to judge. If I spend more time with my kids I would come out of their ears. When I clean–they’re with me. When I go to the gym–they’re with me. When I poop–you betcha, they’re with me. Now are you going to come back and tell me I need boundaries, if you won’t, I’m sure somebody will!

Moving forward, I can now put in my contacts very quickly. Just one try!

I’ve attached pictures from the Bull’s game last night. It was so great to get away with Brian for awhile. The Bulls won. It was interesting because they played the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets last night. A two city name! Enjoy the pictures…enjoy your Sunday.

Who needs the Bulls when you’ve got live entertainment in the halls?!?!

Nosebleed.

Nosebleed. We were early. Can you tell by the empty seats?

Benny the Bull flying around.

	Talk about multi-tasking
	March 23, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 12 Comments

As I blog, I am folding laundry AND watching What Not to Wear. Is anyone else addicted to this show? I love it. I have the season pass on my Tivo in my bedroom. To other bloggers on blogspot, specifically Sara T who always has pictures on her entries, doesn’t blogger suck sometimes when it comes to adding pictures?!?!!? I was going to blog yesterday, but it would not add pictures, so I quit. But, here I am…the trooper, trying again and it worked! (p.s. click on Sara’s name to see her blog, you will pass out at how cute her son is. I’m serious)

Today, we spent the day at home rather than going to the gym. Which means a day to clean. I was in a tremondous cleaning mood, so it was wonderful! I actually put a gate up inRacecar’s doorway so I could clean his room withoutAriel andRacecar’s company. They were, of course, very interested in what I was doing and desperately wanted to enter, but they were forbidden! When I finished cleaning his room, they wanted in (still) and I put them in the room with the gate still up. I swear they played in there for 40 minutes! At that time I cleanedAriel’s room. I was even able to clean the living room without interuption. I reorganized cabinets, washed rugs, did 7 loads of laundry, washed windows and cleaned my fish tank! I put the kids down for a nap and decided to do a yoga video I bought a long time ago. I even unwrapped it today. It’s a video by Denise Austin called Fat Blasting Yoga. It was really hard and I’m really sore tonight. I’ll never do it again. I hate her.

TomorrowAriel andRacecar will not see me too much, which they need considering tonightAriel cried like I was leaving for Korea for 2 years when I went downstairs to get bread out of the freezer. Brian’s mom is coming over in the morning. I have a doctor’s appointment, I’m going grocery shopping and going to the gym ALL BY MYSELF! I’ll get home and put the kids to bed and then Brian and I are going to a Bull’s game tomorrow night. I’m very excited for nachos and beer. oh…and basketball. My niece is babysitting, she’s so good to us.

I hope you enjoy the pictures!

After cleaning, before the chickens were released.

And after the chickens were released.

I love this picture. I wanted to add another picture ofAriel looking up andRacecar laughing, but blogger wouldn’t let me add it.

My cute little boy eating breakfast.

A completely potty trained girl!

Who needs a harley when we’ve got Little Tykes?

Concentrating.

Ariel giving Daddy a thumbs up while taking his McDonald’s order.

I hit my 10% weight loss goal this past Wednesday. 20 lbs in 6 six weeks.