A new day, a new workout

February 6, 2008, 4:40 pm

My ipod wasn’t working this morning (who knew that in a week it could lose a charge?) so I didn’t run as much as I would have liked today. I managed 1.25 miles and then moved on to this piece of equipment:

It’s the AMT 100i by Precor. Quite a different machine and quite a different workout! It looks like an ellipitcal, but it’s much harder, I think. It really works your muscles in differfent ways & also gives a good cardio workout. I did 25 minutes & managed 2 miles. My strides per minute were slower than I’d have done on an elliptical, but I think I worked harder. And it’s cool because if you change your stride slightly, the machine adapts and gives you a different workout. So you can go from stairmaster to elliptical like movements just by changing your stride. I think I might have to hit the gym tomorrow to make up for my lack of running today because I’ve got to get some more miles in before next Saturday’s 5-mile race!

Moving on: Fat Tuesday/Super Tuesday. Anyone celebrate for Mardi Gras yesterday? Did you vote if you were in one of the 21 Super Tuesday states? I lived Fat Tuesday up to it’s name by eating lots of junk. Like I needed that. And here in PA it wasn’t a voting day, so I didn’t vote yet. But I did see some interviews on the Early Show with the candidates & it solidified who I’m going to be voting for.

Since I didn’t exercise yesterday and ate like a fiend, I decided to treat myself and get my nails done (LOL). I absolutely LOVE the way Dan did my nails. He’s amazing & I’ve been seeing him for a few weeks now. Check this out:

Dan doesn’t do the designs, his wife, Nina does & she did an awesome job, too. I love the color (Nina picked it - it’s called The Thrill of Brazil by O.P.I.) I’m so bad at picking colors - I normally pick something that’s really old-lady-like and end up hating it within a few days. I’d have never picked this color, so I’m glad Nina suggested it. Now let’s see if it’ll last until Valentine’s Day. The polish usually starts to wear off on the edges after about a week.

SMJ: Did you see that Shabby Miss Jenn has 3 new lil kits in her shop? They’re so fun & I’m working on a few LOs with them. I hope to get them finished & posted in the next day or so. The new ones are Cheerful, Playful and Shabbyful and they all are fabulous! Until tomorrow…have a great day & happy scrapping!

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Novacaine on the Brain

February 5, 2008, 8:50 pm

Seriously, I feel like the dentist Novacained my brain. Which maybe wouldn’t be such a bad thing, huh? Man, dental work. I hate it. Most of my life I had pretty decent teeth. A single filling when I was 13 or so & then nothing for 10+ years. Then in my 20s, I get out of college, get a job and my own insurance and BAM, my teeth go to, well, rot. This year alone I’ve had a crown and 4 fillings. How sad is that? Especially since before this I had only had a total of 3 fillings! And now I’ve more than doubled the teeth that are filled. Besides that, I’m getting a mouth guard, because, surprise, surprise, after 3 kids, I’m clenching my teeth. Ugh, the joys of getting older.

In other news, here I went bragging about running50 miles in Jan. Wanna guess how many miles I’ve done so far in Feb? Yep, none. A big fat zero. On Friday I skipped the gym. And right now I don’t even remember why. Then on Monday I forgot my gym bag. I went all the way there (so it’s only 6 miles) and realized I didn’t have my gym bag. Came home & decided to ditch the gym anyway. Tomorrow, I promise, I’ll be back and get 5 miles in.

Oh, did I mention that I’m a guest CT member this month for Shabby Miss Jenn? How incredibly awesome is that? I love her stuff - just love it and purchased my first items from her just last month. I posted a couple of new LOs over on her team blog, too. 2 were from last month & the new ones I’ll post here. I love the way they turned out!

This one uses mostly Shabby Snowkisses. Such a great kit for snow!