exploration

Deb tells me this morning that she had a coupon for 2 weeks free @ one of the local gyms so WE needed to check it out together on the way up to her Dr appt. Like I really wanna spend an hour in the waiting room, but since it's Tuesday and neither of us work today might as well get off our butts and check it out. Worst case scenario neither one of us like it and it was a wasted trip.


When we get to the gym and park, this skinny-mini walks out all cute and perky. You know, the ones you just want to run over in your car? Yup, that would be her. We both kind of went, 'well great. but we're here so we might as well go inside.' Oddly enough we saw 5 handicap parking spaces. More than I'd expect to see in front of a gym. Mr. Yummy was working the front desk. He asked us if we could wait for a minute before giving us the tour so that he could check in the ladies that walked thru the door behind us. Turns out that this gym has a program designed for Seniors. Pretty cool. As we're taking the tour we see people of pretty much every shape and size working out. That was a major point in the gym's favor. I DON'T want to work out with only but Ken and Barbie look alikes. As the tour was winding down we turned the corner & see a UPS guy looking slightly lost. Mr. Yummy asks if he needs a signature and when the response is affirmative tells UPS guy that next time just grab one of the guys running around in a shirt. Smart a** that I am mutters to Deb, "ya, as apposed to the naked ones". Which of course she snickers too. When he asked, we did tell him the joke. Thankfully he didn't take umbrance to it. Something that Deb and I found cool was that Mr. Yummy treated everyone with respect. He didn't treat me any differently than Debi, nor did he treat us any differently than the Seniors he checked in while we were there.


We didn't sign up at that moment because Deb and I wanted to talk about our impressions, and why start up on our 2 weeks free if it was going to be a few days before we were able to get back. A few hours later Deb and I were both free again so we decided that we'd take the 2 yr old with us and stick her in the daycare room. Daycare hours are a bit restricted which sucks, but since I'll probably be using it mostly after dropping Kira off at school in the mornings it shouldn't affect me often. Even if I wind up using it occasionally (or if Deb and I go work out together and take her 2 yr old) $2/kid for a max of 2 hours isn't bad at all. Unfortunately the time we chose to head up today the daycare room was closed. It is open from 8am- 11am and then again from 5pm-8pm. Sooo we wound up hanging out together, picking up both 8 yr olds and then going back up to the gym around 5:30. That of course meant we had to pay the daycare room for all 3 kids instead of just one. Because of time constraints for this eve we had only about 45 min to exercise, shower. and change. Since I am far from 'in shape' I didn't feel comfortable going to the gym on my own the first time which is why we went together. We did about 25 min on the treadmill (I put mine at a 6 incline & 2.7 mph) then we went to the weight room to work on arms. Bat wings are oh so sexy. 5-10 min in there and I was ready to cry. On the way to shower off we decided to go ahead and try the sauna. On the door it is posted a time limit of 3-5 minutes. It felt so good in there I could have easily laid down and taken a nap. Hence a good reason to follow the time limit. A shower was a definite requirement after the sauna tho lol.

Originally Deb and I were going to try to get back together @ 6am Wednesday morning to exercise again since she has to be to work @ 10 and school doesn't start on Wed till 9:20, but working out kicked both our butts and by 8pm we were both beyond ready to go home and veg. I'm going to try going tomorrow by myself after dropping Bug off at school.

dishes

As part of my 'healthier lifestyle' I've gotten rid of my big plates and substituted salad plates instead . Finding smaller bowls tho has been a bit of an issue. Even Walmart doesn't have cheep small bowls GRRR. The size I want is the small desert bowls. They run about $3 each. A bit pricey for me since having two kids I have to buy 2 bowls for each of us. And as we all know I'm CHEEP.

On Tuesday, Deb drug me along shopping with her. This year Sean's school went to uniforms and they didn't tell the parents until 2 weeks before school was set to start. Deb is still trying to find deals on certain colored polo shirts and pants. Expensive little buggers. Anyway, Deb had 2 coupons for this one store but the stipulation was that only one coupon per visit. Since this store is on a side of town that we don't frequent often she wanted to purchase all she could if she could find what she was looking for.

While we were shopping together I found a four pack of little kids bowls for $3. Granted, NOT microwave safe, but all they hold is 3/4 c. So now I have 4 Dora bowls (2 blue and 2 purple) and 4 Disney Princess bowls (2 light and 2 dark pink). The pink bowls were Kira's addition.

It's amazing how doing something as simple as changing the size of your plates you can trick your mind into thinking that you have more food than you actually do and so therefore are full faster.

Each of my kids help me be healthy in different ways. Kira helps me to pick out the healthy food (Sam would rather have sugar). Sam helps by telling me we need to exercise and getting irked when we don't have time for a daily walk. There is an ulterior motive for the walks tho. If we walk to the Library (NOT the downtown one :P) they can play on the computers and then on the way home we pass the gas station and so we HAVE to get a slushie since we are sooooo thirsty! I love my children.

Off my butt

Sooo, turns out that my pedometor is spastic and it counts double what I actually walk. I thought it was a bit off since I wasn't feeling the 'burn' after those "5 mi" Tuesday. So that 5+ was really closer to 3 LOL. No idea what I actually walked today seeing as I didn't bother with it once realizing it was reading wrong. :(.

I had some books to return at the library so I figured that I could walk to the downtown lib and then walk over to the parking garage and do the stairs. The road that leads to downtown starts as a two way and then splits off into 2 seperate one ways (name changes and everything). I've never walked to the dt lib but I've driven there several times. Mind you, I've lived in this city for 8 1/2 years. Well, on the way there I walked against traffic so when the road split I was walking South on the one way heading North. The road I was on went right by the Sunbeam Bread Factory. Dang, that fresh baking bread smelled SOOOOO GOOOD! Turned East for a few streets before heading South again to get on the street I needed. Shouldn't have done that... missed the lib by 3 blocks. Yes, I am well aware that those extra 6 blocks were good for me, the only problem was that on my walk I had chugged 18 oz of water and my bladder was rebelling by the time the Lib came into view. Wasn't sure I was going to make it lol.

Finally went and did the stairs in the the garage. They weren't nearly as painful this time as they were the last time. By the time home was 3 blocks away tho, I was really feeling it. I do feel more energized tho. Sore as hell, but with energy lol.

Lazy me

Two Saturdays ago my bike was stollen off my porch. Pisses me off! Not a whole heck of a lot the cops can do about it. Unless I actually see someone riding it. And only then if I can get them to stop long enough for me to use my key in the bike lock hanging off the frame :(.

Sooooo, I've been a bit too lazy since then. Today tho I walked a little over 5 miles. I was watching my 2 yr old niece so she got tossed in a stroller and off we went. Depending on how I feel come morning, we might walk to school, but I'll probably be hurting too much lol. Since I'm off work on Thursday tho I'll plan on another 5 mi walk then.