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The Master Calendar

Today’s 43 was one of my favorite kind of moves – a combo!!!  Upper & lower body at the same time!!!  

I did a lunge with a row.

start in lunge
start in lunge
straighten leg and row
straighten leg and row

Today I decided to try and push myself a bit so I used a 15 pound dumbbell – not too bad until I reached about 30 – those last 13 or so were rough!!!

And I have to stay balanced so a did a 2nd set of 43 on my other side – 

ready
ready
go
go

Can you tell that these are just posed pictures?  The downside to getting up so early is that I’ve already done my move (and most of my workout) before anyone is around to take my pictures or video!!  Oh, well – it still works out!!

Today I decided to go with some Turbo Jam fun for the rest of my workout.  I started with Lower Body Jam which is 30 minutes geared to legs & butt with just a little upper body thrown in for good measure.  Then I did 3T (Totally Tubular Turbo) – 35 minutes of strength work using resistance bands.  Both of these workouts were fun because Chalean makes all of her DVDs high energy!!!

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The Calendar!!!  

At different times of the year, a new calendar is always exciting for me.  I love to get my  calendar ready for the start of each year – I always put in all of the things that are a given (birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, school dates, Chris’ work stuff…..) and then I’m ready to go!

August is another big time to add/change calendars – the start of school brings lots of new activities and events that can be added to the existing calendar.

Lately, I feel like we have so many sources that have to be checked in order to keep the calendar current that we are going to start leaving things out.  For band, we have to check the website every weekend to make sure there haven’t been any changes.Screen shot 2013-09-09 at 6.55.53 AM

Hunter brings home a weekly note from cross country with details about the upcoming meet(s).  We get emails about cello lessons/events.  Teacher’s tell the boys things about upcoming happenings for different classes.  Phone calls often mean an addition to the calendar.  So many sources to keep up with!Screen shot 2013-09-09 at 6.56.23 AMThere are usually appointments of different types to make sure we remember.  Social events come up and need to be added immediately so that they aren’t left off by mistake!!

Lately I feel lost without my calendar!!!  Last night we were at a friends house for small group and several dates came up – I felt a slight bit of panic because I didn’t have my calendar with me to make sure that nothing was being double booked and that I didn’t forget anything!!!Screen shot 2013-09-09 at 7.02.28 AMA glimpse at last week (notice the empty day? Labor Day!!!) in my book – I’ve found that my date book works far better than the true “master calendar” on the kitchen wall!!!

Now that the boys are older and have more activities I told them we probably need to all coordinate our calendars every weekend so we can make sure everyone knows what is going on and we don’t forget anything or anyone!!!

Anyone else ever feel like your life is “controlled” by the calendar?  
Do you feel a slight panic if you are out somewhere without your calendar and have new dates/events to add?

I’m pretty sure that I need to put beach time on the calendar this week!!!  If it’s on the master plan it should happen, right?!

Happy Monday!!!

Kim