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Fitness, Lunges, Quad

Happiness

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Today’s 43 was a quad burner!!  I just did a back lunge with my right leg, pulled my knee in while staying in low position and repeated x 43.

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You can tell I wobbled a few times – it happens!!!  And, you know, this was the kind of move that I had to do 2 sets of 43 so that both legs could feel the burn!!!

I’m hoping that Hunter will decide to get up soon so we can all go play tennis!!!  Jordan and I usually like to get a nice walk after our tennis rounds so I even though I’m not doing a “true workout” today, I will still get plenty of activity!!

Screen shot 2013-05-26 at 8.41.28 AMHappiness is a state of mind and while I feel like I’m generally a happy person, I know that I’m always much happier in the summer!!!!  So many things are making me happy right now!!!

Yesterday I put on a pair of my shorts (the first time of the season is always a little scary) and they still fit great!!

and my longhorn tat makes me very happy!!!
and my longhorn tat makes me very happy!!!

The boys washed the cars yesterday – clean cars make me happy and watching the boys spray each other “accidentally” really makes me happy!!!Car WashinI just hung out, took pictures and tried to get a little color on my pale legs!!

need a tan!
need a tan!

Swimsuit season = HAPPINESS!!!

ready for some sun!
ready for some sun!

Chris and I went for the first boat ride of the year – it’s like being on vacation, almost!!!Boat rideHow can you not be happy floating around on the water???ChrisKim

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere!!! Margaritas on the boat!!
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere!!!
Margaritas on the boat!!

And, since it was our anniversary (another reason to be HAPPY), we got dressed up and went out to a really nice dinner!!Kim & ChrisWe ate at the Row House which is always fun!!  We always get the tasting menu which is about 6 courses but none super big!!!  Last night we went out to the courtyard area for our dessert!

all of the veggies we had with our dinner came from their garden
all of the veggies we had with our dinner came from their garden

How could I be anything but happy when this is the person I’m hanging out with?!

enjoying a good year of Macallan scotch
enjoying a good year of Macallan scotch

KimSo many things that are making me HAPPY!!!  If I had to sum it up I would say

  • Chris
  • my boys (Jordan & Hunter)
  • the sun – beach, boat & warmth

Like I told Chris yesterday – it really doesn’t take much to make me happy!!!  But we all know that this never hurts!!!!!Beach

 

What is making you happy right now?

Happy Sunday!!!

Kim

Fitness, Lunges, Quad, Stairs

6:00 AM on a Saturday?!

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It is rare for me to be up before 7:00 on a Saturday (especially when I stayed up till midnight watching basketball) – however today is for a good cause – Hunter has a Cello Competition in Manhattan this morning so off we go!!!  I wanted to get my workout done before we left because the rest of the day is going to be full!

For the 43 today I did a Plie Squat and lunge combo.  Start with a plie squat:

plie squat
plie squat

Turn to right lunge:

Lunge right (closing your eyes takes away the pain!)
Lunge right (closing your eyes takes away the pain!)

Back to plie:

plie squat
plie squat

Left lunge:

Lunge left
Lunge left

Those 4 moves = 1 rep x 43.  I stayed in a low squat/lunge the entire time so my quads were on fire by the time I finished all 43!!   Thanks to Chris for posing for the pictures last night!!

I wanted to do a pretty quick workout so I did Les Mills Combat – Combat 45.  It’s been a couple of weeks since I did some Combat and I always love it (even if it is at the butt crack of dawn!!).

Yesterday afternoon was beautiful!!!  I went on a 2 mile walk with a neighbor and one of her dogs (a cute little Papillon who wasn’t really into walking and ended up being carried over half the way – silly girl!).Screen shot 2013-03-29 at 8.01.13 PM

Then Chris and the boys and I played tennis for about an hour – always fun because Chris is the only true tennis player in the group the rest of us just run around a lot!!

Jordan - always has something crazy going on!
Jordan – always has something crazy going on!
Hunter - what are you doing?
Hunter – what are you doing?
What kind of sunglasses are those??? and - serve
What kind of sunglasses are those???
Oh- tennis glasses!
serve
serve
so excited
so excited

Fun times for sure!!  Hunter wore his new basketball shoes because he wants to break them in a little before he starts basketball camp on Monday night.  Tennis – basketball  – both involve a ball –  who needs  special shoes??

Since I was the one who stopped and took a few pictures, there are none of me (funny that happens on vacation a lot, too)  – maybe we should work on that!!  Nah!

Jordan and I decided to enjoy the weather and just walk home from the courts – another 2.5 mile walk around the lake!!!

after an afternoon outside!
after an afternoon outside!

I think my post title yesterday was pretty accurate – it was definitely a Fun Friday!  We finished off  the night with some Chinese food, rum drinks and the NCAA basketball tournament!  Bummer that Kansas lost but I still have Duke winning the whole thing so I have a chance to win!!

Now – I’m off to listen to some awesome cello music!!

Happy Saturday!

Kim