A Week of Ups and Downs

Today for the 44 I did a move that is always tough for me – the W (you know, your arms and head make a W.

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This move wasn’t too bad for the first 28 or 30 but the last 15-16 were rough!!!  (and I only used 5 pound dumbbells!!)

I decided to do a fairly simple workout to see how it felt so I did Burn & Firm Pilates.  This was  a nice way to get some movement and strength training without pulling on my legs a lot.

Screen Shot 2014-01-09 at 7.52.56 PMThis week has been one of those roller coaster weeks!!  I know that all weeks have some good and some not so good but his one has been all over the place!!

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The boys got an extra day of winter break!!!  And, they spent part of it helping me put up the Christmas decorations!

 

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The weather has been awful – besides the extreme cold, the snow on the ground (especially the roads) is not my favorite!

 

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Even without a huge grocery shopping trip this weekend, I have gotten back on track with cooking dinner again!!!

 

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The heater for 2 of our apartment units (above our venue) went out on Monday night – the motor blew – coldest night of the year!!!  And then the pipes froze – so no heat or water!

 

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We got the motor replaced (for the heater) Tuesday before lunch time (I still haven’t seen the bill!!).

 

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I ended up having 10 more injections in my legs on Wednesday at a simple follow-up appointment!

 

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The recovery/down-time for the injections is just a few days.

 

 

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Our dishwasher quit/the motor in it blew out last week.  I bought a new one the day after and set it up for delivery.  It was supposed to come Monday – as of 3:00 yesterday we still didn’t have a new dishwasher.  I had already made 4 phone calls about it and finally got a response of next Monday (with another 4 hour window on my part).

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We found the same dishwasher at a different store (in stock), bought it, brought it home and Chris put it in.  Full refund on the first one – and we ended up saving a few dollars!!!

 

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 Chris is off today and going to help me clean the Governor’s Row House for tomorrow’s event (and put up the Christmas decorations).  

 

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We are supposed to be get close to 50 degrees tomorrow and close to 60 on Sunday!!!

 

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It’s Fun Friday!!!!

 

 

And – the good outweighed the bad!!!

I hope that in the ups & downs of your week the good won!!!

Happy Fun Friday!!

Kim