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An End and a Beginning

Today’s 44 was another fun one with my resistance band.  I stood on the band and crossed the handles to make the resistance greater.  Then I stepped out with my right foot, out with my left and back in with each.  

In the video you can see that I switched lead legs while doing this move – I’m not sure my hips could handle 44 each side.  (now I sort-of feel like I should go do another set!!)

I pulled out one of my favorite workouts today – Les Mills Combat – Ultimate Cardio Fighter.  60 minutes of sweating while kicking, punching and jumping = awesome!!!

Looking Back at 2013:

I have seen  similar posts to this and decided that it would be a fun to end 2013 with a recap of the year.

January:

I finished up a long-term sub job at an elementary school library – super fun!
Packing away Christmas was a bit of a disaster – 

What a mess!!!
What a mess!!!

Another shopping trip and a little assembly later, the problem was all solved!!!

New Shelves
New Shelves

February:

I decided to do a little personal challenge during the month of February.  In addition to my daily 43 and my regular workouts, I did 1 minute wall-sits to correspond to the day of the month – so by the 28th, I did 28, 1-minute wall-sits!

March:

We had a special Hobbit themed meal to go along with the DVD viewing of the movie.  This was mostly Jordan’s thing but I enjoyed planning the meal with his help and then fixing the meal with the help of both boys!

April:

The biggie from this month was more of a huge mistake and learning experience on my part.  I had vein surgery on April 24th and feel like I’m still paying the price for that decision!!

Day 3
Day 3

May:

Chris and I celebrated our 17th anniversary!

Look how young we were!!
Look how young we were!!

June:

The boys and I went to Texas and enjoyed what would end up being our last summer  visit with my Poppa! 

Poppa with my boys!
Poppa with my boys!  June 2013

July:

We took a great family trip to Florida!!!  The driving (22 hours each way) wasn’t really my favorite part but lots of great memories were made!!

Florida

Life is perfect here!!
Life is perfect here!!

August:

The boys started another school year – Jordan went to high school and Hunter to middle school. Screen Shot 2013-12-30 at 9.06.44 PM

Jordan kept busy with marching band!

first football game
first football game

I made a quick trip to TX to pay tribute to my wonderful Poppa.

And, our lives completely changed when we became business owners!!!

in front of our new business
in front of our new business

September:

More high school football games and plenty of middle school cross country meets.

walking through the end of the chute
Hunter walking through the end of the chute

I celebrated another birthday with another birthday run – and started doing daily 44s.

October: 

HaHa – I couldn’t think of anything from October and then I remembered – the epic fail!!!  I attempted my first ultra – not pretty!

hanging out before the race
hanging out before the race

November:

Hunter started his wrestling career

fixing to shake!
fixing to shake!

Sam, Stacy, Isabel and Hays came up from Texas to spend Thanksgiving with us!!Sam, Stacy, Hays, IsabelDecember:

We hosted our first (probably annual) Christmas Day open house at the Governor’s Row House.

We have enjoyed a much needed family reset time while we celebrated Christmas and prepare to start a new year!

Tonight we will have our yearly New Year’s Eve party (we started doing this after Jordan was born so that we could have a family oriented way to celebrate the start of the new year) and tomorrow we will wake up ready for a great new year!!!

Do you have big plans to celebrate the start of 2014?

Happy Tuesday – the final day of 2013!!

Kim

Names – How do you Choose Them?

Today’s 44 was nice – only because I got to lay on the floor while doing it!  I did a leg lift to the front.

ready to work
ready to work
down
down

If you do these in a slow controlled way (no swinging!), your hips will start to burn after just a few reps – by 44 my hips were screaming!!!  

And, since I don’t want to be unbalanced, I had to flip over and do the other leg.

side 2
side 2
down
down

Truly, the best part was relaxing on the floor!!!

Today’s InsanityAsylum vol. 2 workout was brutal – Power Legs.  It was only 50 minutes but I was dying!!!  After the super active warm-up, you use this cute little band – 

not really that cute!!!
not really that cute!!!

I think we spent about 15 minutes doing moves with this around our ankles – plyo moves!!!  Not only were my legs dying but my heart rate was way up there!!!   Then, just for fun (I guess) at the end you spend 5 1/2 minutes holding some form of a pulsing squat, plie or lunge (with a dumbbell!!!) – YIKES!!!!

Screen shot 2013-12-04 at 6.39.24 AMYesterday for some reason I started thinking about names and all the people I know who are named for someone – in our family alone the list is long:

  • Jordan Earl  – Chris’ grandpa was Earl
  • Hunter Jack – my Poppa was Jack
  • Thomas Christopher – Chris’ dad was Thomas Wayne (he went by Wayne) and his paternal grandpa was Thomas ______ (I can’t remember).  We thought about continuing the tradition and using Thomas Jordan but it wasn’t my favorite so…
  • Amanda (Mandi) Lou (my sister) – Lou was my Mema’s middle name
  • my sister’s son is Hadley Max – her husband’s  (Eric) dad goes by Max
  • Isabel Kay (my niece that was here last week) – Kay is Stacy’s mom
  • Hays Matthew (my cute little nephew) – Hays was my Mema’s maiden name and Matthew is Sam’s middle name
  • Jennifer Bailey (Tim’s oldest daughter) – Jennifer is for her mom’s , Dina, best friend – she goes by Bailey
  • Emma (Tim’s youngest daughter) – our paternal grandma’s middle name was Emma but Tim didn’t realize that until after they named her
  • Seaver Hancock (Tim’s son) – Hancock is my Mema & Poppa’s last name

I think lot’s of people name their kids after family (or friends).  Other names are picked just because people like the way they sound.  Some people (I might be in this category!!!) like symmetry in names.  (both of the boys first names have 6 letters and their middle names 4)

I’ve never been overly excited about my name – Kimberly Lyn – sort of plain and no reason to it.  My parents didn’t know they were having twins (no ultrasounds back then) but they thought that rhyming names (Kim & Tim) would be nice.

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Reading blogs it is interesting to see the names people have chosen for their blogs – some have a specific reason behind their blog name (I always love reading about how people picked the name of their blogs!!!) and some people change their blog names as the blog evolves.

 

Are you named for anyone?  
Do you like your name?
Is there a good story behind the name of your
blog?
 

I guess that’s plenty of questions – so much to learn!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!

Kim

Not a Fan

For my 44 today, I did a bicep curl with a plyo move!!  I did a sumo squat and then jumped with a curl!!

This move went fairly quickly but my legs were burning by the time I finished.  I just used a 12 pound dumbbell since  I was jumping (I probably should have gone a little heavier).

I did some of my favorite workouts – Turbo Fire!!  Today I went with Fire 60 – 60 minutes of nonstop cardio and then Core 20 because lately I feel like I need a little extra work on my middle!!!  (or maybe I just need to quit eating Cheetos!!)

So – I have a little secret!!!Screen shot 2013-11-26 at 6.53.29 AMI am NOT on the current bandwagon – you know, the one involving Katniss (I think that’s her name) – 

Screen shot 2013-11-26 at 6.55.03 AMI think that almost every blog I read last night mentioned this movie because they either saw it over the weekend or have plans to see it.

I haven’t read the books and didn’t watch the first movie and have no plans to watch this one.  I think part of it is the fact that I rarely read/watch the “biggies”  (still haven’t seen a single Twilight movie!).

Plus, I just don’t get the concept of kids fighting to the death for sport.  

I know that I’m in a very small minority and I’m totally OK with skipping this series.  (I think Chris and the boys saw the first movie – it didn’t make their top 10.)

I will just stick to my chick-flicks, comedies and Christmas movies!!!

Hunger Games – yes or no?

Happy Tuesday!!

Kim

 

Use It or Lose It

I decided to use my bands for the 44 today  – I did a leg abduction with the resistance of the bands.  

I only did one side for this demo – but you can sort-of see that I stepped on the band with my stationary leg to get the resistance.  Besides working my thighs and hips, this is a great balance challenge (I wobbled a lot and had to tap my toe/foot a lot!).  And, of course, I did 44 with each leg!

Then I pulled out one of my favorite workouts – Les Mills Combat – Combat 60 Live – Ultimate Warrior’s Workout.  This workout is awesome because just when you think your legs can’t handle another rep, you switch over to punching again!!!  The hour flies by in a sweaty blur!!!

Screen shot 2013-11-19 at 6.53.17 AMI’m sure that everyone has heard the phrase “Use it or Lose it” many times before.  I think it’s true in lots areas of our lives – fitness, knowledge, some insurance plans, vacation days…

We all know how hard it is to achieve the level of conditioning/strength that we want to be at and many of us have seen how quickly those gains can deteriorate when we can’t work out because of injury, illness or whatever other reason.

Screen shot 2013-11-19 at 6.51.38 AMI think another area that we can quickly “lose it” is our brain power!!!  

Yesterday Jordan was talking about the Trojan War and the guy who suggested that they get in the horse (I can’t remember his name!).  He said, “Didn’t you learn all of this in school?” Ummm…Yes – like 30 years ago!!!  And, I’ve never used it since!

There was a time (in grad school and for a few years after) that I could do a thorough observation of the entire human body, palpating and naming each bone, tendon and ligament as I went.  Now, I can name and identify only a very few of those because it has been 20 years since I really studied and applied all of that knowledge.

Sometimes I look back at all the years I spent in school and wonder how hard it would be to re-learn all that I’ve forgotten.  

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Maybe I should work on actually using some of the information that I’ve learned over the years so that by the time I’m 70 I have at least a little knowledge of something left!!!

What have you lost because you haven’t used it?  (please tell me I’m not the only one!!!)

Happy Tuesday!!!  I’m going to try to learn and apply at least one thing today!!!

Kim

 

Before and After

Today’s 44 was a great one to work my whole body and I got my heart rate up – bonus!!!

I did a plie while holding a dumbbell (10 pounds) – stood and pressed the DB overhead and to the right while lifting my left heel – lowered to plie – repeated to the left for 1 rep.

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The video is super dark because Jordan doesn’t believe in light in the morning – he’s 15!!!

Screen shot 2013-11-15 at 6.51.58 AM2 weeks ago, I walked into a nasty disgusting apartment and had a little freak out!!!

Today we have new tenants moving in!!!!  In a short (BUSY) 2 weeks the apartment has undergone a huge transformation!!!

Kitchen Before (left) & After (right)
Kitchen
Before (left) & After (right)
Bedroom #1 Before (L) and After (R)
Bedroom #1
Before (L) and After (R)

 

Bedroom #2 Before (middle) After (sides)
Bedroom #2
Before (middle)
After (sides)

 

Living Room Before (L) & After (R)
Living Room
Before (L) & After (R)
After shots of the bathrooms and built-in
After shots of the bathrooms and built-in

In the last 2 weeks – we hauled out 2 dumpsters full of stuff plus a couch and several other pieces of furniture, cleaned the nastiness, primed, painted, repaired numerous broken things (good thing Chris is super handy!!), did another cleaning (that’s how gross it was) and hung curtains.

The apartment went from being a place that I couldn’t stand to a super cute apartment with a lot of character!!!  

In 2 months, we’ve turned over 2 of the 3 apartments – I hope that we don’t have to do this again any time soon!!!!

Happy Friday!

Kim