New Rugs!

After about an hour of bickering and almost a divorce we ended up with new area rugs for the living room. We were supposed to get two rugs alike and ended up with two different rugs that hopefully will compliment each other when you see them together. Once we had the concept of two different rugs, I ended up throwing all these rugs down on the floor of the store so I could see how they interacted. Dan almost came unglued that I would do such a thing......oh he of limited shopping! I swear...I have no idea how men shop! I actually like both rugs...one he picked out and one I picked out. I must say it turned out Ok even thought it was almost a disaster! It's important to note that all salespeople took off in other directions when we started the choosing dance. Hmmmm...that should have told us something. Can't wait until we have to pick out the new bed to replace the waterbed mattress that the cat shredded! We have a history of liking two completely different styles which accounts for our eclectic furnishings! (But I did get rid of the beer signs!)

Rock On!

I so rocked all my exercise goals today! The elliptical machine keeps record of carbs burned, calories used, distance traveled, and target pace. I increased my stats in all areas! The biggest factor which probably affected all the others was the target pace. The elliptical machine has a little light that turns red when you hit your target pace for each resistance level. I've been able to work up to level four in the target zone but levels 5 through 10 I'm sadly in the green. Today I even hit the target zone (just for a second though) in level 10. That's huge for me! I'm starting to get into this exercising every day... at least something! Now if I could find my yoga mat to do some stretches. I may just have to buy a new one.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I had the best birthday weekend ever! This is one of those times to remember and visualize again and again. Nicole flew home as a surprise. She worked it out with Natalie and they both arrived at the house on Friday evening! Totally surprised me and for a moment I had difficulty realizing that it was true. I just couldn't believe my eyes! On Saturday we all went to a yoga class and Natalie and I did a decent job of surviving! I will never be as accomplished as Nicole at yoga since she has been working at it for a long time. She is fantastic! I feel like I did get the health benefits though even at the level I was functioning! Then Saturday evening we catered a small dinner at the house (aka we ordered food and brought it home!). It was fun and relaxing. Sunday was lounging around the house eating breakfast and the obligatory stop at Wahoo's Fish Taco on the way to the airport. (No Wahoo's in Nashville!) Fabulous birthday weekend and nothing like I had expected! I am so lucky sometimes!

Post Secret

Post Secret is a disturbing and yet addicting link. I have found that I check it out every Sunday now. We all like to keep secrets and yet we all want to share secrets. Hmmmmm.... Here's the link.... you may have to copy and paste since I tried to put in an active link and it didn't work right. http://postsecret.blogspot.com

Yea Elliptical!

It wobbles... it makes noise... but it works! yes! I have managed to actually use it about 4 times now and the machine feels like it has potential. Hopefully when the repairman comes back he will be able to tighten it up, get rid of the noise and fix the back covers. In the meantime we can use it and hopefully start a healthy habit. So far I've been doing the weight loss program which uses all 10 resistant levels. I can stay in my target for the first 4 and then well...let's just say I'm still moving. For some bizarre reason Dan likes to exercise in the dark so he has disconnected the light bulb above the elliptical machine. This only serves to blind me from the control panel. I've been putting on my African drum music and walking away....with a huge light guiding the way.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I feel like I'm going a different way than everyone else. I know we are all the same and we all have beautiful parts of ourselves...it's just that sometimes... I seem to be heading off in another direction!

Concert

Last night I was lucky enough to get to see Xavier Rudd at the Boulder Theater. I was in heaven with the rhythms and different instruments. Lately he has been playing with a drummer that added another whole layer to his show. It was energetic, different, and a great crowd that was there for the actual music! I have no idea what any of the words to the songs (for those songs that had words) but it didn't matter because it wasn't that type of music. At one point I was even thinking that he out played David Lindley on the steel guitar and I love David's music! Oh... another plus was that he was barefoot!
P.S. I also didn't pay any attention to the background pictures because I was mesmerized by the two guys on stage and the fact that they could generate such fabulous sounds!