May ~ how did it get to be May already!! Well, I really am not liking 2010 much still. I mean as far as my life is going- I have a wonderful husband, we have a pretty great life together. We get to dine out, go dancing, go on great vacations, we have some pretty amazing friends and family. But there has been so much doom and gloom in the lives of people around us that I find it hard to be happy with my life. I can best relate this to when the economy took a nosedive two years ago, people with money weren't traveling because they didn't want to flaunt that they had money to travel ~ when the public needed them to spend and stimulate the economy. I kind of feel the same, hard to be happy and "show happiness" when so many people I know and love are having issues.
Some are having financial issues- business not going well, homes close to foreclosing, etc. Some are having relationship problems, some experiencing a lot of loss. I can't remember the last time I knew of so many people losing a loved one or loved furry child. It's just really been too much this year. So I continue to pray for all my friends and family who are experiencing pain and hardship and try to be happy without flaunting it.
My biggest area of unhappiness is really with my body..and lack of weight loss. Been at the same plateau of a 5 pound window for at least a year now and I go between wanting to do something about it and saying "the hell with it". I know I am healthy, but I know I can be healthier and stronger and leaner...I've been there, I know I can go there again. I'm just not sure why I'm not making it happen.
As for things that I've mentioned before..still now progress on the Body Pump job front..and beginning to think I will forever be a sub for my most favorite and very first format that I teach. My "sub" job for Zumba got cut short- I just wasn't a good fit for the class and I knew it after two weeks. I actually told the director if she has someone more suited to the class, I would not be offended- I was actually relieved. I have successfully had people in my evening Zumba class though now for 4 weeks!! Averaging 5 people in class- which is great for this facility! You need to have an average of 3 per week for the class to remain on the schedule! YAY! The Line Dance class that I was teaching never took off at this club - so that is done, but I begin a new class at a different facility- so we will see how that works out.
The past month has been filled with a lot of HOA drama and I really can't wait until elections so that I can take a break from this crap!! Such an ungrateful job this is and there are always those people who just like to cause trouble and make your life miserable.
I am finding lately that I just do not have tolerance for negative people in my life. Slowly I am weeding these people out of my life. It's actually very empowering and maybe even mean for me to detach from negative people- but I just don't want or need people trying to bring me down.
Not much else to report at this time. May- wow, still can't believe it is May already- before we know it, the holidays will be upon us once again!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Well, here we are April 2010...how did this year already pass through one quarter? It has been a very busy first quarter of the year and relatively eventful- some good and some bad...
Work has been very busy this year and that is a wonderful thing, I am happy to see people traveling and wanting to spend money on travel. I have been blessed with many great referrals and I think this year is going to be a good financial year. Bill's shop is very busy, they have just bought 2 new machines and a new air compressor to handle the needs of the new machinery..this is a HUGE purchase and they have one client who has expressed a desire to double or triple the amount of output for their jobs..so all in all- great news on the job front.
Fitness Career- well this is the year that I want to make things happen. I said I wanted to get my teaching schedule a little more diversified and I'm trying. Not sure what else I can do on this..but I have put my feelers out there for just about any place that has Body Pump and to this date still have not gotten my own class. The BP market is extremely competitive and in many cases, I really feel that I've been a victim (hate that word) of circumstances. I.E.- easier to give a class to someone already on the payroll, etc. But I have added a line dance class and a zumba class to my weekly schedule- so progress is being made. I am not so sure the line dance class will stay on the schedule, it's a quiet facility and they don't do a good job on marketing. But I have a few other options that might pan out. The Zumba class just started last week and I had two people (same quiet facility, so not sure it's going to stick either)- however, this week another Zumba instructor needed coverage for her classes and I agreed to teach two of them. I got to teach to full classrooms and had the most amazingly fun time!!! Well, today this same instructor, after meeting with a Doctor found out the she tore her ACL skiing and now has to have surgery. There will be many Zumba classes on my schedule for the next 8 weeks. I am totally psyched, but feel very sad for Ruby whose injury is making this opportunity possible for me. Who knows maybe this will inadvertently lead to a Body Pump class because it's at the facility that is going to be launching BP soon- so maybe this foot in the door will lead to something bigger! I remain positive in my thinking, even though I've been batted down so many times.
I plan to walk and maybe run a little in the Nike Women's Marathon again this year, assuming we get pulled in the random entry draw. It was a fun experience last year, so would be fun to do it again- maybe get some running in this time.
February we went on our Country Cruise on MSC Cruises. The Cruise Line itself has some things to work on, but we did have an awesome time dancing every night and taking dance lessons throughout the cruise. We were with a great group of people and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Great weather, enjoyed a day in Florida the day before and day after.
Unfortunately, we came home to find our beloved furry child, Spaz who had just passed away. According to the vet, he had probably passed about 10 minutes before we got home. I miss him terribly. He was such a wonderful kitty and such a great companion each and everyday. I've never had an animal who was so much a part of the family. We will get a new furry child soon, we have a few home repairs to make before we do, I've already been looking at the cutie pies at the various rescue websites and have made a visit to the pet store. He passed on 2/28 ~ although for all intense purposes, I felt like he passed in March and overall the month of March really sucked...so I was happy to see March end.
Why did March suck- well I got sick a few days after Spaz passed away, was down for the count for about a week. We ended up not going dancing for about 3 weeks..and then found out our favorite band at the Saddle Rack got fired. This has since worked itself out- we have a great new band and our former lead singer has formed a new band and is now working at the Rodeo Club and they are working with her to make that place more acceptable to customers. So I think it is safe to say we have two great country places to go dancing now on a regular basis and we get to support both our favorite local bands.
Work remained super busy and I went to Tahoe for a weekend with the girls for Janet's birthday (45th)- we had a blast, I did work all day saturday thanks to remote log in and laptops! But it really was a fun weekend out of town. The end of March was Palm Sunday and youngest nephew Rob was confirmed. So very proud of him- it has been a long road with him to get him to do his work..now to make it to graduation! March 3rd, my dear friend Jocelyn gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Gabriel and he is absolutely adorable- we finally got to meet him on Palm Sunday at Stack's when we went to breakfast- they were there also! Palm Sunday ended with the passing of a dear friend's mothers passing.
Here is April and probably the big event thus far is that I have lost a friend. Although as I examine all the circumstances leading up to it and evaluate the friendship over the years, I'm not really sure that I've lost anything - I think it's more the other way around. I have come to learn that she lies, fabricates stories, exaggerates stories to make herself look like the victim. She has always lived the "poor me" type of life and I never really focused on it over the years- the 6 years that we've been friends. But she is and always has pretty much been a downer, she is always negative, when she appears to be "happy" it feels fake. I have counseled her through numerous failed relationships and am now looking back and thinking that she might have been the problem in those relationships. I'm absolutely amazed at her immaturity and the way she is handling things. There is one big issue between us, which I won't go into detail and when I would not discuss it with her, she completely closed up on me. I told her I didn't think it was wise that we discuss anything until the issue was finished and resolved. I never said I didn't want to be her friend anymore (although in all honestly, I don't want to be her friend now)..but she then proceeded to "un-friend" myself and hubby on facebook and then when she realized that she might still see me comment on mutual friend's posts she completely blocked her profile to us. This is so "high school", which again just reconfirms how crazy this situation really is. We are in our 40's people, grow up!
Our paths are likely to cross at some point, unless she steers clear of places we both frequent and I really don't care if I see her or not- I know I can be civil to her and/or just ignore her in a room full of people..I am just so disappointed in her and actually pretty pissed off at myself for not seeing her true colors a long time ago- I mean this woman was my maid of honor and I know at the time I asked her, it all made sense--but I even doubted my decision then and have regretted not doing things differently ever since. I have high expectations for my friends and I expect them to be honest, true and have a great deal of integrity. As I discuss this with other friends, I'm actually pretty amazed at how other friends of mine who didn't know her very well, never got a warm and fuzzy feeling about her. I guess that just reconfirms that people outside can see things much clearer than those of us on the inside.
Anyway, I am sad that the friendship had to end in such an ugly manner- in the end it is her loss, not mine. She actually walks away from this relationship a very rich woman in more ways than one (which is related to the issue between us)- she made out like a bandit and doesn't even know it because she is so ignorant. Oh well, it is what it is! Can't wait for karma to work its' magic on her, because I know it will ~ it always does.
Looking forward to the rest of April because it can only get better at this point- this week has been way too stressful dealing with childish behaviors. Although they say things come in threes- well, I just got word that another friend who I've know forever just lost her father...hoping that somehow my "three" is covered - kitty, friend's mom, friend's dad...hopefully that is it for bad news...
Work has been very busy this year and that is a wonderful thing, I am happy to see people traveling and wanting to spend money on travel. I have been blessed with many great referrals and I think this year is going to be a good financial year. Bill's shop is very busy, they have just bought 2 new machines and a new air compressor to handle the needs of the new machinery..this is a HUGE purchase and they have one client who has expressed a desire to double or triple the amount of output for their jobs..so all in all- great news on the job front.
Fitness Career- well this is the year that I want to make things happen. I said I wanted to get my teaching schedule a little more diversified and I'm trying. Not sure what else I can do on this..but I have put my feelers out there for just about any place that has Body Pump and to this date still have not gotten my own class. The BP market is extremely competitive and in many cases, I really feel that I've been a victim (hate that word) of circumstances. I.E.- easier to give a class to someone already on the payroll, etc. But I have added a line dance class and a zumba class to my weekly schedule- so progress is being made. I am not so sure the line dance class will stay on the schedule, it's a quiet facility and they don't do a good job on marketing. But I have a few other options that might pan out. The Zumba class just started last week and I had two people (same quiet facility, so not sure it's going to stick either)- however, this week another Zumba instructor needed coverage for her classes and I agreed to teach two of them. I got to teach to full classrooms and had the most amazingly fun time!!! Well, today this same instructor, after meeting with a Doctor found out the she tore her ACL skiing and now has to have surgery. There will be many Zumba classes on my schedule for the next 8 weeks. I am totally psyched, but feel very sad for Ruby whose injury is making this opportunity possible for me. Who knows maybe this will inadvertently lead to a Body Pump class because it's at the facility that is going to be launching BP soon- so maybe this foot in the door will lead to something bigger! I remain positive in my thinking, even though I've been batted down so many times.
I plan to walk and maybe run a little in the Nike Women's Marathon again this year, assuming we get pulled in the random entry draw. It was a fun experience last year, so would be fun to do it again- maybe get some running in this time.
February we went on our Country Cruise on MSC Cruises. The Cruise Line itself has some things to work on, but we did have an awesome time dancing every night and taking dance lessons throughout the cruise. We were with a great group of people and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Great weather, enjoyed a day in Florida the day before and day after.
Unfortunately, we came home to find our beloved furry child, Spaz who had just passed away. According to the vet, he had probably passed about 10 minutes before we got home. I miss him terribly. He was such a wonderful kitty and such a great companion each and everyday. I've never had an animal who was so much a part of the family. We will get a new furry child soon, we have a few home repairs to make before we do, I've already been looking at the cutie pies at the various rescue websites and have made a visit to the pet store. He passed on 2/28 ~ although for all intense purposes, I felt like he passed in March and overall the month of March really sucked...so I was happy to see March end.
Why did March suck- well I got sick a few days after Spaz passed away, was down for the count for about a week. We ended up not going dancing for about 3 weeks..and then found out our favorite band at the Saddle Rack got fired. This has since worked itself out- we have a great new band and our former lead singer has formed a new band and is now working at the Rodeo Club and they are working with her to make that place more acceptable to customers. So I think it is safe to say we have two great country places to go dancing now on a regular basis and we get to support both our favorite local bands.
Work remained super busy and I went to Tahoe for a weekend with the girls for Janet's birthday (45th)- we had a blast, I did work all day saturday thanks to remote log in and laptops! But it really was a fun weekend out of town. The end of March was Palm Sunday and youngest nephew Rob was confirmed. So very proud of him- it has been a long road with him to get him to do his work..now to make it to graduation! March 3rd, my dear friend Jocelyn gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Gabriel and he is absolutely adorable- we finally got to meet him on Palm Sunday at Stack's when we went to breakfast- they were there also! Palm Sunday ended with the passing of a dear friend's mothers passing.
Here is April and probably the big event thus far is that I have lost a friend. Although as I examine all the circumstances leading up to it and evaluate the friendship over the years, I'm not really sure that I've lost anything - I think it's more the other way around. I have come to learn that she lies, fabricates stories, exaggerates stories to make herself look like the victim. She has always lived the "poor me" type of life and I never really focused on it over the years- the 6 years that we've been friends. But she is and always has pretty much been a downer, she is always negative, when she appears to be "happy" it feels fake. I have counseled her through numerous failed relationships and am now looking back and thinking that she might have been the problem in those relationships. I'm absolutely amazed at her immaturity and the way she is handling things. There is one big issue between us, which I won't go into detail and when I would not discuss it with her, she completely closed up on me. I told her I didn't think it was wise that we discuss anything until the issue was finished and resolved. I never said I didn't want to be her friend anymore (although in all honestly, I don't want to be her friend now)..but she then proceeded to "un-friend" myself and hubby on facebook and then when she realized that she might still see me comment on mutual friend's posts she completely blocked her profile to us. This is so "high school", which again just reconfirms how crazy this situation really is. We are in our 40's people, grow up!
Our paths are likely to cross at some point, unless she steers clear of places we both frequent and I really don't care if I see her or not- I know I can be civil to her and/or just ignore her in a room full of people..I am just so disappointed in her and actually pretty pissed off at myself for not seeing her true colors a long time ago- I mean this woman was my maid of honor and I know at the time I asked her, it all made sense--but I even doubted my decision then and have regretted not doing things differently ever since. I have high expectations for my friends and I expect them to be honest, true and have a great deal of integrity. As I discuss this with other friends, I'm actually pretty amazed at how other friends of mine who didn't know her very well, never got a warm and fuzzy feeling about her. I guess that just reconfirms that people outside can see things much clearer than those of us on the inside.
Anyway, I am sad that the friendship had to end in such an ugly manner- in the end it is her loss, not mine. She actually walks away from this relationship a very rich woman in more ways than one (which is related to the issue between us)- she made out like a bandit and doesn't even know it because she is so ignorant. Oh well, it is what it is! Can't wait for karma to work its' magic on her, because I know it will ~ it always does.
Looking forward to the rest of April because it can only get better at this point- this week has been way too stressful dealing with childish behaviors. Although they say things come in threes- well, I just got word that another friend who I've know forever just lost her father...hoping that somehow my "three" is covered - kitty, friend's mom, friend's dad...hopefully that is it for bad news...
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Decade in Review
Been thinking about writing this blog for two weeks now..but it's been a crazy 15 days of 2010. I can hardly believe that it's been 10 years into the new millennium!! So where has this decade gone and what a journey this decade has been!!
1999-2000- I remember ringing in the new decade with friends and being 40 pounds lighter than I had started 1999 with! 1999 was the year of weight watchers and determination to lose weight. It was the beginning of a new decade for me, a decade of so many changes...and all those changes meant growth!
2000 - This was the year that I started my fitness career. Being a newbie to avid exercise, I became addicted to a class called Body Pump. When one of my favorite instructors had to give up a class due to scheduling conflicts, I wanted to know how I could become an instructor. Well about a month later I attended a 3 day training course and became certified to teach Body Pump. By the end of the year, I was teaching 4 classes a week and being encouraged to train in other types of fitness classes so I could teach more formats and be more of a valuable employee. I had always wanted to be a teacher growing up, in fact there are friends who would tell you stories of how I kept them up late during childhood sleepovers to make them do homework because I was the teacher and we were playing school! It was exciting for me to find a niche to teach- and I never in a million years would have expected it to be fitness!!
2001- This was the year that I continued to get healthy- was holding steady at my 140 weight (from 191) and couldn't lose anymore, but I was happy with size 8 (single digit) and looking and feeling good! I began teaching spin classes, boot camp classes, yoga classes and water aerobics classes. This year I also trained to walk the Avon 3 day Breast Cancer walk and I became a training walk leader which meant I took on average 10 people on weekly walks to build up the stamina and endurance to do the walk. I trained and did the walk with my good friend Maura. It was an amazing experience. This was also the year of "9/11" and our country changed forever, being in travel- the way we handle reservations has completely changed due to this eventful day. I remember the week as it was a crazy week - that Tuesday was 9/11 and the whole country was glued to t.v. sets watching all the news coverage and such...my mom wasn't feeling well that week so I drove up to her house to buy her supplies (juice, meds, etc.)- seemed like a flu bug. That Thursday we got a new mattress delivered- couldn't have been looking more forward to a good night's sleep- but speaking to mom that night, she still wasn't feeling well and I was scheduled to be away for the weekend, I decided to drive to S.F. and take her to the ER. Well by 2am we are pretty sure she has gall stones, my ex-husband is tired and needs to get some sleep for his triathlon that weekend in Monterey--so I take him home and return to the hospital, around 3am they do a sonogram and determine that yes she has gallstones but will wait until the surgeon is on duty in the morning to see what they want to do. I go home for that great sleep on the new mattress- only for about 4 hours when I get the phone call that they will be going into surgery at 11am...back to S.F. I go and then eventually around 130pm they operate (delays because they didn't like her chest x-ray and wanted to talk to her primary physician)- finally around 8pm that night I go home. Ex-husband had gone to Monterey to get ready for his early morning triathlon. I sleep. Saturday I got up at 5am and drove down to Monterey in time for the start of the race...
...my sister who was stuck in Atlanta finally got to come home that friday as that was the first day planes were flying once again after 911...I came home that Sunday, Mom was home from the hospital that Monday and at bingo Tuesday Night! That really was enough events for 2001~ thank you!
2002- I had been working on a corporate cruise group of 600 people and the cruise was set for January- exhubby and I went on the cruise with the group and I knew the income from this group and all my hard hours of work would come to fruition as that took us out of credit card debt and into mortgage debt! Yes, by February we had found a townhouse that we liked, but a bid on it, and by April 1st, we were homeowners! We took a month to get the house ready with paint, floors etc and moved in May 1st. The rest of the year was all about entertaining in our new home with many house warming group parties and then our first real Christmas in our home- we hosted xmas eve with the De Leon family and xmas day with the Harper family. It really was a great year! Oh but can't forget that I followed in mom's footsteps and had my gall bladder removed in October- 13 months after her! Oh yes, and the Giants made it to the World Series that year- I was at the game a week after my surgery!
2003- Well this was my year of tremendous growth. The marriage wasn't going well and we had started going to therapy at the end of 2002- thought it helped. I was wrong. My intuition told me in April that something was up and I very easily confirmed that my husband (now ex) was cheating on me. I confronted my ex on my sister's 50th birthday - April 4th, hosted a beautiful family dinner for her without the family knowing anything was wrong..and then on April 5th, while he was on a century bike ride with a friend, I confronted the "mistress bitch"- who worked at one of the gyms where I taught. (he also taught there)- she didn't deny it, I asked her to stop seeing him and she said she didn't think she could do that.
I tried for months to fix things, to work on things, to see what could be different. I was smart enough to know that we could not live in the same house if he was going to continue to see the bitch- so April 30th, exactly one year after moving into the house- he moved out. I then began my process and tried to figure things out. I finally made my weight watchers goal and got down to 131- that's divorce diet for you! I lived at the gym- both for my sanity and worked out like a crazy person, but also for the additional income because now I was on my own. I did have him paying 1/2 the mortgage because he didn't want to mess up his credit. But I needed every dollar I could bring in. I would never have gotten through this time if it weren't for great family and friends who were always there for me! And the locals ones who fed me many nights - and distributed wine!! (you know who you are and I love you all) I made it through the year...the holidays were very hard- I was invited to spend Christmas Eve at my brother-in-law's house, he specifically called me and said, "it wouldn't be Christmas without you". I pretty much knew it was the last Christmas with that part of the family, so I went and put together some very wonderful picture disks of the years with the family. I had been with most of the kids since they were born. It was a very emotional evening and everyone was great- i think even my ex, who was there was touched- but of course he was off to NYC the next day with his mistress. I drove home and cried the whole way home, while talking on the cell phone to Diane, Janet and Linda...they got me home in one piece..I freshened up and went to candlelight mass by myself. That year I spent New Years Eve with my brother and his wife and nephews. The wife and nephews went to bed early and me and brother cheered at midnight! His marriage was on the decline at that point too.
2004 - well I started the year "done" with wanting to work things out in the marriage. I was on match.com, meeting people, going on dates and being very surprised that people wanted to date me- wow, the lack of confidence that I had!! It was a great process...March 2003 came and I could finally buy the ex-husband out on the house (2 year prepayment penalty kept us from doing it sooner)- I went to Hawaii with my friend Lisa to celebrate her 40th and the day we flew back I was officially a homeowner by myself!! That was scary because now I had to pay for that mortgage all by myself!! PLUS I needed a social budget! I started to go dancing with the girls- sometimes in S.F., sometimes in San Mateo and then Lisa finally got me to the Saddle Rack in Fremont. I was hooked!! This was in April and I started going every weekend and basically 3 times a week...with or without her. Come May, I had developed a crush on a guy who I always saw at the Saddle Rack, most of the time alone and thought he was cute. One weekend he was there and Linda and I were there on a Saturday night- the opening band was awful- so we were chatting, getting to know each other and everything I learned I loved. We danced off and on and knew we wouldn't see each other for two weeks- Memorial Day weekend he was going to Arizona to see his family and I was going to Tahoe for my mom's 75th birthday. The first weekend in June we all hung out and my friend Sherry asked if I had a crush on Bill, I told her I did and she told him..I didn't know it at the time, but she then went to the movies with him the next day (I was invited but had a date)- but she talked about me the entire day- so come Monday he asked her for my contact information and he was on Yahoo instant messenger 5 minutes later contacting me. Well we had our first date June 10th and pretty much saw each other 3 times a week until July and by the end of July we were together every day- he stayed with me Thursdays-Sundays and I stayed at his place Mondays-Wednesdays. We were inseparable. Majorly in LOVE and by December I had to be realistic and he moved in. My divorce was officially final December 3rd and he felt comfortable moving in once I was "free". I was also relieved to have financial help - but we both knew this was forever!!
2005- the big events of the year...vacations started to happen because now I have a boyfriend who wants to go places with me! I open up my own travel agency from home- Pams Path to Travel and he supports my decision and encourages me to succeed. We talk all the time about forever and wanting to get married someday. On Bill's birthday June 24th, he proposes to me on stage at the Saddle Rack with most of our friends there that night. Diane was sick that night (and prego) and wasn't there, and she regretted not being there. I said "YES" - of course...and didn't sleep all night. That Saturday morning I called my mother on the way to the gym and woke her up- but I had to tell her...she was thrilled...I then taught and told my two classes at the gym- they were all excited and then after class I called Diane and said "I don't care if you're sick, I have to come over and show you something"- she knew! then off to see my brother and his wife...then I came home, sent a mass email, made a few more phone calls- but I was quickly losing my voice and then took a long nap!!! This was a sad weekend for my sister because they were spending their last weekend with Brillo before putting him to sleep that monday.
We spent the rest of the year making wedding plans- when we realized that June 10th was a Saturday in 2006, it was an easy decision since that was our first date anniversary! Although, where there is happiness, there is also sadness- Labor Day weekend, my sister-in-law moved out and left my brother and her oldest son (she took the youngest son with her)..I cried.
2006 - We got married!! We traveled!! We paid cash for the wedding!! We had a fabulous year- business was booming. The wedding week/weekend was the most amazing week though. During the week we were spoiled by people, I went for a massage and facial and Gina and Diane had chocolate covered strawberries and champagne for me between my services...I got my nails done at my salon and they did them gratis as a wedding gift...my water aerobics class gave me $100 wedding gift...friends throwing showers that I didn't expect..it was really a magical time and we realized just how many people loved us and loved what we found together. Once we got to Tahoe, everything went so smoothly- we had a nice romantic dinner just the two of us the first night before everyone arrived..we had so much fun seeing people arrive that Friday and greeting people..great dinner the night before the wedding so our families could get to know each other..then Saturday started with room service breakfast, hair appointments, make up, and a 1230pm chapel call- everything started right on time. We both cried, everything went wonderfully, the reception was fantastic, great food, good music, we danced- had so much fun and got to talk to everyone! Then an evening out on the Lake for a dinner cruise- more relaxed and spent some quality time with those who joined us for that!! Then dancing at Harrah's bar until 2am!! So much fun!! Day after we got to see our video, relaxed by the pool, slept in...we went to breakfast...some people went home, we had another night before we came home- so we had our top layer of cake for dinner and breakfast the next day- it was soo good!
We honeymooned in Hawaii in September and had a great time..kind of ironic that cruise fanatics like us took a land vacation for our honeymoon. We had an amazing time.
2007- We had another great year- the year started out as we became Godparents when Nolan was baptized in January. We vacationed in Punta Cana with Janet and Brad. We took our first Alaska Cruise that departed on our 1st anniversary and that was a lot of fun. It was also the first cruise for my brother and nephews and they really enjoyed themselves. And we traveled to Club Med Cancun just ourselves. Overall, the family remained healthy- brother's divorce was still in progress and ugly and financially draining.
2008- This was a year of ups and downs-- finally my brother's divorce was final in May- she moved out September 2005, filed August of 2006 and it took almost two years to get finalized. She then moved months later to San Jose and told the younger son to choose where he wanted to live- so my brother officially became a single dad of two teenage boys. I admire him and all that he has done, it has not been easy - but both boys are very good young men and have so much potential. The younger one has his struggles thanks to that "mother" he once had- but together we are all trying to help him. It was also in 2008 (May) that my sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer- a very scary time for our family, but after surgery, chemo and radiation- her journey was relatively "easy" and I say that lightly because there is nothing easy about it, but she got through it with family and friends to help her and her husband was by her side every step of the way. We took a Disney Cruise with a group of 19 people, had a blast! We did a Pacific Northwest Cruise with another group of 30 people- all clients and that was a lot of fun as well. We celebrated Suzy's 40th birthday on a 4 day cruise to Cabo and went to Disneyland for Halloween!! Economy was slumping, but we still did a lot of very cool things!!
2009- The year that the economy really slumped- actually it started to slump at the end of 2008, but that is normally a slow time for my business- at the beginning of the year I wanted the year to at least be comparable to 2008 and basically I came within $10K of 2008- so that is good in the economic climate. My sister's journey with cancer ended in February- with her last radiation treatment- her hair growing in is beautiful!! The furry child was diagnosed with CRF disease and given 6- 9 months to live; however, at the time of this blog, he is still amongst us and it's past the 9 months- he's doing well, definitely declining in health, but still very much alive. Many vacations once again, we are blessed- we took another Alaska Cruise to celebrate Mom's 80th birthday and we had an amazing time with beautiful weather, fabulous glaciers and wildlife--truly a great experience!! My sister and Roger came with us. We spent a week in Palm Springs and went to Stagecoach Music Festival again, had Bill's brother and family join us for part of the time and that was really neat to spend time with them...we also went to Jamaica for a week to Beaches Negril. We did a long weekend in Connecticut for Aunt Kitty and Uncle Ray's 50th wedding anniversary and finished off the year with Disneyland for the holidays and got to see all the Christmas decorations! A full December with lots of social gigs, and finished off with New Year's Eve at the Saddle Rack- it was a great year even though the economy was slumpy!
Welcome to 2010- hard to believe we're already 10 years into this century!! I've got to say that I am anxious for this new decade. I've been having the time of my life and am blessed to have the best friends and family in the world. Bill and I, although we don't have kids- we are helping my brother raise his two boys and doing whatever we can to help with that. We have an amazing Godson who is so much fun to be around..we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, a loving kitty and jobs! My business is still going strong- I am blessed to have clients who are traveling. I am still teaching classes at the gym- 3 spin classes per week, but want to make 2010 the year that I get back into teaching more and adding some variety. I miss Body Pump tremendously and want this to be the year that I am teaching that again, I want to teach more line dancing. I am so passionate about both Line Dancing (well dance in general) and Body Pump - I need to be sharing these great activities with others!
I look forward to the new decade and all that it will bring- more adventures with my amazing husband. Great times with family and friends!
Been thinking about writing this blog for two weeks now..but it's been a crazy 15 days of 2010. I can hardly believe that it's been 10 years into the new millennium!! So where has this decade gone and what a journey this decade has been!!
1999-2000- I remember ringing in the new decade with friends and being 40 pounds lighter than I had started 1999 with! 1999 was the year of weight watchers and determination to lose weight. It was the beginning of a new decade for me, a decade of so many changes...and all those changes meant growth!
2000 - This was the year that I started my fitness career. Being a newbie to avid exercise, I became addicted to a class called Body Pump. When one of my favorite instructors had to give up a class due to scheduling conflicts, I wanted to know how I could become an instructor. Well about a month later I attended a 3 day training course and became certified to teach Body Pump. By the end of the year, I was teaching 4 classes a week and being encouraged to train in other types of fitness classes so I could teach more formats and be more of a valuable employee. I had always wanted to be a teacher growing up, in fact there are friends who would tell you stories of how I kept them up late during childhood sleepovers to make them do homework because I was the teacher and we were playing school! It was exciting for me to find a niche to teach- and I never in a million years would have expected it to be fitness!!
2001- This was the year that I continued to get healthy- was holding steady at my 140 weight (from 191) and couldn't lose anymore, but I was happy with size 8 (single digit) and looking and feeling good! I began teaching spin classes, boot camp classes, yoga classes and water aerobics classes. This year I also trained to walk the Avon 3 day Breast Cancer walk and I became a training walk leader which meant I took on average 10 people on weekly walks to build up the stamina and endurance to do the walk. I trained and did the walk with my good friend Maura. It was an amazing experience. This was also the year of "9/11" and our country changed forever, being in travel- the way we handle reservations has completely changed due to this eventful day. I remember the week as it was a crazy week - that Tuesday was 9/11 and the whole country was glued to t.v. sets watching all the news coverage and such...my mom wasn't feeling well that week so I drove up to her house to buy her supplies (juice, meds, etc.)- seemed like a flu bug. That Thursday we got a new mattress delivered- couldn't have been looking more forward to a good night's sleep- but speaking to mom that night, she still wasn't feeling well and I was scheduled to be away for the weekend, I decided to drive to S.F. and take her to the ER. Well by 2am we are pretty sure she has gall stones, my ex-husband is tired and needs to get some sleep for his triathlon that weekend in Monterey--so I take him home and return to the hospital, around 3am they do a sonogram and determine that yes she has gallstones but will wait until the surgeon is on duty in the morning to see what they want to do. I go home for that great sleep on the new mattress- only for about 4 hours when I get the phone call that they will be going into surgery at 11am...back to S.F. I go and then eventually around 130pm they operate (delays because they didn't like her chest x-ray and wanted to talk to her primary physician)- finally around 8pm that night I go home. Ex-husband had gone to Monterey to get ready for his early morning triathlon. I sleep. Saturday I got up at 5am and drove down to Monterey in time for the start of the race...
...my sister who was stuck in Atlanta finally got to come home that friday as that was the first day planes were flying once again after 911...I came home that Sunday, Mom was home from the hospital that Monday and at bingo Tuesday Night! That really was enough events for 2001~ thank you!
2002- I had been working on a corporate cruise group of 600 people and the cruise was set for January- exhubby and I went on the cruise with the group and I knew the income from this group and all my hard hours of work would come to fruition as that took us out of credit card debt and into mortgage debt! Yes, by February we had found a townhouse that we liked, but a bid on it, and by April 1st, we were homeowners! We took a month to get the house ready with paint, floors etc and moved in May 1st. The rest of the year was all about entertaining in our new home with many house warming group parties and then our first real Christmas in our home- we hosted xmas eve with the De Leon family and xmas day with the Harper family. It really was a great year! Oh but can't forget that I followed in mom's footsteps and had my gall bladder removed in October- 13 months after her! Oh yes, and the Giants made it to the World Series that year- I was at the game a week after my surgery!
2003- Well this was my year of tremendous growth. The marriage wasn't going well and we had started going to therapy at the end of 2002- thought it helped. I was wrong. My intuition told me in April that something was up and I very easily confirmed that my husband (now ex) was cheating on me. I confronted my ex on my sister's 50th birthday - April 4th, hosted a beautiful family dinner for her without the family knowing anything was wrong..and then on April 5th, while he was on a century bike ride with a friend, I confronted the "mistress bitch"- who worked at one of the gyms where I taught. (he also taught there)- she didn't deny it, I asked her to stop seeing him and she said she didn't think she could do that.
I tried for months to fix things, to work on things, to see what could be different. I was smart enough to know that we could not live in the same house if he was going to continue to see the bitch- so April 30th, exactly one year after moving into the house- he moved out. I then began my process and tried to figure things out. I finally made my weight watchers goal and got down to 131- that's divorce diet for you! I lived at the gym- both for my sanity and worked out like a crazy person, but also for the additional income because now I was on my own. I did have him paying 1/2 the mortgage because he didn't want to mess up his credit. But I needed every dollar I could bring in. I would never have gotten through this time if it weren't for great family and friends who were always there for me! And the locals ones who fed me many nights - and distributed wine!! (you know who you are and I love you all) I made it through the year...the holidays were very hard- I was invited to spend Christmas Eve at my brother-in-law's house, he specifically called me and said, "it wouldn't be Christmas without you". I pretty much knew it was the last Christmas with that part of the family, so I went and put together some very wonderful picture disks of the years with the family. I had been with most of the kids since they were born. It was a very emotional evening and everyone was great- i think even my ex, who was there was touched- but of course he was off to NYC the next day with his mistress. I drove home and cried the whole way home, while talking on the cell phone to Diane, Janet and Linda...they got me home in one piece..I freshened up and went to candlelight mass by myself. That year I spent New Years Eve with my brother and his wife and nephews. The wife and nephews went to bed early and me and brother cheered at midnight! His marriage was on the decline at that point too.
2004 - well I started the year "done" with wanting to work things out in the marriage. I was on match.com, meeting people, going on dates and being very surprised that people wanted to date me- wow, the lack of confidence that I had!! It was a great process...March 2003 came and I could finally buy the ex-husband out on the house (2 year prepayment penalty kept us from doing it sooner)- I went to Hawaii with my friend Lisa to celebrate her 40th and the day we flew back I was officially a homeowner by myself!! That was scary because now I had to pay for that mortgage all by myself!! PLUS I needed a social budget! I started to go dancing with the girls- sometimes in S.F., sometimes in San Mateo and then Lisa finally got me to the Saddle Rack in Fremont. I was hooked!! This was in April and I started going every weekend and basically 3 times a week...with or without her. Come May, I had developed a crush on a guy who I always saw at the Saddle Rack, most of the time alone and thought he was cute. One weekend he was there and Linda and I were there on a Saturday night- the opening band was awful- so we were chatting, getting to know each other and everything I learned I loved. We danced off and on and knew we wouldn't see each other for two weeks- Memorial Day weekend he was going to Arizona to see his family and I was going to Tahoe for my mom's 75th birthday. The first weekend in June we all hung out and my friend Sherry asked if I had a crush on Bill, I told her I did and she told him..I didn't know it at the time, but she then went to the movies with him the next day (I was invited but had a date)- but she talked about me the entire day- so come Monday he asked her for my contact information and he was on Yahoo instant messenger 5 minutes later contacting me. Well we had our first date June 10th and pretty much saw each other 3 times a week until July and by the end of July we were together every day- he stayed with me Thursdays-Sundays and I stayed at his place Mondays-Wednesdays. We were inseparable. Majorly in LOVE and by December I had to be realistic and he moved in. My divorce was officially final December 3rd and he felt comfortable moving in once I was "free". I was also relieved to have financial help - but we both knew this was forever!!
2005- the big events of the year...vacations started to happen because now I have a boyfriend who wants to go places with me! I open up my own travel agency from home- Pams Path to Travel and he supports my decision and encourages me to succeed. We talk all the time about forever and wanting to get married someday. On Bill's birthday June 24th, he proposes to me on stage at the Saddle Rack with most of our friends there that night. Diane was sick that night (and prego) and wasn't there, and she regretted not being there. I said "YES" - of course...and didn't sleep all night. That Saturday morning I called my mother on the way to the gym and woke her up- but I had to tell her...she was thrilled...I then taught and told my two classes at the gym- they were all excited and then after class I called Diane and said "I don't care if you're sick, I have to come over and show you something"- she knew! then off to see my brother and his wife...then I came home, sent a mass email, made a few more phone calls- but I was quickly losing my voice and then took a long nap!!! This was a sad weekend for my sister because they were spending their last weekend with Brillo before putting him to sleep that monday.
We spent the rest of the year making wedding plans- when we realized that June 10th was a Saturday in 2006, it was an easy decision since that was our first date anniversary! Although, where there is happiness, there is also sadness- Labor Day weekend, my sister-in-law moved out and left my brother and her oldest son (she took the youngest son with her)..I cried.
2006 - We got married!! We traveled!! We paid cash for the wedding!! We had a fabulous year- business was booming. The wedding week/weekend was the most amazing week though. During the week we were spoiled by people, I went for a massage and facial and Gina and Diane had chocolate covered strawberries and champagne for me between my services...I got my nails done at my salon and they did them gratis as a wedding gift...my water aerobics class gave me $100 wedding gift...friends throwing showers that I didn't expect..it was really a magical time and we realized just how many people loved us and loved what we found together. Once we got to Tahoe, everything went so smoothly- we had a nice romantic dinner just the two of us the first night before everyone arrived..we had so much fun seeing people arrive that Friday and greeting people..great dinner the night before the wedding so our families could get to know each other..then Saturday started with room service breakfast, hair appointments, make up, and a 1230pm chapel call- everything started right on time. We both cried, everything went wonderfully, the reception was fantastic, great food, good music, we danced- had so much fun and got to talk to everyone! Then an evening out on the Lake for a dinner cruise- more relaxed and spent some quality time with those who joined us for that!! Then dancing at Harrah's bar until 2am!! So much fun!! Day after we got to see our video, relaxed by the pool, slept in...we went to breakfast...some people went home, we had another night before we came home- so we had our top layer of cake for dinner and breakfast the next day- it was soo good!
We honeymooned in Hawaii in September and had a great time..kind of ironic that cruise fanatics like us took a land vacation for our honeymoon. We had an amazing time.
2007- We had another great year- the year started out as we became Godparents when Nolan was baptized in January. We vacationed in Punta Cana with Janet and Brad. We took our first Alaska Cruise that departed on our 1st anniversary and that was a lot of fun. It was also the first cruise for my brother and nephews and they really enjoyed themselves. And we traveled to Club Med Cancun just ourselves. Overall, the family remained healthy- brother's divorce was still in progress and ugly and financially draining.
2008- This was a year of ups and downs-- finally my brother's divorce was final in May- she moved out September 2005, filed August of 2006 and it took almost two years to get finalized. She then moved months later to San Jose and told the younger son to choose where he wanted to live- so my brother officially became a single dad of two teenage boys. I admire him and all that he has done, it has not been easy - but both boys are very good young men and have so much potential. The younger one has his struggles thanks to that "mother" he once had- but together we are all trying to help him. It was also in 2008 (May) that my sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer- a very scary time for our family, but after surgery, chemo and radiation- her journey was relatively "easy" and I say that lightly because there is nothing easy about it, but she got through it with family and friends to help her and her husband was by her side every step of the way. We took a Disney Cruise with a group of 19 people, had a blast! We did a Pacific Northwest Cruise with another group of 30 people- all clients and that was a lot of fun as well. We celebrated Suzy's 40th birthday on a 4 day cruise to Cabo and went to Disneyland for Halloween!! Economy was slumping, but we still did a lot of very cool things!!
2009- The year that the economy really slumped- actually it started to slump at the end of 2008, but that is normally a slow time for my business- at the beginning of the year I wanted the year to at least be comparable to 2008 and basically I came within $10K of 2008- so that is good in the economic climate. My sister's journey with cancer ended in February- with her last radiation treatment- her hair growing in is beautiful!! The furry child was diagnosed with CRF disease and given 6- 9 months to live; however, at the time of this blog, he is still amongst us and it's past the 9 months- he's doing well, definitely declining in health, but still very much alive. Many vacations once again, we are blessed- we took another Alaska Cruise to celebrate Mom's 80th birthday and we had an amazing time with beautiful weather, fabulous glaciers and wildlife--truly a great experience!! My sister and Roger came with us. We spent a week in Palm Springs and went to Stagecoach Music Festival again, had Bill's brother and family join us for part of the time and that was really neat to spend time with them...we also went to Jamaica for a week to Beaches Negril. We did a long weekend in Connecticut for Aunt Kitty and Uncle Ray's 50th wedding anniversary and finished off the year with Disneyland for the holidays and got to see all the Christmas decorations! A full December with lots of social gigs, and finished off with New Year's Eve at the Saddle Rack- it was a great year even though the economy was slumpy!
Welcome to 2010- hard to believe we're already 10 years into this century!! I've got to say that I am anxious for this new decade. I've been having the time of my life and am blessed to have the best friends and family in the world. Bill and I, although we don't have kids- we are helping my brother raise his two boys and doing whatever we can to help with that. We have an amazing Godson who is so much fun to be around..we have food on the table, a roof over our heads, a loving kitty and jobs! My business is still going strong- I am blessed to have clients who are traveling. I am still teaching classes at the gym- 3 spin classes per week, but want to make 2010 the year that I get back into teaching more and adding some variety. I miss Body Pump tremendously and want this to be the year that I am teaching that again, I want to teach more line dancing. I am so passionate about both Line Dancing (well dance in general) and Body Pump - I need to be sharing these great activities with others!
I look forward to the new decade and all that it will bring- more adventures with my amazing husband. Great times with family and friends!
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
I wanted to put together a new mix for my spin class on 9/11 in tribute to
America and to make sure we never forget what happened to us that day-
there are two songs missing from the "imix" that didn't transfer over for whatever
reason. Missing songs are: R.O.C.K. in the USA by John Cougar and Voice of Freedom by Freedom Williams.
America and to make sure we never forget what happened to us that day-
there are two songs missing from the "imix" that didn't transfer over for whatever
reason. Missing songs are: R.O.C.K. in the USA by John Cougar and Voice of Freedom by Freedom Williams.
Friday, July 31, 2009
WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE??
Wow-I can't believe it is almost August! Tomorrow- August 1st. I simply do not know where the time is going and it is unbelievable to me that I was packing for my Alaska Cruise one month ago! Geez- feels just like yesterday!
Anyway, it has been crazy since I returned from vacation, I'm starting to think that my life just doesn't know anything other than crazy! I am blessed to be busy with work, booking wonderful trips for my clients and things are looking very promising for 2010!
Spaz is doing very well. He weighed in today at 7 pounds- this kitty just keeps eating and putting back on the weight. I swear two months ago I thought he was knocking on death's door, but looks like that is not the case. He has been a bit of a challenge with inappropriate urination spots (well really one spot)- but we have that corner barracaded for now until we decide what to do about it. We think the stink is gone, but the kitty knows for sure, so we don't really want to find out right now. We are thankful that he is gaining weight and being his normal crazy self.
I have not been to Cross Fit now in over a month and I'm starting to feel flabby- it's amazing what the strength workouts really do for you and if you make yourself conscious of it, you really can feel the difference when you stop. So Monday I am making a promise to myself to get back on track with that. I've been keeping up with my Zumba and Spin, and of course our dancing on the weekends--but I need my strength training and I really need to start training for the Nike 1/2 Marathon in October, I seem to be avoiding that like the plague!
Oh well! Off to bed I go, but wanted to make a post since I have not been here in a long while!!
Exciting news- I have group space on a Country Music Cruise- 2/20/2010 on the
MSC Poesia, 7 night Caribbean Cruise- check it out:
http://www.pamstravel.net/default.asp?sid=20673&pid=30742
Come Cruise with us ~ it'll be fun!!!
Wow-I can't believe it is almost August! Tomorrow- August 1st. I simply do not know where the time is going and it is unbelievable to me that I was packing for my Alaska Cruise one month ago! Geez- feels just like yesterday!
Anyway, it has been crazy since I returned from vacation, I'm starting to think that my life just doesn't know anything other than crazy! I am blessed to be busy with work, booking wonderful trips for my clients and things are looking very promising for 2010!
Spaz is doing very well. He weighed in today at 7 pounds- this kitty just keeps eating and putting back on the weight. I swear two months ago I thought he was knocking on death's door, but looks like that is not the case. He has been a bit of a challenge with inappropriate urination spots (well really one spot)- but we have that corner barracaded for now until we decide what to do about it. We think the stink is gone, but the kitty knows for sure, so we don't really want to find out right now. We are thankful that he is gaining weight and being his normal crazy self.
I have not been to Cross Fit now in over a month and I'm starting to feel flabby- it's amazing what the strength workouts really do for you and if you make yourself conscious of it, you really can feel the difference when you stop. So Monday I am making a promise to myself to get back on track with that. I've been keeping up with my Zumba and Spin, and of course our dancing on the weekends--but I need my strength training and I really need to start training for the Nike 1/2 Marathon in October, I seem to be avoiding that like the plague!
Oh well! Off to bed I go, but wanted to make a post since I have not been here in a long while!!
Exciting news- I have group space on a Country Music Cruise- 2/20/2010 on the
MSC Poesia, 7 night Caribbean Cruise- check it out:
http://www.pamstravel.net/default.asp?sid=20673&pid=30742
Come Cruise with us ~ it'll be fun!!!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
My Vida Loca!!!
Well, it has been close to a week since my last post. It's been down right crazy!!
Cross Fit has not happened for me since last thursday. I typically don't do fridays anyway, but this week with preparations for vacation, I've been putting in long hours to get work done! Still up now at 2am and almost done for the day ~ I'm at a stand still since I need to call reservation numbers and they are all sleeping still. I would like to say that I will make it in 3 hours (unlikely as I am starting to get tired now)...and I'd like to make it on thursday- but will other things that need to get done, I seriously doubt that also.
Exercise really has not happened much since last week- I taught my spin class on friday and took line dancing class at the gym on saturday. We did not go dancing friday, but went bowling instead. Monday I subbed a line dance class and then today/tuesday taught my spin class. I hate not getting my 2 hours of workout in each day- feeling sluggish right now which is a combination of cut back workouts and an increase of stress eating!
Spaz is doing very well, he's still eating like a fat cat and gaining weight- I weighed him over the weekend and he's back to 6.2 pounds - GREAT news! The not so great news is that he decided to use the corner of the living room as a potty place. We had to cut out part of the carpet there and have been trying to get rid of the stink- but unsuccessfully it would seem since I caught the furball peeing in the corner tonight on the concrete subfloor that is exposed. So I have now barracaded the area, tried treating it again with Nature's Miracle and will attempt Bleach again tomorrow. If he was showing signs of being really sick right now, making "the decision" would be easier!! I'm not a fan of my house being destroyed! I have been successful in arranging for caretakers while we're on vacation. Brandon (one of my best friend's son) is going to house sit while we're gone and another friend, Sunny is going to come by at lunch to visit and feed since the kitty is eating 4 times a day!
Mom - we successfully purchased a new car for her this past weekend- a 2007 Toyota Yaris and it's a beautiful cobalt blue. She has done a few test drives, but had not driven now since sunday- I think we need to drive with her a little bit more until she has confidence to do it on her own. The car is a completely different feel vs. the old buick boat that she had! I sure hope when I'm 80, I am not as easily made afraid of things like this.
Vacation - I am getting very excited to leave this week on our cruise- I need the down time. I have been convinced that I should not take my laptop- so I'm going to leave it home. If I really feel the need, I can go to the internet cafe. Going to try to avoid it. I've been busting my tail this week to get things done. I don't know why, but everytime I seem to plan a vacation, all the new complicated trip requests show up. I'm trying to accept that I can only do so much and as long as I do my best- that is all I can do. Tomorrow (well today) is my last day. I have taken Thursday off so that I can take mom to her hair appointment, pack my stuff and then we head to the airport around 4pm. Weather forecasts for Alaska are getting a little better- am starting to see some possible sunny and 70 reports!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Cross Fit ~ Week 7 ~ Day 4
Getting close to the weekend! Yeah! Today's workout was a 5K run up at Edgewood/Canada Rds. Oh how I so wanted to just hit the snooze button and roll over, back to sleep- but I got up in large part because my friend Yvonne was going to meet us and before I left the house I checked email and had one from Yvonne that she wasn't going to make it...but I still went.
There were 4 of us plus trainer Jeff. I did not do the whole run and what I did do was partly run/walk. I have never been a runner and I'm not sure I ever will become one- I really do prefer to walk briskly! Jackie and I move at similar paces, so didn't take long for she and I to be "pulling up the rear" ~ maybe that's why I don't like running..I have always liked to be "in front" or "first"- all my life. In fact, in first grade the teacher told my mother, "Pamela must learn that she can't always be first." Guess I never learned that lesson! I still like being first and in the front! Anyway, we did our pace and Jackie wasn't feeling well, so we slowed down to a decent walk for awhile and then she encouraged me to go on and she was going to head back to the car. So I did for awhile and then started to feel bad that she was going back alone and here I was running alone which didn't make me feel very comfy either. So I turned back to meet up with her.
In talking on our way back, I think I realized part of my problem is that I really need to know distance, etc. This trail did not have mile markers or anything like that (at least not that I noticed)..vs. Sawyer Camp Trail that does have the mile markers all the way through- I think for me knowing, "ok just passed one mile", "ok just passed two miles" - it's a psychological thing for me. Yes, I could invest in a Garmin or similar- but like I said, I can't imagine being a runner on a regular basis, so it's not worth it to me to invest in something like that. When I was running solo after leaving Jackie, if I had known - ok it's 1/2 a mile to reach the turn around point, etc. I might have pushed forward to do that as the return run was easy- mostly downhill...
...oh well, I'm still proud- I did go, I tried and I did what I could. But boy did my lungs really tighten up when we started - don't know if it was the terrain with the weeds, etc. playing havoc with my allergies or what, but I had the allergy cough all the way home. I do plan to work on my running while on the cruise....that I think I can handle!! Tomorrow is friday and one of the team is celebrating a birthday this weekend, so the WOD is a special birthday workout- from what I understand- the # of repititions = her age and she's going to be 49!! I'm scared, but since we are not dancing tomorrow night- I plan to be there!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Cross Fit ~ Week 7 ~ Day 3
Today was a different workout- it was really more a full blown out warm up and then what they call an "Olympic Lifting" move. I'll break it down:
For the warm- up we did our stretching, foam rollers, shoulder discs and 400m run, then continued with 3 circuits of the following:
After we all went through the 3 circuits we then were introduced to the front squat- which is basically a squat with the barbell held in front, resting on your clavicle and finger tips. This is a very hard move on the wrists! The idea was to do 1 squat, rest, add more weight, do another and continue this process 7 times and stop adding weight when you reach your maximum. The goal of the exercise was to work on form and perfect the squat with keeping yourself upright, all the weight in the heels and avoid leaning forward. I was able to get up to 45 pounds on the squat, but had to reduce down to 35 pounds because of the stress on my wrists. They say that will get better once more flexibility is developed in my wrists, but I'm a bit skeptical about that ~ I've always had issues with my wrists.
We were not times on any of this today because it was strictly a warm up and then working on the form for the front squat. We then finished up with some ab work on the stability ball.
For the warm- up we did our stretching, foam rollers, shoulder discs and 400m run, then continued with 3 circuits of the following:
15 sit ups
15 push ups
15 back extensions
15 dips
3 pull ups
15 push ups
15 back extensions
15 dips
3 pull ups
After we all went through the 3 circuits we then were introduced to the front squat- which is basically a squat with the barbell held in front, resting on your clavicle and finger tips. This is a very hard move on the wrists! The idea was to do 1 squat, rest, add more weight, do another and continue this process 7 times and stop adding weight when you reach your maximum. The goal of the exercise was to work on form and perfect the squat with keeping yourself upright, all the weight in the heels and avoid leaning forward. I was able to get up to 45 pounds on the squat, but had to reduce down to 35 pounds because of the stress on my wrists. They say that will get better once more flexibility is developed in my wrists, but I'm a bit skeptical about that ~ I've always had issues with my wrists.
We were not times on any of this today because it was strictly a warm up and then working on the form for the front squat. We then finished up with some ab work on the stability ball.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cross Fit- Week 7 - Day 2
I have missed so many Cross Fit workouts since I started 7 weeks ago, that I'm not even sure which week for me this really is- I'm guessing I'm on my 4th week technically speaking--but today I was BACK!! I did have full intentions of getting back yesterday to do the "Murph" workout--but was at the Emergency Room Sunday night with my brother until 3 A.M. Fortunately, he is ok and I'm happy that I was there to help him out in his time of need. He wouldn't ask for help unless he was really in pain--so I know he needed to get to the hospital.
Today it felt so good to be up at 5am (yes I know that sounds crazy)- but I had a great sleep last night, woke up before the alarm, enjoyed a little cuddle time with the furry child and then got to Optimal Fitness on time even!
Started out with the normal stretching, using the foam roller, then 400 m run followed by sit ups, lunges, shoulder discs and some squats.
Today's WOD was similar to one we did two weeks ago, with a change up of one exercise.
My time today on this was: 21:49...I finished 2nd in the time amongst my peers. I was fortunate to always get a row machine- so my workout was all rowing.
We finished the workout today with ab work- forget what the first thing was called- but we
hung from the pull up bar and used abs to bring your knees to elbows (ah that's what it's called "knees to elbows") - that was tough, we only did 5 of them..
Then Scissor Kicks, Flutter Kicks and Planks.
Really had a great workout!! My legs will feel it I'm sure- all of the exercises involved squats-
wall ball, you squat and as you come up throw the ball to the wall and catch it. D-Ball Slams, you have the medicine ball over head, as you come down in the squat you slam the ball down, Kettle Ball Swings- again squatting with the kettle ball in hand.
I have 2 spin classes to teach today- this should be fun!! Happy Tuesday and I hope to get to Cross Fit the rest of the week! I hear we have a birthday WOD on friday for one of the team. Rumor has it the # of reps is equal to the birthday person's age! Let's just say that most of us in the group are probably in the 30's and 40's!
Today it felt so good to be up at 5am (yes I know that sounds crazy)- but I had a great sleep last night, woke up before the alarm, enjoyed a little cuddle time with the furry child and then got to Optimal Fitness on time even!
Started out with the normal stretching, using the foam roller, then 400 m run followed by sit ups, lunges, shoulder discs and some squats.
Today's WOD was similar to one we did two weeks ago, with a change up of one exercise.
3 circuits:
Rowing: 1000m/750m/500m
or Run: 1200m/800m/400m (we only have 3 row machines)
Wall Balls: 21/15/9
D-Ball Slams: 21/15/19
Kettle Ball Swings: 21/15/9
Rowing: 1000m/750m/500m
or Run: 1200m/800m/400m (we only have 3 row machines)
Wall Balls: 21/15/9
D-Ball Slams: 21/15/19
Kettle Ball Swings: 21/15/9
My time today on this was: 21:49...I finished 2nd in the time amongst my peers. I was fortunate to always get a row machine- so my workout was all rowing.
We finished the workout today with ab work- forget what the first thing was called- but we
hung from the pull up bar and used abs to bring your knees to elbows (ah that's what it's called "knees to elbows") - that was tough, we only did 5 of them..
Then Scissor Kicks, Flutter Kicks and Planks.
Really had a great workout!! My legs will feel it I'm sure- all of the exercises involved squats-
wall ball, you squat and as you come up throw the ball to the wall and catch it. D-Ball Slams, you have the medicine ball over head, as you come down in the squat you slam the ball down, Kettle Ball Swings- again squatting with the kettle ball in hand.
I have 2 spin classes to teach today- this should be fun!! Happy Tuesday and I hope to get to Cross Fit the rest of the week! I hear we have a birthday WOD on friday for one of the team. Rumor has it the # of reps is equal to the birthday person's age! Let's just say that most of us in the group are probably in the 30's and 40's!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Spaz is the King of Cozy- I think he "lives" to find more cozy spots to call his own- his new spot this week is the pile of laundry going to the dry cleaners this week. I started the process of getting ready for our Alaska Cruise in less than two weeks and priority one was making sure Bill's tuxedo was sent to the cleaners...so every morning I find Spaz curled up in the pile of clothing!
The King is doing much better than a few weeks (almost month ago)- he is eating about 1.5 cans of wet food a day and he is also eating some of his kibble food - which he had not been touching for several weeks. He actually "yells" at you if you don't feed him right away- it's almost like he saw "the other side" and thought to himself, "I'm not ready to leave this world yet" - he now has the fighter attitude! Love it! He DEMANDS that I refill the bathroom sink with water and he visits that throughout the day- in fact this morning I forgot to refill it after I was done brushing my teeth/washing my face...so when I came back upstairs he gave me a piece of his mind! I weighed him this evening and he was just shy of 6 pounds- now after his throw up/diarrhea weekend 2 weeks ago, I had weighed him and he was 5.2...so he has gained weight and I'm now thinking that he must have had a different bug that weekend- maybe a kitty flu or something like that. The Diarrhea is not a common effect of the CRF disease...so who knows. I'm just glad he's feeling better now!!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday- Friday- Friday!! Yeah!
This has been a "trying week", between client drama on Monday and then restless sleeping for most of the week ~ until I discovered I was using hubby's pillow and not mine...I am really happy that Friday is here.
Disappointed that I did not get to Cross Fit a single day this week- but when you toss and turn every night, it's hard to be up doing a tough workout at 530am! I have taught spin 3 times this week and managed to get to Zumba once- but have to say I have not hit my target calorie burn but maybe 1 day this week! I just have to remember tomorrow is another day and this weekend is a very low-key weekend for us and I am in desperate need of it!
Got to talking to a gal at the gym yesterday and the subject of Facebook came up and she was talking about how she was apprehensive to get on Facebook, etc. I mentioned that I actually love Facebook- and for a variety of reasons. It has been a great source for marketing for my business PAMS PATH TO TRAVEL. I have reconnected with people I've known through school or work environments who either never knew that I was in travel or didn't know how to find me. So it has been a great success for new business. I also explained for someone like myself, who is very social ~ working from home, it gives me a social outlet during the day. It also gives me a support system when things are not going well and/or kudos when I have good news to share. I just really had not thought much about Facebook and the benefits that I get from it, other than the new business until now--but I really do count on facebook to keep me connected to people and "goings on" . I've also noticed that facebook has had an infectious effect on people and things that they do with their lives. I often times will post updates about my fitness endeavors and I can count on 1-2 hands now the number of people who have tried "Zumba" just because they have inquired after my posts about the class and I've encouraged them to give it a try. They all come back saying they are hooked! Facebook is really just an awesome venue to get people involved in different things in life! I was talking to my husband about Facebook and we are both connected to several "friends" who we see every weekend dancing at the Saddle Rack- they aren't our real "friends"- but mainly because there is never time to get to know these people- we see them once a week at a place where we dance all night- not talk and get to know other people...but because of Facebook, we feel that we are getting to know people better and that is making for more solid friendships in person! It's very cool!
Just felt like writing about it and getting my thoughts out there. Have a great weekend everyone ~ I know I plan to!
This has been a "trying week", between client drama on Monday and then restless sleeping for most of the week ~ until I discovered I was using hubby's pillow and not mine...I am really happy that Friday is here.
Disappointed that I did not get to Cross Fit a single day this week- but when you toss and turn every night, it's hard to be up doing a tough workout at 530am! I have taught spin 3 times this week and managed to get to Zumba once- but have to say I have not hit my target calorie burn but maybe 1 day this week! I just have to remember tomorrow is another day and this weekend is a very low-key weekend for us and I am in desperate need of it!
Got to talking to a gal at the gym yesterday and the subject of Facebook came up and she was talking about how she was apprehensive to get on Facebook, etc. I mentioned that I actually love Facebook- and for a variety of reasons. It has been a great source for marketing for my business PAMS PATH TO TRAVEL. I have reconnected with people I've known through school or work environments who either never knew that I was in travel or didn't know how to find me. So it has been a great success for new business. I also explained for someone like myself, who is very social ~ working from home, it gives me a social outlet during the day. It also gives me a support system when things are not going well and/or kudos when I have good news to share. I just really had not thought much about Facebook and the benefits that I get from it, other than the new business until now--but I really do count on facebook to keep me connected to people and "goings on" . I've also noticed that facebook has had an infectious effect on people and things that they do with their lives. I often times will post updates about my fitness endeavors and I can count on 1-2 hands now the number of people who have tried "Zumba" just because they have inquired after my posts about the class and I've encouraged them to give it a try. They all come back saying they are hooked! Facebook is really just an awesome venue to get people involved in different things in life! I was talking to my husband about Facebook and we are both connected to several "friends" who we see every weekend dancing at the Saddle Rack- they aren't our real "friends"- but mainly because there is never time to get to know these people- we see them once a week at a place where we dance all night- not talk and get to know other people...but because of Facebook, we feel that we are getting to know people better and that is making for more solid friendships in person! It's very cool!
Just felt like writing about it and getting my thoughts out there. Have a great weekend everyone ~ I know I plan to!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
What a week....and it's only Wednesday....
Well fortunately Wednesday is almost to an end...will be as soon as this blog is posted as then I am on my way to bed!!
Feeling like crap this week. Had such a messed up Monday, so stressed with the client issue that it really set the tone for the whole week. I've been getting things done, but it's almost as though the air has been let out of my balloon! I feel so bummed that I have not been able to get up for Cross Fit one day this week-- each night I go to bed tired...but then toss and turn every night. I am hoping that tonight will be different.
My thought is this- the last of this group arrived at their destination today- so "no news is good news"- if there would be anything to complain about I would have heard about it now (hoping)- so maybe with that thought process, I can relax and sleep thinking that I'm not going to get a desperate phone call or text message tearing me to shreds!!
I am going to make Thursday the best day this week...going to get up for Cross Fit...going to get to Zumba at 1230pm and go to the gym with hubby at night!! Going to finalize several client's trips and feel good about everything!! Positive attitude is EVERYTHING!!
Oh and Spaz is really doing good - he's eating like a starving animal!! Yeah!! He actually gained 1/2 a pound...so I'm happy about that!!!!
LIFE...what a fun ride!!
Well fortunately Wednesday is almost to an end...will be as soon as this blog is posted as then I am on my way to bed!!
Feeling like crap this week. Had such a messed up Monday, so stressed with the client issue that it really set the tone for the whole week. I've been getting things done, but it's almost as though the air has been let out of my balloon! I feel so bummed that I have not been able to get up for Cross Fit one day this week-- each night I go to bed tired...but then toss and turn every night. I am hoping that tonight will be different.
My thought is this- the last of this group arrived at their destination today- so "no news is good news"- if there would be anything to complain about I would have heard about it now (hoping)- so maybe with that thought process, I can relax and sleep thinking that I'm not going to get a desperate phone call or text message tearing me to shreds!!
I am going to make Thursday the best day this week...going to get up for Cross Fit...going to get to Zumba at 1230pm and go to the gym with hubby at night!! Going to finalize several client's trips and feel good about everything!! Positive attitude is EVERYTHING!!
Oh and Spaz is really doing good - he's eating like a starving animal!! Yeah!! He actually gained 1/2 a pound...so I'm happy about that!!!!
LIFE...what a fun ride!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Mr. Spaz Kitty...update...
I have to say that Spazo is doing much better. Last week he started to nibble on his food wednesday night (this was after not eating anything since the previous Friday). He nibbled more on thursday and started cleaning his plate by Thursday night. Friday he ate and ate anything we gave him.
He has continued to eat and clean his plate, even eating some of his hard kibble food that he has ignored for 3+ weeks! Now we're convinced he has a tape worm- LOL! He is being much more social with us, spending time relaxing on the couch in the evenings and last night slept on our bed for a few hours.
He is very demanding for more food- meows insistantly until you get him more! Bathroom habits are back to normal also. I won't question any of it, I'm just happy he's back to "normal" for now...
I know that with his CRF disease it is going to be a roller coaster ride with many good weeks and many bad weeks- but I do prefer the good weeks!!!
Cross Fit ~ Week 6 ~ Day 1
Well, that was how the week was supposed to start out....but between some work emergencies that kept me working on Sunday evening for a few hours- I needed an early start today to get things sorted out. Well that took ALL flippin' day~well until 3pm! I didn't sleep well last night, Spaz woke us up around 3am as he was investigating Bill's duffle bag that he had not unpacked from our weekend in Modesto...then Spaz decided to get cozy with us..I never did get back to sleep!
Work was awful today! I have one client who has a knack for making you feel like you do a crap job and that everything you do gets screwed up and then when you calmly, firmly and professionally reply back, he's your best friend. I call it Bi-Polar behavior, but it is very frustrating when people want to blame you for their own misconceptions. Today's issue- client not happy that their 2 bedroom suite had 1 King bed and 2 Double beds for 6 people...they were told that would be the likely bedding, but they actually considered the Double beds to be twin beds- so I'm sure in their dictionary of beds "double" doesn't exist - it's either twin or King! So I worked all day trying to make something "right" that was never really "wrong" to begin with. They got exactly what they were supposed to get ~ but it's my fault that they don't like double beds. I even explained that the hotel really doesn't recommend that 6 people stay in the 2 bedroom suite. Go figure. People only hear what they want to hear and I have to remind myself to not take these types of incidents so personally - because I am damn good at what I do and I go the extra mile for my clients.
So needless to day, Cross Fit never happened today- I knew that it wasn't going to happen at 530am, but really had hoped to get out to the gym this evening and do the workout then...but I was still deep in work and just couldn't get away...
Today would have been Murph week #3--I'm going to see if I can get that workout in another day this week, just to see my time and if I can get a better time than last week.
Well, that was how the week was supposed to start out....but between some work emergencies that kept me working on Sunday evening for a few hours- I needed an early start today to get things sorted out. Well that took ALL flippin' day~well until 3pm! I didn't sleep well last night, Spaz woke us up around 3am as he was investigating Bill's duffle bag that he had not unpacked from our weekend in Modesto...then Spaz decided to get cozy with us..I never did get back to sleep!
Work was awful today! I have one client who has a knack for making you feel like you do a crap job and that everything you do gets screwed up and then when you calmly, firmly and professionally reply back, he's your best friend. I call it Bi-Polar behavior, but it is very frustrating when people want to blame you for their own misconceptions. Today's issue- client not happy that their 2 bedroom suite had 1 King bed and 2 Double beds for 6 people...they were told that would be the likely bedding, but they actually considered the Double beds to be twin beds- so I'm sure in their dictionary of beds "double" doesn't exist - it's either twin or King! So I worked all day trying to make something "right" that was never really "wrong" to begin with. They got exactly what they were supposed to get ~ but it's my fault that they don't like double beds. I even explained that the hotel really doesn't recommend that 6 people stay in the 2 bedroom suite. Go figure. People only hear what they want to hear and I have to remind myself to not take these types of incidents so personally - because I am damn good at what I do and I go the extra mile for my clients.
So needless to day, Cross Fit never happened today- I knew that it wasn't going to happen at 530am, but really had hoped to get out to the gym this evening and do the workout then...but I was still deep in work and just couldn't get away...
Today would have been Murph week #3--I'm going to see if I can get that workout in another day this week, just to see my time and if I can get a better time than last week.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Cross Fit- Week 5 - Day 5
Well as is the case, I did not go to Cross Fit today- I never commit to fridays, unless I know that we're not going out dancing friday night. It's awfully hard to be up at 5am, so that workout, then teach my spin class and then go dancing for hours on end!! Besides, yesterday kicked my butt between Cross Fit, spin sub, Zumba and spin sub again! I burned over 3000 calories yesterday! Yeah me!
From what I understood from yesterday, today's cross fit WOD was going to be "Fran"-
I had an interview this morning for a new spin instructor position- it's actually for a location that I was teaching before the management of the facility changed- but the new management heard good things about me from the previous management company and the members- so I think I'll be teaching two more days per week! What's even nicer is that it'll be a 715am class, which means I can still do my Cross Fit workout, then go teach my class and be done early in the day with sweat!
Looking forward to the weekend...fairly low-key plans, dancing, sunbathing, partying...relaxing!
Cheers Everyone!
From what I understood from yesterday, today's cross fit WOD was going to be "Fran"-
21 reps 95 pound thrusters
21 reps pullups
15 reps 95 pound thrusters
15 reps pullups
9 reps 95 pound thrusters
9 reps pullups.
21 reps pullups
15 reps 95 pound thrusters
15 reps pullups
9 reps 95 pound thrusters
9 reps pullups.
I had an interview this morning for a new spin instructor position- it's actually for a location that I was teaching before the management of the facility changed- but the new management heard good things about me from the previous management company and the members- so I think I'll be teaching two more days per week! What's even nicer is that it'll be a 715am class, which means I can still do my Cross Fit workout, then go teach my class and be done early in the day with sweat!
Looking forward to the weekend...fairly low-key plans, dancing, sunbathing, partying...relaxing!
Cheers Everyone!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Cross Fit ~ Week 5 ~ Day 4
Yeah, weekend is almost here! Today's workout was pretty decent, not too hard overall. After our stretching and warm up drills we went for the 400 meter run and then back for the workout.
Today's WOD consisted of 3 circuits:
Rowing Machine 1000m/700m/500m
D-Ball Slams 21/15/9
Kettle Ball Swings 21/15/9
Sit ups 21/15/9
Because there are only 3 rowing machines- we had the option to go for a 400m run instead of the row if there wasn't an open machine when we needed it. So for my 700m row, I did to the 400m run instead.
Followed up with stretching. Many of our group had to leave early today, so we didn't do group stretching or abs at the end. Very low key.
My time on this workout: 19:35
Now- the awful part of this morning- while I was at Cross Fit from 530am-630am, I was supposed to be subbing spin at PSC from 6-7am. I completely forgot. Because yesterday was my anniversary- I wasn't "glued" to my Outlook Calendar like normal and really didn't look at my cell phone once we got home last night- which if I had looked I would have seen this morning's commitment!
When I came out of Optimal Fitness I had a message waiting for me and actually did rush over there to teach the last 20 minutes. Fortunately, one of the students had her ipod, hooked it up and they were happily spinning on their own. I felt so bad, but they were very forgiving! :(
Sure hope the rest of the day doesn't follow suit. I'm in a good mood and want to have a good day! I plan to go to Zumba at 1230pm because I am having major withdrawals!! Then I am subbing spin at 530pm tonight ~ not sure why that one is in my mental calendar, but the other wasn't.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
3 Amazing Years of Marriage.........
Today was our anniversary...and we always spend the day together. We don't let "life" get in the way on this special day. We slept in until 8am or so- I actually did wake up at 5am without an alarm, but quickly rolled over back to sleep. We headed to Burlingame for my bi-weekly manicure/pedicure appointment....Bill had a pedicure. Then to the Shane Company to have jewelry inspected and cleaned...good thing- my center stone on my wedding ring was loose! So they needed to keep the ring for over an hour- we decided to go get lunch.
Lunch was at Mimi's, yum!! The most heart-clogging grilled cheese sandwich and fries! Then back to get my ring! From there we leisurely headed to the movies - had time to kill, so I showed Bill my "Pac Man" skills in the arcade. Gosh I loved that game! Then we watched "The Hangover"- it was pretty good, funny movie. Then massages...in the couples suite...afterwards take out from Lucia's and home in time to settle on the couch with a glass of wine, dinner and watching "So You Think You Can Dance". All in all, a perfect day!
I really can't believe it's been 3 years since we were married!! I feel as though I've been married to Bill ALL my life...in a very good way! It's as though my life "pre-Bill" did not exist, yet I know that I needed that pre-life to be the person that I am today who is such a great fit to Bill. He is truly an amazing man and I am blessed to be able to call him hubby, best friend, love of my life!
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Cruises that I've Taken
At one point, I decided that I better document all of the cruises that I've taken so that I know how many I've taken. It's a fun list to refer back to and to reflect on the memories!! #livelovecruise #livelovetravel
- May 1990 - 1st cruise: Holland America Line "old" Rotterdam, 3 day coastal SF-YVR
- December 1993: Holland America Line "old" Westerdam, 7 day Eastern Caribbean
- May 1995: Norwegian Cruise Line - Southward (I think) - 7 day Southern Caribbean
- January 1997: Celebrity Cruise Line - Century - 7 day Western Caribbean
- June 1997: Carnival - Holiday - 4 day Catalina/Ensenada
- May 1998: Carnival Elation - cruise to nowhere out of SF
- September 1998: Norwegian Cruise Line- Star - 7day "texaribbean"
- April 2000: RCCL - Voyager of the Seas - 7 day Western Caribbean
- 2000/2001: Carnival Fascination - 7 day Caribbean (western I think)
- May 2001: RCCL- Radiance of the Seas - 4 Day Pacific Northwest
- January 2002: RCCL - Viking Serenade - 3 day Ensenada
- May 2005: Carnival Victory - 7 day Eastern Caribbean (Bill's first cruise ever)
- April 2006: RCCL- Vision of the Seas- 7 day Mexican Riviera
- September 2006: Princess- Dawn Princess - 2 day Coastal YVR-SF
- June 2007: Princess- Dawn Princess- 10 day Alaska
- April 2008: Celebrity Mercury - 7 day Pacific Northwest
- July 2008: Disney Magic - 7 day Mexican Riviera
- August 2008: Carnival Elation - 4 day Cabo
- March 2009: Carnival Splendor - 2 day Cruise to Nowhere out of SF
- July 2009: Celebrity Infinity - 7 day Alaska round-trip from Seattle
- February 2010- MSC Poesia - 7 day Eastern Caribbean Country Dance Cruise
- September 2010- Mariner of the Seas - 7 day Mexican Riviera
- September 2010- Zuiderdam (Holland America) - 3 day Pacific Coastal.
- November 2010 - Allure of the Seas - 2 day cruise to nowhere out of Ft. Lauderdale.
- February 2011 - Norwegian EPIC - 7 day cruise to Western Caribbean: Cozumel, Costa Maya & Roatan
- June 2011 - Carnival Paradise- 3 day Baja Cruise to Ensenada "5th year anniversary Cruise"- BILL'S 15TH CRUISE IN 6 YEARS!!
- May 2012 - RCCL Oasis of the Seas - 7 days Eastern Caribbean (V.com conference)
- May 2013 - Celebrity Solstice - 2 day cruise to nowhere
- October 27 2013 - Royal Princess- 2 day TA cruise to nowhere
- October 29, 2013 - Royal Princess - 5 day Caribbean Inaugural Cruise
- December 28, 2013 - Adventure of the Seas- 7 day Southern Caribbean New Years Eve Cruise
- February 23, 2014- Norwegian Jewel- 7 day Western Caribbean from New Orleans (Mandi's Line Dance Cruise)
- July 3, 2014 - Carnival Imagination - 3 day Baja Cruise to Ensenada "Bill's 50th birthday cruise"
- March 26, 2015 - Carnival Imagination - 3 day Baja Cruise to Ensenada "Janet's 50th birthday cruise"
- April 24, 2015 - RCCL Quantum of the Seas- 8 day Bahamas- Vacation.com Conference at Sea
- September 24, 2015 - RCCL Liberty of the Seas - 9 day Canada/New England- Line Dancers at Sea
- April 4, 2016 - Norwegian Pearl - 10 day Partial Panama Canal Cruise from Florida (2016 Line Dancers at Sea)
- November 8, 2016 - RCCL Harmony of the Seas- 2 day Inaugural
- December 31, 2016 - Celebrity Reflection - 7 day Western Caribbean from Miami
- April 22, 2017 - Disney Fantasy- 7 Day Eastern Caribbean from Port Canaveral
- June 27, 2017 - Grand Princess- 10 day Alaska from SF (2017 Line Dancers at Sea)
- September 23, 2017- Coral Princess- 4 day Coastal Vancouver to LA "Suzy & Charles Vow Renewal"
- December 30, 2017-Harmony of the Seas- New Years Eastern Caribbean
- January 12, 2018- Carnival Inspiration-Country Booze Cruise Line Dance-Ensenada
- May 4, 2018- Celebrity Equinox- 10 day Southern Caribbean (5th Annual Line Dancers at Sea Cruise)
- May 25, 2018- Norwegian BLISS- 2 day Agent Inaugural Cruise to Nowhere
- August 12, 2018- RCCL Oasis of the Seas- 7 night Eastern Caribbean "Suzy's 50th Birthday Cruise"
- December 1, 2018- Celebrity EDGE - 3 day Preview Cruise
- December 4, 2018- Celebrity EDGE - 2 day Agent pre-inaugural Cruise
- December 29, 2018-Norwegian BLISS- 7 night Caribbean- New Years Eve (Bill's 37th cruise)
- April 3, 2019 - Disney Wonder - 5 night Mexico- "Mandi's 60th Birthday Cruise"
- April 27, 2019- Royal Princess - 7 night Mexico- "TNC Dance Cruise"
- Oct 27, 2019- Celebrity Solstice - 12 night NZ trip- 6th annual Line Dancers at Sea Cruise (at the age of 53!! & Bill's 40th lifetime cruise!)
- December 28, 2019 -CARNIVAL PANORAMA - 7 night Mexico- New Years Eve Cruise!
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CELEBRITY REFLECTION
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Cross Fit ~ Week 5 ~ Day 2
Ah, that sore feeling when you wake up the day after the "Murph"- I didn't expect to be that sore today, but I was. Sigh. But I got up, and out the door for another punishing workout. Jeff was back from Israel today - so that was a plus!
We did our stretching as always- basic warm-up drills and then off for the 400m warm up run...not bad- just hard to get the legs to wake up and perform...
Ah, that sore feeling when you wake up the day after the "Murph"- I didn't expect to be that sore today, but I was. Sigh. But I got up, and out the door for another punishing workout. Jeff was back from Israel today - so that was a plus!
We did our stretching as always- basic warm-up drills and then off for the 400m warm up run...not bad- just hard to get the legs to wake up and perform...
Then the WOD:
Each Circuit included:
400 m run
Burpees
Dips
Lunges
1st round = 21 reps, 2nd round = 15 reps, 3rd round = 9 reps
Each Circuit included:
400 m run
Burpees
Dips
Lunges
1st round = 21 reps, 2nd round = 15 reps, 3rd round = 9 reps
Let me just say that Burpees are the work of the devil!!! I can't stand them and I especially hated them on the 1st round with 21 reps! Still hated them when I had 15 to do...and yes still hated them when I had 9 to do- but 9 felt so much like the home stretch!!
This was a timed workout and my time today was 21:20
I did each of the 400m runs and my leg wasn't bothering me- there is still a sore spot on my left upper shin, but I'm not entirely sure it's the start of shin splints...almost feels more like a bruise. Still have to get inserts for my running shoes- the store I went to yesterday was out of my size. Will try another store today!
Not sure if I will make it for tomorrow's WOD- celebrating 3 years of wonderful marriage with my husband Bill and we are both taking the day off of work...plan to get my manicure and pedicure, go out to lunch, take a walk or hike, evening massages and then pick up dinner from our favorite Italian place and enjoy a bottle of wine while watching "So You Think You Can Dance". No phones, no computers...just together time!
This was a timed workout and my time today was 21:20
I did each of the 400m runs and my leg wasn't bothering me- there is still a sore spot on my left upper shin, but I'm not entirely sure it's the start of shin splints...almost feels more like a bruise. Still have to get inserts for my running shoes- the store I went to yesterday was out of my size. Will try another store today!
Not sure if I will make it for tomorrow's WOD- celebrating 3 years of wonderful marriage with my husband Bill and we are both taking the day off of work...plan to get my manicure and pedicure, go out to lunch, take a walk or hike, evening massages and then pick up dinner from our favorite Italian place and enjoy a bottle of wine while watching "So You Think You Can Dance". No phones, no computers...just together time!
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