As you all may recall, I've been mentioning for some time off and on that I need to get healthy. I've been inspired by the Queen and her eating habits and workout habits. And, I've been inspired by Sam and her eating habits and workout habits. And, of course my parents. But inspiration doesn't necessarily always equate to activity. That is until yesterday....
Yesterday I went to my first Pilate's session with a great instructor, Abby at a very nice down-to-earth studio called Ellie Herman Pilate's Studio. Sam had taken me to another one a little over a year ago, which seems awfully pretentious to me, but this one was great. I actually walked there from my apartment (since Tuesday is my work at home day) had my workout, which at first didn't seem that tough but I definitely broke a sweat and am pretty sore this morning, and then walked home. So I not only got my class with stretching and muscle building but I also got probably close to a mile and a half walk in.
Of course I'm now also inspired by Abby as she is such a unique and interesting person. First of all, she has the sweetest personality and second she is somebody who has truly followed her dreams. Besides being a Pilate's teacher, she is an acrobat, trapeze artist, burlesque dancer and belongs to a bonafide circus. She was talking recently about a place where a person can go and learn how to swing from a trapeze.... Who knows, I might just be doing that some day!!
So, in closing, a thank you goes out to all those people who have inspired me recently to take better care of myself. I'm trying, I really am!!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Random Thoughts
I haven't blogged in about a week and I need to do a quicky so that I don't lose my place with the HCBCs. However, I really haven't had a whole lot to say this week, so I decided to just document some of the random thoughts that I've been having.....
- Has anybody else seen the Subway commercials for their $5 foot long? Does anybody else find it creepy when they call it a "foot long YUM rocket"?
- In an effort to be "green", or as green as I can be, I purchased 2 Brita pitchers and just drink that water when I'm at home. However, because I'm a little eeked out by tap water, I double filter. I keep one pitcher in the fridge from which I drink from and one pitcher on the counter, which is where I "stage" the tap water then pour it into the fridge pitcher...ergo twice filtered.
- I've bought a lot of wine since I've moved out to California, but I don't really drink much of it. I buy it because I like the labels. It is sorta like how I choose sports teams to root for; whoever has the "pretty" jerseys.
- People in general annoy me and sometimes I have to quote my friend John when I say "I hate people" since he and I used to drive around and say that about all the idiots out there. I don't really hate people, so don't go jumping all over me for the evil thoughts, I just hate how they act. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule?
- I watched the VH1 Tribute rock concert to the Who last night. Wow, what a great band. For those of you who are Guitar Hero aficionados, have you taken up playing the Who yet?
- McDonald's Iced Coffees aren't half bad.
- I went and had my blood drawn this morning for lab work in preparation for my annual check up next week (joy, joy). I need to give props to the girl who drew the 5 tubes: well done. Not only did she not really hurt me but when I commented how quickly the blood was flowing, she informed me that I must be drinking lots of water, which I am, as that aids in making the blood flow quicker. There have been times in the past when I've had my blood drawn and it flowed like molasses. I didn't tell her, that I'd been drinking water because I thought I was going to have to pee in a cup as well, but whatever.
Anyway, like I said, nothing but random thoughts today!!
- Has anybody else seen the Subway commercials for their $5 foot long? Does anybody else find it creepy when they call it a "foot long YUM rocket"?
- In an effort to be "green", or as green as I can be, I purchased 2 Brita pitchers and just drink that water when I'm at home. However, because I'm a little eeked out by tap water, I double filter. I keep one pitcher in the fridge from which I drink from and one pitcher on the counter, which is where I "stage" the tap water then pour it into the fridge pitcher...ergo twice filtered.
- I've bought a lot of wine since I've moved out to California, but I don't really drink much of it. I buy it because I like the labels. It is sorta like how I choose sports teams to root for; whoever has the "pretty" jerseys.
- People in general annoy me and sometimes I have to quote my friend John when I say "I hate people" since he and I used to drive around and say that about all the idiots out there. I don't really hate people, so don't go jumping all over me for the evil thoughts, I just hate how they act. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule?
- I watched the VH1 Tribute rock concert to the Who last night. Wow, what a great band. For those of you who are Guitar Hero aficionados, have you taken up playing the Who yet?
- McDonald's Iced Coffees aren't half bad.
- I went and had my blood drawn this morning for lab work in preparation for my annual check up next week (joy, joy). I need to give props to the girl who drew the 5 tubes: well done. Not only did she not really hurt me but when I commented how quickly the blood was flowing, she informed me that I must be drinking lots of water, which I am, as that aids in making the blood flow quicker. There have been times in the past when I've had my blood drawn and it flowed like molasses. I didn't tell her, that I'd been drinking water because I thought I was going to have to pee in a cup as well, but whatever.
Anyway, like I said, nothing but random thoughts today!!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Some People are So RUDE....
This harks back to me being a rule follower, but some people are incredibly rude....
I went to Joann's Fabric today at lunch to pick up some iron-on patches to do repair work on some pants. I completed my shopping and went to the checkout counter. I set my stuff down and started waiting, as there was no clerk there to check me out.
Another customer came up and set her things down at another register and asked if I was waiting for a clerk. I said "yes" and since it had only been about a minute I wasn't going to start yelling out for assistance, since I've worked in retail before and during slow times you have to step away from your register to stock shelves or something and keep an eye on the counter. I assumed that the clerk was busy doing just such a thing and would notice me soon. If I hadn't been acknowledged soon, however, I would have asked for assistance.
ANYWAY, the other customer that came up, immediately started yelling out for somebody to come check us out. The clerk came immediately (and I was right, she was just on the other side of the shelf doing some stocking, but hadn't looked up). However, when she came up, she started helping the loud customer first instead of asking who was there first. AND the loud customer didn't bother to stop her and say, "no, she was here first".
I was brought up to not cut in line and to play fair. I would have told the clerk to help the other person in line first.
Sheesh, people make me mad!!!
I went to Joann's Fabric today at lunch to pick up some iron-on patches to do repair work on some pants. I completed my shopping and went to the checkout counter. I set my stuff down and started waiting, as there was no clerk there to check me out.
Another customer came up and set her things down at another register and asked if I was waiting for a clerk. I said "yes" and since it had only been about a minute I wasn't going to start yelling out for assistance, since I've worked in retail before and during slow times you have to step away from your register to stock shelves or something and keep an eye on the counter. I assumed that the clerk was busy doing just such a thing and would notice me soon. If I hadn't been acknowledged soon, however, I would have asked for assistance.
ANYWAY, the other customer that came up, immediately started yelling out for somebody to come check us out. The clerk came immediately (and I was right, she was just on the other side of the shelf doing some stocking, but hadn't looked up). However, when she came up, she started helping the loud customer first instead of asking who was there first. AND the loud customer didn't bother to stop her and say, "no, she was here first".
I was brought up to not cut in line and to play fair. I would have told the clerk to help the other person in line first.
Sheesh, people make me mad!!!
Television Extremes
Hi, my name is ABBA and I'm a television addict....
Well, that might be overstating it a bit, but I do tend to watch a lot of television and yesterday I was on a whole pendulum of extremes. I admit that I'm a huge fan of the completely mindless "Charmed" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but I chalk those up to:
- Being based on strong female characters
- "Charmed" taking place in San Francisco and every time I'm driving around I'm looking for the house they live in
- I've had a HUGE crush on the guy that plays Giles in "Buffy" since I first saw him in the Folgers Coffee commercials years ago
But, that isn't the extremes that I'm referring to today. Today, I refer to the game show extremes that I watched yesterday.
On the upswing, I watched "Jeopardy" the thinking person's game show. I love to watch that show, especially if I can actually answer some of the questions. Sadly, I will never be able to compete on that show because I DON'T know a lot of the answers and I always forget to answer in the form of a question.
On the downswing, I finished my night by watching "Wipeout" and "I Survived a Japanese Game show". "I Survived a Japanese Game show" takes a group of Americans, ships them off to Japan, divides them up into two teams, and then pits the teams against one another in different tasks in front of the camera and the Japanese studio audience. The winning team gets to go do some grand thing in Japan, such as a spa day where they experienced tiny fish eating the dead skin off their feet. The losing team has to do some not so fun task, such as plant rice or be rickshaw drivers for a day. The two teams then meet back at the studio and the losing team has to send two individuals to compete with the loser going home. In the end, the last one standing will win a quarter of a million dollars and have the bragging rights to the claim of surviving a Japanese game show.
I know it is sad that I waste my evenings watching such drivel, but it makes me laugh, and in my world, that is all that matters. Besides, did you not read the first sentence of this blog?
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