On Monday, 03-26-2012, Ms. Lindberg told us about an event in the library on Wednesday at noon. She also said that we would get some extra points if we blogged about it and if we could not attend, we could interview someone who went and still get some points. I started to think about how I could make this happen. Could I bring Khamren and actually attend the mysterious event? How would three year old Khamren behave. Normally he is pretty good in public settings and he likes going to the library. In the end I decided that it might be better if we stayed home. Who could I interview? I thought Dr. Hershey goes to things like this, let me email him and see. I was in luck, he was going and agree to answer my questions for my blog.
The event was a type of flash mob celebration for Women's History Month. I never knew there was such a thing. Several speakers read speeches about past, present and future hopes and goals of/for women. The event was put on by the theater department of GHC, and was a first time event. Dr, Hershey said that he enjoyed the fact that it was happening and thought it was a clever idea the way it was put together and he would attend another one if it happens.
I hate I did not attend. I think Khamren and I would have really enjoyed it.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
being active
This is the year that I finally learn to swim, I know I have said that before and this year is the year. It has been awhile since I have been in a swimming pool, I am trying to remember the last time. I will remember eventually. I am trying different things to lose weight and get in shape, not really going for the six pack or eight pack abs look. I know I have to get healthy and get this weight off.
In a former life, I played basketball, tennis and some football. I went to the YMCA in Decatur, about three years ago to ask about their swimming lesson program. I was shock to learn that it is not cheap!! I asked why so much to join the YMCA? The employee told me a portion of the members fee goes to pay for the after school program for the kids in the afternoon. That sounds like a worthy program, but I could not get over the cost and chose not to join at that time.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, maybe I can find someone to play tennis with or go walking with, I have been walking and really need to and want to join a gym. Sitting and watching The Biggest Loser is some motivation but that is unreal. The contestants leave their lives and workout all day if they want to.
I already have my prize for losing the weight and eating healthy picked out. I am getting a new tattoo. I have not decided what that will be, but I have started looking and saving for it. I think I will continue to walk, by walking to the gym and back home. I am not in a rush and expecting overnight results, that would be foolish on my part, but with hard work and sticking to it, I should see results soon. I hope.
Where do people find the time to workout? I have friends that are in the gym four and five times a week. How? I guess I will just have to find the time. Do what I have to do!!
In a former life, I played basketball, tennis and some football. I went to the YMCA in Decatur, about three years ago to ask about their swimming lesson program. I was shock to learn that it is not cheap!! I asked why so much to join the YMCA? The employee told me a portion of the members fee goes to pay for the after school program for the kids in the afternoon. That sounds like a worthy program, but I could not get over the cost and chose not to join at that time.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, maybe I can find someone to play tennis with or go walking with, I have been walking and really need to and want to join a gym. Sitting and watching The Biggest Loser is some motivation but that is unreal. The contestants leave their lives and workout all day if they want to.
I already have my prize for losing the weight and eating healthy picked out. I am getting a new tattoo. I have not decided what that will be, but I have started looking and saving for it. I think I will continue to walk, by walking to the gym and back home. I am not in a rush and expecting overnight results, that would be foolish on my part, but with hard work and sticking to it, I should see results soon. I hope.
Where do people find the time to workout? I have friends that are in the gym four and five times a week. How? I guess I will just have to find the time. Do what I have to do!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
OMG!!
Kim Kardashian gets tossed with flour on the red carpet and the culprit is instantly held and taken in to custody.
Travon Martin is shot and killed and his MURDERER is walking around free.
WTF!!!
WWB still in 2012???
Makes you think of Emmit Till.
Travon Martin is shot and killed and his MURDERER is walking around free.
WTF!!!
WWB still in 2012???
Makes you think of Emmit Till.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
IS THAT ME???
Had a GREAT Saturday!! I woke up and went downstairs and saw my sister with her laptop so I went and got my laptop. She was doing some laundry and I got there just as some clothes were coming out of the dryer. The kids were still sleeping and we talked about doing something fun, it was going to be a nice day and we needed to do something. While we folded laundry and watched NCIS Los Angeles on the laptop, we planned to go to the mall and maybe get a bite to eat. She said that she might get a new cellphone and wanted to go to Best Buys to look for a laptop bag.
We finish the laundry and the got the kids up and picked out clothes to wear for the day. She took Edward in the upstairs bathroom and I took Khamren in the downstairs bathroom, while Vyneshai fixed her some pop tarts in the kitchen. I jumped in the shower and Cissy and Vyneshai went next. My niece La Tria called and said she was coming up, we told her we were going to be down in her neck of the woods. She said she would meet us there.
We get the new cellphone and then go to Towne Center and meet up with Tria, as I was walking by some of the store windows I looked and was shocked!! Is that me?? WOW am I that out of shape? I decided that I had to get in the gym quick. Not just pay for the membership and not use it but to actually go and break a sweat. There is a CROSSFIT gym about three blocks from my house, so on Monday I walked down there to get some info. A month membership there is $136.00. I like what they were doing, mixing up the workouts without machines. I was interested until the trainer told me the price. I do not want to spend that much, especially if I repeat my joining and then not going. We all know you still have to pay if you go or not.
On Tuesday, I walked to Bodyplex and talked to a trainer about joining. The price seems right. To join there it is $125.00 down and $15 dollars a month. About a block from Bodyplex is Anytime Fitness, I did not check them out, but I plan on it. They supposedly give you a key and a access code and you can workout whenever you want. Works for me, if the price is right!!!
We finish the laundry and the got the kids up and picked out clothes to wear for the day. She took Edward in the upstairs bathroom and I took Khamren in the downstairs bathroom, while Vyneshai fixed her some pop tarts in the kitchen. I jumped in the shower and Cissy and Vyneshai went next. My niece La Tria called and said she was coming up, we told her we were going to be down in her neck of the woods. She said she would meet us there.
We get the new cellphone and then go to Towne Center and meet up with Tria, as I was walking by some of the store windows I looked and was shocked!! Is that me?? WOW am I that out of shape? I decided that I had to get in the gym quick. Not just pay for the membership and not use it but to actually go and break a sweat. There is a CROSSFIT gym about three blocks from my house, so on Monday I walked down there to get some info. A month membership there is $136.00. I like what they were doing, mixing up the workouts without machines. I was interested until the trainer told me the price. I do not want to spend that much, especially if I repeat my joining and then not going. We all know you still have to pay if you go or not.
On Tuesday, I walked to Bodyplex and talked to a trainer about joining. The price seems right. To join there it is $125.00 down and $15 dollars a month. About a block from Bodyplex is Anytime Fitness, I did not check them out, but I plan on it. They supposedly give you a key and a access code and you can workout whenever you want. Works for me, if the price is right!!!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Gamble
This roll of the dice seems to be backfiring on me. I am going to tough it out and go with the flow. A friend posted my new motto on his facebook page:
THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOAL IS THE BULLSHIT STORY YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF AS TO WHY YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE IT.
I think I will make this my screensaver on my laptop.
THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOAL IS THE BULLSHIT STORY YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF AS TO WHY YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE IT.
I think I will make this my screensaver on my laptop.
Monday, March 12, 2012
March Madness 2012
Are you ready for some March Madness? I love college basketball especially in March when it is tournament time. The league championships and the Road to the Final Four are a blast to watch with friends at Fox Sports Bar and Grill in Atlantic Station.
When I was in high school my sister and I would watch the selection show and write the brackets for my father, for whatever reason he never seem to be home to watch that. We would give him a typed version and we would sit and pick our favorites and the eventual winner. We did not bet money or anything it was just a fun thing to do with my dad and siblings.
In those days the games would start on a Thursday and continue all day, when the prime time east coast games were over, they would switch to a west coast game. You could be in front of a basketball game all day Thursday and Friday. I do not think they switch to a west coast game these days, once the east coast games are over, the local Atlanta news comes on.
I am a big ACC fan, that maybe because Georgia Tech is 30 minutes away. My favorite team is University of North Carolina, they just happen to be an ACC team. I will even admit I like Duke, just a little. I like other teams from different leagues, like USC, Georgetown, Boston College, just to name a few.
I need to go to TARGET and buy a new basketball, I have not played in years. During halftime of whatever March Madness game we would be watching, we would go in the backyard and play a game. My dad and brother against my sister and I. My mom would sit on the deck and watch. She would be the time clock, to let us know when the game was coming back on.
I have to find someone who plays or someone who wants to go to Atlantic Station to watch the games.
When I was in high school my sister and I would watch the selection show and write the brackets for my father, for whatever reason he never seem to be home to watch that. We would give him a typed version and we would sit and pick our favorites and the eventual winner. We did not bet money or anything it was just a fun thing to do with my dad and siblings.
In those days the games would start on a Thursday and continue all day, when the prime time east coast games were over, they would switch to a west coast game. You could be in front of a basketball game all day Thursday and Friday. I do not think they switch to a west coast game these days, once the east coast games are over, the local Atlanta news comes on.
I am a big ACC fan, that maybe because Georgia Tech is 30 minutes away. My favorite team is University of North Carolina, they just happen to be an ACC team. I will even admit I like Duke, just a little. I like other teams from different leagues, like USC, Georgetown, Boston College, just to name a few.
I need to go to TARGET and buy a new basketball, I have not played in years. During halftime of whatever March Madness game we would be watching, we would go in the backyard and play a game. My dad and brother against my sister and I. My mom would sit on the deck and watch. She would be the time clock, to let us know when the game was coming back on.
I have to find someone who plays or someone who wants to go to Atlantic Station to watch the games.
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