Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! I did quite a mix of workouts today, but it was good. I started with ICE Muscle Meltdown Triceps and Icy Core 1. Then I did a 45 minute Interval and Arms ride with Peloton. Then I did 20 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee and ended with a long walk. It felt great today.

Erika, I am sorry to hear you weren’t feeling well on your day off. Glad you recovered quickly though. Sorry that your day yesterday was not good as well. I love Week 4 of Meso 2 for those shorter workouts....and they really burn the muscles too. Great job pressing on with STS given everything right now.

Thelma, great workouts! Glad you are enjoying the change from all that heavy lifting. I am as well. And my body is really liking the break. I love that your DH is working outside. I think once I got used to all the distractions I could probably work outside. My problem would be when the weather turned and I had to come inside again. I could be outside forever I think. I am praying for your aunt and hoping she feels well enough to reach out to you again soon.

Laurie, sounds like a good workout. I imagine having everybody back at work is going to be interesting for awhile. I have no doubt that those of you who have been there throughout have a level of comfort far different from those who have been at home. Hopefully a good compromise can be reached for everybody.

Tami, hope you are well.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, my workouts today were Tae Bo, Yoga Basics, and LITE Body Weight and Bands and Bonus and Bonus Triceps Pyramid. It's a good thing I had watched the entire Tae Bo workout last night because after 6 minutes it froze this morning, and it didn't come back until 20 minutes later. I just kept moving around doing the moves I remembered Billy doing. I had my boxing gloves on too. I really enjoyed the band workout and my triceps are feeling it.

Our temps were much cooler today. After 10 minutes out on the deck, I came back in because I was cold. Funny how our bodies have acclimated to these temps. 56 degrees this morning felt like 40 degrees back in MA! LOL. The forecast claimed we'd get thunderstorms yesterday and today and it just didn't happen.

Thank you for praying for my aunt. She told my other aunt that she is thinking of quitting her job because she is tired. This isn't good news at all. She's going to sink deeper into depression. She hasn't told me about this idea so I can't say anything.

This is a picture I took from inside the house as the sun was going down one night. Ignore DH's big head! LOL


That is the view from every window on the side facing the mountains which include our bedroom, our workout, and guest rooms.

Laurie, great job with Kelly's workout!
I don't even know when the bug stuck to me because I didn't see any bugs flying around. So far we've been lucky with pestering bugs, but we see some weird looking ones. When I'm on the deck and I hear the fountains go, I sit down and enjoy the sound. On the driveway side of the deck, we have the big bird feeders, and on the mountain side, we have the hummingbird feeders.
Thank you so much for praying for my aunt Laurie. She needs all the help she can get.

There was nothing Boogie about Jessica's workout as far as I am concerned but it was really good. The Tae Bo workout I posted is really good. He uses the step and those bands that go around your shoes. I used to have them but I must've gotten rid of them.

Erika, sorry work is upsetting you. Good for you for working out! Don't you just love it when you get a short STS workout? LOL
I love birdwatching too. We're always looking out the window facing the driveway to see what kind of creature is out there. I'm so glad you're enjoying your birdbaths! Isn't that fountain sound so soothing? Did you get your mom to buy one too?
Thank you for keeping my aunt in your prayers. I really appreciate that!

Laurel, fantastic workout combo! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This metabolic week is not something I expected to enjoy but I am loving it. I actually have DOMS! I feel like I want to repeat it for a month! LOL. I'm so glad you are enjoying it too.

I don't know that I could ever fully focus if I worked out on the deck. We are fortunate that the sun doesn't hit the deck until about 3 PM so DH can be out there most of the day. Sometimes he's out there even when it's raining because it is covered.
I so appreciate those prayers for my aunt. Thank you!

Tami, I'm so glad things are good and that you had a nice quiet and relaxing Saturday!

Great job getting your workouts in even when you're working so hard at work! Congrats on your 200th Peloton ride and for beating your own record! Yaay!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a fun one. I started with Muscle Meltdown Biceps, then I did two of my favorite Live workouts—Cardio HiiT Metabolic and Cathe Live 200. These workouts are really different than the ones I did on Monday as these workouts, while having short cardio blasts, really focused more on compound moves or weighted moves for the heart rate. It was a great workout, and I felt so good after I went for an hour long walk. It is so cool and dry right now that I can’t not be outside enjoying this. I was thinking when I was walking yesterday that the weather reminded me of winter in Florida....sunny, nicely warm and not humid. Love it! I know the humidity will be back soon, though.

Tami, thanks for checking in. Congratulations on you 200th ride!! That is amazing. And you picked a tough one to do it! I have awhile before I get to 200, but I also think my numbers are skewed since I have started adding a cool down ride after nearly every ride. Doesn’t seem quite right to count a five minute cool down as a ride. But I will still celebrate when I get to 200! Yay for reading a book! I go in fits and starts with it, that’s for sure.

Thelma, great workouts! I am glad you mentioned DOMS, because I am really feeling this week. But even though I am sore, I don’t have that tired feeling I was getting some weeks in our last rotation. I am so glad you are enjoying this metabolic week. We have four of them in these eight weeks that you can do whatever you want! What a fantastic photo. If I were you, I would never want to leave home again (and not because of the virus). So beautiful and peaceful.

Laurie, sounds like a good workout even with the music issues. I must admit that it took me getting out and about to not be quite as concerned about being out and about. That said, there is a big difference between my feeling comfortable at the grocery store at 8:00am where 90% of the people are in masks and what DH and I saw out on Memorial Day weekend. I have never liked crowds, and that hasn’t improved with COVID. But I feel if everybody is smart, this virus can be somewhat contained. The resistance to face masks is the one thing I don’t quite understand, especially for things like shopping. I understand wearing one at work all day if you aren’t around people would be a pain. But for quick errands and such....I don’t get it. But maybe that’s because I kind of like the anonymity a face mask gives me. My introverted personality is really thriving with some of this, I will be honest.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, today's workouts were Gina B. Low Impact Cardio, Beginner Gentle, LITE Rev’d Up Rumble and Pyramid Pump Shoulders, and Revive and Restore Yoga.

We had a very nice partly sunny day, but on the cooler side. No rain again!

Laurie, great job with the Kickboxing workout! My instructors don't play music during the Zoom classes because we either can't hear the music or the instructor at home.

Billy didn't offer options on that workout for those who don't have the bands.
I'm glad you liked our view. I get easily distracted by the view. How nice that you have a fountain too! They really help in masking sounds. Thank you again for your prayers.

Laurel, great workouts today and good job for getting a one-hour long walk too! The weather has been really nice here too.

I totally agree with you about feeling sore but not tired. I think our bodies required more breaks from heavy lifting now!
I'm glad you liked the picture. I just noticed that there were hummingbirds at both feeders on that picture. The view is very distracting. It never gets old. I think this is why we've been OK all this time we've been sheltering in place.

Tami, great job with the KCM workouts!
You're welcome to come and stay at our house anytime! Can you believe we had no idea we were buying that view? When we came to see the house the fog was so thick that we could barely see the trees across from the house. Since we loved the house so much we were OK giving up the view we wanted so much. We didn't know we had a view until our closing day when we came to do our last walkthrough! Our jaws hit the ground when we arrived here and saw the view. LOL

Hi Erika!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, my workouts today were Gina B 2000 Steps, Yoga Ab Blast,
and LIS Total Body Trisets and Pyramid Pump Biceps. I was really dragging today and forced myself to do the LIS Total Body Trisets workout, but it was not what was on my schedule so I had a senior moment and picked the wrong workout! LOL

Laurie, great workout! How does the radon system work? Is it some kind of alarm? How exciting about the new roof! Leaving the garage door open can be a big problem with critters getting in there.
Congrats on preordering Kelly's new workouts!!

We really are spoiled with our good production DVDs! Jessica has a good system going for sure. Gina B is also very good. The workout that froze on me wasn't Billy's issue. I think it had to do with our crappy internet service here in the mountains. There was a video where he didn't even know where the stereo system was so he could start the music! LOL. I still can't get over the decor in his house. It is so wrong and so dated. I think he didn't give options on the bands because it was only a 30-minute workout.
If you have Cathe's LITE series you should see how she uses the bands to do the same thing Billy does with those elastic bands.

Erika, sorry your son is sick! Good idea to have kept him home! I hope he's feeling better now. Good for you for getting your STS workout in after the crazy day you had!

Thanks so much for the view comments. We feel very blessed to have it.
I've been loving my workouts this week a lot! I had to keep going with my morning cardio workout even though it froze because I had a Zoom class in 25 minutes and I didn't have time to find another workout. I've found that if I do a little cardio first thing in the morning, it helps to wake my body up.

Laurel, great workouts! OMG, I don't think I would ever pick the 87-minute premix! Good for you! Great idea to have those dead trees removed before they cause any damage. I can't believe the people your neighbor hired to remove the trees left the dead tree in his yard!

I found that the Pyramid Pump body part segments can be very effective if you use heavier weights than what Cathe is suggesting. You would probably have to repeat the segment a couple of times.
I really liked the Biceps segment I did today.

Have a great weekend ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was ICE Muscle Meltdown Shoulders followed by XT Supercuts. I did my own version of ‘extreme’ with this workout because I don’t like that Cathe actually dropped a couple of core moves in her ‘extreme’ version. And my version was also shorter. I repeated 12 moves instead of the 18 she repeats. After a bit of a break, I also did a 30 minute Climb ride from Peloton.

Thelma, great workouts! That LiS Trisets workout is a tough one to pick on a day you were dragging. Great job with it. Thank you for your feedback on the Pyramid Pump single body part segments. I had wondered if maybe doubling them would make it feel more effective. I might give them a try during one of these metabolic/circuit weeks, though, just to see how they feel.

Laurie, great workout! I had toyed between doing that one this morning or Supercuts, and decided on the latter only because I know it has been forever since I last did it. But I still like the LITE workout better. So it sounds like DH and I aren’t the only ones struggling with critters this year. Between the raccoons, squirrels and chipmunks, I am almost ready to turn over the keys to the house to them all. I hope those sonic devices work. We used those for mice in Colorado and that, plus traps, did get rid of them.

Hope you enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you all the last couple days. Wednesday I went home and did a nice Peloton ride, short and sweet. DH was making dinner so I felt I needed to cut it short. Yesterday was PHA 3 and no workout tonight, headed to the family property celebrate Father’s Day with the in-laws and my BIL/SIL and step son, his girlfriend and little girl. Should be really nice and the weather is supposed to be fantastic!

Thelma: Awesome job with all your workouts this week and the variety as well. Thank you for the kudos on my KCM workout. It was really a great mix and reminded me every time I do her workouts how much I like the moves in them + the KB is always fun. I love that story about not even knowing you had a million $$$ view from your house. That is so great. I am sure you were both in total shock. How is your aunt doing?

Laurie: Way to go with the workouts this week as well! Are you excited to start the “Look Great in 8” rotation? As I told Laurel, this will be me hitting the reset button once again and get UP in the early a.m. so I get those workouts in. Some week nights are ok, but it is nice to have a little more freedom in the evenings to do a bike ride.
Help keep me on track!! I went ahead and pre-ordered those KCM DVD’s also! I am such a sucker, but they do look like workouts I will really enjoy.

Erika: Sounds like you are crazy busy in every direction right now! I know the feeling (at least in the work dept.) hang in there friend! Good job pushing through and getting that leg workout in. Your weekend sounds like it will be very relaxing and much needed down time.

Laurel: Good grief on me being behind “again” … although I did do whatever feels good all week and enjoyed each one I picked, so really I am right with the “Team” here, right? Thanks for letting me know. I plan on starting Sunday if I am not too tired from camping and depends when we get back too. WOWSA on the 87 min pre-mix! I love that Metabolic Total Body workout, I will have to look closer at some of those pre-mixes. One that long will be for a Sat or Sun but sounds fantastic. Your ICE Muscle Meltdown Shoulders followed by XT Supercuts sounds like another long workout but great combo! Way to work!

Have a great weekend ladies! Talk to you on Monday

Tami

Morning Ladies,

Had a nice weekend, I finished the quilt that I started for Rocket. At first he wasn't so sure about it, but he was laying on it yesterday. So I was busy finishing that up on Saturday. On Sunday we went to a party for my niece and nephew. My niece turned 16 and my nephew celebrated his confirmation. It was a hot sunny day, and I manged to burn myself. Probably because we did the top down on the convertible. It was nice to have the car out and about.

This week is the roof tear off and replacement. I'm going to send Rocket to an extra day of daycare, because he would be going crazy inside the house watching these people in his yard.

This morning was Total Body Trisets ~ Total Body Scrambled Express. Good workout, and I don't think that I have every tried the scrambled premix before.

Laurel, Nice that you made that workout yours! I have not done Supercuts in quite a while either, so might have to put that one on the agenda for a different week. I have that same feeling about the critters, and I think that DH is also feeling that way. I just hope these measures work to get some control.

Erika, Very glad to hear that your DS probably doesn't have C19. Of course each person is different, but still a good thing. Interesting that your Dr's are not seeing in person yet. Everyone that I know of has been in for their physicals, and the doctors are calling them if they had appointments. Your ds's symptoms are different, and that they probably don't want someone with a fever at the office. I love the sound of your day, sometimes you just have to take the time to do those normal things. It is nice to get all these house projects taken care of, they have been on our list of things for a while.

Tami, Great job on your workouts! Very nice that you where able to visit with your family. I know that I have seen my brothers and sisters a lot more during all of this than I have in previous years. Guess having everything cancelled, the only thing to do is visit family. I think I'm feeling that same way with the reset button. I'm looking forward to doing some more structure, but doing workouts that I want to do. I think that you will not regret the purchase. She posted some information, and it looks like instead of just two 30 min. workouts, she is giving three. And a bunch of premixes. At least that is what Kelly said.

Thelma, So glad that you had a wonderful weekend. Now I need to know what would be your favorite thing to purchase at the Mexican Bakery. I'm sure that it had to be a wonderful surprise to find that. I make my own creations with flowers also, and yours has some really good color to it. The steak sounds great, and I'm sure that it tasted fantastic. Awesome job on your workouts! We usually keep our garage doors closed, but dh leaves one open when he is working in there. Those critters just come on in while he is in there.

Here is the quilt!



Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Mine was pretty quiet, but also a nice blend of productive and relaxing. I got some work done around the house and garden, but also managed to finish both a puzzle and a book. In other words, it was a win-win for me. For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith Interval Walk followed by 45 minutes of yoga with Peloton. Yesterday was Muscle Max followed by a 30 minute spin. Today.....I revised my initial plan, which was to do a mat workout. Just isn’t going to happen this week, so I revised it to Barre instead. I keep trying to want to do those long mat workouts of Cathe’s (like ICE To The Mat), but it still isn’t happening. So today’s workout was Cathe Live Lower Body Barre and Weights followed by Cathe Live All Low Impact Kickboxing and HiiT Plus Core. This latter workout was filmed a couple of weeks ago and is a really nice moderate workout, which was perfect for today. I am going to admit that I am loving these Cathe Live One-On-One workouts. I will be happy to see her class back if that means the situation with the virus is better, but, for right now, I am loving this option.

Tami, hope you enjoyed your weekend with family and that the weather stayed good for it. Great workouts! And, yes, you are definitely with the Team now! Of course you are always with the Team here.

Thelma, beautiful flowers! I am glad you enjoyed the weekend and got out and about a bit. The steak sounds wonderful! I am sorry to hear your aunt is still suffering so. But grief is a process that just can’t be rushed. Great job with the workouts.

Laurie, I love that quilt! The colors are so bright, and it has a doggie pattern, right? I enlarged it, and I think I can see a puppy with its tongue out. Too cute! I have no doubt Rocket will grow to love it. Glad you enjoyed the day out with family despite the sunburn. I hope everything goes well with the roof this week. Not a fun process, but so nice when it is done. Great workout this morning!

Erika, I love the sound of your weekend with your DS. To spend a weekend with a teenager like that, and have them be a willing participant speaks volumes about your relationship with your sons. I am glad he is feeling better and the doc was pretty sure it wasn’t COVID. I am also glad your DH and youngest enjoyed their weekend away. Great job getting in the Meso 2 workout despite moving furniture! King beds are NO fun to move, that’s for sure. But I bet it’s nice to have a new bed.

So the tree guys showed up this morning just after 10:00am, and 90 minutes later, both trees are down! Now they just need to chop them and load them on their trailer. Amazing how quickly that happened.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, my workouts today were Gina B 60's Power Walk, Barre, and STS Total Body. I really like the ab work on this STS workout.

We more rain storms today. I have no idea how many inches we've gotten so far but it rained pretty hard.

You ladies wanted to know about the Mexican pastries I got. They are called Conchas (seashell). They are as popular as tortillas in Mexico and they are delicious. When DH and I used to vacation in Mexico the first thing we did was find the best bakery in town. We'd buy conchas and would have them with iced coffee for breakfast. There's another pastry I like which is the same thing some places in the US call elephant ears. It's a flaky pastry with sugar on top but this particular bakery didn't have them.
When you go to a Mexican bakery they have plastic trays, like the ones you'd see in a cafeteria. You take a tray and a pair of tongs to grab the pastries or bread with. When you pay the cashier will put the bread in paper bags for you.
I didn't read this entire article but it seems pretty good
https://www.eater.com/2016/2/19/11054298/conchas-mexico-pastry

The marinade I used for the steak is called Mojo and the taste it gave the meat reminded me of the taste of carne asada (grilled steak) in a Mexican restaurant. You can get it in the international section of the supermarket. I'm used to seeing an entire section for the Goya products. I'm sure you can find it at Walmart, Target, Amazon if you can't find it locally.
https://www.goya.com/en/products/mojo-criollo-marinade

I have a mammogram and a bone density test on Thursday. I'm not looking forward to going to the hospital. I'm worried about this virus getting out of control again.

Laurie, I'm glad you had a nice weekend. Great workout! That premix is the one I did on Sunday.

It was a wonderful surprise to have found a real Mexican bakery here. That quilt is absolutely beautiful!!! I'm glad Rocket started using it. I just read Laurel's comments on the doggy pattern! I see the white and black dog too, just like Rocket!
Good idea to send him to daycare an extra day because he will also be upset about the banging that will probably go on all day. DH leaves the garage open when he's working outside too. He just has to make sure there are no critters inside before he closes the door.

Erika, I'm so glad you had such a wonderful weekend with your boy. How nice that he loved the quality time you spent together! I can't imagine how hard it is to move a king-size bed! We are stuck with our king size log bed. God knows how much it weighs but there's no moving this thing. I think they put it together in the bedroom.
I'm glad your DH and your youngest boy had a wonderful weekend too. it really was a win-win situation for both your boys to have you guys 1 on 1. I bet you feel renewed after a nice weekend you had. Great job with the KCM workout!

If you ever find a Mexican bakery you have to buy some Conchas! DH and I are loving our new planters. We arranged 5 planters and each one is different. I'm going to buy 10 more plants for two more planters. Thank God for those express workouts!

Laurel, I'm so glad you had such a nice and productive weekend! Wow, lady! Great workouts too!
I am actually thinking of doing that Ice to the mat workout tomorrow. I loved the STS Total Body workout today.

Thanks for the flowers comment! I'm afraid my aunt will never stop grieving. I know it can't be rushed. I just wish there was more I could do for her. I've been meaning to ask you about your hair. Did you color it yet? You should see how gray my hair is now! My hair texture is definitely changing. Gray hair seems very thirsty so I have to discover new hair products that will hydrate this hair. My hair is also long. My last haircut was in February! I going to schedule a haircut when I heard the virus is spreading like crazy again, so that won't happen anytime soon.

Tami, I'm so glad you had a nice weekend. Too bad it rained but I'm sure your FIL loved having the family together. Awww! Poor Bernie being so exhausted. At least he loved the attention! You are having nice weather now! We've had a lot of rain and there a couple of rain-free hours today. Great workouts! I love that STS Total Body workout!

It sounds like it was a very special time for your in-laws to have everyone together. Since DH and I have been locked up in the house since mid-March the little outing on Friday was huge for us! LOL
I don't know if my aunt will ever get over my uncle's death. She definitely doesn't want to do anything except grieve. I'm sure she is going to quit her job. We didn't hear from her today; which tells me she had a bad day.

Goonight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies ~ Today was KCM Body Shop. Planning on getting in a Peloton ride when I get home.

Thelma: YAY STS Total Body! We were all on the same wave length with that one…. As Laurel said and I agree, it is one of her best Total Body workouts I think. Do you think your aunt will be able to come visit you anytime soon? Not sure what the restrictions are on her coming to the US, but that might really help her to get away and be with you and your DH.

Laurie: Way to go with CF’s ACE HiiT/Core. That sounds like a perfect combo. I saw those great pre-mixes on her STS workout; i did the one minus abwork, just due to time. Love total body workouts. I am also looking at what everyone is picking this week for the Total Body. Gives me great ideas moving forward. I forgot to ask, are you going to keep that quilt or give it away as a gift?

Erika: Way to go with your KCM workout! After you mentioning her again and my workout last week had me thinking this a.m. would be a great time to get another one out. Yes, of course it will be nice ALL week while I am inside and no windows. But I did get out for lunch today and sat in a local park to eat my lunch and it was so nice. I am shocked that I started a book and am nearly finished. I love to read but just don’t have the time in the evenings. This might inspire me to read another one this summer maybe. We will see. Sometimes I start them and then it is so long I have to start over or just never get back to it. LOL

Laurel: We are all definitely on the same wave length with STS Total Body this week. Way to go following it up with a nice spin. It is a tough workout forsure; I always go heavy with my weights and my HR is up forsure. Feels great though. Bernie seems back to himself this a.m. which is good. Poor guy. I cannot believe he is now 13 yrs old. He is doing better than Emma was at 13 though, so that is encouraging for me. I can understand why you would feel nervous about getting your hair cut. If my BFF wasn’t my hair dresser I think I would have kept putting it off forsure.

Have a great evening ladies! Talk to you tomorrow . . . Tami

Morning Ladies,

This morning was Michelle Dozois One-on-One Total Body. I really do like this one, and I can go heavy and get a good workout done in 30 Min. My kind of workout.

Our roof is delayed by one day, but they did deliver the shingles yesterday. I had to laugh at DH, because he was so happy that they where delivered. I'm sure that he is just glad that the roof will be done, and we don't have to worry about it anymore.

Erika, Love the sound of your day and evening. I love that workout, because I think that Kelly's favorite moves are mine too. We are having cool temps right now, but unlike you we can't open our windows because of our radon test. I'm sure once you get the want to start quilting you will do fine. I really spent a lot of time on youtube, checking out some techniques before I started. I recommend this site https://youtube.com/channel/UCL-lWGVL6aKLiwWWbFr19Fw She has a lot of great advice. Also check out https://youtube.com/channel/UCWnhR7raxVFDHmDXqCIzuAwThe CF ACE workouts are all really good. I do like her, but just couldn't justify having her steam since I didn't use it enough.

Laurel, Great job on the workouts. Bummer on the tree debris not being removed. I'm sure that they will be back for that $$, and I'm sure that they will do a great job of getting the trees out when the weather cooperates. I hope that the C19 in your area starts to go down soon so that you can get your hair cut. I almost forgot to mention that Tony Horton has youtube workouts that you might be interested in. I have not looked at them, because a lot of them appear to be very long. Just thought that you might want to venture over at some point to check them out.

Tami, Nice workouts! Everyone is doing some really good ones this week, or at least all the ones that I like. I'm trying to get at least one core/cardio workout in each week. I tend to avoid those just ab workouts. I like to mix it up a little with cardio, but of course I will never be doing the CCC one from Cathe. I'm going to be keeping the quilt, Rocket was playing with it this morning so that means that he likes it. He is a goof, and any toy that he really likes he pounces on and runs away. He will do that about 5 times before he wears himself out.

Thelma, Wonderful job on your workouts! I will have to schedule that Tae Bo workout into my rotation. Thank you for the information on the conchas. There is a bakery in the city near us, we do have a high Hispanic population in our area. I don't tend to go into bakeries, but will have to check them out. The pictures that have been posted look tempting. I'm still in the beginning stages of dd's quilt. I have a very large amount of fabrics that I have ordered online. I only went to the one fabric store, but have not ventured into the other one that is near me. I will have to check them out sometime next week when I'm on vacation. DD is doing really well at work, she is only working 3 days, but in those three days she made the same amount of $ as when she worked 5 days. She has been really busy in those 3 days.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout involved two workouts I haven’t done in forever....and I really enjoyed both. I did LIS Turbo Barre followed by Shock Cardio Step Moves. My opinion of both workouts has really changed in the 8 or 9 years since they came out. I used to be bored to tears with Turbo Barre, but I really appreciate how thorough it is now. And I thought Step Moves was overly complex, and now I think it is just pure fun. I suppose this is why I hold on to some workouts forever even when I don’t like them!

Tami, sounds like another great workout. I definitely agree that STS Total Body works almost as a cardio workout because my HR gets so high in it. But I also somehow manage to feel like I have gotten a great strength workout too, and I think that is what makes it so good. And tough. Yes, our virus situation here is just not good. Our county is barely holding its own, and even with that, our hospitals have more patients now than they have had throughout all this....and the numbers keep going up. The mayor of Huntsville is considering a mandatory face mask order, which I think he might have to do sooner rather than later. One of our biggest issues is we have two counties (one on either side of us) with a fraction of our population but much higher caseloads. One county’s cases have been due, in part, to a meat processing plant. But the other county, they have studied it and it is pure community spread. And since we are the city in between, well, a lot of people living in those counties work and shop here. The salon I go to is very near to the county line for that latter county, and that makes me a little more concerned than I otherwise might be. But, thankfully, our city officials are finally admitting that they are getting a tad concerned, and that gives me hope we can start mitigating the spread again, at least here.

Thelma, great workouts! I am definitely feeling my legs today too. I walked around the house after Turbo Barre to see if they would stop quivering so I could get on my step. But it is a good kind of worked feeling and not an overworked kind of feeling right now. Like you, we are getting lots of rain this week, but we really needed it. I am not really trying to control the frizz in my hair either, especially with DH gone. I am the only person who sees me some days, so I kind of just let it go. I think it might actually be a little healthier than it has been for awhile since I am not doing anything to it, which is good.

Laurie, great workout! I am sorry your roof was delayed, but getting the shingles delivered shows progress. And progress is good. I don’t think the tree guys are going to be back until Friday, which surprised me a bit yesterday when I called to ask. But with the rain, they might be getting back logged (no pun intended ). So I did my best to move the pieces I could budge off our grass so it doesn’t die. It is amazing how heavy some of those pieces are! I don’t envy them having to get them up the hill and out of our yard, that’s for sure. Thank you for the information on Tony’s workouts! I will definitely check those out.

Erika, great workout! And yay for buying a new house!! I agree that the process can be crazy, but if you find the right one.....oh so worth it. No doubt it will be some work taking care of two homes, but it can also be a fantastic experience for all of you. How exciting! Unfortunately the weather is rainy, which has me inside more than I prefer. But I still eat dinner every night on the deck because I just need that time outside. The other night it was raining and blustery, but, thankfully the wind wasn’t blowing towards the deck so I was able to stay dry.

Until tomorrow.

Laurel