Hey all. Not much to report had a good workout yesterday. I'm upto 25lbs for my chest presses on the ball and 35lbs for my wall squats. New personal best for me. I'm pretty proud of myself, consider that in November I was doing chest presses with 7.5lbs and found doing 3 set of 10 challenging. Now I'm doing 12 with 22.5lbs and 8-10 with the the 25lbs! I'm not a weakling anymore!!!! However, I am exceptionally sore this morning. I really can't wait to see what I'll feel like tomorrow.
I finally got all my crazy trips sorted out and things aren't as bad as I thought. I'm only in Ontario from Monday til late Thursday night and Montreal for one night. So I'm not really as stressed as I was a couple of days ago. Still going to be freakin busy (and I'm going to be so sick of flying), but it's better than it was.
Sweettart Congrats on the half mile. I'd love to run but after about 2minutes of slow jogging I get horrible horrible shin splints and nothing has helped them. But I'll keep trying. I'd love to convince my bf to take a dance class, but I don't think that will ever happen! I was surprised that he got me the cooking class. But he LOOOVES to eat gourmet food, so maybe I shouldn't be so shocked... As a side note, the gourment food is starting to show I was looking at him the other day and he's got a bit of a belly going on. He also told me that he thinks he shrunk a shirt in the dryer. We've all heard/said that one before....
Jill I'm so jealous of the new addition to your family
! I've wanted a dog for forever, but my schedule just doesn't work. I'm out of town to much and often leave my house at 5:30am and don't get home til close to 7pm.
The online classes are done through a fully accerdited canadian university called Athabasca University. They are a completely virtual campus. They offer several undergrad degrees and a couple of grad programs as well. You work at your own pace, complete exams at a testing center and email in all your assignments. Course start on the 1st of every month. It sounded like a good way to ease myself back into school and i can continue to work at the same time.
Stars Congrats on loosing weight while on vacation. That amazing. I hope I can chanel some of that and loose some while I'm on my crazy cross canada work thing...
Lizzy Hope you're feeling better. I know the scale probably won't last, but it's still nice to see isn't it?
Remember How are things going today. Did you make it to the gym? I modified a french onion soup recipe I found in a williams somma soup cookbook. I use equal parts red and white onion (all red is too sweet and all white doesn't have enough flavour) and leaks as well (all the white part and a a bit of the green). I carmelize the onions. This takes almost an hour, but gives it an awesome flavour. I also use a good quality dry white wine. But the most important part is a good quality beef stock. I generally make mine from scratch. I usually roast the beef bones first then boil them with a bit of meat and my spices. I'll leave the pot on the stove on simmer for the better part of a day. IPut the pot in the fridge over night and then in the morning I scrap off all the fat. A good homemade stock is the best.
Arts I hate people like that. I was always taught that if you're going to be even a minute late you call and let the person know. I would never just not show up (I once made a paramedic call my boss at the resturant to tell him that I wouldn't be able to work the lunch shift coz I was on route to the hospital. It didn't even enter my mind not to tell him that i was sick). Good luck with your project. Rehersals still going well?
Sassy Hope you enjoy your break!
