I keep hearing all this hoopla about Entrecard, so I went and signed myself up, added their little widget to my sidebar and all that jazz… and now I’m wondering… what do I do next?
Does anyone else have an entrecard? Let’s exchange cards and be all cool kid-like!
Has anybody else noticed that all workout dvds are secretly just aerobics, in some weird form or another.
Today I tried the 10 Minutes Solutions: Kickboxing Bootcamp: aka Step Aerobics Plus Punching. I never even got to the kicking part, if it was there. I jumped around for two and a half minutes punching the air, trying not to look like a complete tool, and also trying not to trip myself. I failed. A few times. And why call it kick boxing if I don’t get to kick anything – they should have called it hopping and punching boxing. I mean maybe there was kicking later, after the 2.5 minutes that I watched, but honestly, does that matter at this point?
Before that I tried Just My Size Yoga (hey the JMS jeans I bought are awesome, I figured it couldn’t hurt) and that DVD wasn’t aerobics, but it also wasn’t exercise. At least not calorie burning exercise. Any calories I burned while being a majestic tree, I gained back quickly with the water I drank afterwards (or the cookies, chips or ice cream, one of those). I actually kind of liked Yoga For Fat Chicks, but that’s probably because it was mostly easy and I didn’t break a sweat or find myself sort of stepping frantically in any direction possible, hoping I was still following along somehow. And probably if it’s easy it’s not worth it? I don’t know. Did I mention the ridiculous one piece body suit she’s wearing in this thing?
Before that was the 10 Minute Solutions: Fat Blasting Dance Mix, which was basically aerobics with silly music. My son thought it was really funny to see mommy dance, but probably because I was doing such a terrible job. I’m not coordinated – I can shake and jiggle, but not to a specific set of movements in a specific amount of time. And you see that happy peppy girl on the cover? Yeah, I kind of hate her for being happy and peppy while dancing, although in this picture she probably isn’t dancing, but posing to look like she’s dancing. Or she’s a robot. Definitely one of those.
All these workout DVDs kind of remind me of the Very Silly Songs! Veggie Tales video where Larry thinks he’s doing the first ever workout video…so he begins the workout by hopping to the left, right, front, and back in time to stereotypical workout music. Then he jumps on a trampoline and tells the viewers that if they don’t have a trampoline, they can just use an old rug and a pair of slinkies … Then after jumping higher and higher, he hits his head on the cupboards… over and over and over….
Yeah that’s what workout DVDs are like for me…
I think it’s pretty obvious to me that these 10 Minute Solutions DVDs are not for the unfit sloths like myself. They mean to fit a 60 minute workout into 10 minutes, as opposed to creating a 10 minute workout that you can do in 10 minutes before going off to buy twinkies…
So about a month or two ago I washed my towels (the white ones – yeah you know this is going to end badly, don’t you?) with my husband’s brand new jeans (the jeans look mad hot on him btw, I know you were wondering) which are a deep dark blue. I don’t think I have to spell this out for you. My white towels became this really ugly dingy tye dye blue color. Then there were some added brownish rust / blood stains – I really don’t want to know, but the point is, I couldn’t get them out and they looked nasty. My white towels were white no more.
What’s the point of washing your towels if they are going to look like the cat we don’t have dragged them through the I don’t know what? And whose idea was it to buy white towels anyway? Seriously? I won’t even wear white because I’m not stupid. So I told dh we needed to buy new towels. And he said no.
So the next week I told dh we needed to buy new towels. And he said no.
So the next week I told dh we needed to buy new towels. And he said no.
So the next week I told dh we needed to buy new towels. And he said no.
So the next week I told dh we needed to buy new towels. And he said, fine go and see if anything is on sale. So I drove to Bed Bath and Beyond and just didn’t like anything. What color was my shower curtain again? I realized I didn’t really know, but that it was crucially important. So I went home and took a picture with my camera phone. But never made it back to the store that weekend.
Since then every time I’ve gone to a store – you know like Target, Walmart, anywhere that sells towels basically, I’d check and every time they’d be hideous or expensive or perfect except they don’t have a complete set. And just when I was about to give up all hope ever…
This weekend I dragged dh to Linens’n'Things to look for a new drying rack for our dishes (which we didn’t get there, we found that at Target later) I found them. The perfect towels. On. Sale. Seriously. Like $3 for bath towels, $1 for the little ones, etc. They had a full set. I pulled up the picture on my camera phone – oh yes, they match. Check out my new lovelies:
See how well they match the shower curtain? It was meant to be.
They even match my pretty Method hand soap! I think we’ll keep them!
I saw this meme at Jenni’s blog @ Jiggety Jigg who found it at Jen’s blog @ Keep It Classy and then again at my bestie Ange’s @ Red Knows How. I really want to be the third Jen to fill this out, so I’d better hurry before Jen @ Daily Mish Mash or Jen @ Stuff Jen Says sees it!
How old are you?
What is you middle name?
Marie
Where would you like to travel to?
Niagara Falls (I’m going for possible options)
Where were you born?
Long Beach
What is your favorite color?
green
I don’t think I’ve done a BTT in a while, but I saw that my very bestie Ange @ Red Knows How did it this week and I was all, “Someone beat me to a meme!!!” and “Holy crikey, it’s a good one!!!!” so you know I had to stop throwing out random exclamation points and just join in already.
What was the last book you bought?
I really should remember that, right? I am going to guess that it was Breaking Dawn but I could be wrong. But I’m probably right because what else would be worthy of my hardly earned thus hardly there cash than this:
Name a book you have read MORE than once
That’s a pretty tough one to answer – there are a lot of books that I love and think about constantly but not many that I actually read more than once. But here are a two:
Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it?
Nothing comes to mind sorry. I think every book you read changes you a little bit, but I can’t think of one book that just completely changed me. At least not yet. The closest would be French Women Don’t Get Fat – while it certainly hasn’t made me French or skinny, there were a couple lines that made me re-think my eating habits at least a little bit. The biggest being that if you are going to put it in your body it should be amazing and really worth it. I don’t always remember it, but sometimes I do and I’m glad. If you are going to indulge, REALLY indulge, you know?
How do you choose a book? eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews
Lots of ways! I get the Borders newsletters via email, I keep a list on GoodReads.com and see what some of my friends are reading, I read a few book blogs – one of my favorites is 5 Minutes for Books, I browse the aisles of bookstores or I ask my bestie what she’s reading, cause it’s usually good!
Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction?
I prefer fiction but I try to read both
What’s more important in a novel – beautiful writing or a gripping plot?
I guess the plot, but good writing (not necessarily beautiful, but GOOD) is also very important. At a certain point you have to get picky – I read a lot but I don’t have time to read everything – it has to be good in both regards.
Most loved/memorable character (character/book)
I’m gonna go with Stephanie Plum but there are a lot of good characters I’ve read it’s hard to choose!
Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?
Right now I’m reading Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde, then I plan to read In The Hand of The Goddess by Tamora Pierce
What was the last book you’ve read, and when was it?
Breaking Dawn was the last book I finished, and according to my list I finished it September 25.
Have you ever given up on a book half way in?
Yes, it definitely happens – the last book I abandoned was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. For details on why, check out my review here.
