Trip to Margaritaville

Last night was the much anticipated Jimmy Buffett concert.  For those of you who don't know much about Buffett, his concerts are more like events than just concerts.  Because he sings about a laid-back lifestyle, living on the beach, being a sailor and drinking rum, his loyal followers, Parrotheads, show up to the concerts in most outrageous attire. 

Well, if you know me you know that I love that kind of stuff so, of course, I had to dress up, too. 

Scott really wasn't into the spirit so we made him put on this flowered bra.

Marissa and Jeff were there, too.

I have to say, though, we really didn't like the concert that much.  He didn't play some of his biggest classics and there were way too many breaks in between the songs he did play.

Like with a lot of destinations, though, part of the fun is actually getting there.  And, man, did we see some interesting things on our trip to Margaritaville . . .

Trainer Workout #9

Warm up for 5 minutes. Nothing too strenuous.


Do the following set all the way through:
-Using a 30lb dumbbell, squat down, hold the weight between your legs. Squat down and touch the weight to the ground. Make sure to keep your chest up.
-20 push-ups
-20 flyes (I used 10lb weights)
-Lay a small barbell (I used 30lbs) on the ground. Placing your hands in front of the barbell, do a Up/Down. Then do a press above your head with the barbell. 20x
-20 barbell presses above your head.


Rest 3-4 minutes


Do the following set all the way through:
-Using a 50lb dumbbell, squat down, hold the weight between your legs. Squat down and touch the weight to the ground. Make sure to keep your chest up.
-Using 2 30lb dumbbells, place them on the ground standing side. Balance yourself on the weights, do a small push-up. Walk each hand down to the ground and then back up to the weights. 20x
-20 flyes (I used 10lb weights)
-Lay a small barbell (I used 30lbs) on the ground. Placing your hands in front of the barbell, do a Up/Down. Then do a press above your head with the barbell. 20x
-20 barbell presses above your head.


Rest 3-4 minutes


Do the following set all the way through:
 -Using a 50lb dumbbell, squat down, hold the weight between your legs. Squat down and touch the weight to the ground. Make sure to keep your chest up.
 -Drop the weight and do 10 squats.
 -20 squat pulses
 -Sit in the squat position for 15-30 seconds.
 -15 squat jumps


Rest 1-2 minutes.


Do the following set all the way through:
-Using 2 30lb dumbbells, place them on the ground standing side. Balance yourself on the weights, do a small push-up. Walk each hand down to the ground and then back up to the weights. 20x.
-20 small push-ups while balaning yourself on the weights.

Rest 1-2 minutes


Do the following set all the way through:
-20 flyes
-Lay a small barbell (I used 30lbs) on the ground. Placing your hands in front of the barbell, do a Up/Down. Then do a press above your head with the barbell. 20x
-20 barbell presses above your head. (I used 20lb barbell)

Rest 3-4 minutes

Do the following:
-Lay face down on a leg curl machine, curl up (I did 30lbs) and hold for as long as possible. Repeat 10x

Rest 1-2 minutes


Do the following:
-Using a leg extension machine, extend your legs (I did 50lbs) and hold for as long as possible. Repeat 10x


Rest 1-2 minutes


Do the following:
-Using a leg curl machine, curl up your legs as fast as possible and then slowly lower them back down. Repeat 15x (I used 30lbs)


Do the following:
-Using a leg extension machine, extend your legs as fast as possible and then slowly lower them back down. Repeat 15x (I used 50lbs)


You are finished!!

Trainer Workout #8

Warm up for 5 minutes.  Nothing too strenuous.


20 lunges
20 squats
20 overhead press using dumbells
20 flies using dumbells


Utilizing a boxing bag or dummy, beat the crap out of it for about 10 minutes.  Try different combinations.


Rest 1-2 minutes.


20 sit ups


Utilizing a boxing bag or dummy, do the following rotation moving up by 2's:
 -Face the bag, punch left then punch right.  Squat
 -Alternate punches left/right 4 x (2 on each side).  Squat
 -Alternate punches left/right 6 x (3 on each side).  Squat
 -Alternate punches left/right 8 x (4 on each side).  Squat
 -Continue until you work your way up to 20x (10 on each side)


Rest 1-2 minutes.


"Lunge Around the World".  Alternating legs, lunge 15-20 yards out and back.  (We have a big circle at my gym which equals about 30-35 lunges on each side--I didn't count)


Rest 1-2 minutes.


Utilizing a boxing bag or dummy, do the following:
 -20 jabs on left, 20 jabs on right (not alternating)
 -20 uppercuts on left, 20 uppercuts on right (not alternating)
 -20 punches on left, 20 punches on right (not alternating)
 -20 side punches on left, 20 side punches on right (not alternating)


Rest 1 minute


20 "Rocky" sit-ups
20 Push-ups
20 Regular sit-ups


"Lunge Around the World"


Rest 2-3 minutes


Utilizing a boxing bag or dummy, do the following rotation moving up by 2x's:


 -Face the bag, punch left then punch right. Up/Down


 -Alternate punches left/right 4 x (2 on each side). Up/Down
 -Alternate punches left/right 6 x (3 on each side). Up/Down
 -Alternate punches left/right 8 x (4 on each side). Up/Down
 -Continue until you work your way up to 20x (10 on each side)


*Up/Down-This is where you put your arms down like you are going to do a push-up, kick your legs back behind you in push-up position, jump back to where your arms are only in the push-up positio, stand up.


Rest 2-3 minutes


Do the following rotations, 3 x
 -Plank for 1 minute


You are finished!

Plop Plops for Gracie

Gracie loves to wear "plop-plops".  I went to Hobby Lobby the other day and decided to try to make her some cute ones for her birthday party/4th of July.  Not too bad for the 1st time.

Fantastic or Fraud??

I AM A FRAUD! 

This revelation finally hit me this week when on a play date with one of Kanin's school friends, the mom, JoAnna, kept saying things like, "I can't keep up with you" and "I don't know how you do it".  Then, later when I got home I saw that she had written a really nice blog about some of the different things that I've been doing and called it Inspiration.  That little blog was what made me want to
come clean.

On one hand, I guess I should be proud that I have made it look like I have everything together and still have time for other stuff (working out, 2 blogs, taking kids all around the city) but, in reality, when I do these things it takes away from other stuff that I should be doing like:
  -Laundry (washing, drying, folding, putting away.  Repeat)
  -Vacuuming the house (that takes a good 30-45 minutes)
  -Cleaning the kitchen/mopping the floors/cleaning out the refrigerator/unloading the dishwasher/loading the dishwasher
  -Making my bed (this never happens anymore)
  -Cleaning the bathrooms
  -Wiping down the baseboards
  -Cleaning the basement (this WILL be on my Clean House Project)
 
Then, there are other things that I need to do, as well:
  -Painting the kitchen, laundry room, stairwell and all rooms upstairs (the only rooms that have been painted since we moved in here are the office, dining room, family room and foyer)
  -Buying or finding curtains for EVERY room in the house except for the dining room
  -Putting pictures and other decorative items up on the walls (I'm just not good at this stuff)
  -Pulling weeds in front of the house

I haven't even gotten started on cleaning out closets, pricing stuff for a garage sale, organizing photos and putting them into albums, etc etc etc

Believe me, if you were to walk into my house on any day of the week (except for one when my parents come over to clean), my house is destroyed.  There are toys everywhere, dirty dishes in the sink, dishwasher/washer and dryer going, folded clothes waiting in a laundry basket to be carried upstairs so they can be put away, mail that needs to be sifted through, sippy cups that have been left in the middle of the floor, laundry baskets overflowing with clothes that need to be taken down to the laundry room, a playpen/bouncy seat and jump-a-roo taking up 1/4 of the family room, leftovers crammed into the refrigerator, a kitchen table that desperately needs to be wiped down and, once again, this list could go on and on.

When I worked outside of the home I had a motto "I work around my life, not live around my work".  I was never one of those super dedicated, over-achiever, give everything up for the company kind of people.  I did my job, I was proficient and gave it my best but if I had to choose between leaving on time to go be with my family and putting in an extra 30 minutes or hour for the company, the choice was easy.

I've carried this philosphy, I guess, into my new job of being a stay-at-home mom.  I don't want to be so up-in-arms about having a spotless house, perfectly manicured lawn and robot-like children that I forget about actually living and having fun and enjoying each day. 

I do still get annoyed when I spend an hour or so cleaning and look around the house and realize that I could have done absolutely nothing and the house would look the exact same way.  But, I am trying to remember that even though I am at home I still need to "Work around my life and not live around my work".  It's a lesson that I have to re-teach myself over and over.

So now that my lie is out there and I have confessed that I do not have my act together, everyone will realize that YOU are actually the Super Women out there and I am just skating by!!

 

Paddy Cake

This week Caleb learned to Paddy Cake.  Mom and Dad worked with him last weekend and he does it all of the time.  It is super cute!  (Click on the link below)

Caleb Paddy Cakeing

Lost Tooth and Drama

Kanin has had some teeth come loose lately and he constantly is messing with them.  We were lazing around today and Kanin had his t-shirt in his mouth and all of a sudden he started yelling, "My tooth came out!". 

After realizing with the tooth falling out there is also blood, we had a few moments of drama.  (See below)

I asked him if he was in any pain and he said no that he was just crying because there was blood. 

After rinsing out his mouth a few times, I finally got some good pics of him and his extra hole in his mouth.