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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
running chaturanga
And they call this a "rest week". That core synergistics thing is the toughest workout I've done yet. Doing a bow with all my weight on my ribcage when I'm fighting for air to begin with is not what I'd call rest.
Monday, May 05, 2008
New baby pictures up
Check the baby blog for new photos if you want.
It is 10pm and I just got back from an all day training and then my Monday night class in Portland. I wanted to try working out again today but I would mean getting up at like 4:30am and that is not my cup of tea.
We planted the garden this weekend. We are doing beans, carrots, zucchini, tomato, garlic, peas, cucumber, artichoke and corn. And this year I also planted some glads and lilies down there to be used for cut flowers this summer. We also have our new raspberry patch in. I just hope it will get enough sun where we put it. I also got about 2/3 of the lawn mowed.
FYI, whoever cares, I think we are heading down to my mother's house for mother's day. I think.
Going to bed...
-Mel
It is 10pm and I just got back from an all day training and then my Monday night class in Portland. I wanted to try working out again today but I would mean getting up at like 4:30am and that is not my cup of tea.
We planted the garden this weekend. We are doing beans, carrots, zucchini, tomato, garlic, peas, cucumber, artichoke and corn. And this year I also planted some glads and lilies down there to be used for cut flowers this summer. We also have our new raspberry patch in. I just hope it will get enough sun where we put it. I also got about 2/3 of the lawn mowed.
FYI, whoever cares, I think we are heading down to my mother's house for mother's day. I think.
Going to bed...
-Mel
Thursday, May 01, 2008
P90X and other updates
Mel, I hope your stomach muscle is okay. Did you pull a muscle or was it just muscle fatigue kicking in? So how are things going with P90X in general? Is it getting any easier now that you are into your 2nd week. I am in the middle of week 7 and am really starting to see some differences which is nice.
Everything at the Porter household is going well. Traci is working basically full-time now and with all the baseball games and track meets we seem to keep very busy. Christian was sick for a full week with a temperature hovering around 101 - 103. It must have been a stubborn one. He continues to participate in track and is also doing some of the P90X workouts with me. India is doing very well in her track and I have been quite impressed with her athleticism. Tucker is playing baseball and is really pretty good for not having played very much.
How is everyone else doing out there in blogger land?
Tim
Everything at the Porter household is going well. Traci is working basically full-time now and with all the baseball games and track meets we seem to keep very busy. Christian was sick for a full week with a temperature hovering around 101 - 103. It must have been a stubborn one. He continues to participate in track and is also doing some of the P90X workouts with me. India is doing very well in her track and I have been quite impressed with her athleticism. Tucker is playing baseball and is really pretty good for not having played very much.
How is everyone else doing out there in blogger land?
Tim
Monday, April 28, 2008
Is everyone going to the coast??
Just wanted to get a little organized on meals and such. I figure with all the body surfing we can afford to splurge. And yes Greyson, we did take before and after pictures. It was quite depressing for me since I look great in jeans or a skirt, but put that skimpy bikini on, and it's just not too pretty. 36! How did it sneak up on me?
Piper does sound like quite the princess. And big Red, well she and Tuck seem to share the same propensity for life. Tucker plays either short-stop or pitcher and he hit a triple last game. Tim's sure he's practiced his little batting pose in front of the mirror. Christian and India continue to try hard...India especially. She does the hurdles and might be pretty good some day if she sticks with it.
Tim is driving me crazy with his nightly updates of caloric intake.
I'm now working 32-40 hrs. a week. My nights off I usually wake at 1-2a.m. and am ready for something. I have written some on my second novel- enjoying this lighter, modern comedy. Will send off first manuscript to that seasoned editor who will read it and give me an overview of what I need to fix. Hopefully it's salveable and not just a warm-up novel.
How are the Deans?
Lucy and Molly are such dorks. They prefer to cram into one small dog kennel at night - I also see them leaning against each other out in the sun. Molly went into the koi pond. I've found Lucy wet and frisky out back too. Great fun!
Piper does sound like quite the princess. And big Red, well she and Tuck seem to share the same propensity for life. Tucker plays either short-stop or pitcher and he hit a triple last game. Tim's sure he's practiced his little batting pose in front of the mirror. Christian and India continue to try hard...India especially. She does the hurdles and might be pretty good some day if she sticks with it.
Tim is driving me crazy with his nightly updates of caloric intake.
I'm now working 32-40 hrs. a week. My nights off I usually wake at 1-2a.m. and am ready for something. I have written some on my second novel- enjoying this lighter, modern comedy. Will send off first manuscript to that seasoned editor who will read it and give me an overview of what I need to fix. Hopefully it's salveable and not just a warm-up novel.
How are the Deans?
Lucy and Molly are such dorks. They prefer to cram into one small dog kennel at night - I also see them leaning against each other out in the sun. Molly went into the koi pond. I've found Lucy wet and frisky out back too. Great fun!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
How to get in shape in just 2 weeks!!!
Well as you can see the P90X 11 disk DVD exercise program has begun in the our household after hearing that the Porter's have been doing it for 5 weeks. So Greyson and I have finished our first week and it pretty much sucked. It is quite intense.
But to back up, I found out 2 weeks ago that my old college was having a volleyball tournament and was puting together a bunch of old alumni teams. So I started running almost every day in hopes of not completely dying out on the court. If I had stuck with that I think I would have been fine. But then Greyson got wind of the P90X so we started that the week before my tournament. After the third abripperX workout the night before my tournament I noticed that indeed my stomach was feeling a bit ripped. And not in a good way, more of the slightly injured way. So I try to play at the tournament and the very first hit brings me to the ground as a searing pain shoots through my lower abdomin muscles. Determined to hit I tried about 4 more, each ending with me curled up like a baby. So it was tipping and blocking for the rest of the day for me. Those activities only slightly hurt.
Moral of the story: You can't go from a post twin delivery flabby belly to AbripperX without a little something inbetween.
Weather: Tired of the snow. Tired of the rain. Tired of the clouds. Tired of the cold.
Babies: Doing great except for the not figuring out how to sit down from a standing position. Much screeming now occurs every time we put Samia to sleep and she gets stuck standing up in her crib. Piper and I went out and did outside chores today. I can just leave her sitting in the grass and she just stays there and looks around or picks up a pinecone or pats the grass. I wouldn't even attempt that with Samia. She would be eating rocks, dirt, grass, anything and everything. Piper is finally getting better at feeding herself. She still insists on hanging on to whatever she is eating and won't just put the whole thing in her mouth.
Pets: One night Greyson says "Ada has a big red sticker on her leg". Then the next morning, "Uh Mel, that isn't a sticker". I go and look and it is this nasty big, torn open wound type of thing. I am guessing the neighbor dog did it but we didn't have her collar on for whatever reason so it is possible Ada was over on their property. She now has about a 5 inch incision on the her upper leg. They had to go in and trim away the edges of the skin and pull the skin really tight to get it all sewed back together. It didn't actually seem to hurt her much but it sure looked ugly.
Gardens: We have the rototiller from the Dean's but haven't used it yet. We are getting a bunch of raspberry plants for free from a friend so we will have to find a place to put those and figure out some sort of way to keep them upright.
That is enought catchup for now.
-Mel
But to back up, I found out 2 weeks ago that my old college was having a volleyball tournament and was puting together a bunch of old alumni teams. So I started running almost every day in hopes of not completely dying out on the court. If I had stuck with that I think I would have been fine. But then Greyson got wind of the P90X so we started that the week before my tournament. After the third abripperX workout the night before my tournament I noticed that indeed my stomach was feeling a bit ripped. And not in a good way, more of the slightly injured way. So I try to play at the tournament and the very first hit brings me to the ground as a searing pain shoots through my lower abdomin muscles. Determined to hit I tried about 4 more, each ending with me curled up like a baby. So it was tipping and blocking for the rest of the day for me. Those activities only slightly hurt.
Moral of the story: You can't go from a post twin delivery flabby belly to AbripperX without a little something inbetween.
Weather: Tired of the snow. Tired of the rain. Tired of the clouds. Tired of the cold.
Babies: Doing great except for the not figuring out how to sit down from a standing position. Much screeming now occurs every time we put Samia to sleep and she gets stuck standing up in her crib. Piper and I went out and did outside chores today. I can just leave her sitting in the grass and she just stays there and looks around or picks up a pinecone or pats the grass. I wouldn't even attempt that with Samia. She would be eating rocks, dirt, grass, anything and everything. Piper is finally getting better at feeding herself. She still insists on hanging on to whatever she is eating and won't just put the whole thing in her mouth.
Pets: One night Greyson says "Ada has a big red sticker on her leg". Then the next morning, "Uh Mel, that isn't a sticker". I go and look and it is this nasty big, torn open wound type of thing. I am guessing the neighbor dog did it but we didn't have her collar on for whatever reason so it is possible Ada was over on their property. She now has about a 5 inch incision on the her upper leg. They had to go in and trim away the edges of the skin and pull the skin really tight to get it all sewed back together. It didn't actually seem to hurt her much but it sure looked ugly.
Gardens: We have the rototiller from the Dean's but haven't used it yet. We are getting a bunch of raspberry plants for free from a friend so we will have to find a place to put those and figure out some sort of way to keep them upright.
That is enought catchup for now.
-Mel
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Memorial day beach reservations
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Could not find the URLs of the two rented sites. Go to Oregon Shores Vacation Rentals and click on North Lincoln City to find Fowler's Hideaway and Oceanside In-let to see each house, rooms, beds, and ammenities. The dates rented are the nights of Aug 29-30-31 leaving monday Sept. 1st. Love, Dad, Grandpa, and Son.
Oregon Shores Vacation RentalsPO Box 234, Depoe Bay, OR 97341 800-800-7108 - Toll Free · (541) 764-3300 – Local · (541) 764-2271 - Faxwww.orshores.com · info@orshores.com
Could not find the URLs of the two rented sites. Go to Oregon Shores Vacation Rentals and click on North Lincoln City to find Fowler's Hideaway and Oceanside In-let to see each house, rooms, beds, and ammenities. The dates rented are the nights of Aug 29-30-31 leaving monday Sept. 1st. Love, Dad, Grandpa, and Son.
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