Today is an odds and ends day. There are things that have to be taken care of but aren’t urgent and so I collect them in a pile on my desk to be dealt with later. The same goes with my blog. I have a few odds and ends that I want to share today.
First, [...]
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Odds and Ends + Giveaway
Posted in Day By Day on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes!
Posted in Day By Day, tagged 5K, boot camp, goal setting, Jim's Gym, personal motivation on October 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I did it! I have officially done my 20 days of boot camp + some. I’m on a roll…or a treadmill, to be exact. It’s interesting how when you start something like this – a goal that you have to work toward – that often when you accomplish it you rarely find yourself saying, “OK, [...]
Speedy Hall
Posted in Day By Day, tagged exercise, Jim's Gym, motivation on October 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
That’s me. At Jim’s Gym, I am now “Speedy” because of my intense fastness doing each exercise.
OK….not that’s not really the reason. Unfortunately, everyone knows who Jim is talking to when he says “Speedy.” I’m SURE that I’m getting faster. But as I mentioned in this previous post, slow and steady has its advantages for [...]
Home Stretch
Posted in Day By Day, tagged boot camp, invitro, IVF, Jim's Gym on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I thought I would never reach the 20-day mark of my boot camp experience and here I am only a few sessions away. I have been so happy with the program that I’ve decided to go a couple more weeks and get to Thanksgiving. We’ll see what happens after that. I feel the need to [...]
Boot Camp Giveaway
Posted in Day By Day, Giving Well, tagged exercise, giveaway, Hampton Art, Jim's Gym, stamps on October 9, 2009 | 35 Comments »
Jim has figured out that I am blogging about boot camp and said that he was going to check it out this weekend so I thought that in honor of him and all boot camps out there that we should do a giveaway. Yea!
All you have to do is give Jim a shout out here [...]
Book Review: Three Cups of Tea
Posted in Day By Day, tagged Greg Mortenson, Pakistan girls schools, Three Cups of Tea on September 25, 2009 | 9 Comments »
OK, I am very interested to hear your thoughts about the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin – anyone who has read it, please chime in. As a teacher, I was utterly fascinated and moved with the concept [...]
Download Day: It’s OK
Posted in Day By Day, Download Day, tagged prioritizing, say no on September 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Quote of the Day:
Jim (in the attempt to motivate): “Do you want me to show you how I can do it twice as fast?”
Me: “No.”
Of course you can do it twice as fast or twice as good or twice as long, Jim. That’s why people don’t pay me to be their trainer. Duh. If you [...]
Boot Camp – Day Five
Posted in Day By Day, tagged boot camp exercise, Jim's Gym on September 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Speed. What’s the big deal about doing things fast? Hasn’t Jim ever heard the proverb, “Slow and steady wins the race?” Oh no, it’s all about speed. “Walk faster with higher resistance or you’ll do 10 extra mountain climbers, Kolette.” “Run from machine to machine, Kolette.” “Do jumping jacks while you wait.” “Breaks are for [...]
Boot Camp – Day 4
Posted in Day By Day, tagged boot camp exercise, Jim's Gym on September 8, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Isn’t it interesting how just when you decide to really commit yourself to something worthwhile that there tends to be obstacles thrown in your way to discourage you from going through with it? It can be frustrating when you have to adjust and change plans and finagle your life to make the important things work. [...]
Labor Day?
Posted in Day By Day, Life with a Quadriplegic, tagged Fantasy Football, Labor Day on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I admit that I knew nothing about the origin of Labor Day until this morning. Then my curiosity was quenched with the help of our good friend Wikipedia. I did some quick research to familiarize myself as to why we get the first Monday in September off as a federal holiday.
Did you know that [...]

