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02/22/2012 17:12 #56110

Couch to 5K
Category: fitness
Went to the gym today. I had just weighed in on my wii fit, and of course it reminded me I'm obese. Yes, it says it out loud, in case you missed seeing it on the screen. I'm the heaviest I've ever weighed, and I want to change that.

I used to have a foot problem. One that prevented me from doing ANY high impact activity like jogging. My surgery last year took care of that, and I'm cautiously going to give it a try for the first time in my adult life. Previously the furthest I have ever "jogged" was from the grocery store entrance to my car in the rain. Not exactly racing material.

I got on the treadmill and did a warmup walk. I was using an app for my phone designed to help with the couch to 5K program. I jogged when it told me to run. It even said "good job" when I could resume walking. It was a strange realization that I had never actually jogged for fitness before. I did stay on the treadmill for 30 minutes, but not much of it was actually jogging. So I didn't even successfully complete the first day of the couch to 5K program. Ugh. So I'll just have to repeat day 1 til I've got it down, then move on to day 2.

And I actually do want to do a 5K this year. I'm intending to complete it, not actually be competition for genuine runners. Then in the fall, I want to do the Dirty Girl Mud Run. I've got quite a bit of work to do before I'm ready for that, though.
tinypliny - 02/22/12 23:57
Good luck! :)

PS: Though I would strongly recommend fast walking over running. Running has several problems that do not justify the benefits, in the long run.

01/01/2012 01:29 #55828

Party
Category: fun
Why is (e:tinypliny) not at the party?

metalpeter - 01/01/12 10:32
Just want to let you know that if you do feel like (oh wait not my place) it [not that I encourage it] there is a bunch of Booze left..... Thanks guys for everything..... Thought about taking a bottle but then remembered I have no pop in my house and Don't think walgreens would let me take a bottle in there or two.... You where missed hope the work went well.....
tinypliny - 01/01/12 09:18
Oops. I thought it might go away unnoticed. :)

Wish you a wonderfully happy new year, (e:puddlediving) and (e:metalpeter)! :)

I was indeed working. I have some harsh new resolutions for this year.
metalpeter - 01/01/12 02:32
I agree I love her view I have had a great time getting messed up and spanked just wish it was more times... She is working I think she should have taken a break and chilled out for just a couple hours instead of working all night but I get that her mind would be on working ..... I know when there are two things I want to do how one ways on the other......

07/17/2011 23:16 #54725

Found this on my android phone
Category: sailing
I think you might be interested in this track:

tinypliny - 07/17/11 23:30
V.cool. I want to go on the Queen city ferry someday...

07/17/2011 21:51 #54723

photos
Category: sailing
I was so excited about sharing photos here. I went sailing for the first time and got some new photos of Buffalo from angles I've never seen before. Then we decided to go swimming, and my camera went to the bottom of the harbor. My lanyard broke, and camera sunk. Grr. I had a floating wrist strap attached to a waterproof camera, and I was foiled by a sucky piece of string.

I gave up on retrieving the camera and swam over to the breakwall. Jonathan, the sailboat owner, decided to bring the boat over to the breakwall to pick me up, rather than have me swim back to the boat. It was kind of cool getting back on a boat as it was in motion.

We sailed back into the marina, and randomly decided to swim again. I don't think you're supposed to swim in the marina, but we did. Then some food at the Hatch.

Some of Jonathan's friends live in the really nice condos on the harbor. We were invited over for a tour. OMFG. I didn't realize people actually live like that. We watched the sun set from the 10th floor of a gorgeous abode...
metalpeter - 07/18/11 17:33
Unless it is a one of the store bought ones that are basically covered in plastic then there is no such thing as a cheap one.... Of course there is a big range in price and age of them so.... To bad about the camera but more to bad about the pictures really....
leetee - 07/18/11 10:19
Sorry to hear about your camera. That does indeed suck. Glad you had fun despite it, though !
paul - 07/17/11 22:11
That sucks, I am so sorry to hear about your camera. I heard those condos were totally awesome.
tinypliny - 07/17/11 22:07
I am kidding. I took several photos at the San Diego beach but then I got caught up in this crazy game all of us were playing at that time (we had to dig our heels in and hold our ground as the high waves came in without falling over). And of course, I fell in and totally forgot that the camera was in my pocket. The next day I recovered the camera completely ruined with salt deposits and a damaged SD card. So yeah sorry about yours. I hope it wasn't an expensive one...
tinypliny - 07/17/11 21:59
And the dog ate my homework.

07/05/2011 18:38 #54649

the economy
Category: home improvement
The economy is shaky. I feel broke. Therefore, I am DIYing my home improvement projects. I get a sense of accomplishment, and I save money! Win-win.

It took me so long to tear off shingles from half my porch roof, that I accepted the offer of a neighbor to finish the job. Poor economy also means random people offering to do work for a little cash.

Normally I would always say no to someone offering to do work for me just because he was riding his bike down the street. However, this guy was helping another neighbor with work today. My neighbor that has been my snowblowing fairy and my lawn mowing fairy. I chatted with him earlier to borrow his tool for tearing shingles off. (He's also the tool loaning fairy). I figured if a neighbor I trust will hire him, I may as well let him tear off half my shingles.

I will blog more, and maybe post pics once I am clean and get a sugar fix...
paul - 07/06/11 02:08
What's underneith? Are you replacing them?