tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86042462024-03-07T03:27:14.288-06:00In Laurie's Brain...Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2760125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-81669853191370355782020-01-15T11:45:00.001-06:002020-01-15T11:45:15.028-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning while standing in the kitchen, I found myself pondering the table pictured in this post. When my dad was, literally, on his death bed, he called us in one by one to talk to us. After comparing notes, we discovered the main theme of dad’s wishes was that we not let mom sell and move out of the “party house.” Everyone has great memories of this house, of the crawfish boils, of the game room Christmas Pictionary tournaments, of a million other things.</div>
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In my mor<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ning pondering, I realized that the underdog of this “party house,” is the table pictured here. This is where the real talk happens. It’s where we would all sit and visit with mom while she cooked. I can still see all the aunts sitting there talking and laughing so loud that you couldn’t imagine anyone knew what anyone else was saying. I can still see Bonnie and Kelly cutting sausage for the red beans and rice. I can still see Grandma Ransonette sitting there drinking her Christmas Eve “high ball” that dad would make for her as soon as she walked into the house. I can still see Terry having a beer with late arrivals to the parties while they eat their first bowl of gumbo.</span></div>
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This table is also the overflow table for people who are<span style="font-family: inherit;">n’t quick enough to get a seat at the big dining room table. Nobody feels bad for them though, because people eventually leave the big table and pull up more chairs to this little kitchen table to scrunch up and eat with the losers. Like so many other houses, gaze upon and appreciate the heart of the house: The Kitchen Table.</span></div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-8738859520909215422019-05-22T09:39:00.002-05:002019-05-22T09:40:22.586-05:00Connecting Roku Wireless Speakers - Pairing Problem<span style="color: #303030; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">SOLVED! </span><br />
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Yesterday, I charged 82 year old mother's iPad, organized her apps and loaded some embroidery and knitting apps for her, because she is now all about the yarn.</div>
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After I handed mom her iPad, she started playing games and said, “I forgot how fun these games are.” After a few minutes, she asked, “What am I doing? What’s this?”</div>
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After about 30 minutes, I realized I hadn’t told her she would run out of lives, that she would have to wait for more lives to accumulate, and not to spend any money buying additional lives. After about 10 more minutes, mom threw her iPad at the footstool and said, “Kiss my ass.”<br />
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Then, she said, “What the hell was that? It’s talking to me! What the hell?” I had no idea “what the hell” was because I’m on Level 726 of Candy Crush and Candy Crush had never spoken to me.</div>
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When I picked up the iPad, I saw that mom had gotten so mad at Candy Crush that she had pushed the “Home” button too hard and activated Siri who was insulted to be told to kiss mom’s ass.</div>
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To demonstrate to mom what she had heard, I told Siri to also kiss my ass. Siri responded, “That’s not nice, Ruby.”</div>
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Mom asked, “She knows my name?!” She then told Siri to go to hell. Siri said, “I wouldn’t speak to you like that, Ruby.”</div>
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For ten more minutes we cursed at Siri. I showed mom other uses for Siri, but mom preferred telling Siri to kiss her ass over asking her about the weather.</div>
Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-60365724286588648172018-04-24T20:39:00.002-05:002018-04-24T20:39:51.909-05:00My Grandchildren Have Found My BlogIt was bound to happen. I started my blog in 2004...14 years ago. Today, my 10 year old granddaughter Googled herself and found this blog. She’s about to find out how crazy her grandma really is.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-4414622044837432902016-05-09T15:16:00.001-05:002016-05-09T15:46:05.288-05:00Lucas playing Mario Kart<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNh_bC-DNvk" width="480"></iframe><br />
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My 5 year old grandson kicking butt at Mario Kart while dressed in his Yoshi Halloween costume.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-17847840270002052682015-04-07T10:06:00.005-05:002015-04-07T10:06:59.325-05:00What did you expect?<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">With the disclaimer that there's no excuse for intentional rudeness and that this isn't directed to anyone I know, I'm confused by people who choose to present themselves in a non-conformist way (lots of tattoos and/or piercings, biker-ish, gangster-ish, unusual hair colors or styles, etc.) being surprised when people prejudge them based on their appearance. </span><br />
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I read a near-death experience account recently and the person described being back in her body as going into a box of solitude after experiencing the oneness of being part of everything on the other side.</div>
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Since reading that near death experience account, I can't get that idea out of my mind.</div>
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I think this might explain our yearning (some of us, anyway) to establish connections with people. Even people who consider themselves loners feel the need to be around others, occasionally, even though they prefer solitude, which causes them a lot of inner turmoil.</div>
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It's possibly a pull to be a part of, or a vague memory that we are a part of, a universal oneness we can't begin to comprehend.</div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-18484554545655311802015-02-17T10:23:00.001-06:002015-02-17T10:23:41.439-06:00Hotmail Calendar not Syncing to iPhoneI recently noticed that calendar entries I entered into my iPhone were not syncing to my Hotmail calendar and, therefore, not being shared with family members who shared my Hotmail calendar. I have a Windows 8 laptop and an iPhone 5.<br />
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I'm not sure when the entries stopped syncing to and from Hotmail from my iPhone. After various attempts to remedy the problem, my only solution was to delete my Hotmail calendar from my iPhone and re-add it as an Exchange account rather than an Outlook account.<br />
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Before removing the Hotmail calendar from my phone, I compared my iPhone version of the Hotmail calendar and my laptop version of the Hotmail calendar and added the entries from my iPhone which did not previously sync to the laptop version of the calendar. <br />
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1. Compare iPhone version of your Hotmail calendar with your PC version of the calendar.<br />
2. Add any entries to the PC version which are present on your iPhone, but not on your PC version.<br />
3. Delete your Hotmail calendar from your iPhone by using Settings (Mail, Contacts, Calendars) on your iPhone.<br />
4. Re-add your Hotmail calendar, but choose "Exchange" rather than "Outlook.com" to enter the account.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-64839873103180086932014-12-16T09:41:00.003-06:002014-12-16T09:42:11.011-06:00My Niece Jumping into the San Marcos River after Graduation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-13363552577660524922014-05-04T09:54:00.001-05:002014-05-04T09:56:07.400-05:00Overwrought Rubbish - Look Up Video by Gary TurkI do NOT agree with the below overwrought video going around on Facebook. It is possible to have a fabulous social life which is enhanced by social media. I'm thankful for the connections I would not have otherwise and would not be able to maintain any other way due to distance.<br />
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My grandkids play on the iPad, play Wii, Face Time their grandparents and still play outside, play "restaurant" and learn a lot more than we ever did at their age through computers and technology.<br />
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In the olden days, we walked around with our transistor radios with earplugs and people found their inner quiet time with books and newspapers. Reading these things online is no different. We vegged out (and still do) in front of televisions. People sometimes need to withdraw from the outside world for a while. This is not the end of civilization.<br />
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People have established long lasting romantic relationships through their connections in social media and a lot of times the people who seem so absorbed in their electronic devices are communicating with parents or friends or relatives to coordinate actual face-to-face meetings.<br />
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When my sister passed away recently, there were hundreds of people at the wake and services and many of them were there through the magic of reconnecting on Facebook. The support we received from our "Facebook Friends," has been amazing and truly heartfelt.<br />
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Everyone needs to stop feeling guilty about doing the things they enjoy. Get over yourself, Guy Who Made This Video. (Look Up by Gary Turk)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">I'm not a Black Friday type person, but people are so judgy, judgy toward the people who are. For some of the Black Friday shoppers, that IS how they spend their family time and it's been a family tradition long before it was labeled "Black Friday." Sure, there are crazies out there, but there are crazies everywhere. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">We also need to consider the fact that not everybody likes their family, so, there's that.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">Some Black Friday shoppers just have such competitive personalities, that they can't help themselves. So, shop on, you crazy diamonds (Pink Floyd reference). I'm staying in my pajamas.</span>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-60446408990405311462013-10-14T13:00:00.001-05:002013-10-14T13:00:56.193-05:00Separate Checks: Is it really THAT big of a deal?I understand that asking for separate checks from a restaurant/server's standpoint is probably a pain in the ass. However, in this day of computers, shouldn't that be an easy task? We, as patrons, know the paying out process will take longer and we don't care, but is it really that difficult to separate checks and get the checks right? Maybe it is.<br /><br />Then, there's the issue of one person paying the whole bill (sometimes for a bunch of people he barely knows) who then has a huge debit on his credit card and a pocket full of cash from being reimbursed that he didn't really want to be carrying around the rest of the night.<br /><br />Especially in a tourist town (hello, New Orleans), separate checks shouldn't be that big of a deal? Right? Maybe I'm a peasant and don't understand how the rich people do things, but us normal people would like to not be treated like we're asking too much of the world by requesting separate checks.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-54077034385433594472013-10-09T19:07:00.002-05:002013-10-09T19:07:44.059-05:00"Not the livestock, George!"<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_5255ef4d753374198711457" style="display: inline;">
I was talking to my mom on the phone today and she told me she is going to a bible study class and had no idea there was so much sex in the bible.<br /><br />She said, "It's intercourse this and intercourse that. They call it intercourse. I don't know how they had time to take care of all their cows and their sheep."<br /><br />I said, "Well, I guess they didn't have anything else to do in those days."<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /><br />"Yeah," she said, "But this guy Joshua...no Jacob...it was Jacob. He had a LOT of cows and sheep. A lot! No way he had time to take care of all those cows and sheep."<br /><br />"Plus," she said, "All those kids and wives! Sex, sex, sex."<br /><br />We spoke a little longer, then she said, "Gotta go. Gotta go read my sex book."</span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent">I was babysitting the kids the other night and I told my six year old granddaughter it was her bedtime. <br /> <br />
She said, "Grandma, tonight I want you to put me to bed after I pass
out. Do you know what 'pass out' means? It means that I can't even
keep my eyes open and can hardly move anymore."<br /> <br /> I said, "No, we can't do that tonight. It's a school night."<br /> <br /> As I was walking her to her bedroom, she sadly and quietly said, "But, I wanted to pass out."<br /> <br /> I feel you, sister.</span></span></h5>
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My toes have been unbruised for a while and fall is in the air (it was only 91 degrees yesterday), so I think I'll try this Couch to 5k thing again.<br />
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I've changed my music selection from upbeat and manic to "<a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/30/top-10-yacht-rock-songs-of-all-time" target="_blank">yacht rock</a>" which is a surprisingly good choice for me. I thought wild-dance-rock-pop music would inspire me to keep moving, but after jogging to "yacht rock," I find I'm much more suited to a leisurely jog than a rockin' jog. Plus, the tunes make me feel like I'm in a romantic comedy and Tom Hanks or Billy Crystal will be around the next corner waiting to fall in love with me in a romantically comedic sort of way.<br />
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<b>Footnote</b>: On my jogging route back to my house there was an abandoned athletic shoe insole lying in the street. I imagined some poor bastard running along in pain, stopping, pulling off his shoe, yelling "Gotdammit!" and throwing the offending insole to the ground. I predict an angry insole throwing in my future as karma for being amused at the plight of the unidentified insole abusing runner.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-5056479136932099032013-08-31T21:46:00.002-05:002013-08-31T21:46:48.867-05:00Low T - Get over it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"I have low testostrone, there I said it." <br />
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That's the opening line for one of those annoying Androgel commercials. Men have always made jokes about women and menopause. Now, they discover they also have hormone issues as they age and it's all "Yeah?! So what?! You wanna say something about it?"<br />
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They can't even call it "male menopause." They have to give it a name in an attempt to disguise their insecurity about their lowered hormone level. <br />
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I imagine this pitch meeting by the Mad Men who came up with this marketing campaign: "Let's not mention testosterone or, God forbid, male menopause. How about 'Low T?' Yeah, that's it. That's suitably evasive."<br />
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"That's when I talked to my doctor. He gave me some blood tests. Showed it was 'Low T.' That's it. It was a number."<br />
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It wasn't just "a number," fella. It was LOW testerone. Get over yourself.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-2461496341230045922013-06-27T11:47:00.001-05:002013-07-08T20:20:32.310-05:00Big Brother 15<div class="MsoNormal">
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How quickly things change. <br />
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At this point, I like Judd, Helen and Howard. <br />
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McCrae is okay, but the Amanda connection is annoying. <br />
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I like Andy, but he's beginning to be too hyper all over the place. He needs to scam some of Aaryn's Adderall.<br />
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Elissa is a hot mess and I would really like to meet her and Rachel's parents. I have questions.<br />
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Spence is, in Big Brother House terms, a shady fuck.<br />
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There is nothing I can say about Jeremy and Aaryn that has not already been said. Evil incarnate.<br />
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Kaitlin is less evil, but still incarnate by association.<br />
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Gena Marie is a tad schizo, but she is who she is and I can appreciate that.<br />
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Nick could go all the way, but it's way too early in the season for all the shenanigans happening in this house to be able to pick a winner.<br />
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I don't like Candice and Jessie just on the basis of general unlikeableness.<br />
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I didn't like the Jersey/New York blonde chick (GinaMarie) until I watched
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-39709777573581484702013-06-02T12:47:00.001-05:002013-06-02T12:47:32.849-05:00Couch to 5k - REVISED New Plan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Injured my right pinkie toe while packing for a weekend trip. No outdoor walking or running for the foreseeable future. Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-57551314602273955762013-05-30T22:12:00.001-05:002013-05-30T22:13:24.328-05:00Dance Walking Fitness Ben Aaron. Time to Dance Walk BabyThis is the absolute best thing I have seen in a long time...<br />
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Years ago, in the olden days, when my 32 (!!) year old son was a toddler, I knelt down hard on a Lego. Since that day, my right knee occasionally bothers me, but I can always figure out the problem and work around it. I even live in a townhouse with stairs and have no problems until I try to be overly ambitious in my stride while walking the streets. I mean, while walking the neighborhood. <br />
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However, I can't seem to work around the knee pain with this running thing and I'm far to cheap to go to a sports doctor or a really good athletic shoe store at this time. So, due to my knee taking longer and longer between runs to stop aching and my desire to not fall down because of a weak knee while toting a grandchild or a margarita, I am putting Couch to 5k on hiatus. <br />
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Instead of Couch to 5k three days a week, I will be walking or using my glider/walker five days a week using the "free run" portion of the app throwing in short bursts of runs here and there. After my knee pain is gone and I've built up my leg muscles and maybe lost 10-ish pounds, I'll give it another go. <br />
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This is not defeat! It is de-knee.<br />
<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-35472186426443968242013-05-28T22:14:00.001-05:002013-05-28T22:14:47.550-05:00Couch to 5K - Day 4 and Day 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Day 4 was done on my "air walker," so it doesn't really count, but it's better than nothing.<br />
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Day 5 was done this evening and I'm having some pain in my right knee. I bought a knee brace that helped a little, but I'll try the other knee brace I bought when I run again Thursday.<br />
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I only ran about 2/3 of the running parts, so I think I'll repeat week two again next week. Slow and steady for me. <br />
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Nothing special to report regarding people/animal/music, except for the cute guy who set his water sprinklers so they hit the street a little giving me a cool little break on the way out and on the way back home. Thanks, dude.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-78929002248506753352013-05-24T20:02:00.003-05:002013-05-24T20:02:59.641-05:00Couch to 5K - Day 3... - Success!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the first time, I jogged all the running parts without stopping. I felt like Rocky. I did stop jogging prematurely at one point, but that was only because I thought a guy introducing B. B. King on my playlist was my zombie trainer telling me it was time to "walk it out."<br />
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I also stopped long enough for an old guy in his yard to explain to me that the multitude of squirrels in his yard were there because there was a baby...and a momma...or something...in that big tree over there. I have a feeling I'm in for a lot more of these conversations, if he's keeping track of my running routine.<br />
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Today's music mishap occurred when "What's New Pussycat?" repeated itself. As I mentally prepared myself for a third replay, ZZ Top's "Pearl Necklace" played. Sweet. That's what's new, pussycat.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-37451382373266024202013-05-24T19:53:00.000-05:002013-05-24T19:53:52.818-05:00Couch to 5K - Day 2...Again - Air Walker/Glider<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Didn't get home until 9:30 p.m. tonight, so did my "Couch to 5K" on my air walker. Nothing to report.</div>
Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321713951006827527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604246.post-87418184912345254782013-05-20T21:26:00.000-05:002013-05-22T08:51:03.798-05:00Couch to 5K - Day 1...Again - Two Bras One Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm repeating Week 1 this week, since I don't feel like I did Week 1 justice last week. I jogged about twice as much as I did last week, so I'm glad I'm repeating. I'm not running as much as my zombie trainer wants me to run, but he'll have to be patient.<br />
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At the recommendation of one of my runner friends, I wore two bras while running this evening: one sport bra and one regular bra. That was a good suggestion and worked great. When I got home, The Bazingas couldn't wait to bounce free. Ah, sweet relief.<br />
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Today's wildlife theme for the run was gnats and cats. Cats glared at me from a distance and gnats did their in-your-face gnatty thing at me. Annoying.<br />
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To show you how out of character a running program is for me, my mom asked my sister why I was lying on Facebook and telling people I was running. Thanks mom.<br />
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