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Micropreemie sized hats knit from an organic cotton and bamboo blend yarn. Originally $28 including shipping. For now $15 each (shipping included) with $7.50 going to the Friends of Maddie Foundation.
Aug
02
Fiber/Yarn/Knitted Stuff Sale
Hi ya’ll!
It’s time for some serious destash up in here. Over the next couple of days (Aug 2-3) I will post a lot of items I have available for sale. If you want to buy something, be the first to call it in the comments (make sure your name and email address are there). I will send you a total and paypal mailing address when we’re done with all the sales.
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Jun
30
Gym Rat Updates
Okay – Days Nine and Ten were same ole same. I had movies both days that I totally can’t remember. Importantly I hit my +500 each day.
Then I left for Utah -
Day Eleven – sweating my ass off in the Detroit airport as I ran for my connection all the way through Concourse A *AND* C. Carrying all my luggage (fine, 2 small carry ons, but STILL)
Day Twelve – I put on the workout clothes I’d actually taken with me, and went for a two hour walk with Leslie. I huffed my way through. Let’s blame the out of breath on the altitude, shall we? In any case. Exercise while on vacation is a new crazy thing for me.
Day Thirteen – More airport running. Delta kept changing my gate so there was a helluva lot of moving there.
Day Fourteen – a bit of a fail. No gym on account of Alex being that snotty kid that I just didn’t want to take to the day care. I spent time going through my stack of magazines and pulling out all those exercise cards and routines – I’ll put those together so I can have a variety of go-to activities on days the gym just can’t happen. I figure setting a timer for 30 minutes and going for it is a decent plan. And better to do SOMETHING imperfectly than NOTHING perfectly.
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Jun
29
on growing wings
I am not one for taking risks.
My bucket list is entirely bungee jumping and skydiving free.
I take the safe choices.
I am safe in my design, in my clothes, in my hair color.
I named my kid a safe name.
I drive a 4 door, silver sedan.
I try to not attract attention.
I keep my voice inside my chest.
I fear confrontation.
I am afraid of falling from heights. I am historically afraid of flying.
Except.
Ever since Dad died, I am not afraid to fly.
While flying into Salt Lake City last week, I realized there was no fear.
I like to think that is a gift from my Daddy.
That he didn’t say goodbye to me.
He helped me say goodbye to my fear.
I wouldn’t have considered the Ziprider on my own.
Leslie and Jessica were ALL about it.
Leslie who is taking the 30s by the balls.
Jessica who isn’t afraid to be beautiful
We were doing this.
Nervous toots and all.
When the door opened, I screamed.
Not because I was scared, but because I COULD
I set free that voice that lives in my chest.
I threw up my arms and yelled “ALL RIGHT!”
Then I was silent.
I watched the trees.
I felt the wind.
I flew.
I laughed.
I fell in the arms of my friends.
Who were watching the entire time.
(Leslie and Victoria’s perspective on my Zipride with Jessica.)
And just because the ride ended, doesn’t mean I stopped flying.
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Jun
28
#evoconf zipride at Park City Resort #snowmamas
Dear Utah, sorry about the expletive at the end of the ride.
Camera – Flip video.
Vantage point – My cleavage.
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Jun
21
Gym Rat – Day Eight
Exercise – elliptical level 2 (did level 1 all last week) and then cool down on the recumbent bike. Frakkin planks and bridges (which I SUCK at tyvm) followed by some arm work with the 8 pound weights hanging out.
Calories burned – 500+
Movie – Couples Retreat – I may have to get the pay per view just to finish it. It was way better than infomercials and I like everyone in it – the yoga scene was a scream – other than that, pretty meh.
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Jun
20
Gym Rat – Day Seven
Exercise – effing plank, effing bridge, Elliptical, modified pull ups.
Calories – 180 ish at the gym, more at home and weekend stuff.
I was all proud of myself for doing a round of ab work/crunches etc and then I read Deb Roby’s Useless Exercises Part 1 and sighed. I hate planks, but she assures me that everyone hates either the plank or the bridge (for her it is the bridge) but do it for a good core. Okay fine. After the porch incident, I clearly need to do the work. She hooked me up with video and off I went. No awe inspiring news to share – other than I freaking tried them and did not die or cry.
Deb has more plank variations as well. I just need to recover from my first attempts before I go gettin’ fancy with it 
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Jun
19
Gym Rat – Day Six
Exercise – Elliptical (Got to the gym late and had to haul ass to get the #500 in before the day care closed.)
Calories burned – 500+
Music – Haters be damned – I fucking RAN during this song – so it’s good for something!
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Jun
18
Gym Rat – Day Five
Exercise – Elliptical, Bike, a touch of abs but they were sore from yesterday, so I did a little arm work with a piddly sadly felt kinda heavy 8 pound weight that was sitting on the floor.
Calories burned – 500+
Weight – 185.1
Movie – Yes Man – I would watch it at the gym, unsure I’d pay to rent it. Better than the Guthy Renker informercial.
Photos to chart my progress – You be glad I photo shopped these so you can tell my current round shape without totally craving some Pillsbury products.
It was a moral victory that I got those things buttoned . . . till I turned to the sideview, THAT shit humbled me right up.
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Jun
17
Gym Rat – Day Four
Exercise – Elliptical, Bike, Ab work (no machines, just on the floor)
Calories burned – 500+
Weight – 183
Tech – I tried out the earbud headphones @jenbshaw recommended – The pads were nice, but they still forced themselves out of my ears – both the small and the medium size. I pulled off the padding and used them without and they worked super well. So a win in the end. I probably should have looked for something that said “child” that would fit my freakishly small ear canal.
Song – “Hot N Cold” by Katy Perry
The music thing is critical for me – there is this crisis point I hit between calories 250 and 400 where I hurt and want to quit and it sucks and I hate it. But. If I can push through that – somewhere around 400 I am suddenly having . . . fun . . . yeah, FUN. I feel like a badass, I run faster, the music that helped me through the hard part is now helping me fly. I um. Okay fine, I fucking smiled on the elliptical today when I hit 500. And then I went a little farther.
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Jun
16
Gym Rat – Day Three
Exercise – I tried out the “Women’s Lounge” elliptical but couldn’t handle the Hoda and KLG action – so I moved to the Theatre where I could at least have HOPE of a movie. Didn’t happen. Sad panda.
Calories burned – 500+
Movie – See above. Sadly none. There WAS some opera singer who shrieked her soprano parts. Shudder.
Song – “Extraordinary” by Liz Phair – cuz I am mutha fuckin extraordinary for kicking my own ass like this.
Y’know who else is extraordinary? Jenbshaw – when I tweeted about my sucky earphones she hooked me up with a suggestion – one trip to big box store later and I think my ears will thank me tomorrow.
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Jun
15
Gym Rat – Day Two
Exercise – elliptical oh dear deity and then cool down collapse on and hope my heart rate returns to normal on the recumbent bike
Calories burned – 500+
Movie – 2012 - Mostly I was grateful they came in and turned off the 4th hour of the Today Show turned into Infomercial. I had no clue what the movie was (took at least 15 minutes for them to flash the title) but when I saw sunspots, I texted Victoria and said, “I dunno what this is, but I bet ‘destroy the Earth’ will be a line in here at least once.” It was aight – I was way more excited about it when John Cusack hit the screen.
Song – Bust A Move ala Glee – “You know what to do, Fatso, hey, Bust A Move.”
Your reward for reading this? A hot photo of me.
What? You were expecting sultry hot? For that, you have to head to Room 704 for the Sultry June edition.
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Jun
14
Gym Rat – Day One
Exercise – elliptical and then cool down on the recumbent bike
Calories burned – 500+
Movie – We are Marshall - eye candy, football and rousing speeches? Perfect workout movie. I sat on the bike and spun for a while just to watch more of it. “We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game . . . but we can not lose.” Word, Matthew, word.
Song – My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson – video is dumb as hell, but damn the song had me running my ass off.
And to you – my life would suck without you.
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