WOW!! It's 2020! Can you believe it's been 2008 since I last posted here??
There have been a LOT of changes in my life, as I'm sure there have been in yours. I'm not going to do anything else here today. Suffice it to say, I'm BACK!! And I will be posting here in the very near future! And I'll be updating all of my current info. as well. #STAYTuned
Below are just a FEW clues to upcoming posts, I've no doubt. with the gentle reminder of = #DON'TBoxMeIN
#GOTeamHS #myWW2020 #POWERFUL #WWTD #MINDBLOWN #FINALFRONTIER #ENGAGE #GWTW #DIVERGENT #WWTDagain
Monday, January 27, 2020
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sore bum
Well, I've learned that there is indeed a price to be paid for exercise. Recently I managed to get an injury while exercising (yes, my beloved Jazzercise!) which is quite literally a pain in the a@#! Unfortunately it means that not only am I unable to workout for now, but I'm on light-duty at work as well. Quite ironically I'm back to sitting on the sorest part of my body for basically 40 hrs. a week. The Dr. has me on a prescription anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxants (which I can only take when I'm not working or driving). Oh well. I would however like to say that no matter what, I'm always going to advocate exercise. The health benefits are numerous (keeps my blood pressure in check, helps to maintain a healthy body-weight, and has increased my bone density by 24% in just the last year since I started Jazzercising) and definitely out-weigh the cost of injury that's for sure. So, hopefully in short-order you'll find me back at my exercise routine (albeit carefully to start) and back in the swing of working in the Explore Collection (I miss Groovelily terribly!). For now though, you'll find me sitting on a heating-pad at my desk for most of the day.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
End of vacation blues...
Well, today marks the end of my vacationing from work. **sigh** Tomorrow I'll be back at the old grind. Don't get me wrong. I have a good job and consider myself very fortunate to have it, but somehow it's always a little sad to have vacation time end. I spent the last 5 days in Oregon visiting family and friends. It's always a fine mix of emotions when I go down there. My parents are getting on in years and I know that I don't have that many more years left with them.
At any rate it's been an interesting summer in more ways than one. I spent a weekend at the beginning of the month doing a big garage sale with a couple of friends. It's a lot more fun to put together one of these with a few gal-pals I've discovered over the years. And once again I learned that people are strange. No matter that you've priced items at beyond low, there will always be people who just aren't willing to part with even the smallest amount of money for what would normally be a pretty expensive item. Case in point - All three of us ladies had gone through our purse collections and brought a whole slew of purses to sell. We'd spent all day Friday and half of Saturday selling our various purses for $2.00 each. Granted at one point I'd had a lady ask if I'd take a dollar for one and I agreed. One of my friends had brought 2 very nice real leather purses on Sat. morning to add to the sale. Later that afternoon we had a lady grab one, walk over to my other friend and in a very snotty way said "How much are the purses? 50 cents?" To which my friend said "Nope. 2 dollars." The snotty lady in a huff, marched over and put that very nice leather purse back where she'd found it. Well, I guess she showed us didn't she? We all agreed that had that same lady asked us in a much nicer way if we'd take less than $2, then we definitely would have been more than willing. As I had done with the previous lady. The old saying really is true. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
At any rate it's been an interesting summer in more ways than one. I spent a weekend at the beginning of the month doing a big garage sale with a couple of friends. It's a lot more fun to put together one of these with a few gal-pals I've discovered over the years. And once again I learned that people are strange. No matter that you've priced items at beyond low, there will always be people who just aren't willing to part with even the smallest amount of money for what would normally be a pretty expensive item. Case in point - All three of us ladies had gone through our purse collections and brought a whole slew of purses to sell. We'd spent all day Friday and half of Saturday selling our various purses for $2.00 each. Granted at one point I'd had a lady ask if I'd take a dollar for one and I agreed. One of my friends had brought 2 very nice real leather purses on Sat. morning to add to the sale. Later that afternoon we had a lady grab one, walk over to my other friend and in a very snotty way said "How much are the purses? 50 cents?" To which my friend said "Nope. 2 dollars." The snotty lady in a huff, marched over and put that very nice leather purse back where she'd found it. Well, I guess she showed us didn't she? We all agreed that had that same lady asked us in a much nicer way if we'd take less than $2, then we definitely would have been more than willing. As I had done with the previous lady. The old saying really is true. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Pedicures
Well, this coming Friday will be a milestone in Jazzergigi's life. At the tender age of...uh... Forty-something, I'll be going with a few lady friends to get my very first pedicure. Coincidentally, I heard on the news just this morning about a recent treatment that's popular in spas in Turkey involving flesh eating little fishies who nibble away at dead skin on one's feet.
I don't know whether or not this option is even available in the small town of Marysville. Plus I'm not sure whether I'd ever be able to actually stick my feet in a tub of these hungry little buggers without having flashbacks about movies involving piranhas, but then again if Joe's Yuckas were on hand, who knows? Jazzergigi might then be brave enough to give this a try.
For an even better look at this interesting pedicure treatment check out the YouTube
I don't know whether or not this option is even available in the small town of Marysville. Plus I'm not sure whether I'd ever be able to actually stick my feet in a tub of these hungry little buggers without having flashbacks about movies involving piranhas, but then again if Joe's Yuckas were on hand, who knows? Jazzergigi might then be brave enough to give this a try.
For an even better look at this interesting pedicure treatment check out the YouTube
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Finally!
At last, I'm offering an inside peek as to what Jazzergigi actually looks like when warming up for her Jazzercise class. Via my Meez. Although not all of the animations come across from the Meez website. I'll have to ask my fellow Jazzercise gal-pals if my feet really do look that large, and my legs that darned skinny. ;-)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Reflections
I can't believe that we're at the end of this incredible experience! I have to say that my favorite discovery in all of this is that I came to love blogging! Initially it seemed more than a little daunting to me to have my thoughts out there for all the world to potentially see. Which surprised me because I consider myself to be a rather open person, but then again I guess I can also be very private. In any case I quickly realized, along with many others I'm sure! that I was in control, and that I only had to put forth thoughts that I actually wanted others to see. Silly me!
I truly enjoyed most of the exercises. Some were a little more difficult than others, but nothing was overly so. And many were just plain fun!! The avatar comes to mind! Overall I have to say that this program affected my lifelong learning skills by teaching me that I actually still have some! I think that perhaps I was just getting to a point in my life where I was feeling that technology was moving past me and that I was helpless to keep up with it. All of these exercises, difficult or otherwise, taught me that indeed that just isn't so! And not only that, it taught me that I have more than enough capabilities to continue to learn as I move through middle-age and beyond. I couldn't be more thrilled by this knowledge.
When we first started this process I went into it thinking that I'd create a blog just long enough to complete the tasks and then I'd delete it. However, as we progressed and I added more and more to the look of it and connected to people in ways I'd never even imagined, I became completely attached. And now I can't imagine disabling it. It's become a wonderful way to connect and share with people that I'd never have had an opportunity to connect with in any other way. It's a powerful and direct channel for interpersonal communications and proved to be a fantastic morale booster as well. I know quite a few people who have become very excited and happy with this process.
Without a doubt, if another such program is offered here at SIL in the future I will participate without hesitation. Thank you for the golden opportunity!
I truly enjoyed most of the exercises. Some were a little more difficult than others, but nothing was overly so. And many were just plain fun!! The avatar comes to mind! Overall I have to say that this program affected my lifelong learning skills by teaching me that I actually still have some! I think that perhaps I was just getting to a point in my life where I was feeling that technology was moving past me and that I was helpless to keep up with it. All of these exercises, difficult or otherwise, taught me that indeed that just isn't so! And not only that, it taught me that I have more than enough capabilities to continue to learn as I move through middle-age and beyond. I couldn't be more thrilled by this knowledge.
When we first started this process I went into it thinking that I'd create a blog just long enough to complete the tasks and then I'd delete it. However, as we progressed and I added more and more to the look of it and connected to people in ways I'd never even imagined, I became completely attached. And now I can't imagine disabling it. It's become a wonderful way to connect and share with people that I'd never have had an opportunity to connect with in any other way. It's a powerful and direct channel for interpersonal communications and proved to be a fantastic morale booster as well. I know quite a few people who have become very excited and happy with this process.
Without a doubt, if another such program is offered here at SIL in the future I will participate without hesitation. Thank you for the golden opportunity!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Games
I played some Crazy Pool. Kind of fun. Although, if I play it again I need to remember to turn off that hokey little tune. I now have it stuck in my head and can't get it out! Then I had to play a little Scrabble, as it's one of my all-time favorites. Very fun! I even won. :-) I'll have to try to forget that is there as I could easily become addicted to it! Yikes.
Now I'll have to hum the theme to "Love Boat" or "Gulligan's Island" as they're two of the old theme songs that I keep in my repetoire as clearing my mind when I get a tune stuck in there that I can't get out. Weird I know. But since I was a kid it's been my own version of Mental Floss. :-)
Now I'll have to hum the theme to "Love Boat" or "Gulligan's Island" as they're two of the old theme songs that I keep in my repetoire as clearing my mind when I get a tune stuck in there that I can't get out. Weird I know. But since I was a kid it's been my own version of Mental Floss. :-)
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