Nothing says New Years like a Celebration Tray of Sushi and dumplings!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Return to Zumba (at least in name)
After Fernando coaxed me into listening to part of a book he is reading (audio style---check it out it is called Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain), I checked out local gym options. I had a free two year membership at our fantastic YMCA that ended in October. The new price tag for each month, $70+, was a bit too much for me to swallow especially considering the distance and mad race I had to get to and from class in time to pick Tiago up from school. Also, if I was going to pay that much, I wanted a few more amenities like a pool to use all year around to do laps.
Against my hesitations on account of the known tv dominated childcare, I checked out the nearby Gold's Gym. The facility was beautiful and huge. The pool was perfect size and the gym offered Zumba as well as the Body Pump and Flow classes. They let me check out Zumba today and boy was I surprised. A man was substituting for the normal class teacher. Zumba can easily be a coed class. It just usually isn't. The man was an amazing street dancer, but it really was kind of disturbing how he used his hand towel to twist whilst he shook his hips during the Belly Dancing inspired song. Almost as equally diverting was a lady who was loving herself. I totally get checking out your moves in the mirror. Go for it. This girl was ogling the mirror. Her shirt, it seems, was such a bother. It kept getting tied shorter and shorter as the class progressed. It even almost was removed entirely at one point.
So do I spend the $320 so for this new place or just buy myself some Zumba Dvds?
Against my hesitations on account of the known tv dominated childcare, I checked out the nearby Gold's Gym. The facility was beautiful and huge. The pool was perfect size and the gym offered Zumba as well as the Body Pump and Flow classes. They let me check out Zumba today and boy was I surprised. A man was substituting for the normal class teacher. Zumba can easily be a coed class. It just usually isn't. The man was an amazing street dancer, but it really was kind of disturbing how he used his hand towel to twist whilst he shook his hips during the Belly Dancing inspired song. Almost as equally diverting was a lady who was loving herself. I totally get checking out your moves in the mirror. Go for it. This girl was ogling the mirror. Her shirt, it seems, was such a bother. It kept getting tied shorter and shorter as the class progressed. It even almost was removed entirely at one point.
So do I spend the $320 so for this new place or just buy myself some Zumba Dvds?
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Rise and Shout
The rocky season for BYU ended at a Peak during the smack down of Bowl game in New Mexico. Too bad we didn't get to be so celebratory at the U of U game we attended over Thanksgiving break.
Not that it wasn't awesome to watch the U get stuffed for the first 3 quarters, but it was so close and strange how we lost. Really, how often to you see a field goal get blocked? Ok, for avid football watchers may be that is more frequent. Regardless, the underrated team did quite well for itself. A funny side note: we went straight from game day fun to Handel's Messiah. I luckily brought a dress to change into because we were bundled up for the chilly afternoon game.
Not that it wasn't awesome to watch the U get stuffed for the first 3 quarters, but it was so close and strange how we lost. Really, how often to you see a field goal get blocked? Ok, for avid football watchers may be that is more frequent. Regardless, the underrated team did quite well for itself. A funny side note: we went straight from game day fun to Handel's Messiah. I luckily brought a dress to change into because we were bundled up for the chilly afternoon game.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Mele Kalikimaka
*pronounced meh-leh kah-lee-kee-mah-kah
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day
Mia had a school play the other day that was hilarious. It had nothing to do with Hawaii, but it turns out that Mia doesn't own any red or green shirts as were required for the play. She had to wear this little giddie up that happened to belong to her long ago as a dress (a really long time ago). The play was all about how Santa was "So sad, and here's the reason why. . .Christmas lost its I". In the end, a diligent exclamation point agreed to step into the I place by standing on its head. The microphones weren't really helping which made it all the more fun. Mia was an excellent choir member.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The Magic of Christmas
Christmas music was playing, cool step ladders were offered, and all we could keep them interested in was a little bit a tree trimming. One of the these years, I am sure I won't end up as the only tree trimmer. Irregardless, it is the most wonderful time of the year.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Just the Two of Us
Fernando really wanted to take advantage of the free babysitting by people we trust while we were in Utah. He had been asking me for weeks to help brainstorm some overnight adventures with just the two of us. This is a personal obstacle for my life right now. I really feel like my decision to become a parent means that my bulk time should be spent on being with those kids I brought into the world. I don't mind a few hours here and there to regroup, but the whole overnight thing was just a bit more difficult for me to handle. (IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: my feelings on overnight couple excursions is limited to me alone. I think that other people who choose to do such things for overnight and even longer is wonderful.)
With prodding from my brother, and Fernando's refusal to go without me, I agreed to a Park City snowboarding adventure. We found a decent hotel in Park City for only $68 a night and got killer discounts from my brother and sister-in-law for board rentals and the lift tickets. In the end, against my reservations we hit the slopes for some serious carving fun.
We made it down four runs before calling it quits. Fernando took a nasty spill his first run that made the rest of the runs quite painful. I some how manage to get my groove on only to take some pretty gnarly spills myself. Still, I hope someday we'll go back during ski season and this time we'll bring the kids.
With prodding from my brother, and Fernando's refusal to go without me, I agreed to a Park City snowboarding adventure. We found a decent hotel in Park City for only $68 a night and got killer discounts from my brother and sister-in-law for board rentals and the lift tickets. In the end, against my reservations we hit the slopes for some serious carving fun.
We made it down four runs before calling it quits. Fernando took a nasty spill his first run that made the rest of the runs quite painful. I some how manage to get my groove on only to take some pretty gnarly spills myself. Still, I hope someday we'll go back during ski season and this time we'll bring the kids.
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