What a year
A quick glance at my calendar confirms that last week was my first one teaching all five days, which will happen once in a while now that I'm scheduled for every day but Wednesday. I subbed last week...
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The pre-workout workout
I recently shared this photo of my local water fitness instruction setup, which helps keep me cooler with a high-power fan and by moving me away from the hot tub.When I walked into the lobby yesterday,...
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I've been creating three playlists a week for water fitness for a while now. First there's a shorter one because Mill Creek's classes are only 45 minutes long, and I deal with this by dropping my...
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16/14
Sixteen years ago today I was at The Cuff, where you could find me most Thursdays for karaoke (actually called Beareoke) and Sundays for the Tea Dance. There was never as much dancing happening at that...
View ArticleTry anything once
Chrissie and Ivy from water fitness asked if I could do a special theme day like all Beatles, and I said I'd never devote a whole playlist to one artist because it's not really fair to people who don't...
View ArticleA song about Tilly, to the tune of "Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean
Carrot eatin' queen!Now we're sharing these orange thingsAnd my meal we eat as oneThey're all gone, now we're done
View ArticleWorth it after all
I previously talked about how difficult it was to put together an all-oldies water fitness playlist, and I will say that starting out this morning, it was a little bit difficult to match my first...
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Pleats are neat
Garrett and I love a good reality competition show, especially when the concept is silly but the show takes itself very seriously. And because he's a big fan of Christmas, you can imagine how excited I...
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RIP Bella
Unfortunately, I have a sad update from Bev:August 11, 2011 we adopted a small 1.8 pound Snowshoe Siamese kitten born on June 17, 2011 to join our family. She had been named HalfMoon. Because of her...
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How am I supposed to know what the right amount is?
I learned a long time ago that worrying a lot is extremely unproductive and actually makes situations worse. I also learned people get really mad when you don't do a lot of performative worrying when...
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Portraits of patience
Tilly waiting patiently for breakfast:Tuvix waiting patiently for his morning walk:
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"Lazy" Sunday
After teaching eight classes this week, I was a little worse for the wear. Sore knees, stiff lower back, but neither bad enough to really worry about. But I decided to be proactive about my back, so I...
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New fish friend
I was recently going to be at the tattoo shop for other appointments and decided to get another of Kylie's designs from her apprentice flash. I think it's very important for shop regulars to get...
View ArticleCan't spell "snow" without "no"
Whenever it snows in Western Washington, it's pure chaos. We typically don't get much, when we get any it doesn't last long, but while it's here we're screwed because we're just not set up for it....
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Her coming was foretold
Also here's a very cute picture Garrett sent me while I was taking a shower after class the other day.And I may as well share these lovely frozen prosecco gummi bears I made. Click through to flickr...
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Seattle skedaddle
This time of year has usually been when we take a vacation, but not this year thanks to our employment status. We still decided to go ahead and get tickets for a couple of shows in Seattle, the first...
View ArticleIt always catches up to you
For the last couple of weeks, my left knee would feel a little weak in the morning but I was fine for class. But by time to teach on Thursday this week, it was in a lot of pain. Not surprising after a...
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This week's thrift store finds
Bev said we should go Kool and the Gang with The Commodores at the Tulalip Amphitheater this summer, so I said I'd grab the tickets at the Quil Ceda Creek Casino box office since you don't have to pay...
View ArticleTaking it easy isn't easy
Had a bit of a setback with my knee when I took Tilly for a walk without a brace on. It hurt enough the next day that I went to urgent care, thankfully they did x-rays and we learned definitively that...
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These legs made me famous
I can't believe I forgot to mention that I'm famous. I guess it's because it keeps coming up so much? It's rough getting recognized all the time.A while back I was tagged in a comment on Facebook by a...
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This week's thrift store finds
Toggles was a really cool bottled beer shop that was a great gathering spot. Eventually their landlord just didn't want to continue the lease and they went out of business. Thankfully a very cool...
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It's the first of April
As a busy water fitness instructor, I don't get into the water myself very often. I made it to Judy's class last week and kind of regretted it because my knee wasn't really ready for it. She asked if I...
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Followup and followup to the followup
I got a text from Judy a week ago with the message, "You should be photoshopped into this!"I ended up going to class today and was surprised Judy still had most of those temporary tattoos on. Since...
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Let the sun shine in, greet it with a grin
I gave away sunglasses during my class during our recent community campaign, each with a slip inside that had the shortened URL for my personal fundraising page. That was a little premature on my part...
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