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August 24, 2010 · 1:52 pm

Tuesday?

Wow, what a time warp, I was all ready to type “Happy Monday” when it occurred to me that it’s Tuesday! I must be confused because I spent ALL day yesterday driving to and from Charlottesville, having meetings, and getting the house inspected. It was a long one and the house DID NOT pass the inspection with flying colors like we had hoped so now we wait to see what the seller will fix…

Today IS Tuesday, which means that I get to teach yoga this morning! My sister teaches a gentle yoga class Tuesday and Thursday morning but she needed to attend a funeral today and I offered to cover her class. I love teaching and it’s been way too long, it’s going to be a fun morning!

Yesterday was a serious rest day, I barely even walked around. I will just schedule that into this weeks Mission Get Moving…

Week Three

4 yoga sessions
4 runs (at least 35 minutes and a “long run” of 45 minutes or more)
6 days abs/arms
1 cardio dvd or interval workout

Today is a yoga, arms, and either run or other cardio day.

I would like to officially welcome my mother to the wonderful world of healthy living blogs! My momma started her blog, Weight Change Exchange, after losing more than 30 pounds over the last few years. Check her out!

And speaking of the this awesome and crazy blog world, there is a wonderful new directory for fitness/food/healthy lifestyle blogs. Here’s a little blurb from the founders,

Healthy Living Blogs is a new resource for the health blogging community. Created by Lindsey of Sound Eats, HLB is a site designed to enhance the positive community of the healthy living blog world. Bloggers and readers can explore the site and find more blogs to love, bloggers in their area, and forums to deepen healthy discussion and support. If you’re interested in having your site listed on HLB, simply send the following information to healthylivingblogs@gmail.com and check the site out for yourself!Email subject line: MEMBERS

Your name (please share if you prefer to go by first name, first and last, or however you prefer to be known on the Internet)
Blog Name
Blog URL (please start with http://, not www.)
Your twitter handle, if applicable
Your location (if you prefer not to disclose this information for privacy’s sake, that is completely understandable. We’ll simply include your blog listing in the A-Z listing, not by location, too)
Any specific labels (i.e. vegan, gluten-free, weight loss, running, etc.)

This is an excellent resource for bloggers and readers and is growing like bamboo in the springtime! Thanks Lindsey for promoting this fabulous online community!

Off to yoga, enjoy your Monday Tuesday.

Peaches!

Yesterday morning started with a great breakfast and a “Quick Fix” yoga session on the front porch.

That brown lump is a half a leftover roasted sweet potato, sooo good!

I am all about the exercise dvd’s these days, in fact I hit the porch late afternoon again for Kathy Smith’s “new Matrix Method”. I love Kathy Smith, she is classic and yet keeps up with exercise trends and methods. Her instruction is clear and motivating without being “you can do it” ad nauseam. This dvd is a mix of cardio, upper body (with hand weights), and legs (loads of lunges) so I am counting it as my cardio dvd and arms for Mission Get Moving.

Yesterday afternoon was spent doing one of my favorite activities, fruit harvesting! Tate, his brother, our sister-in-law, her daughter, and I went to Morgan Orchards for a picnic and peaches. I made a quinoa, black bean, and corn salad for lunch

It turned out great. Into the bowl went,

black beans, quinoa, raw fresh corn
chopped tomatoes
fresh basil and flat leaf parsley
salt, pepper, and liquid aminos

Simple and delicious with a good dose of protein (corn and beans=complete protein, quinoa=complete protein) and fiber.

And then it was peach time

I got to snuggle with baby Jean Louise (my sister-in-law’s sister’s baby, our family is not a tree but a forest 🙂 ).

Sophia climbed the tree to reach the very ripest and biggest peaches. Oh, they are SOOOO good!

Our take home was about 16 pounds, we plan to freeze and maybe make a jar of brandied peaches.

Will and Rebecca took home nearly 40 pounds! They are all about the canning and processing.

I was so exhausted last night I was really excited about vegging in front of the tube. I haven’t done that in a little while and two episodes of Project Runway and an early to bed were exactly what I needed.

Tomorrow morning we go to Charlottesville to get our house inspected! If all goes well, we will be handing over the check and getting the keys on September 3rd!! I did a little internet retail therapy last night and ordered a new bedding set. Luckily, we still have a gift card left from our wedding three years ago because we need to buy sheets and towels and little things like that. I struggle between feeling anti-consumerism and really wanting to shop! Our motto for building our new home is “Don’t bring anything into your home that is not beautiful or useful”.

I have a long “to do” list for today, including running and yoga so I’d better get to it.

Have a great Sunday!

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