getting to the core of the matter

First-apologies for not posting more often. Second-apologies for no pictures-yet.  I will have them, I just don't know when. My life is getting more organized again and so you will see more of me here.

I have fallen in love with yoga and tai chi.  Yeah for me!  My body is getting happy which is a good thing as it hasn't been happy lately.  I decided to do something about it.  I joined the YMCA (a little Village People here) and started taking classes beginning in February and I am also meeting with a girlfriend at 6 am to workout.

"What prompted this?" you may ask.  hmmm...I am getting older (gag) and I remember through the years many women I have known having to have surgeries to fix their plumbing...and it doesn't always work. I have had four babies and I worry that my inner workings will fail me at some point-face it-how many of us do our kegel exercises not only the way we should, but on a regular basis? When was the last time you did kegels while driving your car and stopped at the stop light? I have a very deep fear that sometime far into the future I will end up having to wear depends because I pee when I laugh. No thank you!

Welcome to the journey to fix the deep center of my inner being-well at least for today-don't know how personal I wish to get here, although how can you not get personal talking about kegels?

So, I started looking on the internet for things to help with kegel exercises or discussions on how to do them correctly as it had been awhile and who knows, maybe they have new ways of doing things now. Low and behold I discovered Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives sponsoring a site called Kegelmasters.com with her smiling face telling readers that "Every woman should have a Kegelmaster!"

Needless to say after perusing the site I thought I would give it a try and so I made my purchase.  They have two choices-a basic kegelmaster that gives you 15 levels of resistance that will work you up to 4.5 pounds of resistance or the advanced kegelmaster that gives you an additional 64 levels of resistance where you work up to 9 pounds of resistance.  The premise is to give your pelvic floor something to work against thereby strengthening your muscles. I'll let you know how well it works sometime in the future.

My other endeavor is to work on the muscles of my lower core and get that built up before attempting to compete here at home with those on The Biggest Loser. No I am not mega pounds overweight-I actually am around 40 pounds overweight, however, my biggest problem is being out of shape, but have you watched The Biggest Loser?  Okay, they put me to shame in the exercise department!

Sooo that is the start of my journey.  First, fix my inner workings and then second, maybe a 10k?  We'll see...

is this the right title?

Who knows?  When I entitled my blog I wasn't exactly thinking of whether or not it was appropriate-more like is there a blog space available by this name?  Soooo do I keep this name? or do I find another one?  Can you just rename your blog or do you have to actually ditch the thing and start all over?  Ugh!  I don't want to start all over!  I like the way it looks and what I have done with it and most of it was through trial and error.  I am not sure I can even replicate the things that I have done with my blog to make it look this way.  And is it the right way?

And really-do we really have to capitalize the beginning of sentences and proper nouns, etc. when it is so much easier and faster to just type?

So, I will have to think on whether or not I wish to keep this name or find a new one and what type of format I wish to use-as in casual or formal.

Wish me luck-

penny for your thought

Years ago I had a college friend with whom I traded penny thoughts...index cards with a quote or uplifting thought scribbled upon it and a penny taped to one side of the card.  As a child, my mother would many times quip to us the adage 'penny for your thoughts'.  I haven't had many so called penny thoughts lately.  Mainly because my life has been so chaotic, or it seems to be that way to me, therefore even though I have had this site set up for awhile I have stared at it many times not knowing what to write, or even why I should write.  Am I writing solely for myself, or am I actually hoping that I will achieve a following of people who might be remotely interested in my seemingly mundane life?

Well I have decided to write for myself.  I like to write and I think it will help me see my growth as a person and help incorporate discipline back into my life.  I also believe that I need to keep track of the many things that I like to do or choose to do or wish to do, however the case may be.

Obviously there is going to be a learning curve to this adventure of mine.  I have never blogged before and although I can somewhat find my way around a computer, I have surprisingly discovered how to do this all on my own, no running to my husband or son saying 'help' or even my oldest daughter who does have a blog.  So in this aspect of my adventure I am quite proud of myself-kudos to me!

So, here I go with my first post...let my adventure begin!