yoga, books, movies, tv & too many crime procedurals – not necesarily in that order
That’s something I’m looking to change very soon. But in looking for a particular yoga place out here, my google search led me to this link. All I really have to say about that is “BULLSHIT.”
As a teacher with more than 200 hours of training and certification, AND as someone who TAUGHT at a gym, the bottom line is that any class is only as good as your confidence in (and comfort with) the teacher. If you are a beginning student, I’ve posted about good ways to begin your practice and find a good class but ultimately every student has different needs.
I’ll break it down in bullets:
1. Call the gym/studio and ask about the classes. They’ll be honest.
2. If you feel uncomfortable in/during a class, tell the instructor.
3. NOTHING SHOULD BE PAINFUL.
4. Ask the teacher about their training/certifications.
5. Ask other students.
I feel like I actually have three jobs. After work today, I stopped at the grocery on the way home. Once home, I made chili (for dinner tonight), beef tikka masala (for this weekend) and blueberry muffins (for breakfast). Things not to do after cutting up your hands all day working with cardboard: cut jalepenos. Yeah. Awesome. I ALSO managed to get the kitchen cleaned. I am Supergirl.
The muffins allowed me to test my new silicone muffin pans and they are FANTASTIC. I love them. If I could, I’d replace most of my bakeware with silicone. On the current wishlist: those measuring cups/spoons that flatten, as well as a colander.
My Xbox is wending its way to the house as we speak. I’m very excited about it and picked up some used games from GameStop. Fatima promised we could conference and watch bad movies on Netflix, so I’m looking forward to that.
My hands ARE pretty thrashed from work. I’ve been having issues for the last year/year and a half with dry nails that peel (rather than split or break) and recently discovered that a fix seems to include 1. No nail polish and 2. Lots of lotion. I trimmed my nails tonight and there wasn’t a single peeler. The hands ARE hella dry from all the cardboard though. I might actually have to get out my lotion gloves overnight.
New current playlist is an autolist with Lily Allen, Kelly Clarkson, Britney, Gaga and Katy Perry. I’m REALLY enjoying it.
Other random news. Brit Hume- WTF? Because Christians, especially FAMOUS Christians, NEVER have extramarital affairs? WTF *SouthCarolinaGovernor* cough. I think Brit’s a first class idiot. See also: not everyone subscribes to your idea or need for forgiveness. Jackass.
Tomorrow’s post-work excitement will consist of seeing Avatar again and/or cleaning the basement. Piper was mad that we left today and got into the coffee grounds in the laundry room garbage. Mmmm. Coffee grounds. This would likely be less annoying if I 1. drank coffee and 2. thought coffee smelled good. Damn dog.
I might do some more reading before bed tonight- Middlemarch is even more effective than Ambien.
Today was a little work followed by a massive amount of baking. G and I made four batches of cookie bars – all of which seem to have turned out fantastically. I also got a call from work asking if I’d like to pick up some more hours tomorrow (working 8 rather than 4) and then Husband and I settled in to watch Star Trek.
Man. That movie is JUST as good as it was in the theater and I still laughed out loud at all the funny parts. And it was still FUN to watch. We’ve got a couple of more in the queue (Angel of Death and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past). In other media news, finished the latest installment of Charlaine Harris’s Grave series and it was really really good. I”m hoping it isn’t the last.
I’m about a third of the way through East of Eden and enjoying it. I blame Mr. Farrah and his need to read Steinbeck aloud (with character voices) to our AP English class junior year for all my avoidance of Steinbeck since. I’m okay with blaming him since I know he didn’t care much for me, either. Also, CHARACTER VOICES. Ugh.
While Husband catches up on the Texas/Nebraska game, I’m going to read some more fiction. Photos and recipes from cookie day will be posted tomorrow.
I’m tagging along to Denver for a Husband event. While he’s working, I’ll probably troll a local Target for bargain deals on Halloween decor. Yesterday I found a whole mess of stuff at Walmart for $20. Unbeknownst to me, it was all marked down by something like 80 percent. Never shall I be without a pumpkin cookie cutter again! Or cats, gravestones, and maple leafs.
