Ricky: "Here's Superman's strategy. Punch it. If that does work, ask Batman."
Dear Dryer Vent Hose-
I hate you. You are supposed to fit. I double checked the sizes when I bought you and you are supposed to fit. But you don't fit. So I wasted my time tonight when I could have been hanging out with Ricky and editing photos. Tomorrow you will fit or I will make you fit.
-Management
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Funny Things My Kids Say *February 2012 Edition*
Not sure which one did it or when they did it but one of the twins put the carton of eggs in the door of the refrigerator. And our fridge door is broken so there are no shelf guardrails. Ricky opened the door and down the eggs go. A brand new carton of 18 eggs destroyed in seconds.
Emma: "Who is singing? The Squirrels?"
Me: "Alvin and the Chipmunks."
*Kids keep coming in and stalling bedtime*
Emma: "Excuse me, Dad. Mommy's hair is up."
Before school this morning, Emma picked up a notepad that I was writing ideas for this year's Christmas presents. She started reading parts of it. ♥
Emma: "How 'bout we watch 'Snow White' first and then we watch 'Cinderella'? How 'bout that?"
Olivia: "No."
*Watching 'Cinderella'*
Me: "What's she doing?"
Emma: "Cleaning the floor. I can clean the floor?"
Me: "Sure, go get a rag"
*Emma gets a rag, wets it, and starts cleaning up the finger painting drips on the kitchen floor*
Me: "Okay, what do we need to do now?"
Emma: "Get our clothes on/"
Me: "You have your clothes on. What do we do now?"
Emma: "Get shoes on and eat butter."
Emma: "I love Habby Cat and Old Cat."
Trying a new approach to getting the kids to clean their room. I had them each choose a number: Em 20 & Liv 96. They had to tell me which one was bigger and then the bigger number got to play Reader Rabbit while the smaller number had to clean up one part of their bedroom. Liv is playing RR while Em picks up the books from the floor. The faster she does it, the faster she gets to take over the computer from Liv. Then Liv has to clean up something from the floor and they switch. Let's see how this works out...
PARENTING WIN! Their room is clean. It only took 2 hours. Not bad since last time it took them 4 days.
Ricky and the kids are playing a live-action Angry Birds. They have a stuffed animal 'red chicken' that they are throwing at my mustache pig that Ricky is holding.
Grandmother: "You girls can get Mommy to make you this bacon and french toast. Grandmother and Grandpa can't have it 'cause we're on a diet."
Emma: "We can have it 'cause we're not old."
*shows me her chocolate coin*
Olivia: "I got a gold piece. Fit for a king!"
Olivia: "I'm done. I put all the dolls up."
Me: "No, you didn't. What's that?" *points to stuffed Batman*
Olivia: "That's not a doll!"
Me: "What is it then?"
Olivia: "That's BATMAN!"
Olivia: "See you later Mommy. I'm going to Gotham City to see Batman."
Olivia: "Mommy, I need to talk to the police."
Me: "Why?"
Olivia: "'Cause Emma needs to tell it to the judge!"
The girlies have stripped down to their underwear and are jumping onto the couch saying, "Professionals Only!" before jumping off screaming, "Bonzai!!"
Ricky : "I've got your faces!"
Olivia: "You can't! We're twins!"
Emma: "Who is singing? The Squirrels?"
Me: "Alvin and the Chipmunks."
*Kids keep coming in and stalling bedtime*
Emma: "Excuse me, Dad. Mommy's hair is up."
Before school this morning, Emma picked up a notepad that I was writing ideas for this year's Christmas presents. She started reading parts of it. ♥
Emma: "How 'bout we watch 'Snow White' first and then we watch 'Cinderella'? How 'bout that?"
Olivia: "No."
*Watching 'Cinderella'*
Me: "What's she doing?"
Emma: "Cleaning the floor. I can clean the floor?"
Me: "Sure, go get a rag"
*Emma gets a rag, wets it, and starts cleaning up the finger painting drips on the kitchen floor*
Me: "Okay, what do we need to do now?"
Emma: "Get our clothes on/"
Me: "You have your clothes on. What do we do now?"
Emma: "Get shoes on and eat butter."
Emma: "I love Habby Cat and Old Cat."
Trying a new approach to getting the kids to clean their room. I had them each choose a number: Em 20 & Liv 96. They had to tell me which one was bigger and then the bigger number got to play Reader Rabbit while the smaller number had to clean up one part of their bedroom. Liv is playing RR while Em picks up the books from the floor. The faster she does it, the faster she gets to take over the computer from Liv. Then Liv has to clean up something from the floor and they switch. Let's see how this works out...
PARENTING WIN! Their room is clean. It only took 2 hours. Not bad since last time it took them 4 days.
Ricky and the kids are playing a live-action Angry Birds. They have a stuffed animal 'red chicken' that they are throwing at my mustache pig that Ricky is holding.
Grandmother: "You girls can get Mommy to make you this bacon and french toast. Grandmother and Grandpa can't have it 'cause we're on a diet."
Emma: "We can have it 'cause we're not old."
*shows me her chocolate coin*
Olivia: "I got a gold piece. Fit for a king!"
Olivia: "I'm done. I put all the dolls up."
Me: "No, you didn't. What's that?" *points to stuffed Batman*
Olivia: "That's not a doll!"
Me: "What is it then?"
Olivia: "That's BATMAN!"
Olivia: "See you later Mommy. I'm going to Gotham City to see Batman."
Olivia: "Mommy, I need to talk to the police."
Me: "Why?"
Olivia: "'Cause Emma needs to tell it to the judge!"
The girlies have stripped down to their underwear and are jumping onto the couch saying, "Professionals Only!" before jumping off screaming, "Bonzai!!"
Ricky : "I've got your faces!"
Olivia: "You can't! We're twins!"
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
P90x Day 15: Chest and Back
Last night's workout was tough. Mentally and physically. The kiddos spent the Sunday night with Ricky's parents because of our video game day and the fact that Monday was a holiday for the kiddos. Since the kiddos weren't here, I took the opportunity to sleep in after Ricky went to work. Ricky called around 9am and woke me up, but after our phone call I rolled over and went back to sleep. He called again at 1pm and woke me up again. It's not completely unusual for me to sleep that late when the kiddos aren't here, but the feeling I had after waking up was odd. I felt sluggish, weak, and my head felt kinda fuzzy. That feeling lasted the rest of the day/night.
By the time Ricky was home and the kiddos were heading to bed I really was not up to doing our workout. Honestly, neither was Ricky. While our workouts are a good way for us to spend time together, we are beginning to miss hanging out on the couch, watching movies/playing video games for a few hours before heading to bed. Our exercise routine is cutting into that and we are missing it. Last night we both admitted to each other that we felt that way. But we also agreed that we were not going to quit. We made a commitment to do 90 days and that's what we are going to do. I really want to do Insanity after we finish P90x, but I think we're going to take a couple weeks off before we jump into it. Another reason I think it was harder to get started last night was because we had missed a couple workouts. That makes more of a difference than I realized.
Round 1
Standard Push-ups: 10 on knees (I did 1/2 a non-girlie one, best attempt ever so far!) (R:10)
Wide Front Pull-ups: 8 with chair (R:3)
Military Push-ups: 7 on knees(R:6)
Reverse Grip Chin-ups: 8 with chair (R:7)
Wide Fly Push-Ups: 10 on knees(R:10)
Closed Grip Overhand Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:3)
Decline Push-ups: 0 (R:5)
Heavy Pants: 15 with 10lb weights (R:12 with 20lb weights)
Diamond Push-ups: 3 on knees (R:5 with a wider grip)
Lawnmower: 15 with 10lb weights on each side (R: 20 with 20lb weights on each side)
Dive Bomb: 0 (R:4)
Back Flys: 15 with 10lb weights (R:20 with 20lb weights)
Round 2
Wide Front Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:2)
Standard Push-ups: 6 on knees (R:10)
Reverse Grip Chin-ups: 5 with chair (R:5)
Military Push-ups: 5 on knees(R:3)
Closed Grip Overhand Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:2)
Wide Fly Push-Ups: 5 on knees(R:7)
Heavy Pants: 15 with 10lb weights (R: 10 with 20lb weights)
Decline Push-ups: 0 (R:5)
Lawnmower: 15 with 10lb weights on each side (R: 15 with 20lb weights on each side)
Diamond Push-ups: 0 (R:0)
Back Flys: 15 with 10lb weights (R: 10 with 20lb weights)
Dive Bomb: 0 (R:3)
With not feeling well, I remember assuming that I was doing/going to do worse than previous Chest & Back exercise days. I mean, it makes sense. If you're not feeling 100%, you can't give 100%, so you won't do as well as normal. Well, even though there were few exercises that I had to sit down and skip, overall I still improved from last weeks workout.
If I didn't have Ricky working out with me I don't know if I would have stuck with P90x for this long. I have come across several of the reasons that other people have quit, but Ricky and I refuse to. We may miss a few days here and there because of life happening, but that is not going to keep us from continuing. Just like if you're on a diet and have a bad couple of binging days, most people just give up, but you shouldn't. You should just start where you left off and continue, because you're still doing better than you were in the beginning. You won't have to start over completely if you don't ever quit completely. Slowing down isn't the same as quitting. I know it sounds contradictory with my beginning statement about not knowing if I'd have stuck with it without Ricky.
I often have trouble sticking with things that don't show immediate results (as I'm sure a lot of people do). I've been seeing results in the form of increased exercise reps and my pants fitting better, but I can't help but wish for more. I want to see a lower number on the scale (even though I know that a higher number doesn't always mean more fat). I want to wear a size even smaller pants (even though I know that I'm working my way there by making the size I'm in now fit better). I want to be able to do a regular non-girlie push up (even though I can do more of one now than I was able to do 3 weeks ago). I have all these "goals" in my head that I want NOW that I know aren't realistic. I know that. But that doesn't stop me from wanting them. And even though I know they are unrealistic, not achieving them makes me want to quit. I have to remind myself daily that even though I'm not achieving the goals I want to, I am achieving the goals I need to so that I can get to achieving the goals I want to.
By comparing our reps week to week, we are improving, but on a daily basis it doesn't seem like much has changed. I am trying to decide whether I want to continue logging our progress strictly on my blog, or if I want to blog it as well as use the P90x Worksheets. By using the worksheets I can look at how we've been doing at a glance, and then I can push myself to do better by knowing what I did last time. But if I don't look at the numbers, then I rely on my ability to dictate the number of reps that I do. And it feels so good to compare them afterwards and see an increase. I just don't know which is better.
-BritneyMarie
By the time Ricky was home and the kiddos were heading to bed I really was not up to doing our workout. Honestly, neither was Ricky. While our workouts are a good way for us to spend time together, we are beginning to miss hanging out on the couch, watching movies/playing video games for a few hours before heading to bed. Our exercise routine is cutting into that and we are missing it. Last night we both admitted to each other that we felt that way. But we also agreed that we were not going to quit. We made a commitment to do 90 days and that's what we are going to do. I really want to do Insanity after we finish P90x, but I think we're going to take a couple weeks off before we jump into it. Another reason I think it was harder to get started last night was because we had missed a couple workouts. That makes more of a difference than I realized.
Round 1
Standard Push-ups: 10 on knees (I did 1/2 a non-girlie one, best attempt ever so far!) (R:10)
Wide Front Pull-ups: 8 with chair (R:3)
Military Push-ups: 7 on knees(R:6)
Reverse Grip Chin-ups: 8 with chair (R:7)
Wide Fly Push-Ups: 10 on knees(R:10)
Closed Grip Overhand Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:3)
Decline Push-ups: 0 (R:5)
Heavy Pants: 15 with 10lb weights (R:12 with 20lb weights)
Diamond Push-ups: 3 on knees (R:5 with a wider grip)
Lawnmower: 15 with 10lb weights on each side (R: 20 with 20lb weights on each side)
Dive Bomb: 0 (R:4)
Back Flys: 15 with 10lb weights (R:20 with 20lb weights)
Round 2
Wide Front Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:2)
Standard Push-ups: 6 on knees (R:10)
Reverse Grip Chin-ups: 5 with chair (R:5)
Military Push-ups: 5 on knees(R:3)
Closed Grip Overhand Pull-ups: 5 with chair (R:2)
Wide Fly Push-Ups: 5 on knees(R:7)
Heavy Pants: 15 with 10lb weights (R: 10 with 20lb weights)
Decline Push-ups: 0 (R:5)
Lawnmower: 15 with 10lb weights on each side (R: 15 with 20lb weights on each side)
Diamond Push-ups: 0 (R:0)
Back Flys: 15 with 10lb weights (R: 10 with 20lb weights)
Dive Bomb: 0 (R:3)
With not feeling well, I remember assuming that I was doing/going to do worse than previous Chest & Back exercise days. I mean, it makes sense. If you're not feeling 100%, you can't give 100%, so you won't do as well as normal. Well, even though there were few exercises that I had to sit down and skip, overall I still improved from last weeks workout.
If I didn't have Ricky working out with me I don't know if I would have stuck with P90x for this long. I have come across several of the reasons that other people have quit, but Ricky and I refuse to. We may miss a few days here and there because of life happening, but that is not going to keep us from continuing. Just like if you're on a diet and have a bad couple of binging days, most people just give up, but you shouldn't. You should just start where you left off and continue, because you're still doing better than you were in the beginning. You won't have to start over completely if you don't ever quit completely. Slowing down isn't the same as quitting. I know it sounds contradictory with my beginning statement about not knowing if I'd have stuck with it without Ricky.
I often have trouble sticking with things that don't show immediate results (as I'm sure a lot of people do). I've been seeing results in the form of increased exercise reps and my pants fitting better, but I can't help but wish for more. I want to see a lower number on the scale (even though I know that a higher number doesn't always mean more fat). I want to wear a size even smaller pants (even though I know that I'm working my way there by making the size I'm in now fit better). I want to be able to do a regular non-girlie push up (even though I can do more of one now than I was able to do 3 weeks ago). I have all these "goals" in my head that I want NOW that I know aren't realistic. I know that. But that doesn't stop me from wanting them. And even though I know they are unrealistic, not achieving them makes me want to quit. I have to remind myself daily that even though I'm not achieving the goals I want to, I am achieving the goals I need to so that I can get to achieving the goals I want to.
By comparing our reps week to week, we are improving, but on a daily basis it doesn't seem like much has changed. I am trying to decide whether I want to continue logging our progress strictly on my blog, or if I want to blog it as well as use the P90x Worksheets. By using the worksheets I can look at how we've been doing at a glance, and then I can push myself to do better by knowing what I did last time. But if I don't look at the numbers, then I rely on my ability to dictate the number of reps that I do. And it feels so good to compare them afterwards and see an increase. I just don't know which is better.
-BritneyMarie
Friday, February 17, 2012
P90x Day 12: Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper X
Ricky and I really pushed ourselves tonight. I have increased my weights double what I started with (from 5lbs to 10lbs) and I was still able to increase my reps to 15 or stay close to 15 for each set. My arms are on fire! I know I'm going to be feeling the burn tomorrow and I LOVE it!
Round 1:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:12 using 15lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 16 using 8lbs (R:16 using 10lbs)
Round 2:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 20lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 16 using 10lbs (R:7 using 20lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 16 using 8lbs (R:16 using 10lbs)
Round 1:
Deep Swimmers Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 15lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Chair Dips: 25 with knees bent (R:10 with legs straight)
Round 2:
Deep Swimmers Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:15 using 15lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R: 10 using 15lbs)
Chair Dips: 25 with knees bent (R:15 with legs straight)
Round 1:
Upright Rows: 15 using 10lbs (R:15 using 15lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 10 using 8lbs (R:7 using 10lbs)
Round 2:
Upright Rows: 15 using 10lbs (R:13 using 15lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 10 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Round 1:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 8 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 15lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 13 using 10lbs (R:8 using 15lbs)
Round 2:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 10 using 8lbs (R:12 using 10lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:15 using 10lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 15 using 8lbs (R:15 using 10lbs)
Bonus Round 1:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 8lbs (R:12 using 10lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:8 using 15lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 10/10 (R:5/10)
Bonus Round 2:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 15/15 (R:10/10)
Ab Ripper X stats:
In and Outs: 25 (R:25)
Seated Bicycles: 25/25 (R:25/25)
Seated Crunchy Frog: 15 (R:10)
Crossed Leg/Wide Leg Sit Ups: 0 (R:25)
Fifer Scissor: 14 (R:20)
Hip Rock and Raise: 25 (R:20)
Pulse Ups: 25 (R:15)
Roll Up/V-Up Combo: 0 (R:20)
Oblique V-Ups: 0/0 (R:10/10)
Leg Climbs: 12/12 (R:12/12)
Mason Twist: 30 (R:50)
Round 1:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:12 using 15lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 16 using 8lbs (R:16 using 10lbs)
Round 2:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 20lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 16 using 10lbs (R:7 using 20lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 16 using 8lbs (R:16 using 10lbs)
Round 1:
Deep Swimmers Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 15lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Chair Dips: 25 with knees bent (R:10 with legs straight)
Round 2:
Deep Swimmers Press: 15 using 10lbs (R:15 using 15lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R: 10 using 15lbs)
Chair Dips: 25 with knees bent (R:15 with legs straight)
Round 1:
Upright Rows: 15 using 10lbs (R:15 using 15lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 10 using 8lbs (R:7 using 10lbs)
Round 2:
Upright Rows: 15 using 10lbs (R:13 using 15lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 10lbs (R:16 using 15lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 10 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Round 1:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 8 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 10lbs (R:10 using 15lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 13 using 10lbs (R:8 using 15lbs)
Round 2:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 10 using 8lbs (R:12 using 10lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:15 using 10lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 15 using 8lbs (R:15 using 10lbs)
Bonus Round 1:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 8lbs (R:12 using 10lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:8 using 15lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 10/10 (R:5/10)
Bonus Round 2:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 8lbs (R:10 using 10lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 15/15 (R:10/10)
Ab Ripper X stats:
In and Outs: 25 (R:25)
Seated Bicycles: 25/25 (R:25/25)
Seated Crunchy Frog: 15 (R:10)
Crossed Leg/Wide Leg Sit Ups: 0 (R:25)
Fifer Scissor: 14 (R:20)
Hip Rock and Raise: 25 (R:20)
Pulse Ups: 25 (R:15)
Roll Up/V-Up Combo: 0 (R:20)
Oblique V-Ups: 0/0 (R:10/10)
Leg Climbs: 12/12 (R:12/12)
Mason Twist: 30 (R:50)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
P90x Day 11: Stretch X
Our schedule is a bit off. Tonight we were going to do Yoga X but Ricky asked if we could substitute Stretch X instead. (He really hates Plank and Downward Facing Dog.) He actually said he liked this one a lot. It helped loosen up all the tension we were carrying from the past few days and it felt so great.
-BritneyMarie
-BritneyMarie
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