tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127433802024-03-23T11:20:02.833-07:00Your Local A&PBlog about my life in Portland, OR with my sweet hubby and my little girl. As a friend described, my multi-faceted life as a wife & mom, personal trainer, seamstress & Etsy shop owner are described here... sometimes in great, sickening detail. Just look at the pictures if you want! ;)Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-64258581362205710582012-05-06T21:25:00.005-07:002012-05-06T21:25:58.815-07:00The EndSo it has come to this. You are checking here... again, with hope. Because there is always hope. For now I will continue to update my Flickr account with a photo diary of our life.<br />
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And I'm occasionally posting pictures and content on Facebook that is not shared on Flickr.<br />
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I have enjoyed sharing my collections of words with whomever cares to read, and I've missed blogging over the last couple years. I am getting less screen time these days. Maybe when Adelaide turns 6 (2014)?<br />
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xo<br />
AnneAnne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-7199619528528697492010-05-21T21:34:00.001-07:002010-05-21T21:34:49.430-07:00Happy Birthday BabyYahoo, Adelaide is 2!<br />
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It's a shame that we didn't film this tonight because now she knows how to say "My Birthday!" and "I'm 2!"<br />
Fun times.Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-19234862280122240362010-04-26T20:53:00.000-07:002010-04-26T20:55:29.537-07:00Long Gone & Back Again<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Over the past 8 - 12 weeks, my nausea has been heightened by feelings of responsibility and follow-through. But lately I'm running out of excuses. I've eaten chocolate recently, stopped taking Unisom, and even taken seconds over the last 2 weeks.</div><div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So now I'm answering e-mails in a timely manner, taking and editing images (AKA photos), and I even sewed something (still working on taking those images, but it's cute!).</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Anyway, here's my collection of until recently un-edited and un-posted images from the last couple months. I KNOW, they're ARCHIVES, and you should feel privileged that I have shared them (unless, in fact, you have already given up on this dead page).</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ahem.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Gardening, er, digging... for worms</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF66034GrFgydvk6w9LFN8Inyh-S_meaAMEFArrSzo9Ty-ZyNhyphenhyphen0MPK7Kl4nrV4hbz6eeIVYqh87ptZuWF-Z9KrFzbp-RLPiETXpEg-eTZtsudPooLMwA4lVDJjCxp7NOG-3dhpg/s1600/Garden-Dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF66034GrFgydvk6w9LFN8Inyh-S_meaAMEFArrSzo9Ty-ZyNhyphenhyphen0MPK7Kl4nrV4hbz6eeIVYqh87ptZuWF-Z9KrFzbp-RLPiETXpEg-eTZtsudPooLMwA4lVDJjCxp7NOG-3dhpg/s640/Garden-Dress.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyc37gWyB0qc7Pj5LeHOLHiO4RotALx_oJEKpMgDjCzim_jXK7PN0fi8qJZL1WBhZ_HIF-IEQOPso1hw_faZzojm0KzPrncf7nRL_p_Ktwj7G4CyDfIh7isG_YmHD8NoKZ9BsAw/s1600/Garden-Dress-Shovel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyc37gWyB0qc7Pj5LeHOLHiO4RotALx_oJEKpMgDjCzim_jXK7PN0fi8qJZL1WBhZ_HIF-IEQOPso1hw_faZzojm0KzPrncf7nRL_p_Ktwj7G4CyDfIh7isG_YmHD8NoKZ9BsAw/s320/Garden-Dress-Shovel.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="213" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Picnic with Lily & Tracy<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgA9WbvspIVcFUhEbvkGl6gXbGJaMcGlUqS9X0-B4dMFvuFkjna251u_TdcQMh24O3V8cOtPxJXt3F_m8ty5j5EfOBT_jxHJdsheHnTn0dxHuaQv-xVf9jlJkN1LCCQEuUzF0Cg/s1600/picnic-flying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgA9WbvspIVcFUhEbvkGl6gXbGJaMcGlUqS9X0-B4dMFvuFkjna251u_TdcQMh24O3V8cOtPxJXt3F_m8ty5j5EfOBT_jxHJdsheHnTn0dxHuaQv-xVf9jlJkN1LCCQEuUzF0Cg/s320/picnic-flying.jpg" width="213" border="0" height="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZjqkPcaoRM0dQv5p4Sc6jD13J0l6QCY9Mlhzg1eFewjzl-_zSNCpuZ0C8dKXyFuExMwNlh-jcAYrsOX2BrwamyUQswuqTMXOd8M93viYlJtIfJ9tiDexqN77RQIapMVtj81pIg/s1600/Picnic-Fountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZjqkPcaoRM0dQv5p4Sc6jD13J0l6QCY9Mlhzg1eFewjzl-_zSNCpuZ0C8dKXyFuExMwNlh-jcAYrsOX2BrwamyUQswuqTMXOd8M93viYlJtIfJ9tiDexqN77RQIapMVtj81pIg/s320/Picnic-Fountain.jpg" width="213" border="0" height="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; 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font-family: trebuchet ms;">At Rogue, trying to convince herself that Root Beer is a treat and not medicine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJJ6EQCSSwfr3s_8T8fz7ZTViFmGpSDKH0KOXuJAdyyEkBrB0PXHPSvKe2I2xSmn5exgHlkCKwW5OI0XG9G77VIhL24nkNWhPrwYsZgpSAec9twafwSHOx9nLnQCKKzkjFgadaQ/s1600/root-beer-hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJJ6EQCSSwfr3s_8T8fz7ZTViFmGpSDKH0KOXuJAdyyEkBrB0PXHPSvKe2I2xSmn5exgHlkCKwW5OI0XG9G77VIhL24nkNWhPrwYsZgpSAec9twafwSHOx9nLnQCKKzkjFgadaQ/s320/root-beer-hat.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kwi6vp9dEwyQkNMx87BydUFrPlohcEUbtssPkjYPWi4CkbtfT6f3Ue-Q5sv6SNZ5elPBA2NuaPoK_XJNubE8pd3Xtojpnn6twP3dc6UBKlmkgAv_ics6s_DlzEwOvLbXV60UUA/s1600/Root-Beer-Treat-Aaack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kwi6vp9dEwyQkNMx87BydUFrPlohcEUbtssPkjYPWi4CkbtfT6f3Ue-Q5sv6SNZ5elPBA2NuaPoK_XJNubE8pd3Xtojpnn6twP3dc6UBKlmkgAv_ics6s_DlzEwOvLbXV60UUA/s320/Root-Beer-Treat-Aaack.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="213" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Potty Meeooo (movie).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCvq-hG13BT3R_me8ptU2RFSWRIJ7ZPXLgTMqcnFvBqM0P89sEOmYVugAyQ6WllYmYJUMLISFBWN0sq-duwa9yTv_Q0JMZ3uJo1LwrOKrPVvroiI-75YLmpPHek3XL9o2lsletg/s1600/Potty-Training-Potty-Show.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCvq-hG13BT3R_me8ptU2RFSWRIJ7ZPXLgTMqcnFvBqM0P89sEOmYVugAyQ6WllYmYJUMLISFBWN0sq-duwa9yTv_Q0JMZ3uJo1LwrOKrPVvroiI-75YLmpPHek3XL9o2lsletg/s640/Potty-Training-Potty-Show.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">@ OMSI with idol Bet (Beckett)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLrcwuOo8M6OpVtPh8oBwMx07ciNsWXvk9wUUzViusZhQdy71vrY-SLdcB4RsfNUxNgCqSF-dwmSf-16jeuGofwDhHsYbPx16saxGUEkm2Andia081OVEj-Yc0BtWcuFEx-bDHw/s1600/Hand-Holding-at-OMSI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLrcwuOo8M6OpVtPh8oBwMx07ciNsWXvk9wUUzViusZhQdy71vrY-SLdcB4RsfNUxNgCqSF-dwmSf-16jeuGofwDhHsYbPx16saxGUEkm2Andia081OVEj-Yc0BtWcuFEx-bDHw/s320/Hand-Holding-at-OMSI.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgA9WbvspIVcFUhEbvkGl6gXbGJaMcGlUqS9X0-B4dMFvuFkjna251u_TdcQMh24O3V8cOtPxJXt3F_m8ty5j5EfOBT_jxHJdsheHnTn0dxHuaQv-xVf9jlJkN1LCCQEuUzF0Cg/s1600/picnic-flying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And there you have it: our February, March, & half of April, in images. </span><br />Chow!<br /><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZjqkPcaoRM0dQv5p4Sc6jD13J0l6QCY9Mlhzg1eFewjzl-_zSNCpuZ0C8dKXyFuExMwNlh-jcAYrsOX2BrwamyUQswuqTMXOd8M93viYlJtIfJ9tiDexqN77RQIapMVtj81pIg/s1600/Picnic-Fountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /></div></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-70832482835396242262010-03-28T15:02:00.000-07:002010-03-28T15:02:10.604-07:00Sad & HappyLast-last Friday, our last day with Mr Gatsby...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br />
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Last Monday, visible proof of life!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lrnPSf_RfwEoP2RqRD3rztUIgDW2iGetfe70illeHtleeVqOSGK7oGmwb_ScWCEYsQux5yye4KH7aXCo3GUdMrwWrfh50ubREjZ_b5aZECJHS4QkaZh6eT2RjxuAwc-WfsX4-A/s1600-h/KOSKIELIZABETH20100315155609087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lrnPSf_RfwEoP2RqRD3rztUIgDW2iGetfe70illeHtleeVqOSGK7oGmwb_ScWCEYsQux5yye4KH7aXCo3GUdMrwWrfh50ubREjZ_b5aZECJHS4QkaZh6eT2RjxuAwc-WfsX4-A/s320/KOSKIELIZABETH20100315155609087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-58082985344198422862010-02-13T21:47:00.001-08:002010-02-13T21:56:17.580-08:00Cocoa part deuxAnother round. Thanks Aunt Tyleen & kids!<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDaAfRf83nmxYk9KSGNmINBkgC98s9q3uwHDClslIwzCTS8Ye80wszRIh95tRlatoUW6YYcLW1LvKmZpD1gTfaYJZsxsY8tY99zZ7-RDP0FFPZWmh9WoSjIsj9qYDjGPbPRFD1g/s1600-h/Hotcocoa3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDaAfRf83nmxYk9KSGNmINBkgC98s9q3uwHDClslIwzCTS8Ye80wszRIh95tRlatoUW6YYcLW1LvKmZpD1gTfaYJZsxsY8tY99zZ7-RDP0FFPZWmh9WoSjIsj9qYDjGPbPRFD1g/s400/Hotcocoa3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437972257282629826" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4355647080/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2703/4355647080_599d235374.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4355647080/">Cocoa part deux</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/apkoski/">apkoski</a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbk6MunGcuZfS7eee6odEH_sbP7ZAUb8M5lILHSNMc5T-ZQ9V2W_83mDFo1xIQakMzktNuSCZ2P5kmqUfNpLFdAOKC8OfiAMKtoL2PV_OUsnBYJ63gpFdEXeCPDZq8pFhc2xuuQ/s1600-h/Hotcocoa5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbk6MunGcuZfS7eee6odEH_sbP7ZAUb8M5lILHSNMc5T-ZQ9V2W_83mDFo1xIQakMzktNuSCZ2P5kmqUfNpLFdAOKC8OfiAMKtoL2PV_OUsnBYJ63gpFdEXeCPDZq8pFhc2xuuQ/s400/Hotcocoa5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437972262724174434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFwf-zwR3O6bGokpqveMFjhLrIbmRt9TRmhsS76e1dWIBsokr6hrpufv0qR6Nxxl555C_v-AE-QrT8E4mlyz9fxKxXNDgkGxa9WnkMGppKdMuNB6NE12wSaaxsigh_o-VEp4bDA/s1600-h/hOTCOCOA1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFwf-zwR3O6bGokpqveMFjhLrIbmRt9TRmhsS76e1dWIBsokr6hrpufv0qR6Nxxl555C_v-AE-QrT8E4mlyz9fxKxXNDgkGxa9WnkMGppKdMuNB6NE12wSaaxsigh_o-VEp4bDA/s400/hOTCOCOA1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437972244132983314" border="0" /></a><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Happy V-Day<br />xoxo</p>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-91417362092790373212010-02-07T20:43:00.000-08:002010-02-08T15:35:43.298-08:00Our Voodoo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvvuDX_ffNP_RYr00dEWZsKr78MqRW86dFov88Fys6jhkZV-o3tRPCGLCzXT3o1O5cDjuw2ZrpWY7ciWC8C7vgyM7tSsxYTqn6Fgsghjuj-yeUtc7bPwFI1Pv7RtkfMUcX145Bg/s1600-h/Superbowl-Saints.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvvuDX_ffNP_RYr00dEWZsKr78MqRW86dFov88Fys6jhkZV-o3tRPCGLCzXT3o1O5cDjuw2ZrpWY7ciWC8C7vgyM7tSsxYTqn6Fgsghjuj-yeUtc7bPwFI1Pv7RtkfMUcX145Bg/s320/Superbowl-Saints.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435731419218731426" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Did I ever mention the HEX Paul & I have on the local pro football teams? We left St. Louis in 1999, Rams win the Superbowl.<div>We move North from the Gulf Coast, the Saints get Drew Brees, start having a winning record, and then win the Superbowl today. I'd say Portland's pretty lucky there's no pro football team for us to jinx. </div><div><br /></div><div>xo</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwSlMsBOqSQY-Ik-s5x6uSOkWFxfukB-ebkeR_kaFL5kQETtzUObQgNEC7I0ImjTpvWiIULiMqfjBc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-6133656711818039872010-01-25T14:39:00.000-08:002010-01-25T14:45:48.464-08:00New Challenge at Push-Ups and PlaydatesHey regular readers,<br />Just wanted to share with you the opportunity to participate in a new workout challenge, the Evolution Challenge. Have fun doing 25 or 100 repetitions of one exercise per day this week, and crawl out of the primordial soup and into mammal/humanhood! To get started, click over to my <a href="http://www.pushupsandplaydates.blogspot.com/">professional blog</a> and comment, or find the event on Facebook and RSVP.<br /><br />Also, I've already created a modified exercise list for wheelchair-bound individuals as well as children, so if you would like modifications to suit your needs, please let me know.<br /><br />Good luck!Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-69488571980990447562010-01-19T20:55:00.001-08:002010-01-19T21:13:55.757-08:00OFF, pweez!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-TDc2VRqzV0AE5Wpyp_6ht9lJvZbYlAHGMNaeYFPqapBf6Mdw9VrXi31N-yInCFOupD1rCv8os6DCT_3kKBhbJc3fAigWg2VGV9M0TxjEBoDdwE-_ac0BVa3qMpDvT90l1XpSQ/s1600-h/Socks0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-TDc2VRqzV0AE5Wpyp_6ht9lJvZbYlAHGMNaeYFPqapBf6Mdw9VrXi31N-yInCFOupD1rCv8os6DCT_3kKBhbJc3fAigWg2VGV9M0TxjEBoDdwE-_ac0BVa3qMpDvT90l1XpSQ/s400/Socks0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428681949695311042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg5fIKS-1fEkOVO7R64TwbIiJZZR-hxsskHJ8J6VUDkWsHvbO_M_yWDy8CHl1P6rBpz4_5wVGjt9VnA8TnnGxkLTDzB9BoojTXT8pGHAp_43H4W53nzN04Y_c31clWacByLCcqg/s1600-h/Socks1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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Check!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yYU538h7VbQI6tQLXdbTvXSgzfJ8DMKxbqTsBFNx74byBtmLQt0THbVHH-dCmcCgO9ePjZnm3wynWBSMJhTBF-GXtKXFS6NfhrbYuZJhjUoH6wICCdBwmrb2HhGqFDB24ULBGQ/s1600-h/Yahoo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yYU538h7VbQI6tQLXdbTvXSgzfJ8DMKxbqTsBFNx74byBtmLQt0THbVHH-dCmcCgO9ePjZnm3wynWBSMJhTBF-GXtKXFS6NfhrbYuZJhjUoH6wICCdBwmrb2HhGqFDB24ULBGQ/s400/Yahoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427952459206287298" border="0" /></a><br />Woo-hoo, everybody! So happy to have you participating in my first group challenge, the 100 Challenge for Mortals. We did it!<div><br /><br /></div><div>Now lets wrap this figurative baby up. First, your fancy schmancy reward is at the bottom. Pick your favorite weblog button/email signature (right click, save image as, etc.). Please let me know if you see no suitable buttons for yourself.<br /></div><div><br /><br />Second, let's do this again! Seriously, this was great fun. Please, ideas or feedback is wonderful. I can't decide whether next week would be good. You endured so many naggy posts over the last seven days. I don't want to leave anyone "jaded and depressed."<br /><br /></div><div>Third, let's get the records straight. You Facebook folks will have your 700 reps forever engraved in the internet database. The rest of you have been doing a <i>pretty </i>good job of keeping me updated on your progress. </div><div><br />Which leads me to this: <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">if you haven't updated your participation in a few days, please just drop me an email or comment here or on FB that you've completed the challenge (or I will assume otherwise). You worked hard for this recognition and bragging rights!</span></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">apkoski(at)gmail(dot)com</span><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Here's the list so far.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 700 (or 175) Club</b></div>Tyleen S<br /><div>Theresa S</div><div>Sheri L</div><div>Shaunna L</div><div>Paul K</div><div>Morgen B</div><div>Mary P</div><div>Linda H</div><div>Julie F</div><div>Jenny S</div><div>Jessica B</div><div>Erica T</div><div>Erin R</div><div>Erin S</div><div>Elise M</div><div>Don S</div><div>Ashley R</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Participants who completed between 1 and 6 events:</b></div><div>Alicia F </div><div>Christina B</div><div>Christine W</div><div>Dominic A</div><div>Heidi H</div><div>Jackie A</div><div>Jodi N</div><div>Katie M</div><div>Kari K</div><div>Mari B</div><div>Marisa D</div><div>Melanie C</div><div>Mia E</div><div>Mimi T</div><div>Noelle J</div><div>Olivia O</div><div>Rumi B</div><div>Sara J</div><div><br /></div><div><br />Your buttons...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFMa961YiHAl4RUWkDgk2g19rn5oDkQIPO1tVqmyeBfgGWKb4C_FdT3H4EY3NfcOPQ3nNAUZr6umDHsJZscA9RJerVr5ej99X8Tus6QYTz5zc4pO0EcMuPhV5gFFdrj8j9Brq0A/s1600-h/Mama-100-Immortals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflyXEvyGiUHNuPQYBIMPTB3u4obyCTQ-GWsvRiKrzVU-UzU_nFXFk7A1t3Bg3AWA_jpZO740L2xYBohE3gI-vhZ6lJGUQlG4pCvkD_OPLZ3FjT7wWYbxKcriJo1bWGRYKb5GaPg/s200/Girl-100-Immortals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428186438670386178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pT3QUOzWm_ax97vsBSmlQOxdPNwrOCQ7zd7_y1CXXxGz1Uf4iFF_8hs5jPdJh8qXnLpDZd1JKrmvlNN7SoO2zIMpHGzX1DNAP-0PXBym-iK7SIPEtaY8yru3o9joiUaR2mQ6Pw/s1600-h/Girl-25-Mortals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pT3QUOzWm_ax97vsBSmlQOxdPNwrOCQ7zd7_y1CXXxGz1Uf4iFF_8hs5jPdJh8qXnLpDZd1JKrmvlNN7SoO2zIMpHGzX1DNAP-0PXBym-iK7SIPEtaY8yru3o9joiUaR2mQ6Pw/s200/Girl-25-Mortals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428186432880691506" border="0" /></a></div></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-1485508552831849992010-01-16T21:00:00.000-08:002010-01-16T22:01:20.967-08:00Sunday Challenge: Superwomans (and Supermans)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAApjFabYD2CG9xLq_RaaNHtv7mn5cUIQ7J9kLfWVBdcRqOT8e5UBARFyLHgmYsQ83MHkKTKrGIafQlSbgL6l8bJIZ6s22P613OuCyo4yKlZExDD3jjEq8U6QRzRBJbvYL8cfYew/s1600-h/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAApjFabYD2CG9xLq_RaaNHtv7mn5cUIQ7J9kLfWVBdcRqOT8e5UBARFyLHgmYsQ83MHkKTKrGIafQlSbgL6l8bJIZ6s22P613OuCyo4yKlZExDD3jjEq8U6QRzRBJbvYL8cfYew/s200/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427572552915670322" border="0" /></a>Finally, day seven is here! No running for the door now. Time to finish what you started.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div><br />We are up to Superwomans... Supermans. Let's just say Superpersons. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Your Challenge this Sunday:</b> 25 Superpersons (mortals) or 100 Superpersons (Immortals) </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.acefitness.org/exerciselibrary/9/supermans">Click this resource from ACE Fitness</a>, how-to images included.</div><div><br /></div><div>What happens on Monday? Well, for one thing, you get a day off! And your just rewards, a email signature button or blog button that states your own successful completion of this historic event. Just make sure you come back and visit to pick up your goodies. If you forget to visit again, then I'll thank you now for participating in my made-up funness. The event ended up with 62 Facebook guests, plus several guilty spouses, and about six others for an approximate grand total of at least 70 participants. Yahoo!</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcepCpOYt44Uu4B3QEZD1OFhY56D-xXavEP0GQ_6toV31DW_uOwaMXy8RqhRvwpNtzAS88QA2isu-K2CubRoPCgGoMjml-7yjNoupS8WvV9X96ZMlcqMP-FOfAGD46KEarafqtow/s1600-h/Running-down-the-street.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcepCpOYt44Uu4B3QEZD1OFhY56D-xXavEP0GQ_6toV31DW_uOwaMXy8RqhRvwpNtzAS88QA2isu-K2CubRoPCgGoMjml-7yjNoupS8WvV9X96ZMlcqMP-FOfAGD46KEarafqtow/s400/Running-down-the-street.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427578225403641906" border="0" /></a><br /></div> Thanks for playing. Let's do this again sometime. </div><div><br /></div><div>Truly yours,</div><div>Anne</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-37785294677987984302010-01-15T13:30:00.000-08:002010-01-15T15:27:47.384-08:00Saturday Challenge: Inchworms<a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMbu4MpqGc0tQFGo3XlQQ1HIcquustROTNqJuusduir4HMTDROpvVgigyWGnXr3-43i8OuOrdGypMsRRGLfR-t2BicK1LhWbkjiFSYHLuahYqM9DPpcpq7GbQU5DJ9YSYWgCOrA/s1600-h/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMbu4MpqGc0tQFGo3XlQQ1HIcquustROTNqJuusduir4HMTDROpvVgigyWGnXr3-43i8OuOrdGypMsRRGLfR-t2BicK1LhWbkjiFSYHLuahYqM9DPpcpq7GbQU5DJ9YSYWgCOrA/s200/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427111965084966818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Does anyone else know that children's song? We have it on our Ann Murray Sings LP, but Miss A is uninterested so far.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Back to the matters at hand though: our challenge! <span style=""> </span>We're nearly finished. PLEASE, don't give up now. You will feel such a sense of accomplishment if you can just get through the rest of this week, not to mention the amazing blog button/email signature reward. And I'll tell you a secret, if you just keep on reading.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">First, did you do your burpees?! Yes? Ok, good. I didn't want to scold you in front of your kiddos.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Second, are you ready for inchworms? <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Don't worry, if you get past the inchworms, the superpermans/womans are a cinch. Honest! (That's my secret.)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inchworms</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">Mortals</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: Do 25 Inchworms </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="">(from plank, walking up & down back to plank is one repetition)</span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">Immortals</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: 100 Inchworms <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQbeaFqGtLH5xU_ZbDyjF4vOYRRX9PT3UaJpZOHwWWxw9-QNtSA9XLGBjGdvevovzJ75BPUGem93yMKMvb7q7ajkbkn2kGecIdIs862cfp8c5hHfXyfrSS5pxU8vcehV_q7O5gQ/s1600-h/Inchworm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 59px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQbeaFqGtLH5xU_ZbDyjF4vOYRRX9PT3UaJpZOHwWWxw9-QNtSA9XLGBjGdvevovzJ75BPUGem93yMKMvb7q7ajkbkn2kGecIdIs862cfp8c5hHfXyfrSS5pxU8vcehV_q7O5gQ/s400/Inchworm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427111244923565938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFJG4GW5JJk"><span style="color:blue;">See a video of how to perform one here.</span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-40155489970437938812010-01-14T12:57:00.000-08:002010-01-15T11:55:47.830-08:00Friday Challenge: Triceps Dips<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfbp2LBD8EenXVZOmOc3fDOHWRZceRQxMG2X8jOdMGItDRML3ddBWrEvoM2JSvpToS8elx2JeDK0YRrqu1YQZBHwcPC9A-l-v41yzXTFR9xzZAWJof7RzWOtKuWsV0isjE29UZg/s1600-h/Pushups-Playdates1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfbp2LBD8EenXVZOmOc3fDOHWRZceRQxMG2X8jOdMGItDRML3ddBWrEvoM2JSvpToS8elx2JeDK0YRrqu1YQZBHwcPC9A-l-v41yzXTFR9xzZAWJof7RzWOtKuWsV0isjE29UZg/s200/Pushups-Playdates1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426844565839856274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Like trans fats, the industrial revolutions, and golf, triceps dips are one of humankind's self-created evils. The more you weigh, the harder the exercise, and the stronger you get! So don't worry if you're doing your dips next to some skinny-butt who is flying through their reps; they might not be as strong as you...</span><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><div><br /></div><div><b>Your challenge this Friday</b>: 25 <span style="font-style: italic;">consecutive </span>(yes mere mortals, special for today!) dips</div><div>or 100 Dips (Immortals)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Breaking down the Triceps Dip:</span></span></div><div>Choose your starting position; legs extended or feet under your knees for less intensity. </div><div><br /></div></div><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDGcj7hSGhGUUif3E06FqqxPBre-6v0cbQuE60Ed-bEIcW7NAdBPscIOWuqtCUuncBRUMzBcFOJI4tciTPcdGyiOPYvv18F_d4MBfJzI_KU3Ks-vA4R45veNmbnyHylbE8T9kIA/s1600-h/Dips-Sequence.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDGcj7hSGhGUUif3E06FqqxPBre-6v0cbQuE60Ed-bEIcW7NAdBPscIOWuqtCUuncBRUMzBcFOJI4tciTPcdGyiOPYvv18F_d4MBfJzI_KU3Ks-vA4R45veNmbnyHylbE8T9kIA/s400/Dips-Sequence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426840530296437042" border="0" /></a> <b style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Technique</b><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">:</span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">With fingertips facing forward, put your hands on the edge of the table/chair/coffee table/changing table, and hold your hiney within a couple inches of the edge. Then, as <a href="http://runmommarun.weebly.com/">my friend Megan</a> would say, "Kiss your shoulder blades together," opening up your chest, and take a deep breath. You're ready to dip. </div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">With your shoulder blades still kissing, slowly lower your body straight down, gently squeezing your elbows in toward each other (but you shouldn't be able to touch them together. If you can... well, you're either unique or your Doc needs to make a house call). Keep lowering your hips straight down toward the floor until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Then press back up. That's one! </div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b>See, It's so easy! Unless...<br /></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlbh7TV83j7msDHQv5q6-UfzF389_5gc6mFd3FIjwJ1GZ-fV0ja_QtVOSesYaZMcRTYWz9bSs-mmOd4hF9ZJERiPAjrGmbrbbgVNFS7tq5wFkbXV-qAlnVIIsIJ-SkUF1N05mQQ/s1600-h/Triceps+dips+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlbh7TV83j7msDHQv5q6-UfzF389_5gc6mFd3FIjwJ1GZ-fV0ja_QtVOSesYaZMcRTYWz9bSs-mmOd4hF9ZJERiPAjrGmbrbbgVNFS7tq5wFkbXV-qAlnVIIsIJ-SkUF1N05mQQ/s400/Triceps+dips+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426841772276081522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7QyBbvQw9n6bMFrwiHsaAfg-bVtLyoTc1Whm-KywId1xatMfnIgMtLHG9LLHCitWRNlIq37NknXei9EfpbeFWQObXWOYQM9g5Bhzu6Q80hja5lSmGQ_4PPPZQliKhiPxg4r8sQ/s1600-h/G-Love.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7QyBbvQw9n6bMFrwiHsaAfg-bVtLyoTc1Whm-KywId1xatMfnIgMtLHG9LLHCitWRNlIq37NknXei9EfpbeFWQObXWOYQM9g5Bhzu6Q80hja5lSmGQ_4PPPZQliKhiPxg4r8sQ/s400/G-Love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426841763112125746" border="0" /></a></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7KJH0Exx3mBbikK2zgGh7IcCtafBK0BDHi2YyZ-2GyhgCVEL9oZLpXQ7oRBa2DGUsBIrugH3tl4fMwZ7Q6p1BLMsy3ObDFUc1_k5JMX9b25GFsQCn6M3biCIep2ghEnO9QRj2w/s1600-h/G-Love2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7KJH0Exx3mBbikK2zgGh7IcCtafBK0BDHi2YyZ-2GyhgCVEL9oZLpXQ7oRBa2DGUsBIrugH3tl4fMwZ7Q6p1BLMsy3ObDFUc1_k5JMX9b25GFsQCn6M3biCIep2ghEnO9QRj2w/s400/G-Love2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426841754374979058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></div><div><div><div><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5ClwILn1YnVf7aroblimxiAqErcUuXpwCZrNqgEHrE-rqEtqsF_9JL0Pj7NWG67yzKi2oE8Z8ksrdO7k4t469cBi1qfKqPlQdmYhAISXQIKE334baqD-TKxSGRdhqvW50XJu6A/s1600-h/G-Love3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5ClwILn1YnVf7aroblimxiAqErcUuXpwCZrNqgEHrE-rqEtqsF_9JL0Pj7NWG67yzKi2oE8Z8ksrdO7k4t469cBi1qfKqPlQdmYhAISXQIKE334baqD-TKxSGRdhqvW50XJu6A/s400/G-Love3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426841747890607202" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">(See, cats do show love. Thank you very much.)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Hang in there. Only two more days to go!</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaZe5CKhOckvcIKeSye3ir75WV57fXsuyHrBqJcDzsBpQFBri3jskoqygKo8f-SgPB7Yj2A5_x-kF17-1wLJ0yjkwxuYo1BiXI8exKCowm-6iLhev7gexizWPxmyg2S9jMUpXLA/s1600-h/100-Workout-Button-MAMA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaZe5CKhOckvcIKeSye3ir75WV57fXsuyHrBqJcDzsBpQFBri3jskoqygKo8f-SgPB7Yj2A5_x-kF17-1wLJ0yjkwxuYo1BiXI8exKCowm-6iLhev7gexizWPxmyg2S9jMUpXLA/s200/100-Workout-Button-MAMA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426966257028004658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Anne</span><br /><br /></div></div></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-9252353136883890882010-01-13T20:39:00.000-08:002010-01-14T22:04:37.886-08:00Thursday: Burpees!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ok peeps. I am tired. I say again, tired. A little bird woke me up an hour early, took a 45 minute nap, and um, "peeped" a lot today. Needless to say, she made doing 100 lunges that much more interesting. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But now it's 8:58 pm and I am relaxing while watching my mate finish up his 100. All is right with the world... except that I have to remind you all that tomorrow is burpee day.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The burpee</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. (AKA Squat Thrust) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Characteristics and origin:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_%28exercise%29"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">see Wikipedia</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How to do one:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rn41Nwp8YhM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rn41Nwp8YhM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Too Easy? </span></span><a href="http://www.exrx.net/Aerobic/Exercises/BurpeeAdvanced.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Increase the Intensity</span></span></a></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Add a push-up while you're on the floor, and jump up each time you get back to the start.. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Feel like puking? How to Reduce the Intensity</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> If the floor is too far away, you can put your hands on the sofa, the changing table edge, or the bottom step at your house.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Precautions</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> This exercise can be very strenuous. If you feel lightheaded or 'funny,' please take a break or completely discontinue doing the exercise.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you have low back pain or a history of back problems please practice the beginner method, stepping out and back rather than jumping.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mortals:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> do 25 reps</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Immortals:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> 100!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thank you very much for all your feedback and questions. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We are almost halfway done. Keep it up!</span></span></span></div></span></b></span></span></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-70800394423265786862010-01-12T21:04:00.000-08:002010-01-14T22:05:08.683-08:00Wednesday Challenge: Back Lunges<div>First off, WOW, everybody! It pleases me to see all 60 of you plugging away at this fun challenge. </div><div><br /></div><div>And oh boy, this is the day you've been waiting for: Lunge day.<div><br /></div><div><b>Just a few notes about lunges today</b>:</div><div><ul><li>You're doing 25 (Mortals) or 100 (Immortals) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">per leg</span>. Remember, they don't have to be done all in one set.</li><li><div>This exercise is a great one for your booty (gluteals), as well as hamstrings, and quads, calves... pretty much your whole leg. But your booty is what'll get sore. Everybody loves that.</div></li></ul></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq_e_UaVJkosLnaGlF75Mlr3npn6LHQ_rpvpx2qCulmdbA8h49EUQzd4UZ0Vd0TbcHwYzUi1WGZSQi62lgErch__qQyrXXnJXhuL_uaiDW-xA96T3kcS2DzV8-7eoxn4TQP-73g/s1600-h/Lunges-COmbo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq_e_UaVJkosLnaGlF75Mlr3npn6LHQ_rpvpx2qCulmdbA8h49EUQzd4UZ0Vd0TbcHwYzUi1WGZSQi62lgErch__qQyrXXnJXhuL_uaiDW-xA96T3kcS2DzV8-7eoxn4TQP-73g/s400/Lunges-COmbo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426090032846550002" border="0" /></a>A rear lunge or reverse lunge is simple. You start out standing tall. Step one foot waaaaaaay back until you think you're about to fall over (one leg's length away). Reach your back knee toward the floor. <a href="http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBRearLunge.html">Here's more info and a video</a> from ExRx.<br /><div><br /></div><div><ul><li>If your front knee glides forward until it's hanging out in front (and above) your toes, then you haven't stepped back far enough. Keep that front knee over your foot!</li><li>If you feel like you're going to tip over onto your sofa or toddler every time you lunge, try stepping back wide, like you're lunging on railroad tracks (that are a little wider than hip width apart).</li></ul></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6bZ19a7wNcruPSHTcIQT_krxl92H3hNz59tbIYLKWChw5UUfqbpcFqyngZBZAaeyqO20J7f-ro_ne2E7gNOHtvsbXq-NAWvf6bUHgHV71C4yQsXnLKkeKlP2qjm_ikx_G9RNxg/s1600-h/LungesNO.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6bZ19a7wNcruPSHTcIQT_krxl92H3hNz59tbIYLKWChw5UUfqbpcFqyngZBZAaeyqO20J7f-ro_ne2E7gNOHtvsbXq-NAWvf6bUHgHV71C4yQsXnLKkeKlP2qjm_ikx_G9RNxg/s1600-h/LungesNO.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6bZ19a7wNcruPSHTcIQT_krxl92H3hNz59tbIYLKWChw5UUfqbpcFqyngZBZAaeyqO20J7f-ro_ne2E7gNOHtvsbXq-NAWvf6bUHgHV71C4yQsXnLKkeKlP2qjm_ikx_G9RNxg/s400/LungesNO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426090022325131410" border="0" /></a><br />If doing this exercise properly still hurts your knees, hips or ankles a lot, try stepping back but not lowering your back knee toward the floor.</div><div><br /></div><div>All right, lemme know when you're done with your lunges!</div><div><br /></div><div>- Immortal A</div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-65918625072335102112010-01-11T14:36:00.000-08:002010-01-14T22:05:26.606-08:00Tuesday: Sit-Up Challenge<a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2wSP-6O_IDn_jv2jvVJkGx2-QUYsQVGIkwop4lIZPvQfiXq5LZHn-3zlvoXnkVDUqn628ShBn2RClYeIMy_-UvLvENZg6_cESlsrLa6V5ZqLj2zaJCESQ-hoGZYiila0bh9rbg/s1600-h/SitUpDown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2wSP-6O_IDn_jv2jvVJkGx2-QUYsQVGIkwop4lIZPvQfiXq5LZHn-3zlvoXnkVDUqn628ShBn2RClYeIMy_-UvLvENZg6_cESlsrLa6V5ZqLj2zaJCESQ-hoGZYiila0bh9rbg/s400/SitUpDown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425710241175474866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Aaaah, Sit-ups. Are we talking the old fashioned kind or the Gym Bunny kind? </span><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, you tell <i>me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">. Either way, you start by lying flat on your back, with knees bent, belly button to spine, hands <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">behind head.</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Before we continue, a little background:</div><div face="trebuchet ms">Sit-ups work your rectus abdominis (your six pack!) ... somewhat. They also recruit your deep hip flexor muscles, your quads (front of your thigh), your obliques, and a few smaller leg muscles.</div><div face="trebuchet ms"><br />Several years ago, at the dawn of "Six Pack Abs" programs and "Guts and Butts" classes, "we" decided that sit-ups are unsafe and ineffective, and that we should never do another one as long as we live. Well, we found out later that this really depends the individual. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If you have a history of low back pain, are deconditioned (AKA out of shape), or are feeling acute low back pain during sit-ups, then sit-ups are not for you. </span></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Otherwise, sit-up away! The benefits to doing a sit-up over a crunch are that you're simulating a functional activity that your body will have to perform multiple times every day for the rest of it's life, and that it is a good whole-body exercise (which is cool if you're short on time).<br /><br />Follow<a href="http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/WtSitUpX.html"> these great instructions </a>from ExRx.com, and see pictures below for a How To. Feel free to comment on the gaudy hot pink arm warmers. I am secure in my armwarmerhood.<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt96uhUFE28ACV-NGaSuV4iqS_DL9ZYD0d2G7wKq2JoQE7FdYg8lyAdurzIMvZ-p9RXXN8UJ41BvoqZmxaXTbz1jVZOQKUKyyWZPSnsv2XZBQybPEC2MkmQl551Z1TPK_bdvUVA/s1600-h/SitUpHalfwayUp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt96uhUFE28ACV-NGaSuV4iqS_DL9ZYD0d2G7wKq2JoQE7FdYg8lyAdurzIMvZ-p9RXXN8UJ41BvoqZmxaXTbz1jVZOQKUKyyWZPSnsv2XZBQybPEC2MkmQl551Z1TPK_bdvUVA/s400/SitUpHalfwayUp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425710823825900306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEyk5GUH5vnh4W6JxydwKoZtjb4u_gOgwT1Qc9-MtsyliReKdr4QBIw7ItXbADNvlwlC_OwF6JL7nk-bfJcC2sHM0FMnWkD9mIlSdCiqlpXnb5Xz9Rt-rQhQbTRMH4e-AVAuFtw/s1600-h/SitUpUPUP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEyk5GUH5vnh4W6JxydwKoZtjb4u_gOgwT1Qc9-MtsyliReKdr4QBIw7ItXbADNvlwlC_OwF6JL7nk-bfJcC2sHM0FMnWkD9mIlSdCiqlpXnb5Xz9Rt-rQhQbTRMH4e-AVAuFtw/s400/SitUpUPUP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425710813958584658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CRUNCHES</span><br />So... if you're still reading then it's probably because you decided that you're not yet strong enough for push-ups or you have a kooky back. Fear not, you're still gonna feel something, and it'll make you stronger.</div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ahem, the crunch:</div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Crunches primarily use the rectus abdominis, because the low back does not leave the floor (which eliminates help from the hip flexors). This makes crunches a more ab-specific exercise than sit-ups. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAM176EuViRiSl6VpkQShEAQy8BMs-jXJlQzIWZPHVz4GwffZdzwK8aHm3QghC1fnVX25rdN0m63YrM8DB1fiPW3xVuekpQmzsENENSrq_KGnUfLtgP_3QbuC2wntrUu9sb2pBw/s1600-h/SitUpCrunchUp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAM176EuViRiSl6VpkQShEAQy8BMs-jXJlQzIWZPHVz4GwffZdzwK8aHm3QghC1fnVX25rdN0m63YrM8DB1fiPW3xVuekpQmzsENENSrq_KGnUfLtgP_3QbuC2wntrUu9sb2pBw/s400/SitUpCrunchUp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425710250047487138" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Note to Crunchers: Please do not perform exercises to the likeness of The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Thai crunch</b><span class="Apple-converted-space">, which "i</span>s performed by hitting the stomach after full contraction. This variation is used by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Muay_Thai" title="Muay Thai" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none;">Muay Thai</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fighters to condition the core to take hits from punches or knees.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >" according to Wikipedia</span><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-44536119980669654142010-01-11T07:20:00.000-08:002010-01-14T22:05:42.777-08:00Commence Push-ups!<div>Today is it! Let's get this challenge started right.<div>Don't forget; you're doing either the 25 Challenge for Mortals, or the 100 Challenge for Immortals (or both, totaling 125 of each exercise!)</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HHNyRnH_adnbrdR0SMs39g6xqqot3n_PE-P5lRorMn0FnlO1UcVym548ow9xGXRW3Pp08-wqfeLqNUJjr1lM8tw-0ntD6VhsMxE9Mh7de19tP6k1gJmewQNQW4nN8ApZvexYlQ/s1600-h/bootcamp+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HHNyRnH_adnbrdR0SMs39g6xqqot3n_PE-P5lRorMn0FnlO1UcVym548ow9xGXRW3Pp08-wqfeLqNUJjr1lM8tw-0ntD6VhsMxE9Mh7de19tP6k1gJmewQNQW4nN8ApZvexYlQ/s400/bootcamp+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425507726022691890" border="0" /><br /></a><div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't forget your Push-up <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yujzMhgfM"> options </a>and <a href="http://anneandpaul.blogspot.com/2010/01/challenge-prep-day-1.html">precautions</a>. Check in here or on FB when you've done your reps!</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck!</div><div>Anne</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Photo courtesy of Mari Bartlett,</i></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-35041946180483840622010-01-10T12:29:00.000-08:002010-01-14T22:05:58.737-08:00Challenge Prep & Day 1:<div>If you've received my Facebook invitation, then you are aware that there are now two challenge categories from which to choose. You, my friends and fam., get to pick which one you want to participate in. Here are your choices:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 25 Challenge for Mortals</b>: Do 25 repetitions of each day's exercise for the week. (recommended for beginners and infrequent exercisers)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 100 Challenge for Immortals</b>: Do 100 (!) repetitions of each day's exercise. </div><div>(recommended for.... you know who you are. Don't make me get pushy)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Instructions for Both Challenges:</b></div><div>After you complete each days' repetitions, post it in the comments section below, or check in by responding to my Facebook posts. If you don't have time to log, that's cool. I'll live, I guess. OR you could just post your entire week's log at the end of the challenge.... but doing it every day will keep you more honest. I'm just saying....</div><div><br /></div><div>____________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><b>And so without further delay,</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Kicking off this ridiculous challenge are Push-Ups! What are push-ups good for? They give you a strong chest and arms, essential for kid or grandkid acrobatics!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEzie7PTr8hhS2BHRvs7e06IjVyBgRBFza2TeSh0i_ilLdtSO0hQ5F7w2jLbcAlg8xe8zzefBFG5Tkz1YoU0Z36jY1qMnhRfNFCOc_4duy2vWPeeC02P0elbPpk2A2HJTtz8V6A/s1600-h/Upside+Down.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEzie7PTr8hhS2BHRvs7e06IjVyBgRBFza2TeSh0i_ilLdtSO0hQ5F7w2jLbcAlg8xe8zzefBFG5Tkz1YoU0Z36jY1qMnhRfNFCOc_4duy2vWPeeC02P0elbPpk2A2HJTtz8V6A/s400/Upside+Down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425214338221814130" border="0" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yujzMhgfM">Here is a video explaining how to do a basic push-up, as well as a modified push-up and a push-up that is more challenging than the basic.</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>If the modified push-up strains your neck or back, try doing the exercise with your hands on the arm of a sofa or chair back (that has been pushed against the wall). </div><div><br /></div><div>Remember, you don't have to do all 25 or 100 at once! Often I'll sew a row, do x push-ups, sew a row, do x push-ups etc. (I like mixing medias.), or do a set in the morning, a set during nap time, and the other 3 sets before I climb into bed (not recommended).</div><div><br /><div>Please send me any questions throughout. I want you to do this with success, people!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anne</div><div>apkoski(at)gmail(dot)com</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-59979105432211068392010-01-08T13:01:00.001-08:002010-01-14T22:06:11.328-08:00A Challenge Made for Mortals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW5DMJBzzTHiskp0miwBvIea1QCLyjYNvZUM6YkYOopn3xdL6pIIaAlTsvRa59bUO3a0eimO8ZZx9-BEPZ9O3fAs3eA83ivnL9Gie-CaLhB8dc33S7_E9Ipwdadi5xcqETmuutA/s1600-h/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW5DMJBzzTHiskp0miwBvIea1QCLyjYNvZUM6YkYOopn3xdL6pIIaAlTsvRa59bUO3a0eimO8ZZx9-BEPZ9O3fAs3eA83ivnL9Gie-CaLhB8dc33S7_E9Ipwdadi5xcqETmuutA/s400/Pushups-Playdatessmm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424863581188115266" border="0" /></a><div><div>Last week I started a 7-day challenge for myself: complete 100 repetitions per day of a single exercise (per day) between Jan. 1 and Jan 7. I invited others to participate, but am not sure if anyone did.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now it's seven days later, and dang, that was not easy. In fact, I have to admit, I did some of the day's exercises the weenie way, and finished them a day late a few times. But I did all 700 reps! Which makes me a winner, and eligible for <i>this </i>honorable distinction:</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuZ8tk0FQFuBUhbs8dJdAOQqh6OG248JKR44j9qfB2ZcZpFEYKx0bXnZtGVYo2pfzuDlRrOy0KosMxXUVyBrQ9SVFHbKEBc9AvK0-sv_59ZiNHkSeQmShUW-c90zYPRryr76Wtw/s1600-h/100-Workout-Button.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuZ8tk0FQFuBUhbs8dJdAOQqh6OG248JKR44j9qfB2ZcZpFEYKx0bXnZtGVYo2pfzuDlRrOy0KosMxXUVyBrQ9SVFHbKEBc9AvK0-sv_59ZiNHkSeQmShUW-c90zYPRryr76Wtw/s400/100-Workout-Button.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424480119081520066" border="0" /></a><div><br /></div><div>And I feel great. So then I got to thinking; why can't my friends and family try it too? Why not plan a 7-day challenge that everyone can participate in, including anyone who doesn't do these exercises on a regular basis, or has never tried them?</div><div><br /></div><div>So you're in?!</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, right, right, right. The exercises. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, here we go:</div><div><br /></div><div>Monday, Jan. 11: 25 Push-ups</div><div>Tuesday, Jan. 12: 25 Sit-Ups</div><div>Wednesday, Jan. 13: 25 Back lunges (per leg) </div><div>Thursday, Jan. 14: 25 Burpees</div><div>Friday, Jan. 15: 25 Dips</div><div>Saturday, Jan. 16: 25 Inchworms</div><div>Sunday, Jan. 17: 25 Superpersons</div><div><br /></div><div>NOW you're wondering, "Well I can't do push-ups, so I'm off the hook." Wrong. I will be posting numerous modifications (i.e.: do your push-ups against the wall) for each exercise, as well as video instructions for each exercise. So EVERYBODY can do it!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-large;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">What I need from you: tell me "I'm In!" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:x-large;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">rite a comment (or email me [apkoski(at)gmail(dot)com] if you don't want to create a Google account required for leaving comments) containing those or similar words, do the exercises with me throughout the week, and at the end of the week I will present you with your very own Button/Certificate.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:large;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:large;" >Yippee!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;" > </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><div><br /></div></span></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-18169803149963787382010-01-06T21:22:00.001-08:002010-01-07T13:17:01.254-08:00Popcorn!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45p7sUPPD1DPip7rHnN8nzPjedrDwEXlTqRYeHGuVNyscGbn9_DLGiXrH1Q2IUqOhNUDjethR3jrv5PMlePFfGy5iedp3tq9Kgn4Oez2sOhjGA2HJPi-rnM3q6TW5lZgB4_7l_g/s1600-h/Someday-I-won't-get-away-with-this.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45p7sUPPD1DPip7rHnN8nzPjedrDwEXlTqRYeHGuVNyscGbn9_DLGiXrH1Q2IUqOhNUDjethR3jrv5PMlePFfGy5iedp3tq9Kgn4Oez2sOhjGA2HJPi-rnM3q6TW5lZgB4_7l_g/s400/Someday-I-won't-get-away-with-this.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424109918945902690" /></a><br /><div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="195" width="260"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=d141336044&photo_id=4252186871&flickr_show_info_box=true"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=d141336044&photo_id=4252186871&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="195" width="260"></embed></object><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.9em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4252186871/">Popcorn!</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/apkoski/">apkoski</a></span></div>Our favorite music right now is the stuff that makes Adelaide dance. That means Peter Paul & Mommy, MJ's Thriller, and Snacktime. Aaaah, Snacktime. Let's just say for now that it's lucky for us that she isn't in love with Barney, Teletubbies, or Alvin and the Chipmunks.<br /><br />My brother Matt gave Miss A this album when she was 7 months old, and it took until the summer for her to grin whenever we started playing their tunes. Well, now we've turned another corner: lyrics.... and accompaniments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcSWiBA2yHl50ZgrHhezkWmBK5ezHDYC5Ebvwj5cX9RLjT_kaJeI71fwFB8r0LZD50czJYVQx1LKAWm3_ZJoYEH0ljLBryaS6ulfS9HMv7-FxTFbVY1dI5s9sETT8L8P8r7dG6w/s1600-h/pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcSWiBA2yHl50ZgrHhezkWmBK5ezHDYC5Ebvwj5cX9RLjT_kaJeI71fwFB8r0LZD50czJYVQx1LKAWm3_ZJoYEH0ljLBryaS6ulfS9HMv7-FxTFbVY1dI5s9sETT8L8P8r7dG6w/s400/pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423864121860590994" border="0" /></a><br />Number ten is IT this week. We'll let you know what's next....<br /><br />Muppets, perhaps?<br /><br />I could live with that.<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-25582874812937421102009-12-31T21:49:00.001-08:002009-12-31T21:54:55.973-08:00Happy New Year!<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4233046962/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4233046962_4b2dd4f0ce.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4233046962/">2009 December Snow</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/apkoski/">apkoski</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"><b> My 2010 (Mostly superficial) Predictions</b><br /><br />Big purchase: designer jeans.<br /><br />Won't be able to live without: coffee, decaf.<br /><br />Won't be able to go to sleep without: flossing<br /><br />Gray hairs: to the power of 3<br /><br />Gonna try: skiing again, more date nights.<br /><br />Gonna avoid: unhealthy food I don't absolutely love.<br /><br />Gonna spend more time: focusing on what I'm doing at the moment, with my guy.<br /><br />Need to: renew my professional certification, save for <i>three </i>plane tickets.<br /><br />Can't wait to see: what happens next!</p>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-11577555902375773542009-12-25T19:56:00.001-08:002009-12-25T19:58:25.218-08:00Merry Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HmVu_x_tynKCCk5rc6HU1s0e5RrQscga03lT8JxhTw7HTfaxAkJZKGaydPN6Dpnj_-5T1cly1yJCChbKxFnaOuBlxRQO8LKZjXKsHRT0J-b0-kESYQN_CmX61Ty7HH5zGZn2fA/s1600-h/Holiday-Express-Portrait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HmVu_x_tynKCCk5rc6HU1s0e5RrQscga03lT8JxhTw7HTfaxAkJZKGaydPN6Dpnj_-5T1cly1yJCChbKxFnaOuBlxRQO8LKZjXKsHRT0J-b0-kESYQN_CmX61Ty7HH5zGZn2fA/s400/Holiday-Express-Portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419389148813450194" /></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Another year – wait, another <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">decade</i> - has just sped past us.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Ten years ago we had just moved to Mississippi; we earned just enough to pay rent and buy beer. Our days are now filled with play, having snacks, picking up, and taking naps. By the end of the coming decade we will be fulfilling an entire new set of ventures. Butthat’s okay! <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We love what today brings us. We’re enjoying family visits and visitors, our growing list of friends and ‘little’ friends, and our favorite Portland spots.<br />We wish you all the best in the next decade, whatever it brings you!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Love,<br />APA </span></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-2423515173392640772009-12-17T12:41:00.000-08:002009-12-17T12:59:51.505-08:00We are all ok<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3jwwVsoGExadYN5BK43JH-A4Hq-mm6quqdtl3TSjABlf2Pqq_lxPrU-f_VASZU4F2JWa8Mml1CgXPPp7DF-9izpmJienYkc14-78333OzR8ltM8ZD1M_Ea4497r14IHk1Nm8BA/s1600-h/We-are-discheveled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3jwwVsoGExadYN5BK43JH-A4Hq-mm6quqdtl3TSjABlf2Pqq_lxPrU-f_VASZU4F2JWa8Mml1CgXPPp7DF-9izpmJienYkc14-78333OzR8ltM8ZD1M_Ea4497r14IHk1Nm8BA/s400/We-are-discheveled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416308943324625458" border="0" /></a>Despite the circling tornado inside our house, we continue to survive. But fear not; we have a solution: designate a room to hold all her 'stuff,' complete with a door and a toy box, and lots of room to destroy things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQUQCz5sRfN328EfFx6A234fsQZUajWs6Ww27zheTKRENgPUuyDxVEkYNba1J1Hc6hzOZAriPcYZwfRlnjcbwbv122KVDQRAK8wOqx2g-DvRlYRXCcLBKqnFBK7iTa4QxiXucWg/s1600-h/Small-toes-say-a-lot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQUQCz5sRfN328EfFx6A234fsQZUajWs6Ww27zheTKRENgPUuyDxVEkYNba1J1Hc6hzOZAriPcYZwfRlnjcbwbv122KVDQRAK8wOqx2g-DvRlYRXCcLBKqnFBK7iTa4QxiXucWg/s400/Small-toes-say-a-lot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416308950240433314" border="0" /></a> I want my Pie Safe back. Unfortunately her memory has surpassed that of a goldfish's, so I assume it'll take some training and definitely a lock, before we can reclaim the space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYj5EamCk0NV-LZ_HkN3k5L7QG-hpk_BSkkbZGPt_Djfj2MlNbw1V3zGlI_IXQGV_PvBTemad-fER3c2xofgqoFdhBhfPgDLkVj_DqA9U8TY2uYeSEdAiJO2tOgHmNJwXysTtGA/s1600-h/Train-Looking-Out.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYj5EamCk0NV-LZ_HkN3k5L7QG-hpk_BSkkbZGPt_Djfj2MlNbw1V3zGlI_IXQGV_PvBTemad-fER3c2xofgqoFdhBhfPgDLkVj_DqA9U8TY2uYeSEdAiJO2tOgHmNJwXysTtGA/s400/Train-Looking-Out.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416308963358046370" border="0" /></a>In between disaster clean-up we've been doing fun things like riding the Holiday Express steam train through Portland, and working on the car seat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMo1nCPJV7E0zRYkIFty9ziaKssRmeVnp8-lF4nIWNqgq-OKcOnWW-ELQ3tuiowjvCg2AuDXAq3uEBJp-4kAWAZ0HGvdqDS6N9RFmCehv0_RH8ccP2Gz25CWWw-sMJSlrU6Si1g/s1600-h/Car-Seat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMo1nCPJV7E0zRYkIFty9ziaKssRmeVnp8-lF4nIWNqgq-OKcOnWW-ELQ3tuiowjvCg2AuDXAq3uEBJp-4kAWAZ0HGvdqDS6N9RFmCehv0_RH8ccP2Gz25CWWw-sMJSlrU6Si1g/s400/Car-Seat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416308962267153058" border="0" /></a>And we got our tree up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUndv2mrb258Hlzj24FqT8oDPQTyDlmpbV8bS3eG_k5w2siCAtwJzaxm5WltiItTk48DYSLCxLzoR5eDzOqWJkNsAPgWqYEx8HZ4XKJ6YCsPZw9dpMlsI_wJOVBtdQy2852AtFQ/s1600-h/Twee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUndv2mrb258Hlzj24FqT8oDPQTyDlmpbV8bS3eG_k5w2siCAtwJzaxm5WltiItTk48DYSLCxLzoR5eDzOqWJkNsAPgWqYEx8HZ4XKJ6YCsPZw9dpMlsI_wJOVBtdQy2852AtFQ/s400/Twee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416312556620663106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-11512481536160340502009-12-07T21:43:00.001-08:002009-12-07T21:52:00.535-08:00First Hot Chocolate... documentedPeeps, this doesn't even need narration.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmcsB24fnwPoggWD1YPjiAiL4AHHJekohHOHtvBefOQxRdBPptxWY4EFVug6yyGGuZ9ddOnFKVhkVDvHOpvbC7VwBbuPV_A3L4hU26LY6nHtxbfwjOn_spGruofnv-sUR0XGPzw/s1600-h/Cocoa1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBKqE_DTZ68f5sQumTr33UehkuI8XgO-9GGL4vL6uECnSaehzMWf_zA5X0uVOtcR4_DOH6U63QWM7AqqFGov4qJIb4hzApLdR4gDUqC5qZzfQ1GrSgp9Zn2oJwwvjfSFOV-OLSw/s400/Cocoa8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412737541981141490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMU7zGlgDvjD_YzmTwWGf4Xa5w9xawvAsQiBmzoqoW_IKJ_nicuuezsMhNws9jfhsnWh0Zj_zHeOpwKzH_ihbiuP5dmSFn-mSF4nyrGAiWAIVDuPtArVfFtpWCT5zqMgrQgtpDQw/s1600-h/Cocoa7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMU7zGlgDvjD_YzmTwWGf4Xa5w9xawvAsQiBmzoqoW_IKJ_nicuuezsMhNws9jfhsnWh0Zj_zHeOpwKzH_ihbiuP5dmSFn-mSF4nyrGAiWAIVDuPtArVfFtpWCT5zqMgrQgtpDQw/s400/Cocoa7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412737550339553138" border="0" /></a><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-45247809613264038482009-12-02T20:06:00.001-08:002009-12-02T20:37:20.557-08:00Was a happy Thanksgiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5mRx2nTYA4m-fT0Vh69wMLYrjL91eOu9DJwIZYfxVZ8O5MxXVUMDRZ37pu9ckM2zF4f4y7Id_XG2wHPeFizssX_8Iu1RuLWbWS5xHpG5Jtpl1WjaDtqXJcBibjRX3karmTMx7A/s1600-h/Mom&Son.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5mRx2nTYA4m-fT0Vh69wMLYrjL91eOu9DJwIZYfxVZ8O5MxXVUMDRZ37pu9ckM2zF4f4y7Id_XG2wHPeFizssX_8Iu1RuLWbWS5xHpG5Jtpl1WjaDtqXJcBibjRX3karmTMx7A/s400/Mom&Son.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410860072662578754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">... And "why we haven't posted video files in like, forever."</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Well, we got a new camera. Maybe you've noticed?!! ... or not. Anyway, I feel more confident with the manual functions of my olderish Panasonic than I do with my plain old new DSLR. And it's so fancy that it doesn't take video.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcuIRStUhX_FEOnDhVcu6r0JRFHid7ROXQ8BqovBDm7madx206A0IhO5zyRIuwTJyxCFdq0QBpikHFpjUbSdTk-2LbDEo9jx2Unv2XWxIHTLys9r-OwZDy-WvqSed7QZMKk3EEg/s1600-h/Push.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcuIRStUhX_FEOnDhVcu6r0JRFHid7ROXQ8BqovBDm7madx206A0IhO5zyRIuwTJyxCFdq0QBpikHFpjUbSdTk-2LbDEo9jx2Unv2XWxIHTLys9r-OwZDy-WvqSed7QZMKk3EEg/s400/Push.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410859282776760962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />We have some archives, but now is not the time. I have a major deadline, a </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Chrismakwanzahanukkastice Art and Gift Sale to prepare for!<br /><br />So here is one afternoon of our Thanksgiving week, the only part I've processed, in a picture story (so no more text needed). We went downtown to the cafe. Please enjoy.</span><br /><div class="flickr-frame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;" ><br /></span></span></div><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4142983738/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4142983738_12b93af518.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apkoski/4142983738/">leaf PLUS heart</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/apkoski/">apkoski</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIMBjD0HXe9F-pSi9mKuXDBzKsWWznm-wrnkttmgwy0XPemAYoq6pukONDO-71SFMGQ5YL-GRUlDgBbAnhxRjq4kB_CYwS4P3h1e6fIvghp4_pqRKkfoW9XjdMVpBTf_qhr5Qxw/s1600-h/Thanx+Giving+082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIMBjD0HXe9F-pSi9mKuXDBzKsWWznm-wrnkttmgwy0XPemAYoq6pukONDO-71SFMGQ5YL-GRUlDgBbAnhxRjq4kB_CYwS4P3h1e6fIvghp4_pqRKkfoW9XjdMVpBTf_qhr5Qxw/s400/Thanx+Giving+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410859295507129890" border="0" /></a></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGmWt8MqoUV9tByrcvLDXvtv5qEmtXt5lO5AJxL2pwpN0vGA0wNaWINHVlx6MV-MOKCj2oOraP0IVo9qVfvKO9FdI9ahAiRi6ovG6-nmewoUUSlmL0W4cSP9aU9NLcBSSShtK2Q/s1600-h/Wired.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGmWt8MqoUV9tByrcvLDXvtv5qEmtXt5lO5AJxL2pwpN0vGA0wNaWINHVlx6MV-MOKCj2oOraP0IVo9qVfvKO9FdI9ahAiRi6ovG6-nmewoUUSlmL0W4cSP9aU9NLcBSSShtK2Q/s400/Wired.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410859291446661906" border="0" /></a></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvS9yY5znwp1afJPLtQtASZEddog9kP0a-pJmCYWkhy0MilI8Vxd6yjm0Q_jGWnEhXGW9Lp257njSj0q0ZsCnmQ12e2e8uk4K_lE5Jb3e1Jrtq0GXJJRA8YkCl8K6ogxXBjdK6sw/s1600-h/Photobooth2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 79px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvS9yY5znwp1afJPLtQtASZEddog9kP0a-pJmCYWkhy0MilI8Vxd6yjm0Q_jGWnEhXGW9Lp257njSj0q0ZsCnmQ12e2e8uk4K_lE5Jb3e1Jrtq0GXJJRA8YkCl8K6ogxXBjdK6sw/s400/Photobooth2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410864343427753906" border="0" /></a></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12743380.post-32532668691728923452009-11-09T21:40:00.000-08:002009-11-09T22:04:14.168-08:00Simply Amazin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcIFFbsuSjPXMkSg2dH8tojYSgdEy9smfbdmnGbcm_7H7krcwXzECGT4vi9FbAhEiN5ajkNZl3mOX5G2bir6jv4i9gKfcnXU4091ykRRSdg6k7SnDDzIWxM4a3iHbSY3lH7vy/s1600-h/Hand-foot-monkey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcIFFbsuSjPXMkSg2dH8tojYSgdEy9smfbdmnGbcm_7H7krcwXzECGT4vi9FbAhEiN5ajkNZl3mOX5G2bir6jv4i9gKfcnXU4091ykRRSdg6k7SnDDzIWxM4a3iHbSY3lH7vy/s400/Hand-foot-monkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402350473192144674" border="0" /></a><br />We survived. Fever number two of Miss Adelaide's little life. I'm bragging a bit, about only having a truly sick kid twice in 18 months (colds don't count). <div>So Hand Food and Mouth Disease... did Paul or I ever have it? Can't recall? That means we didn't.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgdO-TojoFBHSRd9CSA9eyEB4Cpzf5BLkv-YU4KaUON0rTdqlfAGOW_Sv719kN0Y7wQ7qveKYf_AnqYRKzRR8YBiqXgHK37rbz9hQYPROjX612Be8pha2M7o3AtuDuCstCEEB/s1600-h/Hand-Mouth-mouth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgdO-TojoFBHSRd9CSA9eyEB4Cpzf5BLkv-YU4KaUON0rTdqlfAGOW_Sv719kN0Y7wQ7qveKYf_AnqYRKzRR8YBiqXgHK37rbz9hQYPROjX612Be8pha2M7o3AtuDuCstCEEB/s400/Hand-Mouth-mouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402350485933862258" border="0" /></a> Because if we did, you'd remember the 5 days of so much screaming that you dug out the ear plugs, and you'd remember sitting us down shirtless on the kitchen floor and feeding us a frozen candy bar in order to help 'bring down the fever' (and to have 5 scream-free minutes), and you'd -remember being awoken in the wee hours with shouts for "water-water-water-milk-water-milk-milk!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlDMQyS2s79PPE3GO8eD6S2FcwWLDYCtzfPAPp3D9hsVrPIiBySv3uabR30IquXnPCMFH1XzPgxJvZrFt0cDf0ggNrEe1TGb5EifapRQPZAJo-6-sEY72vmJOgo3QVXlDEEWc/s1600-h/Hand-foot-mouth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlDMQyS2s79PPE3GO8eD6S2FcwWLDYCtzfPAPp3D9hsVrPIiBySv3uabR30IquXnPCMFH1XzPgxJvZrFt0cDf0ggNrEe1TGb5EifapRQPZAJo-6-sEY72vmJOgo3QVXlDEEWc/s400/Hand-foot-mouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402350480259018370" border="0" /></a>And then, six days later, after it was <span style="font-style: italic;">almost </span>all over, you would have rewarded yourself kindly with a bowl of something warm and healthy. Nothing beats a salad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw23U9sInJuL789mK-wY5GZpwwxwXbSDiUyCKE92LmcoCKgSajDDSocQeQDGTcFRth5aCxEPLFgPeb886DaYYUZmFYgJpOnWJ0b9SKXDMKNseKXdl60cC4lISbYGIi8WZiO8XD8Q/s1600-h/Apple-crisp-salad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw23U9sInJuL789mK-wY5GZpwwxwXbSDiUyCKE92LmcoCKgSajDDSocQeQDGTcFRth5aCxEPLFgPeb886DaYYUZmFYgJpOnWJ0b9SKXDMKNseKXdl60cC4lISbYGIi8WZiO8XD8Q/s400/Apple-crisp-salad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402351387992827906" border="0" /></a>It's good to be back to normal around here.<br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Anne Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634604421486513328noreply@blogger.com1