Feb 27, 2009
I haven’t posted the program of exercises that I follow. I started a somewhat changed program this week, but it’s pretty similar to the previous one because it’s built on the big basic, compound...
Feb 27, 2009
This is all about weight training, so you may want to skip it...Last night was my first workout after taking a week off for work travel. I had been weight training since Dec without a break.The new we...
Feb 27, 2009
I didn’t post anything last week because I was taking the week off from weight training because it’s been several months since I started doing it and hadn’t taken a break yet and I was on travel...
Feb 15, 2009
Ever since we bought our new cell phones, which was months ago, I have wondered about the keypad backlight feature. The there a setting for how long the keypad backlight stays on. I have it on "always...
Feb 15, 2009
I'm supposed to work on reducing stress, but I often am trying to squeeze in working out between coming home from work and heading to pick up our daughter from after-school day care. The last few week...
Feb 1, 2009
I went to the grocery store earlier today to get a few things. The place was packed. I was surprised when I walked past the chip and cracker aisle and saw ... not a whole lot. That aisle was hit prett...
Feb 1, 2009
I wrote a while back about the Kitty's classmates taking her things from her pencil box. After that we bought a locking one. This week she caught a boy trying to pick the lock with a scissors. The loc...
Feb 1, 2009
Last weekend we went out of town to the Big Bear area (Murphys / Arnold) for an "annual" snow cabin trip. We didn't go last year. As it was, we went late and arrived Sat afternoon. Dolly and Kitty wen...
Jan 20, 2009
Another thing that happened on Sun afternoon was I went shopping for a new TV. We have had the old one for less than ten years. It was practically new. We don't have cable, so use the broadcast channe...
Jan 20, 2009
There was no karate class for the last two weeks of the year, but I haven't been back since. It's nice to be home in the evening and not rush out the door to get to the class. The class is also two ho...
Jan 20, 2009
Mon we went to the Tech Museum in San Jose to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. This is the last week. The weekends are not long enough. We got going late because we had another family over for dinne...
Jan 16, 2009
A few people have commented about how I shouldn't bulk up but just use weights for fitness.Bones respond to the stresses placed on them. To attempt to build bone strength, they have to be stressed. To...
Jan 15, 2009
Besides the lamp, there are the following:- a copy of "Brawn" by Stuart McRobert (non-fiction - strength training)- a copy of "Sister of My Heart" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (novel)- the controller...
Jan 14, 2009
On Fri evening I looked behind our back fence to see how the weeds were growing to determine whether it was time to cut them. I saw an old entertainment center / bookcase behind the fence next to the ...
Jan 13, 2009
Taking the iPhone / iPod navigation concept to the laptop:New Apple Laptop...