Two, and three.

Okay I'll admit. I'm prejudiced. I honestly thought racing had to be boring to watch and that really only backwoods southern hicks liked it. Then my neighbor turned out to be a racing fanatic. And tonight we agreed to go watch the weekly local races. And we had a blast. Even the Orclette and she fell on the bleachers twice and got a split lip but still had fun. Oh which reminds me of a funny convo that happened: Me: "Huh I didn't know that bugs[car] were any good...." My neighbor: "Dude, bugs[car] are baaaad. Seriously they rock." Orclette very seriously: "I don't like bugs[insect]. They are bad." Wulfa also had fun and will have to write a post about it. The keypoint of the night was when my neighbor's friend's boy who was racing in the street stock catagory got bumped in the first lap and him and the bumpee went spinning off the track.... and he came back 4 laps later to take first. That was lots of fun. The other big p...

This morning Orclette wanted me to braid her hair. And then she let me take pictures, which is an incredibly rare occurrence. Usually we sneak them in. And apologies for the sideways picture. I thought I could rotate it after I uploaded and such is not the case.

For Wulfa. Chest: 37" Waist: 31" Hips: 35" Bicep: 11" Leg: 22.5" Last Week: Measurements: Chest 37" (different clothing, not different size), Waist 31.5" (Whoopee!), Hip 35.5". I decided to include arms and legs because that's where I'm seeing improvement right now. My arms are leaner but more defined and I'm seeing muscles in my thighs I haven't seen for years. And I made a mistake. I weighed myself. I had gained 2 pounds. I wanted to quit. Fortunately this morning I was reading about "Bottom Line Thinking" in my John Maxwell book and so I focused on what my bottom line goal is for this workout: to get ready for marathon training. And I'm seeing improvement-I can actually push through some of the workouts now instead of collapsing on the floor. And the jumps/power moves/etc. are becoming more doable. I am going to start a food journal, however. We are not following the food guide sent with INSANITY because our diet ...

I was perusing the interweb for some sort of guide to the good research pages, and I came across this. http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/newsreference.htm Then I came across this through that first site: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&tid=6925&parent=0 I could lose myself researching. That's bad. So I need to chose a particular area for focus this summer and stick to it. Why am I researching? That should be obvious. I'm a historian in training. I need to know why. And I need to figure out why the why is the why. And how that why influenced this why. And what conclusions we can draw from all those whys. As George Santayana said, “ Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” . And "The wisest mind has something yet to learn". My choices are Modern Russia and the American Civil War era, since those are two of the classes I'm taking in the fall and I don't have time right now to pursue other interests. And ...

Stockings was hungry. Very very hungry. It had been almost three weeks since he left the village on his quest for undead fingerbones with which to win himself a bride. He had a few already in the lone sock tied to the shoulder of his leather tunic; but he thought that maybe they were simply rabbit toe bones. He wasn't sure. And they certainly weren't edible. Nothing in this swamp was. He'd tried making soup from the water and the weeds. He'd tried making pie from the fungus and the reeds. Nothing worked and his belly stayed full of nothing. He had tried shooting arrows at the birds that fluttered above him giggling at his cooking, all that had done was put arrows in trees. And he had fallen on his head three or four times getting those arrows back from the trees. " RRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr " A frog sung loud frog sounds to attract a froggy bride. If only it was that easy for goblins. Stockings was pretty sure he could ...

So our last Fit Test. Wulfa's Fit Test Switch Kicks: 55 Power Jacks: 50 Power Knees: 74 Power Jumps: 30 Globe Jumps: 7 Suicide Jumps: 12 Pushup Jacks: 15 Low Plank Oblique: 30 This Time-Wulfa Switch Kicks: 60 Power Jacks: 55 Power Knees: 83 Power Jumps: 34 Globe Jumps: 9 Suicide Jumps: 13 Pushup Jacks: 19 Low Plank Oblique: 45 Damm's Fit Test Switch Kicks: 31 Power Jacks: 35 Power Knees: 62 Power Jumps: 11 Globe Jumps: 3 Suicide Jumps: 6 Pushup Jacks: 15 Low Plank Oblique: 46 This Time-Damm Switch Kicks: 37 Power Jacks: 36 Power Knees: 88 Power Jumps: 25 Globe Jumps: 6 Suicide Jumps: 12 Pushup Jacks: 20 Low Plank Oblique: 56 So improvement in all areas for me. Huge improvements for Damm-yay! But I have a confession to make. Yesterday was Mother's Day. And remember how last Wednesday I wrote " goodbye, lovely Bacon Cheeseburger"? It just didn't seem like Mother's Day without celebrating, and the chicken salad that was the only healthy thing on that dangbla...