I'm trying.....really, I am trying to get this yoga thing down. A couple months ago I was listening to the NPR radio program Speaking of Faith. The host, Krista Tippett was interviewing Seane Corn, who is apparently this yoga super-star. She was so inspiring and both she and Krista were raving about all the benefits of yoga that I thought I need to do this too. So on Friday mornings for the past couple of months I've been heading off to the gym with my yoga mat under my arm. I keep trying to get the poses right. I keep trying to make my very inflexible legs cross over each other like the instructor's legs do. But I'm not sure if I'll ever get my hands to touch the floor when I bend over. I look over at these other tiny women in class who can not only put their hands flat on the floor but also rest their heads there (overachievers) while I'm reaching in vain to just brush my finger tips to the floor. I don't know if I'll ever get that mind/body/spirit connection that both Seane and Krista were talking about. Maybe I will, but honestly, at this point I'd be happy if I could just cross one leg over the other.
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November 2008
November 07, 2008
November 06, 2008
Happy Birthday Brad
Brad turned 9 on Sunday. We celebrated with a family dinner with my parents. Brad was so tickled that they came for the day. It was so cute-every 10 minutes he would look out the window and ask when are they going to be here.
His present this year was a portable basketball hoop. Good thing we had no clue it was going to take two days to assemble the darn thing before we bought it! But it made for a good Father/Son activity.....at least for the first 20 minutes, then I had to take over as Brian's assistant.
But Brian came through and got it put together in time to shoot some hoops before the sun set Sunday evening.
His party is this Saturday. 10 boys and an indoor go-kart track. Oh yeah, so looking forward to that! I'm sure I'll be posting pictures this weekend.
Happy Birthday Brad-we love you!
November 02, 2008
The Olympian and the Soilder
Halloween and 70 degrees...somethings not quite right with that picture....but I'm not complaining. The kids had a half day of school so they were happy.
Brad and neighbor Andrew stayed in costumn and played army all afternoon.
Miranda and her friend Megan spent the afternoon carving the rest of our pumpkins.
The required neighborhood group shot before trick-or-treating. Brad was an Soilder and Miranda was an Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer this year.
And after with all the goods.
Overall a good day, although tragidy did strike a half hour before trick-or-treating. Brad fell outside playing army and broke his gun.The gun was the best part of his costume and the whole reason be wanted to be a soilder in the first place, so to have to go out without the gun was just devastating. Good thing his mom is crafty and owns a hot glue gun. However, a crafty mom does not mean she knows squatt about guns because I glued the thing upside down. Oh, the tragidy all over again. But all was well in the end when I was able to break it again and glue it on right.
Happy Halloween
