Pigeon Pose

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Friday!

Usually on Friday’s I am at the club (my gym) by 7:15am. I work out with SK (trainer) from 7:30am to 8:30am. I then have breakfast at the cafe, read a little and talk to my yoga friends when they come in before class. We all then head up to the Yoga studio for the 10am class. Well, SK is still out for the week, so no morning workout. I slept in a bit, got the boys off to camp/work and then headed into the office do to payroll, pay bills, etc. I then hit the bank and drove to the club.

I have been taking Yoga classes at the club now for over six months. I am now at the point where you don’t have to use a spatula to scrape me off the floor at the end of class. I still have a hard time “clearing my mind”, can’t pronounce 99% of the poses but have gotten much better at my breathing. Now, apparently I am not the only one who can’t say all the sand script yoga poses. Some genius came up with American versions. You know- “downward dog, upward dog, cat/cow, childs pose”. I can see why they named them what they did. But I have an issue with one and it happens to be one of my favorite poses even though I can barely move my legs when I am done (my teacher says that’s how you know you are doing it right). It is the Pigeon Pose. Now, I don’t spend a lot of times with Pigeons. Chickens Yes. Pigeons No. But that pose looks NOTHING like a Pigeon. Nothing. Am I right?

Bird Pigeon

Bird Pigeon

http://www.sno-kingracingpigeons.com

Pigeon pose

Pigeon pose

http://manipurayoga.biz/hip-open-poses

Questions: What other names make no sense? What is your favorite pose?

PS- Those pictures are not mine which is why I included the links to the webpages I got them from. Heaven knows I don’t want any pissed off pigeons coming after me.

Kitty Cam

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Kitty Cam is Here!

Panny

Panny

I have added a new category to My Hotel Yorba called Kitty Cam! Why you ask? Cause I LOVE taking pictures of The Kids!

Panny is ready for bed

Panny is ready for bed

Last night Panny didn’t run away when she took her nightly whiff of my breath. Instead she made herself comfortable, did a little kneading and fell asleep…until I woke her up to go to the bathroom. I am so mean.

Cold and Rainy

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Hey Ya’ll!

Last Night

The Boy had piano at 5:30 yesterday. By the time I took him I was longing for my bed. I hit a wall  about an hour before. Not sure why, I got to sleep in. Maybe “My What Would SK Do” workout was just too much for me. No, I am just getting old.

By the time we got home all I knew was that I was hungry and wanted to sleep. I had no idea what to eat, being tired makes my decision making skills wither away. I ended up eating two pieces of left over cheese pizza and apple with peanut butter. Not the best dinner but it was fast and I didn’t have to clean any pots or pans.

After one episode of the Big Bang Theory and Jeopardy, I headed upstairs to get my PJs on. By 8:10pm I was lying in bed, watching Dateline NBC and listening to My Man and The Boy play the guitar. Once in my bed I didn’t feel all that tired, so I finished reading The Other Daughter and have started Alone by Lisa Gardner. I thought about changing genre’s and reading The Prey. However in the end I knew if that in the back of my mind I would be thinking that I still had two more Lisa Gardner books to read.

Time for bed

Time for bed

Finally Panny jumped on top of me to smell my breath. This is what she does every night. Sometimes she takes a whiff thinks about it and jumps off the bed running from the room. Other times she looks at me and then makes her self comfortable…right on top of my face. It makes reading very hard. It makes watching TV very hard. It makes breathing very hard. Eventually she will climb off me, take her place on the bed and tell me to stop reading/watching TV and go to bed. And so I do.

Morning

Bored in the car

Bored in the car

Today I will be heading down to Newnan, GA. I have meetings with two of my favorite clients. The drive takes about 45 minutes. I will most likely get there early so there will be lots of random picture taking.

My plan is to bike an hour at home tonight. The temperature has drop 20 degrees and it is rainy out. The Girls are not going to be happy. Their dirt bath will get all muddy. If only they were into mud masks.

-Later!

What Would SK Do?

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Bagels

Bagels

This morning it was my turn to take The Boy to camp. I decided that we should get a bagel from my favorite place Bruegger’s Bagels. I got the breakfast sandwich “skinny” on an olive oil and rosemary bagel. Yummy! The boy got a plain bagel with cream cheese. We then headed to camp. The boy is going to camp at our gym. We are members of LifeTime Athletics. Our location has been open for almost a year. I must say, I love our gym. First of all, it is really, really nice. They keep it clean, the employees are helpful, there is a cafe, a spa (The Boy gets his hair cut there), indoor and outdoor pools (with water slides!), squash courts, yoga studio and more. They have a wonder kids club and host Spring Break and Summer Camps. During the summer camps they take the kids on field trips to the Zoo, Braves Games, Six Flags and more. The loves going there.

I was scheduled to workout with my trainer Sara Kate at 8am. However she was unable to make it due to a death in the family. I told her not to worry, I would go in and do a “What Would SK Do?” workout. I first warmed up by walking on the treadmill for 10 minutes. Cool thing about their treadmills is that I can play solitaire while I walk! Next, I hit the machines. I worked on my arms, legs, and abs. I did each machine (total of 11) three times each, 15 reps. I think I did a pretty good job on my own. I got to listen to my “Rock” playlist that I had made for The Boy.

Now it is time to work! Have a great day!

The Boys “Rock” playlist

  1. Forest Whitaker-Bad Books
  2. Back Against The Wall-Cage The Elephant
  3. Virgin-Manchester Orchestra
  4. Crawling-Linkin Park
  5. Ball & Biscuit-The White Stripes
  6. I’ve Got Friends-Manchester Orchestra
  7. Son’s Gonna Rise-Citizen Cope & Santana
  8. April Fool- Manchester Orchestra
  9. Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground-The White Stripes
  10. Gigantic-Pixies
  11. Hotel Yorba-The White Stripes
  12. Shake It Out-Manchester Orchestra
  13. The Hardest Button to Button-The White Stripes

 

Whatcha Reading?

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I read books on my iPad using iBooks, Kindle and Nook applications. I also listen to them via Audible books (http://www.audible.com) while I am at work. So I am usually “reading” two books at once.

Right now I have halfway thru reading Lisa Gardner’s “The Other Daughter” and just stared listening to her book “Say Goodbye”.

I had listen to a few of hers in the past but I got hooked on about a month ago and am now determined to read/listen to everyone she has written.

Question: What are you reading now? Do you ever listen to audio books?

Tuesday

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Today started off by getting My Man and The Boy off to work/camp. I then did my AM Yoga DVD. I did the forward bend practice. Of course, I was not alone. Panny and Simon did a few cat yoga moves with me and then went off to eat a little. I was really sore from yesterday’s bike ride. My hamstrings hurt when I did the forward bend. I couldn’t go down as far as usual but by the end I felt better.

I want to give a shout out to my girl Heidi for sending me the linky link that showed me how to make links on WordPress. I knew it would be right there in front of my face and I wasn’t wrong! Thanks again Heidi!!!

My bike ride went well yesterday but during the middle of the ride I saw smoke in the distance and a helicopter hovering. Something was defiantly on fire. I told my assistant about this morning and she read the an apartment complex had a fire and it affected a section of apartments. I hope everyone is ok. By the time I left, the smoke was getting heavier and I was happy I got there when I did. It would have sucked to have to ride in it.

It looks like I will be doing Meatless Tuesday today. I had a protein smoothie while I drove to work today. I then had same salad I had on Monday for lunch. I also had some grapes and an apple with peanut butter for snacks. I have really been on a peanut butter kick lately.  It is so yummy! I only eat the Trader Joes kind. Only peanuts and salt for me!

After work, I went and picked The Boy up from camp. Boys are weird. Yesterday I went to pick him up and he was like “What took you so long?” It was 4:30. Today I get there and he is unhappy because he said I came to early! It was 4:05. I can’t win!

When we got home he had to practice his piano. I must a admit, I totally forgot about it yesterday. He has his lesson tomorrow. He has one song memorized but not the second one. I am not to worried though since the second one is a new song and much longer then the first. After practice I did a little work on My Hotel Yorba and then is was time for dinner.

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I made my self a veggie quesadilla using Trader Joe’s vegetable Marsala burger and cheese as the filling. I also had a side of black beans.

The Girls

The Girls

After dinner, I went out to hang out with the girls. For snack they got home-grown lettuce and broccoli. The broccoli heads are starting to go bad so I thought I would see if they would like them.

Poppy likes it!

Poppy likes it!

I sit outside with them while they eat and then scratch the ground, inside purple Dino and take dirt baths. Hawks are an issue. A little over a month ago a hawk killed our little chicken Sally. She was a Silkie and only weighed a pound or two, much smaller then the other two. I am still upset about it, so now I hang out with them while they free range. It is a good thing I do. When I went to put them up I saw a hawk fly away. It had been hiding in a tree about not to far away from the coop.

How did that get there?

How did that get there?

Turbo on the left, Poppy on the right

Turbo on the left, Poppy on the right

Plans for the rest of the night include riding the stationary bike for a least an hour and catching up on my DVR’d shows! Oh! I have a new Twitter handle – @myhotelyorba  Go check it out and follow me…I will follow you!!

Question: How often do you go meatless? Where do you get your recipes?