Nordstrom!

Hi. Just checked the paper and it looks like we're finally getting a Nordstrom. That is huge for Birmingham and fun for me! Not sure when it will be completed but they are planning on a whole new building. I love Nordstrom!! Yeah! Now that we've landed Nordstrom, maybe we'll get Crate and Barrell, Ikea and others someday.

Went shopping yesterday. Andrea and I were a little direction challenged sooooo we didn't really make it to homewood but we had fun and found lots of things to buy! I bought a new set of pots and pans as some of mine that Rick and I got when we were married are fading and I bought a new set of stainless b/c I'm not sure what has happened to my old set.

Kate went to the Spain Park/ Vestavia game. Spain Park won which I think is good. She had a great time and I'm picking her up in a couple of hours to get her hair done. Joe went to a bowling birthday party last night. The child desperately needs to be scrubbed down in a bubble bath. Jack had his buddy spend the night last night. We all indulged in pizza and goodies. Today I must work out and eat healthy.

Annabelle, I heard you did a great job in your play last night. We all knew when you were born that you're going to be a star! You go girl.

Have a great day.

xoxo

Karyn is this what you were talking about in Japan?

Whole-body vibration still shaking things up
Posted: Nov 29th 2007 10:00AM by Jacki DonaldsonFiled under: Fitness
I stood on a whole-body vibration machine recently. Didn't like it. Couldn't wait to get off the darn thing, in fact. For those who like shaking about on a platform designed to enhance fitness and promote weight loss, though, maybe this vibrating thing is wise step in the direction of overall health. Or is it?There's no definite evidence that whole body vibration provides any fitness or weight-loss benefits, says Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Edward Laskowski, M.D. It may even be harmful for people with certain medical conditions, such as low back pain, or women who are pregnant.
Manufacturers of vibrating platforms claim that training sessions of only a few minutes twice a week can produce measurable effects. How can this be? How can merely standing still while your body shakes be effective? It can't, says Laskowski, who reports that we can't get the benefits of physical activity without doing any of the work. Passive exercise via vibration just isn't an effective means of increasing your endurance, flexibility, strength, or stability. Maybe, just maybe, it's possible to burn a few extra calories but if you're looking for any measurable weight loss or fitness gains, nothing works as well as good old-fashioned exercise.
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Just got home from preschool. It is a beautiful day today! We played outside for a long time today. Like I said before, this time of year at preschool is crazy busy and messy! There is glitter everywhere, paint everywhere and people keep bringing in food! STOP IT! I'm going to weigh 500lbs. Rick is on his way home from Atlanta, he might be home in time to pick Jack up from the homework club. Yep, the homework club., Trust me, he didn't sign up voluntarily. I signed him up. He was not happy about it this morning but I know he'll be happy when his homework is all done this evening. Kate has dance tonight and that's it. Tomorrow, I'm off to Homewood to shop! Can't wait.

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Hello,

Can you believe I didn't write anything yesterday? Not sure how that happened. I had a good day at preschool. I love all my children in my class and they're excited about the holidays. We started working on the gifts for their parents and I took down all the fall decorations in my room. This month at school always goes so fast, we'll be out before we know it! That's about it. Came home and sort of did some things around the house, walked a couple of miles with Rick, took Kate to dance, had dinner and went to bed.

Today, I was planning on going over to Homewood to shop but I'm not sure I'll be doing that as I was a little overzealous on my ebay purchases and I bought some things at TJMAXX last night. Might have to hold off on Homewood til Friday. I'm looking for a salvaged fireplace mantle for our bedroom. Of course if I stay home today, I always have a million things to do here so its fine.

Have a great day!!
xoxo

Monday Morning

Hello, Hope everyone had a nice weekend. We had a weekend of all of our teams losing but oh well, life goes on, its just a game. All the kids made the bus this morning but not before Kate asking if she could go car pool. She asks that every morning and usually the answer is no. Jack was picking on Joe and Joe hauled off and whacked Jack which isn't smart b/c Jack is two of Joe. Anyway, I was happy to see everyone go to the bus stop.

I noticed this morning on aol a blog about most obese cities. Memphis, Detroit, and Birmingham are all on the list. I find that intersting b/c those 3 cities were on the list last week for being 3 of the most dangerous cities.

Well, today, I'm going to finish laundry and try to work on the upstairs. I've yet to hang the wreaths on Kate's window b/c like I said before, her room frightens me!

Have a great day.

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Kate and Joe are still sleeping. We will go to church this evening, I'm kind of in the mood for the teen mass and we don't have sunday school today so we can do that.

I put the lights and the rest of the trimmings on the tree. Joe hung his ornaments last night and kate and jack's are sitting in a pile for them to hang today. Its beginning to look a lot like christmas around here!