Life Lyn Style

Today’s workout was the afternoon BOSU class.  We had a few new faces today.  That’s always nice to see.  I implemented some of the modifications that Kim and I discussed yesterday and my foot seems fine.  Don’t get me wrong, I still have planter fascitiis and will have it for some time.  I don’t feel like I did any further damage to it today and that’s great news.

The class itself goes so fast and that’s a sign of a great class.  We keep moving and working and it never gets boring.  The class is roughly divided between warm up, step, legs, arms, abs and stretching.

Next up: hoping to get out the door in time for the 8:30am water aerobics class.

Today was a busy day.  It was almost 60 degrees and sunny.  That’s been a missing combination in North Eastern Ohio lately.  I started the day with a haircut.  It was nice and relaxing.

Then, the family and I headed to Holden Arboretum.  We had planned earlier in the week to do something outside on Saturday, based on the forecast.  We knew that our Botanical Gardens membership would give us free admission.  However, when we arrived, we quickly figured out it was Arbor Day and admission was free for everyone.

Here’s Nick enjoying the machines at the mobile sawmill and Sally enjoying her snack in the car as we headed home.

I spent the afternoon making whole wheat pumpkin ravioli.  I froze some and we had some for dinner.  It actually turned out quite well and I learned a lot from practice.

After dinner, we headed to the North Chagrin Reservation, specially the Duck Pond.  Nick and Sally enjoyed the frog and toad statues.  But, we saw many more geese than ducks.

It was an active and very nice day with the family.

Next up: cardio in the morning.

I had my trainer workout with Chelsea today.  It’s been a week since I did weight training and 3 weeks since I trained with her.  After my long weekend off and spinning yesterday, I was tired today.  I got a good night sleep, but my body was tired.  Also, it was finally hot today.  It was already 60 degrees when we left for the JCC and the workout room was much hotter than normal as a result.

I warmed up on the elliptical for 20 minutes and almost emptied my water bottle.  I don’t ever have to refill after only 20 minutes.

The workout:

• Lunge and Press: 10 lbs (the second half was plain lunges… tired)
• Pliet Squat: 20 lbs (about 20)
• Cross Body Woodchop: 10 lb ball (20 on each side)
• Abdominal ball–>knee touch: 8 lb ball (1 minute)
• Chest Press: 15 lbs DB (2 sets of 10-15)
• Shoulder Press: 8 lbs DB (2 sets of 10-15)
• Plank (minimal, I was really weak today)
• Bicep Curl: 12 lbs (1 set of 15 against the wall to isolate the muscle)
• Tricep Dips (I try, but can’t really do these, so we used a 15lb dumbbell and did a different triceps exercise.

When I finished with Chelsea, I did 3 sets of 10 back extensions with a 10lb plate and then stretched.  I feel pretty good now, but I am guessing I’ll be sore in the morning.

Next up: cardio workout (probably elliptical)

We were expecting rainy weather today, but we were pleasantly surprised and happy to have a sunny day in the 70’s.  We started our day at the Botanical Gardens to see the Daffodil Show.  We were a bit disappointed as the show really wasn’t quite set up yet while we were there.  We let the kids play and heard a couple of story hour books.  We stopped to look at the daffodils on our way out.  It looked like a contest where locals could bring their properly displayed flowers and have them judged in various categories.  I’m sure all of the varieties and criteria would be quite meaningful if you were into it.  We just like looking at them.  Daffodils are one of my favorite flowers.  This photo is from our yard this afternoon.

Here are Nick and Sally posing at the gardens.

Here is Nick playing with the nature blocks.  Here is Sally on the swings at a local playground in Little Italy.  We stopped there on the way home to wear them out for naps.

After lunch and naps, we headed back down to University Circle and made our way back to the Natural History Museum.  Yes we were there yesterday.  We have a membership and we can bring guests.  It was also supposed to be rainy.  We met up with my sister and her family.

Here is Nick and his cousin.

Here are all 4 cousins together.

And the parents!

We had a great time and after snacks outside by the dinosaur, we parted ways.  Our family had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and now the sweet potatoes are in the oven in preparation for Easter dinner tomorrow.  It’s been a long and active day.  There’s plenty of fun planned for tomorrow as well.

Today was a jam packed day for the kids and I.  We headed to the JCC this morning.  I got a great workout in on the elliptical.  I did a solid 30 minutes of high intensity.

We met a friend for lunch and had naps (myself included  :-)).  Then, we headed to the Barber Shop.

I had made an appointment for Sally and thought Nick could just do walk in service.  It worked out great.  There is one woman there who takes appointments and she has 2 girls, so I knew she’s be good for Sally.  Sally had her hair cut once before and it wasn’t the best experience.  Today, the key was a sucker.  The stylist gave her a sucker and she was mostly still throughout the haircut.  Nick is pretty versed in haircuts so he didn’t need my attention and the cuts actually overlapped a bit.  It was relatively painless and efficient.

I’ll try to post a photo tomorrow.

I ended the evening with Mom’s Night Out at a Japanese restaurant.  6 of us try to get together for dinner once a month.  We’ve been having MNO once a month since June of 2008.  We started out with 6 kids and now we have 13 between us.  It’s been a lot of fun.

Now, it’s bed time.  No planned workout tomorrow due to visitors from out of town, but we plan to be active.