YAY! I love sunflowers. They are like sunshine. I thought I would share them with you for today’s Friday Photo. What about you, do you like sunflowers?
Sunshine In My House
Posted by terrepruitt on August 13, 2021
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Friday Photo, happy flowers, Sunflowers | 2 Comments »
Large Sparkles For Hair
Posted by terrepruitt on August 11, 2021
You may or may not know about my love of sparkles. I posted a bit ago about a gift I received from a friend, some sparkly barrettes. I came across some other ones. Theses ones are just as sparkly, but much, much larger. The larger ones came in a package of six, I believe. They are lovely.
It is fun (to me) to add sparkles to things. I know I have asked before, but anyone? Anyone else love sparkly things?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: barrettes, crystals on barrettes, crystals on barrettesrclips, hairclips, sparkly hair decorations | Leave a Comment »
Garbanzo Beans AKA Chickpeas
Posted by terrepruitt on August 9, 2021
I just opened a can of beans and it made me think of one of my favorite snacks. I love Roasted Chickpeas. So easy to make and super yummy. My post is about roasting them in the oven, but you can do it in a pan, too. I have yet to try sweet ones, I usually make them when I am craving salt so I have only done savory ones.
Then when I was looking for the Roasted Chickpea post I came across the Stretch the Meat post which is what I opened the can for. And then, now as I typed that title I am thinking, “Ohmy!” I . . . um . . .oh well.
Do you like garbanzo beans? What do you do with them?
Posted in Food | Tagged: past posts, recipe filler, roasted chickpeas, roasted garbanzo beans | 7 Comments »
Balancing Act
Posted by terrepruitt on August 6, 2021
Always amazes me how they balance. This is a couple of years old.
I am trying to go through my pictures and post for my Friday Photo.
Isn’t is funny how they balance?
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Summer Reading
Posted by terrepruitt on August 4, 2021
What are you reading? For me, it is more like, “Summer Listening To” as I listen to the books via Audible. There is a series I love about a character named Andrea Vernon. the third book just came out. I knew it was coming so I listened to the first two again. I have listened to the first two three times. I have laughed out loud all three times. Andrea Vernon and the characters are hilarious. I will probably listen to the first two again, but put off listening to the third one again for a while. Hoping Alexander C. Kane will give us more stories from that world.
Then I listed to three books that revolve around the Firefly series. They were very entertaining. Ya kinda know that the crew is always going save the day and get out of the mess they are in, but you never quite know how.
Then I listed to “The Salvage Crew”, primarily because it was read by Nathan Fillion who played the captain of Firefly (as well as Castle and is currently starring in the Rookie).
Then I listened to “Then She Was Gone”. It is set in England and I just love the narrators accent. It was also interesting how the author let us hear from so many of the characters.
I am currently listening to “The Kite Runner”.
What about you . . . what are you reading?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Alexander C. Kane, Andrea Vernon, audible, Firefly, Nathan Fillion, reading list, Summer reading, the Kite Runner, The Salvage Crew, Then She Was Gone | 8 Comments »
Colorful Daily Tracker
Posted by terrepruitt on August 2, 2021
So how are you doing on the daily calendar/tracker? Do you remember it? I have it in a place where I see it so I remember it, but I have to be honest, I did have to stop and fill in a few days at a time. I do my daily thing, but I don’t always fill out the log daily. The way I color the log changed. In my first post I made a key with colors assigned to a specific movement, I figured I would change the color assignments every month (so I could use all of the pens), but it ended up primarily just one color . . . which would tend to make sense if you were doing one specific thing daily. But I had made my log for 30 minutes of movement and changed in February to just use a color for meeting that goal. Also in February I added indoor cycling to my menu of movement. So my 30 minutes could be a combination of yoga, Nia, stretching, cycling, and/or walking.
I am still using the set of pens I received at Christmas and so far sticking with a type of pen per month. January was glitter, a majority of the glitter gets rubbed off, but when I look closely I can still see it. February was metal. March pastel. April was florescent. May was regular. There are only five different types so I reused metal for June and pastel for July. I am using glitter for August, but I think I am going to use dots and stripes for the LONG/larger days . . . we will see how that goes.
Anyway . . . hard to believe we are past the halfway point in the year.
So . . . do you have a daily practice? Do you have a calendar/journal/log that you use to keep track?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: calendar, Colorful Daily Tracker, colorful months, colorful tracker, Cycling, daily log, Daily practice, daily tracker, Nia, spinning, stretching, tracking daily, Yoga | 2 Comments »
Fire In The Clouds
Posted by terrepruitt on July 30, 2021
Wow. I am going way back for Friday Photos. Last week’s was from 2017 and so it today’s. At least this one doesn’t make me hungry. 😉
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Core & Light Weights
Posted by terrepruitt on July 28, 2021
Recently I asked my students what they would consider their goals in our classes. Currently I teach gentle yoga, Nia, and stretch via Zoom. The majority of the response was they wanted to work on strengthening their core and working with light weights. So . . . that is what we are going to do. While we work on core strength and stability in yoga and Nia we don’t use weights. About the same time I asked my students this I had a conversation with a friend who reminded me of the term Sarcopenia which can be defined as “a type of muscle loss that occurs with aging and/or immobility.”
Muscles need to move in order to stay mobile and they need to be challenged in order to stay strong. There is ultimate truth in the saying, “Move it or lose it.”
There are basically three types of increased strength changes that can happen to muscle it can get stronger, in can gain more endurance, or it can get bigger. These changes are not exclusive of the other, but generally there is a focus on one because they are done in different ways.
We are going to do a quick class (30 minutes) primarily working the core isometrically and work on endurance in the arms and shoulders. This is going to be a five week series, while some people will be dropping in I am going to design the class in a progression. I still may make some tweaks but basically we will be using light weights and moving pretty fast.
We had a little demo class a couple of weeks ago and we decided we liked it so we are moving forward. For now it is only scheduled for the month of August but we will see how it goes. I have been wanting to do this for as long as I can remember so I am excited to actually be doing it.
I am also very excited to help people. I have experienced that being able to move with comfort, ease, and having a little bit of strength makes life so much more enjoyable. Have you ever had a sore back or an injury to a hand, arm, foot, or leg? You may have experienced some challenges during that time. Being able to move and have the strength to do so is so important to one’s quality of life so I am excited because I think of this as me helping people have better lives. YAY!
More information about the upcoming class can be found on my site http://www.HelpYouWell.com, you can click here to go to the specific page.
Do you have weights in your fitness routine?
Posted in Misc, Muscles | Tagged: @HelpYouWell, core stability, core strength, fitness routine, gentle yoga, issometric strengthening, light weights, muscle endurance, Nia, stretch | Leave a Comment »
Extra Step Saves Time Later
Posted by terrepruitt on July 26, 2021
I thought I would bring this up again. We just completed this step yesterday and it is kind of a pain in the butt, but once it is done I have a big sense of accomplishment AND . . . we have just succeeded in making dinner prep easier. Now if I can just remember to take the meat out of the freezer in time for it to defrost I would be set.
Click on over and check it out. Shopping Step to help Dinner Prep
Any of you take this step? Any of you have the challenge of remembering to take it out in time to defrost for dinner?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: defrost in marinade, dinner prep, marinate meat, post from 07.16.2011, save time, shopping step | 8 Comments »
Past Yumminess
Posted by terrepruitt on July 23, 2021
Seems like people fall into one of two camps, those that like pictures of food and those that don’t. I found this picture and my mouth started to water. This is a burger and potatoes we had for dinner a few years back. But it looks so delicious I wanted to post it as a Friday Photo.
Which camp do you fall into?
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Anniversary dinner, food photos, Friday Photo, hamburger, homemade burger, roasted potatoes | Leave a Comment »
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