New Decade!

On Saturday, my family and friends threw me a surprise 40th birthday party. It was wonderful! Bright sunny day spent with good friends and family. We had a bon fire when the sun went down. Everybodies kiddos were there too and that made it more special! Thank you!!!

Sunday I decided to go on a 2 mile bike ride with my kiddos up Robinson Canyon: where I have walk/jogged. It is about 1 mile slightly up hill and then 1 mile speeding down hill. All 3 kiddos had a little bit of a hard time going up. We took many breaks to rest and watch the cows and goats. =0) We had a blast though. They really enjoyed the way back.

I thought that my butt or my shoulder would be sore, even possibly my back. BUT NOOOO! None of those bothered me. Ya wanna know what hurts? My frickin elbows!!!!! I wasn't prepared for elbow pain. Butt pain I can handle, shoulder pain I know, but elbows? Come on!!! I spoke with a friend last night who is an avid bike rider and he looked at me with a "Well Duh!" expression and said it would go away eventually. Thank goodness! The kids and I are planning on biking that a few times a week, weather permitting. They told me they like the burn. So Cute!!!

Beat the ghost!

So we went back to the gym last night and Jon tried the bike again. He was determined to do better! He realized he started the first try on the bike at a lower gear. He ended up blowing his time out of the water! He got 11 min .35 sec!!! You can program the bike to have your previous time as a "ghost rider." So, Jon had a ghost rider to beat. Any amount of competition turns him into a mad man! =0) We are going back tonight and he is bound and determined to beat last nights time. Needless to say, he was a wee bit sore this morning and a touch crabby!

I got on the tread mill for 30 min and did hand weights: biceps curls and triceps kick backs. I grabbed my weights and got about 1/2 way through and my arms were shaking and I as ticked! When I couldn't do any more, I put my weights back to realize I grabbed heavier weights then I was used to. hahaha I got my normal weights and finished my work out. I think tonight I will start off with the heavier ones again and do some bousu ball squats......and the bike from hell!!!

Yesterday Jon joined the gym! Whoopee!!!! =0) I got on the bike from hell again and I beat my last time by 1 min 12 sec. Today my time was 14.47. I was super thrilled about that. My legs and arms were shaking when I attempted to get off, but damn it I beat my last time! Jon got on the bike and did the same course I did. I think he wanted to blow me out of the water....hehe. He did real well. His time was 14min 17 sec. He beat me by a little bit and I am pretty sure he was a wee bit shocked he didn't beat me by more. Neener Neener Honey!

If you don't know what a bousu (spelling) ball is, boy are you in for a treat! It is a 1/2 of a ball on one side and a flat platform on the other. You can do all sorts of fun stuff on it. Balance, squats, jumps, push ups. No matter what you do with that damn thing, it will show you just how much you suck! Unless you pop it hee hee.... I am currently doing squats on the ball. 1 foot on the ball and the other on the ground. Does a great job working your core muscles (tummy) and intensifies the squats. I suggest everyone play with the bousu ball a few times. It will knock you down a few pegs, but it will also make you determined to beat the ball. For those of you with dirty minds....get it out of the gutter!