What's Hot, What's Not: Holiday Edition

Hot

Carrying Around Almond Butter, Instant Oatmeal and Larabaras in Purse


Not Hot



Well, It Was Hot When It Came Out Of the Oven


Hot

Incorporating What You Learned in Bootcamp-like Classes for an Outdoor Workout

Not Hot

Finding Out There's a Fitness Room but Getting Bored by Spinning Bike

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Packing So Lightly That There's No Margin for Error

Hot

Finding Free Laundry Facility at Inn In Case of Packing Errors

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Not Hot

The Relative Who Almost Downs a Bottle of Vodka Right After Turkey

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Hot

Patience

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Even Hotter

One Year Old Niece Who Toddles Off With Water Bottle, Catching Up with Relatives and, You Know, Getting Rest

Nephew After Dinner

12 Cents Per Cup

I was low on bananas so I went to the store which is like eating Lays potato chips; you can't just stop at one item. Never mind that I went to Aldi and Whole Foods yesterday. Of course, you have to be careful about when and how many bananas you pick up because you can end up with too many ripe 'nanas.

Since I was at the store, I picked up some regular oatmeal, cans of organic no salt diced tomatoes and Kashi Organic Promise Autumn Wheat cereal.

The guy in front of me said You're trying to eat healthy, hunh? Just as he was spying my purchases, I was looking at his dog food and prepackaged cornbread which I thought was cake at first.

I answered yes to his question and I say no deal to QuikTrip whose new billboard is advertising a 32 oz soda for $.49 cents. That's about 12 cents per cup but I'm not buying it.

Walking Gingerly

My calves are crying courtesy of the Arc Trainer. When I was descending the stairs at work, I had to walk gingerly.

This morning my mind was so preoccupied that I poured oatmeal into the trash can instead of a bowl or maybe my receptacle confusion happened because my morning oatmeal has become such a production of mashed banana, cinnamon, almond milk and lemon or vanilla flavoring.

I also prepare my morning snacks around oatmeal time. Lately, it’s been a cocktail of kiwi and strawberry. I used to sprinkle sugar over strawberries but when they are mixed with kiwi, they’re not as tart.

I’m glad that I had swimming on the agenda today because my calves would not have tolerated much of anything else. I was sluggish and took time to float and do the elementary back crawl which my second swimming teacher referred to as a resting stroke. When I attempt the elementary back crawl, I feel as if I am just sculling water at times. Here's a woman doing the basic backstroke. I love that this video is in another language; it makes it more entertaining.



The variety of names that people have for swimming styles is interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_backstroke

The front crawler at work does not like the phrase front crawl because she feels that it implies inactivity; she prefers freestyle but if you look in references, it will define the freestyle as Merriam-Webster does:

1: a competition in which the contestant is given more latitude than in related events; especially: swimming competition in which the swimmer may use any stroke