Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
This week's favorite quote:
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. Guiseppe Borghese
I literally stumbled upon this quote by using stumbleupon.com. This is their description from their web page:
Channel surf the Internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations.
Connect, Meet and Share
Connect with friends and share your discoveries, meet people that have similar interests, and check out what other people are discovering.
I came across this useful tool while making a post on a friend's blog, and I intend to add the fun, little button to my blog just as soon as I figure out how to accomplish that!
I was cautious at first about entering my information and installing the toolbar on my computer. However, with some thought, I asked myself, "would my friend put this on her blog if she didn't trust it?". I've been enthralled with this search gadget ever since.
It's rather simple, just check off the categories (i.e.: fitness, kids, writing, etc.) that you have interest in. Then you push the "Stumble" button in your newly installed tool bar, which reminds me of pulling the lever on a slot machine. The search engine then pulls up websites, blogs, news articles, basically everything connected with your topic of interest. It would take you 15 years to Google all this information on your own!
There are plenty of tools to tweak your searches, and link people to your website and blogs. Between all the new found websites and information I have found and the technical aspects of this web "stuff", my head is swimming and I'm finding it difficult to shut my brain off at night.
These "web thoughts", combined with my endless day dreaming about new exercises, drills and theme workouts I want to incorporate in my Stroller Strides class leaves me exhausted, but exhilarated by the end of the day! Perhaps, this is my version of the full, mind and body experience...
Channel surf the Internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations.
Connect, Meet and Share
Connect with friends and share your discoveries, meet people that have similar interests, and check out what other people are discovering.
I came across this useful tool while making a post on a friend's blog, and I intend to add the fun, little button to my blog just as soon as I figure out how to accomplish that!
I was cautious at first about entering my information and installing the toolbar on my computer. However, with some thought, I asked myself, "would my friend put this on her blog if she didn't trust it?". I've been enthralled with this search gadget ever since.
It's rather simple, just check off the categories (i.e.: fitness, kids, writing, etc.) that you have interest in. Then you push the "Stumble" button in your newly installed tool bar, which reminds me of pulling the lever on a slot machine. The search engine then pulls up websites, blogs, news articles, basically everything connected with your topic of interest. It would take you 15 years to Google all this information on your own!
There are plenty of tools to tweak your searches, and link people to your website and blogs. Between all the new found websites and information I have found and the technical aspects of this web "stuff", my head is swimming and I'm finding it difficult to shut my brain off at night.
These "web thoughts", combined with my endless day dreaming about new exercises, drills and theme workouts I want to incorporate in my Stroller Strides class leaves me exhausted, but exhilarated by the end of the day! Perhaps, this is my version of the full, mind and body experience...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Look at me, I'm blogging now...it's fun to have fun, but you have to know how!
Who would of known, me, a blogger. I didn't even know what a blog was a couple months ago...
It all began back in August, when I took the plunge by buying a franchise called Stroller Strides, a fitness program for moms with their babies. It's a complete Estrogen Powered company, and actually the 17Th fastest growing franchise in the nation!
My fellow franchisees are a tight knit bunch, supportive and nurturing as moms can be. Although we are thousands of miles apart, we are brought together almost daily by an online forum. It was on this forum, I rediscovered and fueled my love for writing.
At first I sat back and read, sometimes in disbelief. These woman were unbelievable, teaching classes, planning playgroups, community service projects, training groups of woman for races, arranging moms nights out with massages, manicures, etc.. And all this with babies in tow, some of them with baby number three in the oven! Surely, my situation paled in comparison, after all my babies are 10 and 13 years old. I would be teaching my class with a baby less stroller, my only focus being the moms and their children.
I felt like a voyeur, reading but not responding, I thought: "Are these woman for real?" "Do they have a life outside Stroller Strides?" Then my humor took over and I began to write imaginary posts in my head like this: "I was teaching my 6Th class of the day and had a big playgroup activity planned, a float for the Rose Parade, when my water broke. Seeing we were on the ground already for abs and cool down, I seized the moment to give birth and turn it into an educational experience for all. Not to worry, the float was beautiful and I was back teaching the next day!"
Like I said, my (warped) humor took over and there was no reasoning. I was also a little intimidated about making a post, after all, I had never been on a forum in my life. So, as I dusted off the creative side of my brain and starting thinking of ideas to contribute, my courage grew and I finally dove in. It was as if I pulled the pin in the grenade, threw it and waited for the blast. Responses were amazingly prompt and positive. As time went on, I freely contributed and unveiled, well, a "lighter" version to the posts. Chat site addiction quickly set in...
When attending the Stroller Strides Annual Conference in October, we all wore name tags that included where we were from. It was interesting to put the name with the face, comparing the imaginary with the real. I became the girl "with the great posts". I wonder if I looked the way I write?
While at the conference, and what seemed everything I read and every business seminar I attended, the word "Blog" kept coming up. After making one of my lengthy, story like posts on the forum, one of the many replies suggested a blog was in order.
So, here I am...aimlessly blogging away. I'm still learning, struggling with the techno details and lingo. Last week, I had to ask a teenager what LOL meant. But look at me now, I can ^5 and say HAND without my decoder ring!
It all began back in August, when I took the plunge by buying a franchise called Stroller Strides, a fitness program for moms with their babies. It's a complete Estrogen Powered company, and actually the 17Th fastest growing franchise in the nation!
My fellow franchisees are a tight knit bunch, supportive and nurturing as moms can be. Although we are thousands of miles apart, we are brought together almost daily by an online forum. It was on this forum, I rediscovered and fueled my love for writing.
At first I sat back and read, sometimes in disbelief. These woman were unbelievable, teaching classes, planning playgroups, community service projects, training groups of woman for races, arranging moms nights out with massages, manicures, etc.. And all this with babies in tow, some of them with baby number three in the oven! Surely, my situation paled in comparison, after all my babies are 10 and 13 years old. I would be teaching my class with a baby less stroller, my only focus being the moms and their children.
I felt like a voyeur, reading but not responding, I thought: "Are these woman for real?" "Do they have a life outside Stroller Strides?" Then my humor took over and I began to write imaginary posts in my head like this: "I was teaching my 6Th class of the day and had a big playgroup activity planned, a float for the Rose Parade, when my water broke. Seeing we were on the ground already for abs and cool down, I seized the moment to give birth and turn it into an educational experience for all. Not to worry, the float was beautiful and I was back teaching the next day!"
Like I said, my (warped) humor took over and there was no reasoning. I was also a little intimidated about making a post, after all, I had never been on a forum in my life. So, as I dusted off the creative side of my brain and starting thinking of ideas to contribute, my courage grew and I finally dove in. It was as if I pulled the pin in the grenade, threw it and waited for the blast. Responses were amazingly prompt and positive. As time went on, I freely contributed and unveiled, well, a "lighter" version to the posts. Chat site addiction quickly set in...
When attending the Stroller Strides Annual Conference in October, we all wore name tags that included where we were from. It was interesting to put the name with the face, comparing the imaginary with the real. I became the girl "with the great posts". I wonder if I looked the way I write?
While at the conference, and what seemed everything I read and every business seminar I attended, the word "Blog" kept coming up. After making one of my lengthy, story like posts on the forum, one of the many replies suggested a blog was in order.
So, here I am...aimlessly blogging away. I'm still learning, struggling with the techno details and lingo. Last week, I had to ask a teenager what LOL meant. But look at me now, I can ^5 and say HAND without my decoder ring!
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