Workout Wednesday : Cardioke

Kareoke combined with cardio dance moves? It sounded more fun that it actually turned out to be. I think I'm spoiled by the fresh music in my Cardio Jam class (we get a new song the first Monday of every month) and the up-to-date songs on Just Dance 2. Dancing to the oldies isn't my thing.

I liked the concept, and the idea that singing while dancing can burn twice the calories. No clue is this is actually true, but I'm going to start singing while doing Just Dance 2. And maybe quietly singing in Cardio Jam.

After The Booksigning...

So one fine morning, I traveled from Portland to Seattle with three respectable looking authors to do a signing at the University Book Store. We arrived early, had lunch at a gourmet deli, and then had a signing highlighted by meeting Estella & Patrick.

And then...it got even more fun.

Someone suggested we go to the naughty bakery. Part sex shoppe, part bakery. They even sold Delilah's famous penis candy!

But the penii didn't stop there. They had penis cupcakes...in a variety of sizes and colors. Oh, the laughter. We were like middle schoolers. All maturity drained from us. And of course, what is a penis cupcake without a vagina cupcake?

Hmmm...all the vagina's were the same size, shape, and color. I wonder if we just caught them on an unimaginative day?

Movie Monday :: Confessions of a Shopaholic

I have been trying to see this movie for years! (Not to mention planning on reading the series of books!) I have set reminders on my cable box dozens of times, and yet never actually managed to see it. This week it wasn't convenient either, but I just decided to watch and put the baby down late for her nap.

I loved this one from the beginning. I love to shop, not that I take it to the extreme that Becks does, but I can definitely relate to the draw, the thrill, and how it makes you feel better, if only for a moment. In a light, funny movie, the emotional struggle with shopping addiction was extremely well handled.

And then the is the cuteness that is Hugh Dancy, at his most adorable as Beck's editor at a financial magazine. Le sigh.

I think my favorite roles were becks parents, played by John Goodman and Joan Cusack. Maybe because I have parents who spent my childhood looking for every sale and deal and dressing me as such.

I really should ahve watched it sooner :)

Promises To Myself

Computer issues ate my weekend writing time, and there is a busy week ahead - including the big ones having 2 days off school. Still, I am going to rock the week. Because I can.

• Write wild horses, Trent's mom, sex museum, mirror part deux in Driven
• Go snowshoeing on Saturday!
• Plan activities for Seattle vacation.
• Exercise 5 times.
• Make an appointment @ the shoe place.
• Bloodwork.

The Done List

I had a good week. I didn't accomplish as much as I planned, but then, I dream big :D And I have small people around who like to throw challenges in my path.

• Write scenes for Driven - pictures, mirror, family vacation, Trent's mom, sex museum...
• Workout 5 times - Cardio jam x 2, Bootcamp x 2, Yoga
• Scheduled a snowshoeing trip with Hubba Bubba
• Volunteered @ the boys school. 2nd graders writing biographies = good stuff!
• Signed a contract to re-release For Kicks with Samhain (WINNING! OMG, can you belive the Charlie Sheen train wreck? And yet...we're all saying winning!)
• Registered for April's RCRW Spring Intensive
• coat hooks for the laundry room, wall mounted jewelry box for diaper accoutrement storage in the girl's room (a must after she Desitin-ed her rocking horse), emergency clean up of purple nail polish from the wood floors (PrincessGirl again)

Workout Wednesday :: Just Dance 2

Santa delivered this Wii game to SmallBoy, who wants to be a rock star. Actually, he wants to join the Disney band Big Time Rush. He's quite specific - apparently, they need a blond and he already knows all of their songs. Until they come knocking, Santa thought he could practice his dancing skillz.

And then I fell in love with the game. It's hilarious. Somehow, my boy is a whiz at Viva Las Vegas and Monster Mash, while I am unbeatable at Firework, well, at least within my own home. It's fun to watch and fun to play. In fact, I've arm twisted two of my girlfriends into buying it for their families, and turned a normal baby girl playdate into a dancing mama frenzy!

I think it's a great cardio workout too. After the fourth song, I'm glistening, and if I do more than ten I'll need a shower. So, hey, it counts. And I don't even have to go to the gym :)

Follow me...

...over to The Pink Heart Society: Crafty Corner : Layered Up!: "Is there anything better than layer cakes? Pink Heart Society editor Jenna Bayley-Burke doesn't think so. Others can ride the cupcake craze,..."