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I need to start a new fitness routine

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Every time I look over at our TV stand I see our Wii. I hate to admit it, but I haven’t used my Wii in ages!

I think it’s been four or five months since I played a game or did a cardio workout on my Wii.

Later this evening I’m going to make up a mini workout schedule. I’m still sick (Crohn’s, Migraines, back pain) so I can’t get too ambitious, but I know that if I continue to not do anything I’ll probably feel worse and worse.

So … if I at least make a plan to get out and take a long walk, with the dog, at least twice a week, and to pull out the Wii and do one or two of my favorite workouts like the Gold Gyms Cardio Boxing twice a week as well I’ll be on my way to better health. At the very least I won’t feel compelled to research belly fat burners because four low level to medium level workouts a week should at least maintain my weight if not take off a few pounds. Certainly it should tone my muscles.

I also have an elliptical machine upstairs in a spare bedroom gathering dust. Actually my husband currently has two of his guitars resting on it right now. If I can start doing some workouts – hopefully beginning this week, maybe, by the time the bad weather arrives in November or December, I’ll be ready to start using the elliptical again.

Do you workout at home or at a fitness club regularly? Do you use a Wii to get your body moving? Tell me what you do to try to stay fit.

Helping relatives move

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My husband just left to go and help his cousin and his wife move into an apartment.

I’m not quite sure what happened, but they had a house outside the city and I guess they got into some money troubles and had to sell. Their house was on the market for at least six months and just sold about two weeks ago and now, his cousin is moving back into the city. I’m not exactly sure why their moving so quickly .. maybe their house had a fast closing date?

Anyway .. usually I would help with a move, but I’m just not feeling all that well today. So I’m staying home with our dog and my husband is running around helping with the heavy lifting. Hmmm maybe I got the better deal?

I think my husband’s cousin is going to be changing job soon too. He’s been working for a company that transfers data to microfishe … but I think that’s fazing into digital. He mentioned something about getting into Forex trading the last time I talked to him. I think he bought some Forex trading software and he’s been teaching himself how to use it in his spare time. Maybe he’ll figure out how to make some good money on the side – even if he doesn’t end up changing jobs.

Anyway … it’s a late day move … my husband just left the house at 3 pm! I have no idea when he’ll be home. I also think his aunt is feeding the gang. She mentioned something about making Chili when I was talking to her on the phone. Hmmm … maybe Chris can talk her into letting him bring some of her homemade chili home for me? She apparently makes delicious chili. Of course, it probably won’t sit all that well on my stomach … but then, nothing I eat this week has.

No money yet our bills keep getting bigger

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I’m so frustrated about money and bills right now. We’ve been having a tough year financially. There just isn’t enough money coming in, and it seems that every time we turn around something breaks down or needs to be fixed or replaced.

The latest in a long list of things to be replaced this year was the car. Our old car (it was 14 years old) died at the beginning of August and we bit the bullet and bought a used car to replace it. This of course is coming after we bought a new washing machine and dryer and a few kitchen appliances that had needed replacing earlier in the year.

Now we’re literally counting our pennies to pay the bills, buy groceries and of course to get my medications for my Crohns. One slip and we’ll be in terrible trouble. Actually I think we’re pretty much in terrible trouble right now – I’m just refusing to admit it.

Now I’ve just found out that our car insurance rates have gone up. I thought that they would be the same or be a little lower, especially since we have a newer – safer and I think more environmentally “correct” car. In fact that’s what our insurance company led us to believe when we were talking to them when we were transferring the insurance over from the old car to the new car.

Wrong … the bill is higher – at least for a few months anyway, until our new contract kicks in sometime in the new year (I think March) and then it will be a little lower, but it might not be lower than what it had been with the old car.

Our new car is a 4 door, 4 cylinder, sedan – should be fairly cheap to insure right? On top of that my husband and I have both been driving for over 25 years each -and we have PERFECT driving records. No accidents, no tickets, no driving infractions – nothing – ever. Our insurance company says they’re giving us a discount for our perfect driving records, but uhm … It really doesn’t feel like it.

Anyway … everything seems to be going up. We heat our house with oil and that’s gone up a bit this year, as has our electricity rates. Even our mortgage went up a little bit earlier today. So the budget I made a week ago needs to be reworked … to bad I haven’t figured out a way to add more money to our budget. LOL

I have a feeling we might be taking in a border in the next month or two if things keep going downhill.

My bed makes my back hurt

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I think my husband and I are going to be shopping for a new bed sometime in the near future.

We just helped our neighbors get a new mattress into their house and that only served to remind me that I haven’t had a good nights sleep in our bed for a long time. Each morning I wake up with a sore back.

I think it’s time we got a new mattress as well.

I’d actually love to take a look at a memory foam mattress. I’ve slept in a bed with a memory foam mattress once or twice and I found it very comfortable.

We can’t afford a new mattress right now, but perhaps in the new year, when everything is on sale – maybe then we’ll be able to get a new mattress and I’ll be able to have a comfortable good sleep.

We haven’t been to a concert in ages!

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I just realized that my husband and I haven’t been out to see a concert in a long time. I believe it’s been at least three years since we’ve been to a concert and the last one we went to was at a small to medium sized venue – not one of those huge stadium concerts.

Considering that my husband is a musician (he plays 13 instruments) and I enjoy a wide variety of music genres I’m surprised we’ve gone this long without going to at least a small outdoor concert.

I’m going to see what bands are touring Toronto this Fall and then if there are any bands that my husband and I both enjoy I think I’ll try to purchase some concert tickets. Hey, we have to treat ourselves every now and then, don’t we?

Do you still go to concerts? If you do, who are your favorite bands or musicians?

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