Savoring every minute

May 8, 2012 by 2 Comments

I had a major realization this week. When you listen to ‘Somebody that I used to know’ over and over again on repeat all day it stops being a pretty yet angsty hipster breakup song and starts sounding a bit stalkerish.

Okay, I guess that wasn’t a MAJOR REALIZATION, but it was a realization. I do what I can.  I’m having a major song obsessed moment.  Last night I made The Fella stop at a karaoke bar for the sole purpose of singing this one song.  I also realized I’m no Gotye.

Other realizations: More than three baby corns in a stir fry is too many baby corns in a stir fry, my favorite nail polish color is Lady Like by Essie, and oh yeah I look damn fine in a pair of boxing gloves.

By “damn fine” what I mean is “sweaty disgusting monster.”

The Fella  and I signed up for kickboxing classes, and we went to our first class this week.  The session comes complete with super sore butt and pink boxing gloves (there was a choice between red, black, and pink–I’m a fan of demonstrating my femininity while kicking ass and taking names).

The class was a lot of fun, I can’t wait to go back and get my roundhouse back on.

In the meantime, I’ve had a crazy busy week.

I stopped by my agents office to sign my official book contract!  Hurrah!

One day my book is going to be in the lobby, too!

This is a somewhat hectic week chocked full of work, graduations (The Fella is becoming a Master of Arts from NYU this week.  I’ve decided to call him Master Roy for as long as I can get away with), and a day celebrating my mom.

I’ve had to take a few days off from writing this week,  my mom and I decided to celebrate Mother’s Day a few days early…and hit up a taping of ‘The Chew’ this morning.  In exchange, Sunday I’ll be home typing–but I’ve given my father explicit instructions to do some serious pampering.

The show was a lot of fun, and I am proud to report that the cast was really nice even when the cameras were off (unlike my experience at the ‘Rachael Ray Show’), and made it a point to hang out with the audience, chat, and take pictures.  I was lucky to be asked to sit at the tasting table–which means I got to eat all the yummy things the chefs were making.  Feel free to hate me a little.

I was supposed to ask Clinton Kelly a fashion question too, but the segment ran too long.  Sigh, at least I got some tasty morsels out of the deal.  The episode was all about my favorite food: Buffalo Wings!  It will air on June 21st.  If you’re in NYC, or will be visiting, I would definitely recommend getting tickets for a viewing.

Afterward I took my mom out for a celebratory margarita in her honor.

The woman gave me life, the least I can do is ply her with tequila.

 What are you planning for Mother’s Day?

 

Kim

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DVD Review: 10-Minutes Solutions Knockout Body

October 19, 2009 by 1 Comment

Knockout Body

The 10-Minute Solutions DVDs are usually a crap shoot.  Some are great, some are awful.  Knockout Body is damn near perfect.

Fifty minutes of total body conditioning.  This DVD has it all: Aerobics, Strength training, and Stretching. Oh, and it comes with its own weighted gloves (more on those later).

I may have a wee bit of a girl-crush on Jessica Smith, the instructor. She may actually be my favorite ever on camera exercise guru. The girl is great at queuing and she doesn’t have that shrieking condescending “you’re doing great!” attitude that so many spandex clad instructors spout at the camera.  Oh, and her abs are drool worthy.

As in all 10-minute solutions DVDs this one is divided into 10-minute subsections that work together to create a self-designed workout.  If you’re in for the long haul, as in playing the hold thing, I’m going to suggest rearranging the chapters a bit.  At its core this is a kickboxing video.  For the first 30 minutes I kept thinking to myself, hmm, I wish she would have told me what proper form for the different punches is.  Then, voila, in section four they were finally explained to me.

Section 1: Knockout Body Blast: Pretty much the warm up, lots of bobbing up and down, stretching and punches.

Section 2: Fat Attack: Basically Cardio, lots of jacks, kicks, jabs.

Section 3: Ultimate Upper Body: Just what it sounds like, all arms.  Which in reality is this whole DVD because your arms are constantly weighted.

Section 4: Kickbox Cross-Train: Slow and instructional.  If I were editing this I would have put this one first, as it actually shows you what to do.  But hey, what do I know?

Section 5: Fierce & Fabulous Abs: Really good ab workout.  The weighted gloves really add a lot to this workout.

There you have it, mix and match as you may, but know that I feel very strongly about section four.

I also feel very strongly about the weighted gloves.  They’re cute and pink, and an easy to maneuver 12oz each.  But, they’re spandex which moves and flows, and they’re secured by Velcro, which is not the most stable of fixtures.  What I’m getting at here is that they move when you punch, which at times causes some elbow strain.  I love this video, and I love the idea of the gloves, but next time I do it, I’m nixing the accessories.

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