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Ann on April 20th, 2013

My routine was completely out of whack this week. I got sick on Sunday and even though I felt better on Monday I decided to skip the gym and make sure I was back to healthy. (Plus I had a fever on Sunday, which broke Sunday night or Monday morning, and didn’t want to infect [...]

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Ann on November 10th, 2012

I am in Missouri this weekend visiting my in-laws. Being married to a hunter makes it an annual tradition to come out for the opening of deer season. My brother-in-law and his sons are here for the weekend as well. I brought my travel yoga mat with me in the hopes of practicing a few [...]

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Mindful Yoga Studio, Tucson, Ariz. 1101 N. Wilmot (Speedway and Wilmot, next to Trader Joe’s) Click here for map.  My dad’s wife, Hilda, opened a yoga studio recently. While in Tucson for my high school reunion I was able to visit the studio and take a class from Hilda. I am used to attending classes [...]

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Ann on February 17th, 2012

I decided to take today off and have a four-day weekend. I accomplished a lot today. I had a dentist appointment this morning. Then the car had scheduled maintenance. And I started the daunting task of de-cluttering the spare room/office/dumping room. I took the car in a little after 9. The dealership offers courtesy shuttle [...]

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Ann on January 13th, 2012

I attended my kinda sorta regular Vinyasa flow class tonight. Since getting sick and with the holidays I haven’t been to that class in probably almost a month. The class is slightly aggressive, which is the type of yoga I normally prefer. For me it is all about burning the calories. Though I do take [...]

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Ann on September 30th, 2011

At work we have a pretty nice little gym: treadmills; ellipticals; spin bike; free weights; weight machines; big TV and area to do yoga or P90X or whatever you want. Most of the cardio machines have a TV or some sort of media attached. The guy at work who designed the gym (and took suggestions from [...]

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Ann on June 24th, 2011

Thank you to all of you who participated in the latest Comment Contest Tuesday. The comments were fun and funny to read. I always appreciate the participation. And I definitely appreciate my regular readers and commenters. The winner of the random drawing was Alex, who will receive an Amazon gift card. Thanks again everyone. And [...]

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Ann on June 7th, 2011

Yesterday on the shuttle ride home I popped in my earbuds and listened to some upbeat tunes while doing a little work as I was driven back to Emeryville from South San Francisco. Once the shuttle arrived at our destination, one of my co-workers who was sitting behind me asked if I was rockin’ to [...]

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Ann on May 30th, 2011

My intention today was to get up this morning and head to the gym. I woke up about 7:15, which is rather late for me. (The gym didn’t open until 8 a.m. today.)  I still felt tired and went into the spare room and turned on the TV to Lifetime Movie Network. At some point [...]

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Ann on April 22nd, 2011

Don’t stop believin’ … music can make you happy. I keep hearing this Kaiser Permanente commercial on the radio, which talks about how music makes us happy. And it does. A song can come on and totally change my mood. I can be driving to work early on a Monday morning tired and kinda bleh [...]

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