Sunday, November 16, 2008

The gym fiasco

My delima of the week is to join the gym or to not join the gym, what do I do?

Our gym memberships at work were expired and we renegotiated new memberships two weeks ago with Golds Gym, no problem there. Until Friday when I got a call from our corporate office saying they are no longer going to be dealing with Golds Gym, they will not sign new contracts. And, because the company would like to go to reimbursements verses payroll deductions for all of their gym members they will not let us negotiate with a new gym at a corporate rate (which is 1/2 of the regular rate). I have weights & bands and a great program that I can do at home, but my delima lies in how to get my cardio in Cedar City in the winter months??? It is so easy to go to the gym and jump on the treadmill for an hour. If anyone has any ideas of some good cardio that can be done at home please let me know.

The Hardy family (my Brother , Sister and Nieces) all got together for a family photo shoot with Andrea Watkins, photographer extraordinaire. It was the circus I knew it would be with 7 teenage girls and Cassiday June. My husband, being the smart guy he is, insisted our family photos and our individual photos be first so we met Andi an hour early. Then when we met up with the family; he orchestrated our whole fan damily picture too, even told us where we should stand and the whole nine yards. Then he says... well I guess my family is done see ya later!!! I am telling you I think he sat up the night before and planned the whole thing out to see if he could get in and out in less than an hour. You can see the blessed event on Andi's Blog at www.andiwatkins.com or click on the link to your right. Emma and I stayed in St. George after pictures and hung out with Andi, Remy & Gabby. Em took the kids to see Madagascar, while Andi took me to Crumpets. I fell in love!! I didn't see anything there that I didn't love. Then as we are leaving she tells me I should go to Thia Pan, its just like Crumpets but the size of Costco, THE SIZE OF COSTCO??? You must be kidding me. No wonder homes all over southern Utah are foreclosing, women are spending all of there pay checks at Thia Pan! I can't even bring myself to go, or I too would be spending my whole pay check at Thia Pan, a wondrous warehouse full of household decor that I can't live without. Thank goodness I live in Cedar where there is no "warehouse of wonders" or I would be there daily with my 40% coupon buying Christmas decor galor!

After the movie and Crumpets Gabby and I made a pumpkin roll. It was a little crispy, but still delish. If I have it my way The Thomson's and the Watkin's will be having a Christmas baking day very, very soon. We will be sure to take some good photos, because that is sure to be a memorable day; memorable enough for the coffee table book? We'll see...
Andi you better get over to Crumpets and buy that apron you were eyeing and while your there get one for me!

2 comments:

andi watkins said...

lol...that's funny, I was eyeing that apron for YOU! yesterday was a ton of fun... I wish we could do that more often!!

Shannon said...

So I have an idea for you as far as your workouts go. It is cheaper than a yearly membership but it does require commitment and 100% dedication. p90x! Since you already have the weights and bands you should look into this program. Im telling you- YOU WILL SEE results and feel the burn baby. LOve you and miss you