Yoga is all about stripping away layers and finding your center which is good…but I also like cute accessories. I was looking for a bag to carry my junk in since it’s about a 15 minute walk to my class. Just carrying my mat under my arm has gotten old. I came across this on Etsy today and I must have it. It’s a yoga mat bag and a lovely eye pillow. I have a similar pillow for my neck that’s filled with flax-seeds and I luuurve it so the eye pillow sounds fantastic. I think I will get good use out of it before I go to bed and at then end of class. What do you think? Via Etsy: Impromptudesigns [Read more]

So is anyone else joining me in the quest for gold? Okay there’s no gold but certainly it’s fun. I’ve been sticking only to the major events like track, gymnastics, swimming etc. Sorry but I don’t see myself going horseback riding or playing table tennis. I will however be going to mommy and me gymnastics tomorrow at 8:15 in the bloody awful morning. I have a feeling it will be more mommy running and less actual gymnastics but I will get a workout no doubt. I did try an awesome recipe though yesterday that was chock full of healthy tomatoes and soooo delish. I am thoroughly in love with Jamie Oliver so I adapted this from one of his recipes. It’s a roasted tomato casserole and good lord it’s decadent. I substituted... [Read more]

So in honor of the Olympics, I went swimming with the kiddo yesterday. Seeing as I am a piss poor swimmer and there are no Olympic size pools near us that would also accommodate toddlers, we got creative. We went to the local man-made beach and basically had a lot of fun. It’s amazing how tiring just treading water is. That’s a killer ab workout that’s fun while you’re doing it. I managed to get two laps in at the end and that was pretty much all I could handle. I really enjoyed it but it’s exhausting so I’m not sure if it would be something I could keep up with. Has anyone else tried to keep up with the events? Doesn’t it make you just want to get up and move? [Read more]

So who else is SUPER excited about the Olympics that are starting in let’s see, one day and 22 hours from now? Whatever you might feel about the location of the Games and the politics, I hate to see that kind of thing extend to the athletes that have worked most of their lives for this moment. As a former gymnast I spent countless hours in a gym sweating, working through injuries with the idea that one day I might be there. Clearly that never happened but I still have a soft spot for the Olympics. I knew I had to be a gymnast after watching Mary Lou in my hometown in 1984. My son clearly shares my DNA as he constantly tries to do acrobatics that he has never even seen. I can not wait to see his reaction to the Olympic gymnastic coverage.... [Read more]

 Has anyone seen those Bally’s ads with the Pussycat Dolls? Bally’s is now “training” the Pussycat Dolls so they can be all fit and tighten things up a bit…right because they were getting a little piggy before. I guess perhaps not as many men (or women) are wishing their girlfriend was as hot as them anymore. Which was totally a feminist anthem dontchaknow. It’s all about empowerment. Note the sarcasm. So now this teaming is of course to promote the “Doll’s” new album and tour and bring more people into Bally’s. They would have had more luck with me if they had used maybe, I don’t know, athletes or something. Say maybe athletes that will be competing in that little contest... [Read more]