Good evening! Hope you're having a great Tuesday!

Just wanted to share a funny read courtesy of Strange Funny World, in case you didn't get that ab workout in today:)
Enjoy!

How Do You Decide Who To Marry (Written By Kids)
A group of young kids were asked how to decide who to marry and here are the results which are pretty amusing.

1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
- Alan, age 10

(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.
- Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
- Camille, age 10

(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
- Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?

(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
- Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?

(1) Both don’t want any more kids.
- Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?

(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
- Lynnette, age 8 (isn’t she a treasure)

(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that Usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
- Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?

(1) I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
-Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?

(1) When they’re rich.
- Pam, age 7

(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.
- Curt, age 7

(3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
- Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?

(1) I don’t know which is better, but I’ll tell you one thing. I’m never going to have sex with my wife. I don’t want to be all grossed out.
- Theodore, age 8

(2) It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET MARRIED?

(1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?
- Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is……..

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?

(1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
- Ricky, age 10


Question
Which answer was your favorite?
-- Definitely the last one for me!

Have a great night!

Hi Everyone! I hope you had an excellent weekend! 

Did you all watch the Super Bowl? We went to a party that was definitely equally, if not more, about the food -- so many delicious dishes! I hope you all indulged a little bit and had a great time -- I know we did! Homemade NY Cheesecake? Yes please! :)

The Mr & I had to work yesterday, so we have today off to make up for it -- not too bad of a deal if you ask me! We were able to sleep in (and sleep off a bit of that extra food...) before heading to the gym to try out a new (to us) workout.


Insanity 

Have you ever heard of the Insanity Workout? I was vaguely familiar with it, but didn't really know any of the details until it was featured in the current issue of Self Magazine. There is an article, as well as a short workout of the creator's favorite six moves in a circuit format. There are also tear out cards to throw in your gym bag for reference, and the online article has video demonstrations of the moves, which I always find so helpful! Plus, the plyometric based workout doesn't require any equipment, which is always a great option to have in your workout repertoire -- you can do this anywhere!

The Workout
Basically you perform the six moves for one minute each with no break, resting for a minute after you've finished all six. Go through the set three times for a 20 minute workout.

The Verdict
Oh. My. Goodness.
This was definitely one of the most difficult workouts both of us had ever tried. Even in our first round of the moves, doing them for a minute straight was pretty much impossible. We were both breathing as though we had been sprinting, not working out for 5 minutes... What a challenge! Even though the moves are all lower body based, we both felt that our entire bodies were exhausted after. A very good thing for a 20 minute workout!

You can check out the moves here if you're interested in a really challenging plyometric workout. We're going to keep at it and see if we can build up our tolerance, and hopefully someday we'll be able to make it all the way through without wanting to hurl... :)

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Questions
-- What did you think of the Super Bowl half-time show? 
     I thought it was better than the last few years, but I really prefer when the performers actually perform live -- I'm so not a fan of lip syncing! I'm also not a big fan of Madonna's new song, but I'm glad she performed a bunch of older hits!
-- What's the toughest new workout you've tried lately?
     I'm feeling like switching things up lately -- send me your ideas!

Cheers!

It's finally here! We made it!

In celebration of Friday's honor, I present to you some Friday Fun:

• If you are hosting or attending a Super Bowl party this weekend, please try to refrain from being one of these Most Annoying Super Bowl Party Guests.  I don't know if your friends are anything like mine, but I think I've got all of these characters covered :) But we love them anyway!
• Speaking of the Super Bowl, if I had time I'd make these, these, these, and probably this to bring to the party. Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen. Which one to choose???
• We received our Organic Produce Delivery this morning, which is super awesome! Not so awesome? I had to answer the door in my pajamas... and I was wearing a onesie. True Story.
• I'm totally obsessed with things that Mr & Mrs monogrammed on them... But hey, we're still newlyweds, so it's ok right? I'm particularly digging these, these, these, and these, just to name a few... Thanks for sucking me in Etsy! :)

Well I think that's about it! 

Question:
What are your weekend plans?
-- I have a baby shower to attend tomorrow (and a gift yet to wrap...), a concert to play on Sunday, and a Super Bowl party to hit up Sunday night. And hopefully some workouts and relaxing somewhere in there...

Happy Weekend!

It's been pretty quiet on the fitness front this week. Shin pain + busy work week =  hanging up the ol' running shoes. Even if they are the beautiful Limited Edition Mizuno Wave Rider 15's...

I know my legs need rest, but it's hard to do sometimes! Tomorrow the Mr & I are going to try a Tabata strength workout, as long as my legs feel ok -- finger's crossed!


Story of the Week:
We've had a very unlucky week with our car. It started last week when a pretty bad ice storm finally prompted the Mr to clean out the garage enough to fit the car in there -- it took so long to scrape the ice off of the car in the morning that we were about 30 minutes late for work...whoops! 
The next day we were driving home from the grocery store (it's only about 3 minutes from our house) and the car started making a strange sound & shaking.... We got it home into the driveway, only to realize that we had a completely flat tire. Not good.
It's later in the evening at this point, so there's nothing we can do about the tire until the next day. So, while backing the car into our very skinny garage for the night, and spinning the tires on a bit of ice in the driveway, the driver's side mirror had a little altercation with the wall....and was ripped off. Sigh. The next day, we repaired the tire (the seal between the tire & rim had come undone) and bought a new side mirror. 
You'd think that would be enough car trouble for one week, but wait, there's more!
Yesterday afternoon we were once again leaving the grocery store, when we were once again greeted by a strange noise coming from the car. It sort of sounded like snow caught in the wheel wells, so we didn't think too much of it. Cut to a few hours later (after dinner), when the Mr is driving me to my gig, and all of a sudden the car starts shaking / making this weird thumping sound.... He manages to get me to work, and get the car back home, and calls to set up a tow for first thing this morning.
It turns out that the rim that had caused the flat tire in the first place was so corroded that the lug nuts were coming off, and the tire was literally falling off of the car! Great, huh?
A set of new rims later, and hopefully the story of our horrible car week is over -- knock on wood!

Questions:
-- Have you ever dealt with running pain / injury? What did you do for exercise while you couldn't run?
-- Have you ever had a string of bad luck with your car? Or with anything else?

Have a great night! Remember, it's almost the weekend!

In case you need a laugh to get you through Hump Day... Enjoy!