Sunday, March 13, 2011

Gone Again?




I think if you want to know what's going on you'll have to check out things over here.
crossfitbeyond.com


Building is coming along. Classes at our permanent home should be mid-end April.
We will continue to have classes just in the mornings, evenings and weekends.

I am so so excited not to have a traveling CrossFit car anymore. Lugging bars, plates, balls, clocks, bags, dumb bells,......etc everywhere is tiring! :)

Here is the new location. 952 Broadway. 40+ car parking lot, city park right along side of building (a free playground for CrossFit Beyond!) and across the street is my sound! the sound of water, the sound of a stream, right in downtown Albany!!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass...
it's about learning to dance in the rain!!!
- Vivian Greene

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Frozen Pipes!!


I didn't know........................

I didn't know the temps were going down below zero. This is when Steve would start getting sick to his stomach in fear that something was going to break. Over 20 years we have tried, heat tapes, kerosene heaters, insulation, etc.... but because the pipes run along the wall, a brick wall, an outside brick wall! We have experienced frozen pipes almost ever year.
Now this year (and last) "I" fear. I thought I had this one this year. I got a nice gas stove working thinking this would take care of "all my problems"...... not the case.
I got up to -3 and I could feel it. I knew it wasn't good. Sure enough frozen pipes.
OK...
On the day when it's suppose to be my daughters day. We are looking at wedding dresses with her two best friends and then going to lunch.
I got to the bridal appointment late and didn't go to lunch. I spent several hours with my (well, he is everything right now to me, he is Steve's best friend) Glenn watching has he took a blow torch to pipes, teaching me every step of the way and "I WILL" do this by myself if it happens again.
Hopefully this will not happen again. I have been given the task to open up some walls and re-insulate. Next summer we are taking the piping into the middle of the house!!!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Friends


Friends are GREAT!
Thanks for a great lunch!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Being in Love

"Loving" someone and "Being in Love" with someone is different.
YUP.
I was told that by a Psychotherapist.
"Being in Love" is where you want to share everything.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
You want to be with and do everything with that person.
You get butterflies.
You smile.
You laugh.
You love who they are.
You don't stop thinking about them....
vs.
Loving a person as they are but with no great emotional tie. There's not all the characteristics of "Being in Love"
"Being in Love" is unmistakable.
You know.
You know the difference.



Monday, January 10, 2011

Sharing my bed again?

I had a male companion for the weekend.
I know. I know. (but I'm only human)
I had a weak moment.
But in any case.
I have to say he was so much like Steve.
1. He didn't like to go to bed early. A matter of fact he did not do well. He was up every hour on the hour. Finally fell asleep but he tossed and turned!! Just like Steve. I called Steve "Flipper" Then when he did fall asleep you could hear his breathing. LOUD breathing! OK Steve didn't breath heavy he snored!
2. Talk about taking up more room then your half!!! That was an under statement. He laid right on top of me! I'm like... alright already give me some space......
3. Then when he had to get up and go to the bathroom the whole house knew. Now you couldn't have done that "before" we went to bed?
OK that was the first night. I thought ok maybe he's just not use to being away from his own home.....Next day was filled with other similarities.
4. He really wasn't taught manners at dinner time. He consumed his dinner in seriously I think it was less than 2 minutes.
5. Patience. Patience is something I even fight with but he had NONE!

Besides the annoying mess he was always making the patience thing was the cutting factor.
Even an adorable, smart and handsome male cannot convince me to make this a permanent situation. I think yoyu have meet him already....
http://littlefirebox.blogspot.com/2010/12/found-male-companion.html

Thursday, January 6, 2011

One Step Forward - Two Steps Back

I was at 185#x1x5 but the depth wasn't there.
SO, I'm back to 145#x3x5 and I like the way these look!


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

I Found a Male Companion!!

Wasn't sure I'd find a male companion.
But I did.
He's not quite like Steve....but "some" similarities.

Not much of a talker
Listens to me though......
Loves to eat!!
STRONG!
Loves to run.
Loves the outdoors.
Loves to play games!

and a bonus is he LOVES TO CUDDLE and he is very very handsome.
(not very tall though) :(

BUT smart!! That's is probably the best characteristics I love. Smart

I hope he learns CrossFit as fast as he learned to fetch.

Not sure he can plow, fix pipes, mow the lawn or fix the roof... but he is cute.



Meet "Max" Stacey and Genes 6 month old puppy.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Gifts!


SMILE! I know you have it in you.....


THERE IT IS!! The best gift ever! a Smile


and to be with the Christmas Couple!
and Janet!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Crazy?


I'm not crazy! This remedy has worked for me for 20+ years.
When I start feeling low, stressed, a cold coming on to the medicine cabinet I go.
Besides whey protein this is the only supplement I take. Garlic. Garlic and Apple Cider Vinegar.

Now I admit I'm wrong about alot of things, I'm the first to admit it.
This one I'm not wrong on.

5000m garlic 1 double shot of apple cider vinegar with a chaser of water. (don't look at me like that-you get use to it)

Google: benefits to Apple Cider Vinegar. Braggs book of benefits will give you hundreds of reason why we should take it daily.

Examples:
  • 1 tablespoon of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar mixed in 4 ounces of purified water after a meal has been used as a natural remedy for heartburn and as a replacement for toxic heartburn medications.
  • Raw Apple Cider Vinegar may help improve bowel irregularity, thereby removing toxins from the body at a faster rate.
  • Helps clear up skin conditions and blemishes giving a smoother texture and complexion.
  • Raw Apple Cider vinegar may also help with joint pain and stiffness.
  • Apple Cider Vinegar helps to break down fats so that your body can use them rather than store them. For this reason, many diets include ACV in their regimen.
  • On a small scale, ACV was studied by researchers at Arizona State University. The preliminary study was published in the Diabetes Care journal. It reported that ACV helps reduce levels of glucose.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Almost there

I would really like to get a 200# back squat by the end of the year.....

Friday, December 10, 2010

HABITS ??


Can a habit be a habit if it isn't "performed" on a daily, weekly or regular basis?

Although there is some parts of the definition which could be considered part of my makeup.

And how do you know if a habit is a "good" habit or a bad "habit?


But if habit is Habit-forming it now changes it to be an "addiction".

Maybe that's what I have "an addiction".....


1hab·it

noun \ˈha-bət\

Definition of HABIT

1. archaic : clothing
2
a : a costume characteristic of a calling, rank, or function habit> b : a costume worn for horseback riding
4
: bodily appearance or makeup habit>

Thursday, December 9, 2010

This is a love song to ME!


I listen to this and I can see my mystery man singing this to me.


Wednesday, December 8, 2010

STUPID

Sometimes you just do stupid stuff!

Quotes About Stupidity

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
-Anonymous

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
-Albert Einstein

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
-Confucius

“A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.”
-The Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 19:13

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”
-Thomas Szasz

“To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.”
-Gustave Flaubert

“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
-Oscar Wilde

“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
-G.C. Lichtenberg

“There are only two races on this planet-the intelligent and the stupid.”
-John Fowles

“Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won’t get much out of him, but with that other guy I can’t keep what I’ve got.”
-Gen Lewis B Hershey, Director, Selective Service System

“I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.”
-P.J. O’Rourke

“You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don’t think there’s anything man wasn’t meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn’t do.”
-David Cronenberg

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Talk about "man"ly

I have done and continue to do alot of manly things:
fix pipes
sheetrock
change locks
fix roofs
carry heavy things
MOVE heavy things
kill large ugly creatures in the house
place poison down for mice
stand tall in the face of adversity!

BUT there is one thing I hated doing and have not had to do in the middle of the night until now.

It's when you get the call from one of the tenants..... the breaker just went off.
The old house can not take all these new appliances....space heaters 1. problem 2. hair dryers
3. air conditioners OR basically more then one thing in an outlet.

11:45 last night - Tramaine: "Joy, I'm real sorry but...."
11:50 drag my cold butt up to the apartments get the tarp off of the outdoor entrance to the basement, find the flashlight conveniently on the brick shelf and walk through mud and dirt under falling insulation to the back of the building to search for the correct breaker box.
11:55 all is fine.
12:00 "NOW" just try and fall back to sleep (sure!)

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

What have I been doing?



Well....
One thing... I upgraded in my choice of Christmas tree stores.
Two years ago I bought one at the last minute at Price Chopper.
Last year I bought one walking through Walmart. (very interesting story)
but this year I actually bought one at Home Depot.
AND
I Love it! it even came with a stand.
Christmas has always been my favorite time of year and I think this year is going to be a really nice!
OOOOH you want to know where the Chrismas tree is going since the new rower is taking his spot? It's going on top of the pool table of course. And I get to put my Lionel train track around it. PERFECT! I even bought little trees to decorate the tracks. I really wish I had a covered bridge. (hint hint)

Then of course I was brushing up on my "man"ly skills this weekend. Had a little mishap Thanksgiving Day when my porch step gave way from the porch. ?
Well well well that needs to be fixed and since there is only me myself and I living here now I suppose one of us has to fix it. "I" surely didn't want to.... it was cold out and for "me"... I'd rather work inside.... so I had to do it by "myself"! FIXED. Better then before! (sorry hon, but it is)



AND LAST but not least I am having fun with my back squats. I have come along way.
Tonight was a a PR 180x3x5! and Sunday was a good deadlift day. Also a PR! 225x1x5

I have to tell you before you view these videos..... I AM NOT THE MOST pretty woman back squatting. A matter of fact I think I age about 10 years doing them. But I feel awesome afterward. (Music was not my typical) sound either... for some reason Christmas songs are not for the lifter!

video to come.......

Friday, November 26, 2010

SO THANKFUL


Max (our new addition) and Stevie
Janet checking email


Turkey Trot Finishers!!!! 31:43
not bad considering it took
14 mins in the crowd to get to 1 mile

Stacey bumped a lady by mistake and the lady hit her!!! (YEAH)
5000 runners and the lady was upset
because she had Stacey go in front of her.

Reminds me of Jesus being touched on his cloak and
He stops in the midst of hundreds of people and asks
"who has touched me?"
Not upset but marveling at the faith a woman had
knowing that even if she touched his cloak she would be healed.

More equipment for CrossFit Beyond
(OK OK another toy for Joy)
I don't want anything for Christmas......ok

Did I just say that?
I was kinda hoping for things to go around my train track.
(last year's christmas present
http://littlefirebox.blogspot.com/2009/12/still-having-fun.html)

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Where have I been?

OVER HERE! crossfitbeyond.com

I don't have much time to write about myself, my training or my adventures these days.
But you can find news of the people I've been training CrossFit to, what's going on at Siena and how the CrossFit for Kids is going down at Cutting Edge Sports.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Friends

There are all types of friends.

Friends that you see all the time.

Friends you don't see all the time, but when you do see them it's like you never left.

Friends that say they are friends, but when you need a friend they don't stand up to their name.

Friends you love like family.

Friends you just enjoy your interests with.

I have friends that are all of the above. Each one unique in their personality. Each one I have a special feeling for... but different then the next. Each person needs to be taken as they are and respected for who they are.

I struggle with some relationships. Wanting more or less. Wanting different or wanting.........(well) different.

I need to except what life brings. Not forcing. Nor wishing or wanting at the expense of my own selfishness.

Take life, people, relationships for what they are...not wanting or expecting any more than what it is.

http://www.100-0principle.com/