Name Our New Venture Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of “Name Our New Venture”
The Voting
 
In part one of our contest, we went to our friends & family / neighbors / blog readers and asked them to suggest a unique, catchy name for our new website and to use when opening up shop in the various on-line store fronts, such as [...]

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Level 2 Day 3 of the 30 Day Shred

If you pay any attention to my posts, you will notice that by now I should be almost done with level 2 of Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred. But, I have had to alter my plan a bit. Last Friday (L2D2), my husband and I ran outside first thing in the morning to mow the [...]

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Level 2 Day 1 of the 30 Day Shred

So, I haven’t posted in a couple days about my experience with Jillian Michael’s 30 day Shred. It just seemed redundant to say, I shredded, I suffered, I’m done for the day!
But, today, I did level 2 day 1 of the 30 day shred. (I stayed on level 1 longer than 10 days just to [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day …

… to mother’s everywhere!

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Stats from Level 1 Day 10 of the 30 Day Shred

Since it is day 10 of level 1 of the 30 day Shred, I decided to post some of my stats.
I have lost 1 pound (6 pounds if you count the 5 pounds I went up when I started the Shred) and have lost a total of 3 inches ( -1/2 off my bicep, -1 from [...]

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Question about the 30 Day Shred

My son and his girlfriend have joined me in exercising to Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred. But, my son refused to workout with me again last night. This is how it went …
Son - I was taught in weight lifting not to use weights on the same muscle groups everyday
Me - I know, I was always told that, [...]

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Day 8 of the Shred … moving forward!?!

With each passing day of Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred, I feel stronger & leaner! But, I am still not able to do all the exercises at the advanced level for the entire workout. If I advance the workout, will I struggle with the exercises in level 2?
So, I have a question for you experienced [...]

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Name Our New Venture!

Please note that submissions for “name our new venture” are no longer being accepted! Please follow this link  http://ginacarruba.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/name-our-new-venture-part-2/ to cast your vote for one of the wonderful names that has already been submitted! Thank you!
My son’s longtime girlfriend and I have decided to join together in a new adventure! That’s where you come in!
We would like [...]

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Bummer! Missed day 6 of the Shred!

And it wasn’t because I didn’t want to do it! Our electric went out all day and all night, just coming on again at 7 am this morning! I will get back on track again today without missing a beat and do my 30 minutes on the exercise bike, too.
On a different note, my son’s [...]

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Homemade Laundry Detergent

Due to the rising cost of laundry detergent, I have recently been on a quest to find one I could make for cheaper. After much research,  I have found one that I love!
2 parts Borax, 2 parts Washing soda & 1 part grated felds naptha soap.
The only store that I found all the ingredients at [...]

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