Category Archives: exercise

Wedding Cake 101 

04 Friday Nov 2016

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I’m not an expert at wedding cake decorating. I’ve only creating three wedding cakes, but with each one I have improved my wedding cake making skills.

Let’s get this out in the open right off the get go. I don’t like fondant. I don’t use fondant. The fondant roses on the cakes below were created by my sister.

I’ve learned that when creating a wedding cake you need the right tools and the right procedure!

The right tools are needed.

  • Cake layer cutter
  • Angled spatula
  • Cake boards and dowels

The right procedure is needed. Continue reading →

21 Day Fix: The Workouts

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

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21 Day Fix WorkoutsToday I feel it. The good pain in my muscles after doing the Total Body Cardio Fix Workout yesterday. I feel it in my legs. In this workout there is a combination of cardio moves with weights including a lot of squatting. My muscles are in recovery mode. The pain will go away but there is just enough muscle pain that in the olden days I might have chosen to stop and not press on. Continue reading →

The Challenge of 30 Day Challenges

11 Thursday Jul 2013

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ID-100177874Let’s be honest.  Or should I say let me be honest.  I started off well with the 30 day challenges, but the last two have been challenging.  I wanted to do a re-boot of my last challenge – the Ab Challenge but July has started and I haven’t done it.

I’m going through a little phase right now of figuring out the importance of healthy living. I do know it is important, obviously since a lot of my posts are about this topic.  I’m trying to figure out what Continue reading →

Series: 30 Day Challenges

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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Image Courtesy of David Castillo Dominici at freedigitalphotos.net

Image Courtesy of David Castillo Dominici at freedigitalphotos.net

I enjoy 30 day challenges, but they haven’t been easy for me.  Check out my challenges  by looking at the posts listed below.  They are in order of completing them.  You can find all about 30 Day Challenges I try to complete or thoughts on 30 Day Challenges here. Continue reading →

30 Day Ab Challenge: Re-Boot

27 Thursday Jun 2013

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30 Day Ab ChallengeSometimes even with all the encouragement in the world life happens and a challenge you set for yourself doesn’t end up getting finished.  And that is OK!

I set out at the beginning of June to complete the 30 Day Ab Challenge.  I think I made it to day Continue reading →

30 Day Ab Challenge

30 Thursday May 2013

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30 Day Ab ChallengeIt’s that time again!  A new month is beginning in a couple of dayss and I am going to challenge myself again!  This time around it is Abs!  Oh boy, I certainly could use this challenge in my life!  The challenge includes sit-ups, crunches, leg raises, and Continue reading →