I had purchased a new Leslie Sansone Walk DVD. This DVD refers to the Hits as in Party Songs, and also HIIT as in High Intensity Interval Training.
One major difference with this walking DVD by Sansone, is that it gives you the choice of just walking to the music, or listening to Leslie too.
I kind of like listening to Leslie's banter and instructions, so I do listen to her talking as well.
The other major difference is the HIIT, because you build up to the higher intensity moves, but only stay there for a short while before bringing your heart rate back down. Then you exercise (walk) to the lower intensity a while before going back up to the higher heart rate routines. This is done throughout all three miles, instead of having certain miles that are higher intensity than other miles.
I like this pattern myself, and find it easier to walk the three miles than in the other Sansone DVDs I've used.
The one that I bought is the Party Songs version.
In joy.
Cheryl Paton
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Stretchy hair ties are pre tied in to a loop, that you stretch around your hair and put on like you were using a rubber band. They are, however, better for your hair than rubber bands. I have found them to be gentle on my hair, and they hold up their stretch quite well. I’ve been using mine for quite a few months, and they’re all working well. I have also hand washed some of them with foaming hand soap; which they have also held up well to.
I love seeing some of my artistic designs on my hair ties. It's a fun to enjoy my art. Zazzle is the print on demand company that I work in association with. The ones that you can order from Zazzle.com, come with the print on the outside. The colors appear somewhat lighter on these as the dyes are just printed on the outer layer. If you like fun artistic designs that you won't see elsewhere, then I recommend choosing from the many design options at Zazzle.
This is my favorite design from Zazzle so far. I like all the different colors.
I've ordered a variety of designs from Zazzle now, and really like the colorful ones.
I have found that the darker designs at Zazzle, like black, didn't show up quite as well as the more pastel ones did.
These hair ties are made from elastic ribbon.
Check out more colorful hair ties by CherylsArt at Zazzle.
Want to design your own? Find instructions to Design Your Own Hair Ties at jaquo.com.
Cheryl Paton
I had purchased the Neskla Pedometer, and am impressed with what I have seen.
I used to have a non-battery powered pedometer, and it left quite a bit to be desired. The latest pedometers are battery powered and are more accurate, in my opinion.
Pros:
This Neskla Pedometer is on Amazon; it gives a cumulative reading for the steps taken, until you press and hold the reset button to zero it out. When it is reset, it will start again at zero and begin counting once it notices movement.
The unit remains on in sleep mode in between uses. It will start counting once it notices movement, and will display the steps taken once you have taken around 10-13 steps. The initial 10-13 steps are added in with the cumulative count. I reset my pedometer at the start of each new day, or when I take it off at the end of the day.
It comes with a removable clip, and also a lanyard if you want to wear it around your neck. It can also be carried in a purse, and still detect movement.
This unit comes with a long life battery that is good for up to a year.
Cons:
The one con about this unit, is it doesn't count swaying movements, i.e. side to side. So when I am dancing, it will count marching type steps, but not the hip sways that go from side to side. I would like it to count those movements too, as I am moving, so it should count. Anyway, other than that, I like it pretty well. Sometimes I just add some extra steps in for my daily count for the sways!
After I started walking on a more regular basis, I decided to keep a log. Here is a chart I came up with. This monthly walking chart is found in my CherylsArt store on Zazzle.
There are daily columns for number of steps taken, distance, calories burned, and also one for location. I thought it would also be nice to see if there was a difference in calories burned with a change of terrain, if you are keeping track of that. The column headings can also be customized; you can keep track number of water bottles drank in a day, protein intake for the day, etc.
I'd be interested to know your feedback on the chart design.
Thank you.
Cheryl Paton
The bumper sticker on my car was old and very faded. I applied one coating of the Goo Gone and waited a few minutes, per the instructions. After the initial wait, I was able to peel the vinyl like top coating.
I applied a third coating of Goo Gone and waited another minute or so, and easily wiped the remaining sticky stuff away. Voila, all the sticky spots and signs of the old bumper sticker were gone.
I had a second smaller bumper sticker that I decided to remove. It hadn't been on the car quite as long, only around a year or two. That one only took two coatings of the Goo Gone for it to be wiped away. I again had to peel the vinyl type layer off first, and then did the second layer. That was all that one needed.
If you have a sticky residue on a hard surface to remove, I would recommend Goo Gone. The previous text link goes to Amazon.
The company recommends not to use it on soft surfaces, faux steel, unpainted dry wall, unfinished wood, and unsealed stone. The label goes into more detail.
Cheryl Paton
When it was the start of autumn, the opposite occurred. The house was too cool in the evening, but comfort returned as long as it was sunny during the day.
All of that changed when we had a screen away storm door installed. Within in few moments, we could make an environmentally friendly adjustment. We could open or close the screen part of the screen away storm door. Ah, welcome warmth of warm air, or welcome cool of cool air, whatever the case may be. It improved the comfort of our home naturally.
The old storm door required unscrewing the screen or window, and installing the opposite at the change of the seasons. Although it helped overall, it wasn't conducive to taking advantage of the change of the daily temperature change during the day or evening.
With our new storm door, that became a thing of the past. No mass changing out the window or screens, just flip the support switch and lower the screen portion, or raise the screen portion to the top position, and flip the support switch in the other direction. Ah, such ease.
We had our first screen away storm door installed in the kitchen. We loved it so much, that we had a second one installed in our living room the following year.
What a welcome relief. I got to open the kitchen and the living room screens on the storm door. Ah yes, the cross breeze blew through and it was pleasantly cooling the rooms off.
The screen away storm door is one of the best purchases that I've made. Larson is the company that made ours.
Update 1: They came in different styles. You can get one with a privacy portion on the bottom. You can view that one on Amazon: Larson Screen Away Storm Door with Privacy Bottom.
We had gotten the full view option. Our cats prefer the full view option.
However, the full view screen away door apparently is no longer an option. They do however show a full window option that you can change out with a full screen. They also offer a pet door option on their website.
Update 2: We purchased a second Larson Screen Away Storm Door for the front of our house. The adjustment mechanisim to lower and raise the screen had changed. The lever on the first door we purchased, Lever 1, worked great; it was easy to operate. The lever on the second door was hard to get back into the lock position to hold the window in the closed (all the way up) position. If you purchase an adjustable screen door from Larson, I recommend asking about the mechanism that raises and lowers the screen and holds the window in place. My preference is the style shown as Lever 1.
Cheryl Paton
I had wanted to see this movie on the big screen. However, I did have some reservations about it, because I knew that there was quite a bit of violence in it. But after having watched it on DVD, along with other movies about apartheid in South Africa, I thought it wasn't so bad.
This movie actually did go more in to what it was like for Mandela while he was in prison. That is what I really wanted to see. I wanted to know what, and perhaps how he went about his transformation. The movie did not go in to much of that, but you could see the outward signs of how he was changing and acting. He spoke his mind with peace and respect. He spoke more with his do wants, in a firm and confident way.
After Mandela was out of prison, and in a meeting, he responded to a question about his being peaceful. He replied that it was the only way he could be.
Mandela had learned his life lessons very well, and there was no going back.
I highly recommend this DVD:
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, DVD on Amazon
Mandela's autobiography is also available in paperback.
Cheryl Paton
