Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Happiness is...

Enjoying a bowl of fresh berries...
Trying some new recipes...

Homemade carnitas
Reading a few good books...
Catching up on some good tv...
and finishing a couple of picture books!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!" - Muhammed Ali

Thanks to livingsocial, I have been introduced to kickboxing at Paragon in Santa Barbara.

I've always wanted to do some type of martial art or boxing, so why not kickboxing?

I've taken many a cardio kickboxing classes at the gym. They were fun and kept my mind sharp by changing combos every 3 or 4 counts of 8; however, I never felt like I knew what the heck I was doing. Were my punches right? How was my form?

Well, let me tell you... it was awful. Heck, it still  is.

After my first class, I was able to get a one on one basics course for kickboxing... Guess what?! I don't jump rope correctly (see it done right by Rocky himself!). On a more positive note, my punches weren't as far off as I thought and my kicks weren't half bad, if I don't say so myself!

The actual classes were pretty fun. A great way to exercise and relieve stress. This is one thing I may revisit when I feel like I can afford $180 a month on membership...


Let go of what is gone; be grateful for what remains; look forward to what is coming...

NOTE: Written on March 2, 2020: Pre knowing just how big Covid was... I decided not to rewrite it because it was a simpler time then.  Holy ...