Move it Monday.
Davina
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...except it's Tuesday...
(where have I been? recovering from my super fun weekend with my sister and her family...)
Today is a double day. It's the first week of the month and I need to announce the winner of November's contest and announce our last contest of the year!!
November's winner is:
Laura Cottril!
Laura wins a set of Thinnerware. Wohoo!
We started out the year just trying to get in our 20 minutes of true exercise, eating less, and eat more healthy foods...I think that's a good place to end the year...
DECEMBER CONTEST:
Our contest this month is to get in 20 minutes of real exercise at least 5 days a week, eat less (smaller portions), and eat more healthy foods.
Come to the Move it Monday post for the week, each day of that week, and post what you did that day to meet the contest guidelines for the day in the comments.
DECEMBER PRIZE:
Since this is the month of giving we're doing something we've never done for Move it Monday....
The winner will be working this month for the charity of their choice. At the end of December the winner will have $100 donated to the charity of their choice. Make sure to put in the comments of this post the charity that you're going to win for this month. (each day that you comment is worth 1 point)
**BONUS:** Because I love the laughter post from a few weeks ago, I'm going to give you a bonus chance to win!! Laughter is great medicine, especially, at this time of year and with the year many people have had. So...if you know a great joke (even if it's a laffy taffy joke---we love the laffy taffy jokes) put it in the comments. For each joke or funny story you put in the comments we'll give you a 1/4 point toward your winning score. So find your 8 year son, 10 year old nephew, or 12 year neighborhood boy scout...they all know all the crazy, silly, ridiculous jokes...and they'll be glad to help.
To see more about the BIG CONTEST...click here.
meaningful. LIFE.
Reader Comments (28)
Cricket and I walked twice for 20 minutes and yoga. I have become such a fan of yoga and what it does for me physically and mentally. My charity would be: Guide Dogs for the Blind. I am not even sure where I would be without them!
I walked around the resevoir with a friend today. It's about 45 minutes. It felt so good! Had a healthy dinner of a small baked potato with corn, beans and avocado.
My charity of choice would be...the Leukemia and Lymphoma society.
I love this idea for a prize!
Oh!!! I'm so excited about November! Thank you!
Thumbs up to Laura!!!!!
I walked around the Mall yesterday for 30-45 minutes, shopping. IN HEELS. Can we double my time for just that? ;)
Totally ate less for dinner yesterday. Didn't drink less (champagne anyone?), but ate less.
Also worked in an 60-90 minutes of aerobics. I wasn't watching the clock.
Jokes ... well, my family is king of bad jokes. Mostly plays on words ..... my dad had not heard of the word 'conundrum' .... and he thought it was a rock band .... can a nun drum? he asked.
grooooooooan.
i'll have to think of more. there's gobs of them.
OK, OK, OK!!!
here's a PRIME example of my family's bad jokes (most of it is number-ish; dad's a PHD in nuke engineering, OK).
I was talking about going to Africa and how I needed to get my malaria pills. And dad chimes in "That would be 6.023 X 10^23 .... squared." HUH I replied. "A mole is 6.023 X 10^23, so a mole-area would be 6.023 X 10^23, squared" dad replied.
True, but still, groooooooan.
I also get a kick out of the "bad jokes" on prairie home companion ..... but i'm trying to find something "clean" .... ya know?
Lefty: Did you know that diarrhea was hereditary?
Dusty: No, I didn't.
Lefty: Yeah, it runs in your genes.
and
Lefty: What do you get when you cross holy water with castor oil?
Dusty: I don't know, Lefty. What do you get?
Lefty: A religious movement.
Why can't skeletons fart?
Because they haven't the guts to do it!
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A duck walks into a bar.
"Do you have any ice cream?"he asks the bartender.
"No, I'm sorry, all I have is beer and liquor"
"Are you sure that you don't have any ice cream?" The duck asks.
"I told you. No ice cream, just beer and liquor," said the bartender.
The duck leaves. The next day the duck returned to the bar.
"What do you want?" Asked the bartender.
"Do you have any ice cream?"
"I told you yesterday. No ice cream. Now get out."
For three more days the duck returned and asked for ice cream.
The bartender finally told the duck, "If you come back again and ask for ice cream, I will nail your feet to the floor. Now get out of here."
The next day the duck returns.
"What is it this time?" scowled the bartender.
"Do you have any nails?" asked the duck.
"No I don't have any nails. All I have is beer, and liquor!"shouted the bartender.
"Good," says the duck. "Do you have any ice cream?"
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"A termite walks into a tavern and says: "Where's the bar tender?"
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A man and his wife were at the hospital for her to deliver their baby. A little boy was born and the excited new father announced he was naming the boy O-D-D, Odd. The doctor chuckled, the nurses howled and this was just the beginning of torment for this fellow. Many years later, in his 60's, Odd was talking with his wife and he told her life had been such trouble with such a strange name. He asked that when he died she would get a tombstone with just his date of birth and death on it. Not many years later, he died. His wife did just as he requested with the tombstone. And to this day, people walking in the cemetary see the tombstone and remark, "Isn't that Odd?"
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Why did the mummy not enjoy the disco party?
She was more into wrap music
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How many counselors does it take to change a light bulb?
None! The light bulb has to want to change.
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Okay, Davina, I think you've tapped into one of Karen's hidden talents!!!
We have a challenge at our local YMCA every December that I love. I did it last year... and this year convinced my husband to do it with me. It's called Scrooges Showdown. Everybody signs up (pays $5) and is randomly placed on a team with other people. You earn points for daily exercise and at the end of the month teams points are added up and the winning team gets prizes.
So I went to the gym... and decided to get a jump on other teams. (I may be overly competetive). So a normal amount of points for a day would be 15-25. I earned 65!!! :P Yah. My husband is quaking in his running shoes. I did a 30 min run, followed by 60 minute yoga class, followed by a 60 minute spin class! :)
And I love that you're doing a CHARITY prize! My charity would be charity: water. :)
Joke: What do you call a violin's mate? Answer: Their BOW-FRIEND. ;)
I walked "the res" resevoir againg today. Cold but freshening! 45 minutes.
Have a chicken and veggies in the crockpot for tonight!
Okay, force me to get my son's joke books out!
Q: Why did the shy conductor stand with his back to the orchestra?
A: He couldn't face the music!
Michelle and Laura, digging those jokes!!! :)
Today, no exercise. Worked my butt off on photos, but that doesn't really count for 'working out' .... ya know?
Ate less for lunch.
For dinner, ate less, too. Also, had THREE veggies for dinner. :) extra points for that, right? ;)
Yahoo has some good kid jokes, too!
Q: why did a man freeze his money?
A: he wanted cold, hard cash.
Q: why were the middle ages so dark?
A: because there were a lot of knights. :)
walked about 30 minutes today
ate less for lunch AND dinner. :)
Fighting a cold. Had the BEST homemade chicken soup with leftovers from my crockpot chicken. Maybe a joke will help.
Q: What does Cinderella wear while scuba diving?
A: Glass flippers!
HA, Laura!
Yesterday, totally rocked out the eating less. :)
AND did 4 miles on the bike and walked 1 mile.
I have a love-hate relationship with biking. I LOVE to do it ... but it's not a weight-bearing exercise, so no benefit for preventing osteoperosis. The dilema of my life.
Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Butter.
Butter who?
I butter not tell you!