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Hi !

Thanks for the hugs! Back at ya! :-D

I had fun reading about your basement makeover - sounds like you got some

awesome deals. The tube TVs are such a bargain used - but free is even better!

I bought a used 32 " for the living room after I got my Wii, and before that got

an old school 60 " big screen for $50 on craigslist, too (for the garage, lol). I

just started hauling stuff out to the garage so I can start using the big screen

(and open space) for workouts and Wii-ing. Now if this awful 90 degree weather

would just let up...heh. Not a fan of heat/humidity. Yuck. My latest bargain

hunt is for cds. I spent a lot of time organizing iTunes, and am on the lookout

for more workout music. In addition to buying from the $1-3 clearance at Half

Price Books we found that an area chain of music stores has a " cd rescue "

section where everything is a buck! Most are pretty scratched up, but I've yet

to find one that won't rip to mp3. :-D

Sounds like the party went well, though! Cool!

Have you been able to use the new kid space and bigger tv for workouts or Wii

yet? I remember how small your workout room is, but it sounds like you still

need to use it for yoga/relaxing workouts yet. Heh.

Great job with Cathe! I have this one and other high step workouts, but have

only done the " easy " high step one - High Step Circuit, is it? I really enjoyed

that one, and this one sounds tough!

Hugs,

Sara

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> Wow! This was awesome and tough! Besides the warm-up and stretch there's 5

cycles to this circuit workout. Each cycle starts with anaerobic cardio. Cathe &

crew do it on 8 " steps and I did the first 2 like that. The first was extremely

tough and the 2nd was not only tough but a little confusing too (all the

exercises are very athleticbut the rhythm and pattern seemed to escape me

possibly because I could hardly breathe and of course I couldn't focus) so I

didn't do all of it, just jumped in wherever I could. She shows each one first

low impact, then building on impact moves as variations, usually to 3 levels.

For the 3rd cycle, I stayed primarily with the first level and it was still

hard. For the 4th and 5th cycles I got smart and moved to a 6 " step and found I

could do all the moves at the 3rd level, enjoy it and still work extremely hard.

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>> The kids are home from school now and in a few minutes we're going to run

some errands and prepare for 's friends' birthday party which is

tomorrow... seven for sure but possibly as many as eight 13 year old boys will

be sleeping (ha) in my newly transformed basement. I got a 32 " TV and awesome

cabinet that it sits on for FREE, a DVD/VCR player for $10, a big overstuffed

arm chair for $15 (and found $2 in change in it) and a heavy duty, really nice

foosball table cost $50... that's $75 for everything to make it a teen hang out

(I want the kids coming back here instead of not knowing what's going on

wherever they are). I feel like our bargain hunter Sara!! (Hugs to you wherever

you are, Sara!) We're going to pick up snacks, movies and we also have a Wii and

plenty of games. Should be a fun night (for them anyway)!

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