http://greasy.com/elkhound/index.html elkhound's Blog en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:52:27 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/elkhound/time_year.html the crazy heat and humidity are here and its that time of year for us, the state fair started thursday night. And its always super hot for the fair. And we are guaranteed to have a good thunderstorm while it is here too. I think we are going to go there tonight. One good thing, with all this exercise I should not get tired walking around. And my knees have not bothered me since I started tae kwon do! I would like to ask all of you to keep LizzieAnn in your prayers. She is the mom of Jenn, ... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:45:55 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/allergies_class_tidbits.html My allergies have kicked into high gear. not sure why. But every morning I am getting up with lots of congestion. ugh! Class last night- One of the high belts was put in charge of warmups and stretching. I really liked his style of teaching. He really makes sure you are doing things the proper way. At one point he told us to tuck our shirts in. lol I wear one of the tee shirts they have but I never tuck it in. For some reason I think it disguises my weight. When we did our forms he correct ... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:27:46 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/rocky.html Did you ever see that Rocky movie where Apollo Creed was training Rocky? The part where he was teaching him to bounce on his feet? Yeah, thats what we were doing in class last night. It was killer. Not only bouncing but moving forward, backward and side to side. I am surprised my calf muscles are not screaming today. I am going to try and stay for two classes tonight. The first class seems like the beginner class where the second class they really work on alot of different things. I had a ... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:42:36 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/mary_ninjas.html The instructors at class call me Miss Mary. While I know it is out of respect, it makes me feel old. Especially when I was being trained by the 14 yr old black belt instructor. That kid is amazing! I also am finding I don't like being a white belt. For the simple fact that it feels like they are drawing straws as to who is going to instruct us. We had 4 white belts last night. I believe the oldest was 11 yrs old, not counting me. LOL I did learn my defensive moves last night though. My par ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:19:59 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/tiredness.html I have been really tired all weekend. And I haven't really done anything to explain the feeling. perhaps that is why, I haven't been doing anything. Although I know I did not sleep well last night. I miss not having class over the weekend. And I never thought I would be one to really look forward to such a strenuous workout! I have lost a few pounds but I think I am losing more inches. I bought some new clothes this weekend, mainly for our vacation. The capri's are loose on me and I even w ... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:14:15 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/poor_hubby.html Last night was bring a friend night at tae kwan do. So hubby decided to participate. Well he only made it halfway through class. But you see many years ago hubby broke his back. So there are just some things he cannot do. He said he did have fun though. I am not sure if this would be a good idea for him or not. I don't want him to hurt himself. Soldier son called yesterday. He wanted me to check the weather near Memphis as he said it looked like he would be driving into some bad weather. H ... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:48:19 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/soldier_son_update.html First a recap for those not familiar. My son joined the army right out of high school in 2004. He was stationed in Texas. In October of 2006 he was deployed to Iraq for his 15 month tour of duty. He saw things over there I believe that changed him. He came home this past February and it was great to see him. When he went back to Texas we had a little falling out and were not speaking to each other much. He got out of the army in june and decided to stay in texas. We have since patched thin ... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:59:22 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/warning_blog_.html Thought I would throw in this warning here. Where my blog used to be about kota, cleaning and the animals, it is now liable to be mostly about my tae kwan do class. But it is because I am so excited about it and just loving it! Tonight I had to do my form in front of the class, all of us did. And the high belts had to watch us all and for each mistake we made we would have to do 15 pushups. Yes, the dreaded pushups. They went in order from highest belt to lowest. And they also grouped it b ... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:00:30 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/awakening.html That is how I have been feeling, like I have awakened. This class is good for me on so many levels. I am becoming more outgoing, talking to people, laughing. It is amazing. And I am getting into new hobbies, like that quilting. Last nights class was alot of fun. The instructor asked if I practised over the weekend. I said no sir, I was busy recuperating. And I let it slip that the pushups were the cause of my pain. so of course now we have to do pushups every class. As we practiced our kic ... Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:36:19 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/kick_kick.html All day I have been debating with myself about going to tae kwan do tonight. ugh! I will go, of that you can be sure. I have to take kota anyway. I doubt if I will do all 4 nights as kota does. In the beginning I think I will go with two classes a week. At least until I get more used to it. I had to run out today to the grocery store. I noticed there seemed to be more traffic on my road. Not a good sign. Yep, I got to the highway and the northbound side is backed up as far as the eye can s ... Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:57:38 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/quilting_tent_trip.html My mother in law, bless her heart, has deemed it her life's mission to introduce me to the world of crafts. She has tried many in the past but they were pretty much failures. She is the one who got me started on jewelry making. The only other craft I can do is crocheting. And with that, as long as you want a blanket, scarf or other square object, I am your person! lol Well she is also a quilter and does amazing work! I have always admired her different crafts that involved quilting. She sh ... Sun, 6 Jul 2008 21:39:30 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/upper_body_vs_lower_body.html I have determined I have more lower body strength than upper body. And pushups are my number one enemy! The only soreness I still have is along the sides of my chest from those pushups! Last night just as it got dark a storm hit us. So I don't think they had any fireworks. Which is sad for all the people who drove to see them. Glad we didn't attempt it. Today we have our family barbecue. Still is pretty overcast but we will have fun anyway. I saw my niece who is pregnant. she has a small b ... Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:11:15 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/it.html I made it through my first class! wooohoooo! OK, I was super nervous, to the point I was shaking. But thats me, extremely nervous person. As I was waiting for the beginning of class another lady came up to me who also takes tae kwan do. She gave me a great pep talk! She told me that as adults we worry we will look really stupid in class and make tons of mistakes and everyone will notice. But she said she has never had anyone laugh at her or point out what she did wrong. They will correct y ... Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:46:44 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/got_butterflies.html I am super excited now buddies! I signed up for tae kwan do last night and will have my first class tonight! I was so excited last night that I could not sleep! LOL I think it will be really fun and kota is also very excited. A couple people noticed I was signing up and they really cheered for me! It felt so good. I told them they have to go easy on me cuz I am old! Last night as part of their warm up they had an obstacle course and had to roll on this mat as part of it. Good Lord, I am go ... Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/blog_rut.html I have been in a bit of rut when it comes to blogging and commenting. I am really not sure why. could just be the summer time and not much blogging is going on anyway. At Kota's Tae Kwan Do class they had a sign up sheet. They are forming a group to get the company more involved in the community. So I signed up for it. We have our first meeting next week. Every day we go to class Kota asks if I have signed up yet to be a student. lol I keep telling him I have to wait for the owner's wife t ... Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:32:16 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/big_ole_sloppy_dinner.html So I finally got hubby to get the grill going yesterday. We had beef ribs, corn on the cob and red potatoes. The ribs were ok, but not much meat to them. We used bbq sauce on them. And between that and the butter on the corn, it was the sloppiest dinner I have ever had! Although I believe Kota took the prize for most food on his face. lol I can't believe its already noon! I haven't done anything so far today! Mondays are just so hard to get back in the swing of things. Plus we had a storm ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:04:08 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/love_thats_holy.html I am writing this in red cuz thats how mad I am! Why on earth did God create those big green headed flies???? I had to water the veggies, and all was fine. Then I decided to water the roses out front. Oh my Lord, I was eaten alive by those nasty nasty bugs! What purpose do they serve other than to bite us and take chunks of our flesh? I am still itching! I was doing the dance of the flies I believe. Jumping around, waving my arms, running through the yard screaming! Quite a show for the ne ... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:30:39 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/really_wanna_know.html If you opened this, copy and paste to a new page. Then change the answers to your own, and send it to your friends! Learn 50 things about your friends, and let them learn 50 things about you!1. What do you add to your coffee? two sweet n lows, and milk 2. What are you reading now? have to go to the library. just read some books by Jefferson Bass, about a forensic anthropologist3. Do you own a gun? nope 4. Are you registered to vote? DO you vote? yes to both5. Do you get nervous before doct ... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:41:48 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/personality.html I find it very hard to be mean to people. Even those who deserve it. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and ran into my old neighbor. The one who reported us to county code enforcement so they could sell their house. She is so fake and phony! She asked how everyone was doing and commented how big kota is getting. Then she asked how our new neighbors are. Without thinking I told her we couldn't ask for nicer neighbors and I hang out with her all the time. The whole time we are talking sh ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:07:59 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/sleepless_dreams.html the animals were conspiring last night to keep me from sleeping. First of all when I went to bed, I read until midnight, just was not sleepy! Then as soon as I turned the light out the antics started. First came rambo who wanted on the bed. And he cannot jump onto the bottom of the bed, oh no. He wants me to move so he can jump up. That happened two or three times. Then one of the cats kept knocking the night light out. Yes I have to sleep with a night light, cannot sleep if it is totally ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:17:13 GMT