Readers’ Workouts – 2/28

by Carol3 Comments
I made my step goal for the week, thanks to some extra work on Thursday and Saturday.   And my newest badge: This week: Tuesday - Walk with the dog, Pilates Thursday - Walk with dog, 3.4 mile run outside (first time this year) Friday - Walk with dog Saturday - Elliptical Sunday - Pilates Monday - Pilates, weights Meal plan: My meal plan was a disaster this week. Yesterday was kind of fun though. I didn't have a car and told my husband to stop at the store and pick up something to cook for dinner. I figured he's get something easy, because he's not really a recipe kind of guy. Anyway he brought home a variety of ingredients to make something with, a la Chopped, a show I might watch too much. Actually he picked mostly easy ingredients - Chicken breast, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, red wine, egg noodles, bread crumbs, a Milky Way bar, pineapple and pierogies. The pierogies went back in the freezer - one pasta's enough. Of course,...
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Learning to Read Music

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As some of you know, I play the organ and piano and my daughter plays the French horn and piano. We believe in the value of knowing how to read music. I also believe, it's never too late to learn, but the basics of understanding music can be a daunting challenge. Whether you’re trying to teach a six year old or you’re learning for the first time at sixty years old, the process is actually somewhat similar. While learning to read music and truly understand can be difficult, it isn’t something that’s out of the average person’s reach. The fact is that it just takes some discipline and work for most people. Keep reading to learn more about how to understand music as a beginner no matter how old you are. Learn to Read Music Not every musician can read music, but most have a basic understanding of what’s on the page in front of them. If you’re just playing or learning or music for...
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Baseball Faith by Rob Maaddi

by Carol1 Comment
Baseball season is just around the bend, and I'm a baseball fan, as is my husband, so Baseball Faith grabbed my attention. It's a good book, a nice devotional for baseball fans, especially maybe teenage boys who are into the sport. The setup is well done. Each player's piece starts with a scripture quote and is followed by the player's thoughts on why that scripture is important to him or about how faith and the Bible are important in his life. Each devotion can be read in less than 2 minutes. The following two pages contain some of the player's stats and an interesting fact, like "McCutchen cut his dreadlocks before the 2015 season, and proceeds from the sale of his hair benefited Pirates Charities." Yeah, we're Pirates fans around here. And have been for ages, even when we were absolutely terrible. I was glad to see our McCutchen in the book. The devotions are short and simple. I like that many of...
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Thursday’s Tale: Beauty and the Beast Trailer

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Beauty and the Beast comes out next month, and I've already told David we're going to see it. I thought I'd share one of the trailers today. I'm sure there will be/is all kinds of tie-in merchandise for the film, but I say this Heidi Daus castle necklace that HSN will be selling is notable. I actually think it's pretty, although totally unwearable. Thursday's Tales is a weekly event here at Carol's Notebook. Fairy tales, folktales, tall tales, even re-tellings, I love them all. Feel free to join in....
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My Favorite . . Sci Fi Novel

by Carol5 Comments
My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. I don't read a lot of sci-fi. According to my shelves on Goodreads, I've read 13 books that I've classified as sci-fi in 9½ years. Four were last year though, which is interesting. I think my favorite sci-fi book, at least that I've read recently, was Arcadia by Iain Pears. Arcadia is not strictly sci-fi. While it includes time-travel, dystopian and post-apocalyptic societies, it also has spies and cheesy romance. No space ships though. It's not one I would usually have picked up, but I've been a fan of Pears for ages. I'm not a fan of time travel, but I like the way time worked in this one. The past affected the future, but the future affected...
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Readers’ Workouts – 2/21

by Carol5 Comments
I made my step goal for the week. You can definitely see which days I have to walk a bit before bed to get those last few steps in though.   This week: Tuesday - Pilates Wednesday - Pilates Thursday - Walk with dog, Elliptical Saturday - Walk with dog Sunday - Walk with dog Monday -Walk with dog, Pilates Meal plan: I went off track a couple of times last week, mostly Valentine's Day and the weekend. This week: Breakfasts - eggs with banana, apple breakfast cake Lunches - sausage, apple, sweet potato hash; taco salad; leftovers Dinners - chicken fingers and salad, pizza with cauliflower crust, baked pineapple pork chops (because it sounded good on Vicki's post last week). I'm still trying to decide what I want for supper tonight though. Any ideas? Year Fitness Goals: - Lose weight. Goal - Lose 26 lbs. ht) - Run 2 5ks, 1 10K and 1 half. Complete - None, but I have one planned for March 18 - Hit my weekly step goal (56,000 steps) for 48 weeks. Weeks completed: 6 How was your week?...
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