Thinking about my Dad, Charlie Barber, who turns 76 today. He's an encourager and my biggest fan~and he reads my blog!!  Thanks for the great memories, Dad~looking forward to many, many, more.

I've not blogged lately~just got busy and forgot!  I've had pleasure watching Tyler on Time 4 Learning this year. He has never done curriculum online before and so far he's really enjoying it!  The kids and I really haven't done much that's creative and fun, yet~just trying to get a rhythm in the year so far.

Tomorrow, however, Maddie and Wes are spending the morning volunteering to help clean and organize the Thrift Store the United Methodist Women at the church run for charity.  They need some people who can do some heavy cleaning so off they go.  I am going to a lunch with a small group of people from the church at someone's home about the time they get home so it will be a busy day for us then.  

Okay, off to church dinner and Bible Study in an hour so I need to go read!

Workouts:  Saturday:  Jessica Smith Cardio Abs:  Total Body Transformer and Tummy Torching Tabata (4 minutes of 20 seconds of all out intensity, 10 of rest, repeated 4 times~it's definitely a tough 4 minutes); Dog Walk

Sunday~Jessica Smith Breathe, Stretch,  Relax

Monday~TA Meta Ab L6D5; Exercise TV Cardio with Kendall Hogan; Dog Walk

Tuesday~TA Meta Ab L6D6; Firm Express Cycle 3 Cardio Intervals (no pup walk, rain in the a.m.)

Today~Dog Walk; Karen Voight Slim Toning on a Ball (weight training using a stability ball~engages the core really well while working your other muscles)

What I'm reading:  Phillip Yancey's Reaching for the Invisible God (great book on faith, doubts, difficult questions about life); Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country(by the same man who brought you A Walk in the Woods  about the Appalachian Trail). This is a "travel guide" of sorts about Australia, in Bryson's hilarious style. Definitely a lighter book than Yancey's but you learn a lot~and have a great time doing it!