Everyone can use another brain to help them remember all the the things that need to be remembered all day long. All week long. The busier I seem to get, the more awesome technology gets to help me figure out how to stay organized.
I know the buzz going around right now is all about the iPhone4s. Well, watch this & you will want one too.
I love apple stuff. & what is really cool, they just keep out doing themselves.
That is just awesome.
I have been trying & so far have been pretty sucessful, at going to the gym 3 times a week. I usually try to focus on cardio, either running or riding the bike or both & then some sort of crossfit workout. I have just started to journal again what I am doing at the gym or outside the gym for exersize here. This way I can compare how much I have improved on workouts over time. This really is a crossfit thing to do, but I think the idea of measuring physical strength improvement is a great idea.
So I have been going for about a month now & it is so funny how you notice that the same people go to the gym around the same time everyday. I always start to wonder what their lives are like or what they do outside the gym? I know weird, but true. The gym I have been going to is called the Red Mountain Multigenrational Center, & I'd say about 75% of the people that are there to workout are 70 years old or older. I love seeing the active older people. They really are making an effort to improve their lives. It makes me so happy to see. I know what you are thinking when you see the above pictures, who is this creep person taking photos of other people at the gym. Well, I know, it is a bit weird, but I love seeing this couple everytime I am there. They seem so happy, they are always holding hands, even when they walk around the track. I swear they have to be married for more than 50 years. I imagine that they met in high school, fell in love, ran away & got married, but of course this is just my imagination. I do admire them though, they really look like they are best friends & do everything together. I hope that my marriage is like this, I love the thought of growing old with my best friend, spending all this time with them. Still seem creepy of me?
I downloaded the app, Crossfit Travel (it's the one that looks like a suitcase with the letters CF on it) recently. I am loving it so far. It is a great app for doing workouts that don't require any equipment. It is all based on running & body weight exersizes. Which is perfect for me, because I don't always feel comfortable using equipment I haven't used before.
I know for me, it was hard to decide to go to the gym, but with 3 little kids it was hard to figure out what to do with them while I worked out or when I would workout. So now I just put it on my schedule to go first thing on Monday, Wednesday & Friday's, this way it's planned & the kids know too. That way everyone is on the same page.
& sometimes it's just about getting started.
I seriously can't get enough of pinterest. I love the instant inspiration that it gives me without even leaving the house. I love how I can catagorize the things that I find online.
Pretty much: THE INTERNET IS AMAZING.
If you haven't checked it out, you should.
warning: it's addicting.
See the one that says, hanging. It's my new favorite app. It's by the same people that do words with friends. This one is hang man with friends. And I am loving it. Yeah, I don't get around to playing it much, you know, cause of the 3 little ones that I am chasing around all day, but when I do get a second to do something, you know, brain deadish it is fun to play! Check it out in the app store.
I thought I would point out a few other apps that I am in love with & I have been using all the time.
First, Diptic, I just discovered this from my friend Margie. It is a photo collage app. So, you take photos of your stuff, then you open this app & add photos into it to make a collage of 2,3,4, or 5 photos. Plus it's super user friendly.
Second, iMapMyRUN+. So because my wrist is all screwed up & haven't been able to workout like I was, doing lots of push ups, pull ups, dips, burpees, mountain biking, etc...I decided I better start running. So, that is what I have been doing lately. Well, I wanted to know how far I was going, how much time I was spending, how many calories I was burning, plus listen to my music. This app does it all. & it logs it all for me. & I can tweet it when I am done. You can use this app for lots of different activities, go check it out. Seriously, it's awesome.
Ok, I think that is all for now. I will share more later.
It's no secret that I love Apple products & I love my iPhone.
This is the home screen of my iPhone. I wanted to share a couple of my favorite apps with you. I know there are tons out there, & I know new ones are being made all the time to improve how we do things, so it is always changing for me as well. But for now, this is what I am loving...
The evernote app is for to-do lists, or notes or photos of things you want to remember, or voice messages to yourself. & the really cool thing is you can put check marks next to things you check off your lists (this is huge for me, I like the feeling of accomplishing something). & the other really cool thing, it syncs with your computer without pluging in your phone, which is awesome, cause I can write my shopping list on my computer & then take my phone with me to the store & boom...there's my list, just waiting to be checked off. LOVE IT.
The other app I just heard about is the Firefox Home. I use firefox as my browser, honestly I don't know why, except that is what I have used for years & am comfortable using. Well, they just came out with this cool app for it, finally, or I just discovered it finally. The cool thing about it, it syncs all your bookmarks with what you have on your computer. & the other cool thing, if you have a tab open on your computer & then go to your phone it's there on the app under the tabs setting. This is huge. I love when stuff syncs without actually pluging it into your computer. It just makes things easier. & I am all about that.
Alright, I have more, but that is enough for now. More cool apps another time.
