Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Since I am on student council and responsible for publicity, today, during my spare in school, I did a lot of cutting out of coquelicots, the French name for poppies.  We are setting up for this Friday’s Veteran’s Day events.

This is the one that I used - got it from the Royal Canadian Legion website (http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/campaign_e.cfm)

After school, I went to the dentist for a check up and ended up getting x-ray'd and it showed that I had a large cavity and a smaller one. Not fun.  I got home and still had the freezing, but it was thawing out and it started hurting. I had bitten the inside of my cheek once too many times so I was REALLY sore.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

This afternoon I went to the YMCA to do some laps, but we first had to stop so I could find some ear plugs. I really didn’t know that choosing ear plugs could be so hard!

Did you know that there are different types, depending what you need them for? 

There are reusable ones and disposal ones. Musicians use them and so do construction workers. Swimmers use them but divers shouldn’t. Ear plugs are also used by travelers to combat cabin pressure,  some people use them to help them sleep (snoring) and some use them to keep wind out of their ears.

So 25 minutes later, I had my earplugs selected and off to the Y I went to do laps.  Swimming is good exercise (that's obvious). Swimming is a lifetime sport that benefits the body and the whole person.  It works practically all of the muscles in the body (if you do a variety of strokes) and it can develop a swimmer's general strength, cardiovascular fitness and endurance. 

Here's a chart I found on the web (http://www.memory4teachers.co.uk/channels/presentations/The_ASA/NationalPlan.html), although they DO NOT mention what it does to your hair! lol (thought that i would add this)

Did you know that swimming burns calories at a rate of about 3 calories a mile per pound of bodyweight? 

Anyways, I like it cause I don't try to be the swimmer – I kinda like to think about it as letting the swimmer be me.  I've always loved the water so it just makes sense for me to swim. And it's not rocket science on how to do it.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Went to Pilates tonight to get a bit of a stretch and flexibility workout.  It was fun, maybe ‘cause I was in the mood. My splits are less than 2-inchs off the ground! Yeah!!!! 

After the class, I went to the conditioning room to work out my strength – I did 3 sets of 20 of my dude push ups!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

So I came back from swimming tonight – laps are soooo boring and I just don't like what it does to my hair - yeah, yesterday I wrote this too!! But I stuck to it tonight and met a nice lifeguard dude!  .... that’s for another blog, not this one .. lol…

Right now, I have so much going on, so much to do and I feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I just want to stay under my warm blankets and let the world go on and just cry till no more tears come out. So I remembered my notes from my PPL10 course and really like this – has to do with dealing with internal conflict. Here’s the notes….

Being involved in any kind of conflict with anyone can be stressful. Sometimes you can even be in conflict with yourself. You remember how conflict can arise from values having different priorities. As you grow up, your own priorities can change, and this can lead to confusion over a lot of decisions you have to make. Your schoolwork is important to you. Your social life is important to you. Difficult decisions can cause stress.

We all experience stress in many forms and here are theTop 10 Ways To Keep Your Cool

·         Stop beating yourself up

·         Stop saying yes

·         Stop and think

·         Stop and talk

·         Stop rushing

·         Stop for lunch

·         Stop and take a walk

·         Stop and breathe

·         Stop working late

·         Stop working too much

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

I am proud for NOT pigging out on the tons of loot that we all scored last night!  There were not many people out, but me and a bunch of my friends and some little kids we took out had a real good time and people were actually pleased to see us at their door! They gave us tons of stuff and told us that not many people were out. The kids loved the fact that they got a lot of stuff!

 

Anyways, I decided to go to the Y to do some laps at the pool since I like swimming.  The water is not too cold, and not too warm so it’s good for my laps.  My mind kinda wandered when I did the laps and I got into a rhythm.  But I don’t like the chlorine ‘cause it drys out my hair - makes it feel really dry and gritty and doesn't smell good either. Ugh!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Tonight I am going out to trick or treat (yes I am walking around our neighbourhood) with my friends and some little kids!  But before this, I had a recipe to make for some ROASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS. It's absolutely delicious and I thought I'd share it with you....

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted
• 1 pinch salt
• Directions
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). 
• Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter and salt. 
• Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown; stir occasionally. 

While the seeds are roasting, wear your pumpkin just for laughs!!! Then get ready to go out!

So here is a picture of the final result of one of our pumpkins - this was the one that got sick from all the candy!!!! lol.....

Once we got set up, I went out with my friends and some little kids we took out and we must have walked about 4 km tonight because we REALLY got around and the little ones got TONS of loot!

Happy Halloween! 

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Well after the going to the conditioning room and then the rock climbing class tonight, I worked on another assignment for this course.

It was an extension activity called You R What U Eat! This was such an easy assignment, and it was fun! You wanted us to come up with ways that we would use to improve our diets, so here are a few…

1. Think Color!

Just by eating a variety of color, I think you will eat things that are healthy for you. Berries and vegetables are brightly colored and contain lots of healthy nutrients and when you 

see brightly colored foods it just has to make you smile and want it! 

 Cut - Just learning how to handle a knife. Really! Avoid take out and learn to cook a few simple meals, that’s it!

3. Whole Grains

Stick to whole grains instead of enriched  - I don’t know why, but it has something to do with the “germ” portion (my mentor teacher explained this) OK, so I have pet rats and I need to eat more like they do by eating more nuts, seeds, peanuts and peas. These foods are great nutritious snacks – my friend Julie who is a diabetic says so! Julie and my rats can’t be wrong, can they?

I am Canadian

A lack of vitamin D is unhealthy and can contribute to a lot of different diseases and conditions. Your body can produce it, but you need sunlight, cannot be overweight or take certain medications.

  

FAT

Avoid the trans fats and take your omega-3 pills or eat more salmon.

H2O - Drink lots of water!