Tuesday 7-24-12 my crossfit BLOG

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WOW! That's what I have to say. Maybe because it's Summer time and there is no A/C everything just seems harder. Since I got back from vacation I feel like everything takes double work. I get a head rush all the time. I was talking to a co-worker this morning and he says I don't care about crossfit. You guys just run and run and it's like and everyday obstacle race. He said if I want to run I will but I am not going to pay for it. I have better things to spend my money on. I respect everyone's opinion. Oh Well call us crazy then :D! I am crazy with a smile on my face and at least I know I feel goos about accomplishing something that people 15 years younger cannot even do! Oh and another co-worker joined up!! Get fit LADIES!
On to the WOD

WuWOD:

1. run a lap (1/3 mile)
2. 100 single jump rope/ 50 dbl unders (single for me)
3. 20 push ups
4. 20 BSU w/ PVC
5. 20 mountain clinbers
6. 100 single jump rope/ 50 dbl unders (single for me)
7. 10 PVC pass thrus
8. 10 Skin the cat left and right
9. Bergener warm up

SWOD:
Snatch

1. 3 reps @ 60% (35lbs)
2. 2 rounds of 3 reps @70% (55lbs)
3. 3 reps @ 80% (65lbs) This was extra hard. I tried as you can see in the video. I did end up being able to lift it. Thank you Silvio for correcting me. I always need reminders and tips. (gentle with the weights Annette) :D

Jackie

WOD:

20 min AMRAP

1. 400 meter run
2. 21 deadlifts (85lbs)

I did 4 rounds

I am waiting for the day that I say this was a piece of cake! I know it will never happen cause if I say that then I know I didn't push myself hard enough.  There is always a way to make your WOD harder by pushing yourself to go faster or lift more. With that said umm yeah I don't think that is going to happen. Run run 400 meter run! oh my shins hurt. When I am running (jogging) I feel like I could walk faster that I run LOL. Today I kept getting head rushes after about 5 deadlifts. Settled in and continued. I thing old lady syndrome will be coming tomorrow.

Here goes a little post WOD Therapy with Mimi and Tina!!

See they are smiling after the WOD. Probably cause it's all over.

Next RACES!

COLOR ME RAD 5K

coming October 13th in Miami!!

I cannot wait! I am so going to love this!! run, walk dance your way to the finish while getting painted with colors every 5 minutes. Start out wearing all WHITE and end up leaving looking like a bag of SKITTLES!

AND

Coming also in October on the 21st!!

Check out Crossfit Fortress Below

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Thanks!!! :D

Annette

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July Summer BBQ Crave Box

I was happy to come home and see my Cravebox waiting for me at the door. It was drenched from the rain, but a carried it in happily.

So let's take a look at the contents!

From mozaik 48 piece appetizer set.

First I have to say these are these super cute! The white ones  like glass plates. The forks look like silverwear. It is so cute and a great concept! I cannot wait to use this for my daughter's birthday party coming up next week.

For more info on Moazik click HERE

From True Lemon, 10 pack drink mix

I love these portable drink mixes and I especially love lemonade! These are great especially on vacation when you buy bottled water which is cheaper than soda, and you can make your own flavored drink and it doesn't weigh anything in your bag. Oh Cravebox did you read my mind?
For more info on True Lemon and other flavors click HERE
Check out their FB page and follow on Twitter too!

From BIC, a coupon for a BIC multipurpose lighter. I already cashed this one in cause BBQ time is coming and I need this so I wont torch my fingers in the grilling process. I will be doing some outdoor cooking next week for my daughters Birthday. So far everything is going to good use! I also have so many candles and I had the smallest lighter known to man to light my candles and let me tell you reaching in a candle that is nearly burned to the bottom is quite awkward to light and a little hazardous to my fingers too!
For more on BIC click HERE

From Mighty Leaf tea in Sunburst. I have not brewed this yet. I think I want to wait to share this with others who love tea like me. My dad is a tea drinker and he will help finish this off with me. I think adding the lemon drink mix to it might be a tasty mix. We will see.
For more info on the different flavors and more click HERE
Check out their FB page and twitter too!

Also from BIC, Flamedisk. For outdoor grilling. This is such a great idea. Especially when you want a quick light up and it burns for up to 30-45 minutes. I especially like the clean and quick clean up. Who likes to clean their charcoal grills? Raise your hands..... No one does! So pleased and will be using this on the Birthday too!
For more info on the BIC flamedisk click HERE and check out their FB page too

Everything will be put to good use! A great prize for me, cause this was so worth my $10 which is the cost of the Cravebox. Everything went together perfectly and will help with putting on my Summer Party for my daughter's Birthday!

Thanks Cravebox for all the great items in this Summer BBQ Box!

If you are interested in joining click HERE. There may be a waiting list, but opening are going on all the time!! Good luck!

Also wish me luck on entering for a chance to win another Summer BBQ box (or 2) for my blog and or you tube followers! If I win I will do a giveaway for my you tube followers and or one for my blog! Wish me luck too!!

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Annette. 

July my glam bag

July 2012 My Glam Glambag

Here are my 1st thoughts and what came in my Glambag!

Let's take a look of each item below:

From Buxom, Big & Healthy lips. 

A pretty pink neutral shade with a hint if "zing" when applied! I love when they have this minty feeling. I always pull towards products like these. It is not too sticky and is great for an every day look.

From Juice Beauty, Green Apple moisturizer with SPF 15

This has a very strong scent. It took me some time to find out what the scent was similar to, but I finally figured it out and it smells like Pledge wood cleaner. It is a thick white cream and is a little strange when applying it only because of the relation to wood cleaner in my head. It does the job and I like that it has SPF 15 in it. The good thing about Juice Beauty products id the antioxidants that they have in them which I like. I am not sure I will have this as my go to moisturizer though only due to the scent being a little bit of a turn off. 

From YES to cucumbers, facial towelettes. 

I have not opened these up just yet cause I currently have 3 different face wipes open. I have heard many good and bad things and cannot wait to form my own opinion of them. 

From Andrea's Choice, Circus nail color in Somersault

I thought it was great that we have a product from 

one of the Glam Girls. This polish is made very well. 2 coats and it is completely covered! This is a tester I did when I opened it. It even covers the polish I had on which was a pink color. I can't wait to do my whole manicure with this. 

From NuMe, Hydro Punch Hydrating Conditioner. 

 This smells nice and I am going to use this very soon. 

That is my My Glambag for July. By the way the bag this month was the cutest one yet!

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Thanks 

Annette

July Glamour Birchbox

I love the boxes that are collabs with different companies! It makes it that much more fun!
Here is what was included in My 
July Glamour Birchbox

It is quite obvious that they are doing the 5 Senses!

These are my 1st thoughts.

So let's take a look at each below

Hearing:

The cutest ear buds EVER!! The pair I had were pretty pathetic and needed to be buried. There was only one ear bud left and they were very uncomfortable. Check out my video at the end to see how sad they were.

Taste:

Minteas in ginger pear (regroup)

I thought it was interesting that they have 5 flavors and each flavor is for a certain reason. Example is retreat (relax), reboot, resist (antioxidants), regroup (mine to focus), and results 

Pretty cool! (and its a cool packaging too)

Smell:

Juliette Has a Gun Lady Vengeance. This is a nice sample I would have loved a sprayer on it cause it just distributes more evenly when applied. This has a fresh floral, musk like scent.

Sight:

Initially when I opened this I thought it was a face mask. Luckily I read the little print on the back and realized it is a HAIR MASQUE. It smells really tropical and makes you say ahhhh. I  t is a little thinner in consistency than other hair masques and I have not yet tried it.  GLOSS/Moderne Hair mask

Sight:

This was something I was excited to come in my Glamour Birchbox. I have heard so much about the Stila Lip Glazes and was so happy to finally get one. The color I got was "lights". A very pretty peachy nude with shimmer in it. I love this color. I also like the feel of this gloss. It is not too sticky and is a perfect color for every day.

Touch:

These are Boscia Green Tea Blotting Linens (sheets)

I LOVE blotting sheets. I have them at home, in my car, in my purse and at work. I also do not have the same one in either location. There are so many types of sheets from plastic like to paper one. With antioxidants to acne prevention properties. Theses are very nice cause they have green tea extract and smell just like green tea. They are also more paper like vs the plastic type. They are also quite large compared to most blotting paper/sheets. These are AWESOME! Just the scent makes me feel healthy and perky like I just did something right for my skin. 

That is my contents for my July Glamour Birchbox. I am excited for the upcoming months and hope that they will continue to send great boxes out. I know that there are different contents in everyones Birchbox based on their profile entered when you join, but it would be nice to chose the product you get. Sometimes I see other boxes and think man I would have prefered that over something I got in my box. At the same time it is exciting to get the element of SURPRISE too. 

For more info or to join Birchbox click HERE

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Annette

Dino Lingo

I was given the opportunity to try out Dino Lingo from Influenster in the Mom VoxBox to review and give my honest opinions. 

This is a fun way for you kids to learn a new language. There are so many to choose from the sample languages my son was able to try were the Spanish, Italian and Chinese. Although there are over 20 languages to choose from. 

Per Dino Lingo's Web site

"Dino Lingo for Kids is a language set where cartoon dinosaurs introduce the most common 200 words of a target language. This language set consists of 5 DVDs, each DVD focused on specific learning topics. Colors, numbers, family, animals, food, fruit and vegetables, vehicles, body parts, clothes, nature and verbs and actions After watching our videos several times, most small children can easily name everyday objects and understand basic phrases such as "Hello", "What is this?" in their target language. Dino Lingo is ideal for fostering a toddler's cognitive development and has won the 'Influential Parents Award' in 2010 and 2011 in education category. Dino Lingo language learning programs are most effective for children up to 7 years of age and anybody interested in learning the basics of a new language. "

He preferred the Spanish because he said that is the one he wanted to know more of. He has learned some in school, but wanted to get better. We had fun doing it together. The words were easy to figure out since the images were easy to understand. The music was cute and was fun to listen to. 

I did notice that there was no translation during the video which makes it less confusing when learning words.  

When it comes to the phrases you get an idea of what the phrase is meant to say, but you can't be sure.  That is the only thing that I noticed that could be confusing. 

Thank you to Dino Lingo and Influenster for giving my child the chance to experience new languages. 

For more on Influenster click HERE.

For more information on learning new languages for your children click HERE for DINO LINGO. 

 See my son trying out the Dino Lingo for himself and his thoughts on the program below.

Thank you 

Annette

FRIZZ-EASE® SHEER SOLUTION™ LIGHTWEIGHT FRIZZ CONTROL BzzCampaign

I recieved the John Frieda Frizz-Ease Sheer solution Lightweight frizz control from BzzAgent to test out and share my honest opinions and thoughts.

The scent was amazing! You would probably never get sick of the scent. Included in the kit was

1. one full size bottle of the sheer solution
2. 8 sample sizes to share with friends, family and co-workers
3. Official BzzGuide

This product is suppose to fight your frizz without weighing your hair down. It is in a unique to part solution that you must mix before using. Instructions are to mix and use about 10 drops thru dampened hair. Since I have extra long hair I obviously needed a bit more product. 
My hair is as you can see below very long (to my lower back). It is very dry and I do have many split ends as well. 

Below are my before photos.

Using this product is a breeze. Just shake and apply. It is also really neat to see the solution mix up in the bottle. It has a purple and clear solution to mix up.  

I like to air dry my hair on a regular day and yes I have so many fly-aways I am surprised my head still has hair. 

So here are some after photos below. Over all for me as long as I apply the solution starting at mid length it is a perfect solution for my frizz. I felt that if it was applied too closely to the roots my hair felt oily and weighed down. I think everyone should try it out to see what works best for them. I saw a big improvement at the end of the day since using this product in my hair. IT doesn't look like I stuck my finger in a light socket anymore. Thankfully!

The photos above and below are just air dried hair. No flat iron was used, this is my natural wave. 

I know my hair is a bit messy, but this is at the end of a very long day and it is still shiny and minimal fly-aways.

Thank you BzzAgent for giving me the opportunity to review this product. 

Check out John Frieda Facebook page HERE

Check out their web page HERE or find out how to get tip on styling HERE

Check out BzzAgent HERE

Thank you!!

Annette

The many uses of Ivory

I recieved the Ivory Soap from Influenster in my Mom VoxBox to try out and give my honest opinion and thoughts. 

 I really have not seen Ivory Bar soap in such a long time. I have use the body wash and love it so when I opened the bar soap I thought what else besides body soap could I use this for. I found out that it is great to use for 

1. laundry soap by flaking pieces off into your laundry
2. as a spot stain remover ( ring around the collar and food stains)
3. facial cleanser 
4. crafty things like soap carving and I even saw one mom make colored soap wash from it.
5. Fun in the tub for kids cause it floats in the tub

What I decided to use it for was to clean my makeup brushes. I have to be honest I am not the most frequent brush cleaner around. The only reason for that is that it takes forever and I always have to wash them 2-3 times to get it clean and even then they are not completely clean so I kind of think.... why bother...... 

So here is my first brush I use this to apply foundation and you can see the brown tips. 

I was completely AMAZED at how clean the brushes got! I mean really really amazed. I only washed it once and didn't even spend much time on it. I just rubbed, swirled and rinsed and Ta-Da!

Who knew? Don't spend all that wasted money on fancy cleansers and wasted time washing and re washing your brushes. One time and they are completely clean!!

Oh and by the way believe it or not it is 99.44% pure! (funny it floats)

Thank you so very much for opening my eyes to a whole new use and time saver for cleaning my make-up brushes!! 
You can purchase Ivory Soap from the Grocery store or any drug stores. 
Check out IVORY here for more information and to go to the online Facebook community where eveyday moms can share tips with other to simplify out lives.
Thank you Influenster and Ivory!


Annette