A Few Things I’m Excited About…

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A few things on my mind today…

1. The new iPhone 4th Generation is rumored to be released this week, or at least announced today when Steve Jobs does the keynote at the WWDC. Oh wowsie-wow-wow. I’m not your average tech geek. I’m the married to a super lovely Super-Geek, but I’m more the practical “what have you done for me lately?” type of techie. I love the sparkle of shiny new, but if you make my life harder I’ll drop-kick you like a few of my college boyfriends. Hard.

Having said that, I’m also the lady who got the iPhone 3G as an anniversary present and told my husband that, outside of his love, the kids and my wedding rings, it was the nicest present he’s ever given me. Intuitive, sleek, it makes my super ADD life work quicker, faster, and more seamlessly, all on the fly. I can’t wait to check out the 4th Gen (not to be confused with 4G) latest edition. Supposedly front and back camera (for video conferencing,) bigger screen, longer battery life — these are the rumors floating around. There was even a scandal surrounding the found 4th Generation iPhone prototype. Very heady stuff.

2. Rainy-day Cardio. Ever since starting the Go Betsy Go! 90 Day Fitness Challenge, I’ve had to log in 5 sessions of cardio in a week. I can usually do 3 of them during the 2 Pilates sessions and 1 personal training sessions I have during the week, but that leaves 2 I have to squeeze in sometime during the week. Not that hard when it’s sunny, but lately Boston has been subjected to thunder storms and days of rain. Days. I asked my personal trainer, the fabulous Laura Dosdall, at Bodyscapes Fitness for some rainy day cardio ideas. No treadmill needed.

Laura come up with the following ideas– and being with any exercise, you should absolutely consult a doctor first before starting ANY exercise program– so don’t just up and try these without any professional input.

Running stairs- 30 mins. Run up, walk down (for safety.) Between rounds, alternate the following:

• Body weight squats and lunges.
• Hopping from the ground to the first stair for 30 second intervals (holding the railing for support if necessary)
• Use any equipment and throw in some exercises between rounds up and down the stairs. For example, run up and down 5 times, then do 20 stability ball crunches, then 5 times up & down, then 20 resistance band bicep curls, etc.

I’ve already done it, and it was pretty intense. Thanks again Laura!

3. My kids are getting out of school soon- and I have yet to plan the summer out.  I guess this is where “just in time Mommy” rules. I heard a great idea from my friend Suzy: the 1st day of summer she sits down with the kids and drafts the “Summer Bucket List.” They write everything they’d like to do this summer and plan each week to knock off one or two items off the list. Neat idea!

3 Responses to “A Few Things I’m Excited About…”

1. Jenn B says:

   June 7, 2010 at 2:36 PM

   OH! HAI! Here it is!

   So, my iPhone is the single most coveted inanimate object. Seriously.

   I’m currently keeping up with the announcement here:

   http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/steve-jobs-live-from-wwdc-2010/?sort=newest&refresh=60

   It refreshes every 60 seconds, so you don’t have much time to start at the beginning (bottom)…

   If the announcement says they’ll be selling the new 4g with Verizon, will you switch?
2. Jenn B says:

   June 7, 2010 at 5:19 PM

   Update:

   No Verizon announcement, so you can skip that one. Also, if you watch Modern Family then you’ll know what this means:

   “it’s like Steve Jobs and God got together and said ‘we love you”

   You would also need to know that my day of birth is on the 23rd so it REALLY IS like Steve Jobs and God got together and said they love me…
3. betsy says:

   June 7, 2010 at 5:49 PM

   Oh but I got another present in my in box. http://www.apple.com/iphone/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0009392-Consumer&Email_PageName=P0009392-Consumer&Email_OID=0102de549df2d51e68c9d2cc6b5818e8&cp=em-P0009392-Consumer&sr=em

   Love the tagline “This Changes Everything. Again.” Brilliant.

   As for Modern Family- how more perfect can it get. It IS as if Steve Jobs and God (like how they place Jobs before God, we all know the pecking order) got together and said “we love you.” What great writing.

   I also love the Hawaii episode when Julie Bowen’s character tells her husband point-blank “I;m a Mom on vacation with my kids, this is business travel.” (I also think God and the Modern Family creators got together and said “we love you.”

   Happy birthday. Did you pre-order?