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I went out last night with Gina to get our nails done, and also ran into Costco to get the Ab Lounge Plus (my present to myself from the bonus money for last week's bridge tournament), and completely ruined the paint on my nails when I put the thing together in my living room yesterday. I wanted it in there so I could use it while watching TV, but it takes up a lot of space, so I may move it downstairs with our elliptical machine, which I never use because the ones in the gym are better...I should get rid of that, huh? Maybe if we put a TV in downstairs I'd use it, though. We just need to do something about the kitty litter, because who wants to work out in the room the cats use as a loo? Plans, plans...

Anyway, I succesfully got the thing together after an hour of struggling to understand (directions need to be printed in color, for eff's sake!). So I popped in disc one of Friends Season 10 and sat myself in my new machine. It is a great ab workout - all the different ways to use it are great. The problem is, ab workouts don't "hit" you until after it's all over. So there I am, comfortably watching Friends and jackknifing myself in the ab lounge...all night long. I went to bed feeling fine, but my abs are SORE today. Man. Well, we know it works. Kanon says she's got one, as well as a killer six pack, so I'm not going to let a little sore tummy bring me down. Rah!

Tonight is back to yoga after a too-long absence. I'm nervous about sucking, but it won't be worse than my first time:) It'll be okay - I'm glad to be getting back to it:) I'm going to have to miss the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and we'll see if he has class on New Year's...but other than those dates, I shouldn't have to miss any more for a while - oh crap - I have a bridge tournament in Charlottesville in December. Nevermind, I'll miss one more class. Ahwell.

Peace.

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Okay, I need help with something.
I was talking to harri_cady about exercise equipment, and I mentioned that I've wanted a gazelle (google Tony Little Gazelle Edge), but that's actually not the exact thing I was thinking of. When I looked it up, I realized I meant something else, and I can't find that anywhere. It's like the gazelle, only instead of hanging freely, the foot things are on a semi-circle track, and you swing your legs back and forth...
I want one of those (Jer will kick me for this, cause I have a habit of buying fitness equipment and never really using it...) but I really do want it...if we could get the kitty-litter smell out of our basement, and a TV in there, I'd be more than happy to use that as my weight room. I've got lots of equipment and videos and the like. Anyway, does anyone know what this machine is and where I might find one for less than $200?

Furthermore, does anyone have any experience with this machine or the gazelle? I found a website that offers the Gazelle Edge for 99 bucks and no shipping charge. If it's not a totally shitty machine, that's probably a good deal. Let me know. If you know someone who uses these machines, send 'em on over to me - I'm interested in building my home gym inexpensively but effectively. The more help, the better.

Peace.

Bored, so...

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