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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

*I Did It Myself*

Another day and another workout at the gym.  I took a break from the gym after hurting my knee a few weeks ago...  and then it was easy to just not go when my knee was starting to feel better.  Bruce and I went on Saturday and I've been two more times this week.  Instead of doing my learn to run program on the treadmill, I have been doing 30-45 minutes on the recumbent bike.  I don't like the bike.  It's boring.

And it sucks that most days they blast music through the speakers in the gym so loud that I can't enjoy the music on my iPod...  I want my music, not whatever the young gym attendant thinks is good music.

At any rate, I am trying hard to make the gym a habit again.  I am hopeful that the desire to go to the gym will return some day...  Right now I'm going because I know I should, not because I want to.

An unfortunate side effect of a good workout in the cold weather is that I get really really hot in the gym, go outside and cool off quickly, then I get in the car and turn on the heat...  then I get home and eat my breakfast before hitting the shower.  All of this hot and cold means I feel chilled for most of the day.

Sucks

Anyway... you didn't come to hear me whine about the gym LOL


I had fun with this card.... the challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges this week was to use three different geometric shapes on one card.  It's been a bit since I came up with a design on my own so it took a bit of time for me to think of what I wanted to do.  But all of a sudden the idea came to me.  But then, I didn't know what colours I wanted to use... so I opened up the master list of Colour Challenges at Splitcoast and looked through until I found something that caught my eye.

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant
*Images:  Lizzie Anne Designs Floral Frenzy; PaperTrey Mega Mixed Messages
*Ink:  Stampin' Up! Elegant Eggplant
*Tools:  Stampin' Up! 3/4" circle punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" square punches, slot punch; Big Shot; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
*Embellishments:  sheer polka dot ribbon from Michaels
*Challenges:  C4C8; SCS CC235


It felt good to create a card using my own vision instead of following a sketch... but it was tough!  LOL!

Enjoy your Wednesday!
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9 comments:

  1. Love what you have created with this mix of geometric shapes! Such a cute, cute card, Nancy!!

    Hope you're taking it easy on that knee!!

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  2. Nice card Nancy!!! I've gotta go participate in this week's challenge - thanks for the reminder!! Sorry about all the gym woes you are having!! I'm not a gym person either.....but I LOVE my hot yoga classes!!!
    Maria

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  3. Simple and elegant. I like it a lot!

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  4. Very nice! Hope that knee is feeling better. What about some pool time...very good for the knee! :0)

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  5. LOL! I enjoyed your story Nancy...tfs!!! Your card came out great too---love those geometric shapes! Fab job!!!

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  6. Love the card Nancy! Maybe once they move the gym it will be better.

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  7. it turned out great! isnt it funny how dependent we become on sketches...kinda scary! hope knee is better soon :)

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  8. love this card. great colors and layout!

    good for you for getting back to the gym; it's always harder when we don't want too

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  9. Fantastic card! Love the colors and the layout! Nice job on the geometric challenge :) Just gorgeous.

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