Tired Victorian

Having a catastrophic string of weeks, and I couldn't jump rope at the office (which is how I got the planks in -- in between meetings). Will try to pull my weight on the next challenge, and not be the shame of the Battlesquad.

I'm a woman, and shy and nerdy. I'm married, but before I met my husband (which I did at the ripe old age of 35), here were the places where he could have found me: * at a wine-tasting (many restaurants and liquor stores host these. They don't expect you to know a lot about wine) * Volunteering for the Nature Conservancy * Volunteering for our local Legal Aid Clinic * At Bible Study * In yoga class * At the library * In the bookstore cafe, sipping coffee while reading * At local free seminars on gardening * At the local farmer's market * Working the phone bank for a local NPR pledge drive Here's where he actually found me: * Online dating But, boy, would my life have been boring if I hadn't done all those other things in the meantime.

Frozen vegetables, frozen vegetables, frozen vegetables. You've said a couple of times that you're worried about things going bad, and I can't recommend frozen vegetables enough. They have close to the same amount of nutrients that fresh vegetables do, and they're cheap and they stick around. Keep lots of frozen spinach on hand, and add it to a casserole. Or an omelet. Making pasta and sauce? Zap some frozen green beans and add them to the mix. Go light on the corn, because it doesn't have much nutritive value, but other than that -- go crazy. You can't go wrong with the vegetables. Also, if you're looking to add pounds, not lose 'em, go with some good cheese. Add it to vegetables! You might also try googling around for smoothy recipes. If you've got a decent blender you can blend up apples, a handful of those nuts you don't like, a banana, and even throw in some protein powder to help keep that bulk on you. Mmmmm. Good to drink. And always a solution for "what to do with fruit that's about to go bad" too.

Dr. Who tat, ftw. Which Doctor?

Only 8 minutes of planking for y'all. I am a bad battle-squadder. But Tigger, I love the logo. And I love that your roommate had to "cut you off" from too much planking. Clearly you are on fire. I hope that the next challenge isn't pushups, which I'm not sure I could even do. Maybe the eight minutes of planking will help.

So what do doctors or trainers or whoever say about exercise and asthma? That seems like a bitch of a combination (and, I know from a close friend's asthma, that the meds for it are also a bitch). Is there a knowledge base for folks in your situation?

Welcome Bob-gar. And here's 2 more minutes of plank for the squad. Hope to have 2 more in there by this evening.

I think my ACTUAL sig should read "a haiku in the shadow of Tigger's epic planks" "Epic" in the very original sense of the word.

For no-hold-barred unapologetic grandiosity:

I just planked a minute for you guys. Which is not nearly as cool as planking while reading Virgil, but my reading today is mostly editing. I am too out of shape to plank while editing. Where should I be keeping track of all this planking? Because I'm going to do it again. I'm going to try to get up to two minutes per plank. Sorry my goals are so wimpy. I am *really* out of shape.

Can we make Keaunu Reeves our Battlesquad mascot? And can we have it be the Bill and Ted Keanu, not The Matrix Keanu? Because I'm all like, EXCellent.