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Zumba may sound fun, but...
February 8, 2008


After the Love is Murder conference, I headed to St. Louis to visit my son and his family.  Imagine my delight to not only feast my eyes on my grandchildren, but also see the temperature soar to 80 degrees (of course, I'd left the house with my winter coat, scarf, and gloves).  After shedding several layers, I basked in the warm sunlight and got nice and toasty clear to my bones.


This was short lived as the thermometer plummeted to more seasonable temps.  To keep warm, my daughter-in-law took me to several of her YMCA fitness classes (or torture sessions as I like to call them).  Topping the list was Zumba, which I thought sounded fun (really...just say Zumba, Zumba, it makes you smile).  That is, until the music starts.  They should have called it by its real name, Lunge Hell.  I never realized there were so many different ways to lunge for an hour including using a thick rubber band item that you stretch across both ankles and then try to spread your legs while making your way across the floor (think the total opposite of the ballet).  I finished the class only because there was an 88 year old man who was making me look bad.  I do have some pride although you probably couldn't see it past my sweaty, red face.


I was all set to go home on Thursday, but luckily found out about the huge winter storm that blasted Milwaukee.  Yes, I'm a big, old chicken when it comes to driving in snow, sleet and most miserable weather.  I consider myself a good driver, but it's those other idiots out there.  So, today I'll hit the road hoping for a sunny day with blue skies.  As always, I'm looking for my happily ever after.


Bottom Line:   Give me a good book about a snowstorm and I'll be glad to read it on a sunny beach with an umbrella in my drink...hold the ice.

Almost forgot that it's Friday.  Please let us know what you've been reading this week.  I've been too busy sweating.

Posted by Barbara Vey on February 8, 2008 | Comments (15)


February 8, 2008
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Alessia Brio commented:

Oh, I adore Zumba ... but I do it in the privacy of my home where nobody can see what a klutz I am.




February 8, 2008
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Jennifer LaBrecque commented:

Barbara, I'm shuddering on your behalf. Zumba does sound fun. I can do squats all day but I HATE lunges. Sounds as if, Zumba aside, you had a great trip!




February 8, 2008
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Kristen Painter commented:

I think it depends on your Zumba teacher. Mine mostly does hip-hop style dancing and it's really fun!




February 8, 2008
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Lynda/LighthouseLady commented:

Barb I am glad you survived the Zumba...never too old to learn new things! Better you then me. Just glad you had a good safe trip. As for reading books about snow while sitting on a sunny beach with that drink of yours...a MUST read is Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs. Outstanding. I am now reading The Secret Between us by Barbara Delinksy..she always does a great job.




February 8, 2008
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Kimberly AKA The Problem Child commented:

And here I was cursing my yoga class last night... And 80 degrees? That's warmer than it was in Alabama!




February 8, 2008
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mary s commented:

Thanks Barb--your blog always makes me smile! The Zumba description was just too great to visualize--couldn't stop laughing!! Keep up the good work! I have Isabella Rossellini's notes for you. Sold your ticket to a wonderful woman waiting in line for a single ticket--OK with the ticket counter.




February 8, 2008
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Dolphinover commented:

I don't know about Zumba but 80 degrees sounds perfect to me. At the moment I am reading On thin ice, by Cherry Adair.




February 8, 2008
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Lesa Holstine commented:

I finished a debut mystery, Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris, and Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. Since I'm about the same age as Hannah's characters, I appreciated the music and culture of the book more than some reviewers. Now, I'm reading Cool in Tucson, the first book in a new mystery series by Elizabeth Gunn, and an ARC of Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs. Lesa Holstine, www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com




February 9, 2008
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Ann Macela commented:

Hi, I finished Nina Bangs' One Bite Stand, am in the middle of Leslie Langtry's Guns Will Keep Us Together, the second in her series, and about to start JoAnn Ross's Freefall.




February 9, 2008
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Christy commented:

Barb, I really hate that I missed that Zumba class!!!! And I hope that you had a safe trip home!!! I just finished reading my very first Judith McNaught book, the 700+ page masterpiece Whitney, My Love. Loved, loved, loved it!!!!




February 10, 2008
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Jody commented:

After reading boring articles about business archives for class I just started Karen Harper historical THE LAST PRINCESS OF WALES. Its a fictional account of Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent who falls in love with the Black Prince Edward (elder son of Edward III) but goes through a lot for love to take fruition. A great read despite some historical time manipulations.




February 11, 2008
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Edie commented:

Lunges are too hard on my knees, so Lumba wouldn't be for me. 80 degrees sounds like heaven right now.




February 21, 2008
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Teresa in ABQ commented:

I'm late to the party, but second everyone's motion about lunges and 80-degree temps...I'm nearly finished with HOODOO, Susan Cummins Miller's latest--it's even better than QUARRY.




March 10, 2008
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cacjames commented:

I really does depend in the instructor. Zumba is not a class for lunges. It is about dancing while incorporating fitness moves. I am horrified by your experience, sorry it was so negative. You should try another one, it really is fun.




March 10, 2008
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Barbara Vey commented:

Cacjames, my experience wasn't horrible, it's that my body hates it when I try to get it to do unnatural things. :)

My daughter-in-law loves the class and judging by the crowded room, it's very popular.





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