Saturday, November 26, 2011
A typical Saturday morning in Boonville
I wanted to share with everyone a lovely Saturday morning here in Boonville via pictures! I tried to upload video but that didn't work :-(
Friday, November 4, 2011
New Program!
Hello Everyone!
Well to my surprise it is actually getting cold here!! I did not plan very well in terms of which clothes to pack... I definitely need more sweaters, long sleeve shirts and my tall Uggs!!
Anywho! So I recently came up with a new program idea which I developed from listening to the needs of the older women in the Family Resource Center. I pitched this idea and it was a HUGE hit, major brownie points for me! So I have begun the planning process and this will begin sometime in late January early February. The program is going to be a nutrition/fitness class for women ages 60 and over. No worries I wont have them running sprints and doing military push-ups or anything. This is going to be a lot of balance training, functional fitness (like squats with a chair, standing push-ups against the wall to give them more arm strength) and stretching. The nutrition part will be a lot of making sure to drink more water, get more vegetables and fruits into their diet, but nothing too durastic. Since most of these women have never cared for themselves before, always putting their families before themselves this is super important for them, and I want them to keep coming and not get overwhelmed.
I am also going to set a goal for them, and that is to have them all sign up together for the Bootling 5k run/walk on May 5th. Not to have them run it, but to have them all walk it together as a class! It'll give them something fun to train for and keep them motivated.
So I am super psyched for this class to get started. It will be on Friday afternoons for an hour and a half, and I will leave Friday mornings open for them to be able to make appointments to meet with me one on one if they have any personal questions they would like to talk about.
Other then that, things are rolling along quite nicely, and oh.... I am now dating someone! His name is Jason and he's awesome. It has been quite some time since I've dated anyone I've really been excited about, so this is a nice turn of events. I guess AmeriCorps really does have a good luck charm to it now doesn't it??
That's all for now, I hope you all are enjoying the East Coast fall (and the Montreal Fall!)
XOXOX
Well to my surprise it is actually getting cold here!! I did not plan very well in terms of which clothes to pack... I definitely need more sweaters, long sleeve shirts and my tall Uggs!!
Anywho! So I recently came up with a new program idea which I developed from listening to the needs of the older women in the Family Resource Center. I pitched this idea and it was a HUGE hit, major brownie points for me! So I have begun the planning process and this will begin sometime in late January early February. The program is going to be a nutrition/fitness class for women ages 60 and over. No worries I wont have them running sprints and doing military push-ups or anything. This is going to be a lot of balance training, functional fitness (like squats with a chair, standing push-ups against the wall to give them more arm strength) and stretching. The nutrition part will be a lot of making sure to drink more water, get more vegetables and fruits into their diet, but nothing too durastic. Since most of these women have never cared for themselves before, always putting their families before themselves this is super important for them, and I want them to keep coming and not get overwhelmed.
I am also going to set a goal for them, and that is to have them all sign up together for the Bootling 5k run/walk on May 5th. Not to have them run it, but to have them all walk it together as a class! It'll give them something fun to train for and keep them motivated.
So I am super psyched for this class to get started. It will be on Friday afternoons for an hour and a half, and I will leave Friday mornings open for them to be able to make appointments to meet with me one on one if they have any personal questions they would like to talk about.
Other then that, things are rolling along quite nicely, and oh.... I am now dating someone! His name is Jason and he's awesome. It has been quite some time since I've dated anyone I've really been excited about, so this is a nice turn of events. I guess AmeriCorps really does have a good luck charm to it now doesn't it??
That's all for now, I hope you all are enjoying the East Coast fall (and the Montreal Fall!)
XOXOX
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