While on vacation, I was able to keep up my daily walking and I even got in a couple days of weight training at the resort where we stayed. However, I wasn’t able to completely maintain my exercise schedule as at home and I couldn’t duplicate my routine without my Total Gym - I missed [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2008
Making Great Family Vacation Memories
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Travel, Vacations
Just returned this week from an another awesome family vacation; hence, very few blog posts lately. We’re still basking in the afterglow. While vacationing is still on my mind, here are a few recommendations for making your own great family vacation memories.
Name your vacation early on during the planning stages and select a Vacation [...]
Family Vacation Tips: The Vacation Cry
May 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Family, Traditions, Vacations
I’m on vacation; hence, fewer blog posts. Since I’m in the vacation mode, I’ve been thinking of some of the things that have made our family vacations so memorable.
The first thing that comes to mind is The Vacation Cry. Not sure where or how this started but it’s become a nonnegotiable part of the Andersen [...]
Tags:Branson·Family·Silver Dollar City·tradition·vacation·Vacation Cry
The Total Gym For At-Home Strength Training
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Exercise, Health
In my last post, I said I chose the Total Gym when I quit the fitness club to do my strength training at home. I’ve had quite a few questions over the last few months as to how I made my decision.
My final consideration was between the Total Gym and the Bowflex. There’s [...]
Tags:Bowflex·Chuck Norris·circuit training·Exercise·fitness·gym·Pilates·strength training·Total Gym·wife·workout
Add Strength Training To Your Exercise Routine (part 2)
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Exercise, Health
Strength training, particularly lifting weights, can be intimidating to some. It sounds like such hard work; aka painful. Perhaps you’ve had an experience where you started lifting weights and over did it - too much weight, too fast - then painfully and embarrassingly hobbled around for several days. For some, it may be overwhelming to [...]
Tags:Bowflex·circuit training·energy·Exercise·fitness·gym·Health·muscle·strength training·Total Gym·workout
Add Strength Training To Your Exercise Routine
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Exercise, Health
Earlier I wrote about how I’ve lost 15 pounds since the first of the year (now 18 pounds). In addition to increasing my intake of purified water and walking 30 minutes a day/6 days a week, I added strength training to my weekly exercise routine.
I’ve known about the value of strength training and [...]
Tags:circuit training·energy·Exercise·muscle·strength training·walking·water·weight
Mother’s Day Can’t Be Too Special
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Traditions
I bought my wife flowers today for Mother’s Day tomorrow. The cashier asked if they were for Mother’s Day then proceeded to tell me how her dad wouldn’t buy her mother anything on Mother’s Day because she wasn’t his mother. Defending him, she said she thought he had a point. I said maybe, but [...]
Tags:appreciation·dad·husband·mom·Mother's Day·Traditions·wife
The Vacation Countdown Has Begun
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Family, Traditions, Vacations
Actually, the countdown to our family vacation has been going for several months. But this week, the anticipation starting going viral.
Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO has always been our family’s default vacation destination. We’ve been going for close to 25 years so it’s part of our family culture. Now that several of [...]
Tags:Branson·countdown·Family·Silver Dollar City·Traditions·vacation
Pastors: Support Your Local Police
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Church, Leadership
One of the highlights of my day was taking a Starbucks traveler and a box of various killer coffee cakes to our police headquarters. Over the years, I’ve worked at building a great relationship with the chief and the other officers. They’re a great bunch and like most cops, do the tough stuff day in [...]
Tags:appreciation·community·Oneighty·pastors·police·Starbucks
