Lauren Reagan Writing Online

It seems that when I get the yogadirect yoga ball that I ordered last week online, I will have just about everything that I think that I need to start taking the yoga classes that I have been seriously eyeballing for some time now. The new Wellness Center in town has become the place to go for so many health and fitness needs and I don’t want to be left out. I all ready do yoga each morning before heading out the door. But I am seriously limited with time and space, so I need to get some type of routine going on, as well as learn some new things, instead of doing the same ol’ same ol’ all the time.

I know that you can get all kinds of yoga information on DVDs as well as online. But I think I would enjoy a class along with other people instead of always in my tiny little living room. The carpet needs to be cleaned and I just keep putting that task off due to other issues needing tending to since Spring is finally here and in full swing. So much to do inside and out, this time of the year.

A little bit of news about the 4 men lost at sea. The boat was found and one man was clinging to the hull. The other three men, including 2 NFL players, are still missing. Grave concerns about hypothermia and drowning for the three not found yet. I don’t think you can stay in the water for two days and nights with just a life vest – if they were even wearing vests – with 15 foot waves and water temperatures in the 60′s.

The one man that was found claims that they had anchored the small boat when the water got significantly rougher and a big wave capsized their boat. He was able to hold onto the hull of the upside down boat and eventually crawl up on the hull to wait for rescue. The other three were evidently swept away in the rough seas and not able to find their way back to the boat. A very sad and upsetting story overall, but at least one man was found and rescued. I’m sure his family is extremely grateful to the Coast Guard and searcher teams who found him.

The Coast Guard really doesn’t get much attention in the media until something like this happens. They are pretty much treated as the red headed step children, which has never made any sense to me.

I can’t believe that I let my friends talk me into going ice skating last night, what was I thinking. I can tell you what I’m thinking right now, ouch!!

I haven’t been ice skating in over a decade and was told that it was just like riding a bike, something that you just pick up again with ease, that is just plain B.S. I can tell you that. My back and behind are so tender and aching that it is funny and that will be the last time I attempt anything like that again, I should have listened to my “inner self” and gone with my gut feeling of staying at home at watching the professional ice skaters that are being televised right now.

My daughter and I have made a date to go to the park this weekend, it will most likely be the last good weather weekend that we will see in a very long time I fear, so I don’t want to spend it inside doing house work or her in her room playing on the computer or her PlayStation.

They recently finished revamping this particular park a few months ago. They installed some really cool and exciting playground equipment for all the neighborhood kids to play on safely, instead of the old wooden crap that has been there for as long as I can remember. Can’t tell you how many kids have gotten hurt there and all of the splinters that send so many kids home crying. New Picnic Tables and Park Benches have been installed as well, which is a plus for the parents and other care takers that end up there for hours that deserved better sitting arrangements for a long time now.

I’m not too much into packing a picnic basket, or grilling, but I do think that we will stop at the KFC and pick up some of their famous fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/ gravy along with their delicious coleslaw. I need to remember to take the camera and I really hope nothing happens in the mean time to mess up our weekend plans for just the two of us on a great day during this short but sweet Indian Summer.

My sister just sent me this really cool video that she found on YouTube.com. It is some pretty amazing footage from the world indoor skydiving championship 2008. This is something that I had no idea existed much less warranted a championship for. Check out and see how cool this one is.