What's Up?

     Now in the past, Casey Anthony, Congressman Wiener, Tiger Woods days... seems like life is humming along smoothly. All quiet? Not really. Here, at the Kraus household, it has been a busy time. My youngest, Cory and his wife, Ashlee have now moved to Louisville, Kentucky.

     They completed the journey in a day and a few more hours, with two cars and three freaked-out kitties. Haven't heard from them since, except for "We're home." That was enough for me. It was a busy week, helping them, taking them out to eat, hosting a big dinner for family, and writing a special song for the happy couple to the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies, about Cory and Ashlee.

     But that isn't nearly as interesting as a little article I found in "This Is True" by Randy Cassingham. I am going to paraphrase what the article said....

    A 30 year old man from Boulder, Co was found hiding in the waste pit of a porta-potty at a yoga festival at a local high school. He claimed to be starting a new "goddess religion." Evidently this religion involved him peeping at women from under the porta potty seat. He did explain that the origin of his interest was to be able to look at women in intimate detail, that he realistically would never have a chance with. He had opportunities to develop his religious beliefs, as he hid and waited in waste. The details about his new religion were rather sketchy but all in all it reminded me of the saying that "In every cloud there is a silver lining." Although in his case, it seemed to be "Gold can be found in shit." Hmm. Wonder why he felt he never had a chance with most women. Of course if you look at his mug shot below, it seems as though he has not gotten a chance to wash his hair. Euuew!

Possible Re-Enactment

And here he is with his famous potty.

Who Am I, Really?

     I am having this spell of uncontrolled insomnia. I am up most of the night till about 5:00 AM and then I finally pass out into a deep sleep till about 9:30 AM. It is very annoying. However, I have found a whole new world of TV.
     Did you know that you can watch a "Get A Better Bra" infomercial at almost any time of the night? Approximately 10 of my channels are in Spanish, another 5-6 are wrestling, there's usually a couple "Praise the Lord" shows, and of course reruns. Law and Order, House, Bones, Seinfeld, Friends and Everyone Loves Raymond are topping the numbers of times shown. Then there are a number of informercials, which in my weakened sleep-deprived state, look very interesting to me.
     There are some things I can do while not sleeping. I play Scrabble and other word games online. I play Family Feud, a really annoying game but hey...I'm awake. I catch up on Facebook and emails. That's why you get messages from me at all hours.
     I have a new philosophy of life based on these experiences.
1. Sleep is highly under-rated. If you can sleep, enjoy it.
2. The best channel to watch in the wee hours is one that has just the Test Pattern showing. It keeps you from getting too involved in the plot.
3. Men (husbands) are especially annoying when you can't sleep. Obviously, nothing stays on their brains at night. Mine falls asleep instantly and thoroughly as I toss and turn.

Even my dog is sleeping.

And my cats.

Want to Know What I'm Doing?

     The Modern Age of Technology is truly amazing. My Facebook friends and family members can let me know at any given time where they are. The first time this happened my older son Jeff was driving down from Orlando to visit. He connected me up to a tracker so that I could see where he was the whole trip. It worked really well. When the car showed that it was at our street, there he was, outside the door.  But it meant that I spent much more time than necessary seeing where he was every few minutes on the computer.

     Now everyone lets you know on Facebook where they are. They must all think their schedules are terribly interesting.

12:36 ________ checked into Home Depot.         
1:00  ________ went to Dairy Queen
2:00 ________ went to Water Wonderland 
9:00 ________ is at the mall.

What I am finding out that is interesting is that (1). My kids eat out a lot more than I do. Bummer. (2). Most people are leading more interesting lives than I am. Another Bummer. (3). Many people go on vacation in the summer. I know what airports they are at, who they are with, and where they are going. 

My vacation consists of the area around Tamarac, Fl. So I am going to post my goings on also. Just to be part of the crowd. I don't have an I-phone so will have to post them by hand. Here is a sample.
10:00 Head to bathroom to pee.
10:30 Take dog outside to pee.
10:45 Look for cat who is missing.
10:55 Pee again.
11:00 Computer time
11:30 Look for cat again. Still missing. She might be under the bed but it is too much effort for me to get down there and back up again.
12:00 Read Facebook to see where everybody else is going. 
12:45 Empty dishwasher and contemplate organizing office
1:00 Play Scrabble on computer. Think about exercise.


Had enough of my day?

No Impact Workout Video Session Three

     Do you have what it takes? What's the size of your equipment? Make sure to view my third video for my No Impact Workout Program.

Leaving My Impact on the World

     Sometimes I wonder about myself.  What causes us to go above and beyond other normal human beings to create things that will leave our lasting imprint on the scores of humanity who will come after us and scratch their heads at the term "Baby Boomers?"

     Will they be searching, as archeologists do, in ancient mounds in the year 3000 to sift through chicken wing bones and dirty laundry and totally non-degradable computers to find blogs about  all sorts of topics from toilets to peeing to lack of exercise and blatherings of all sorts of you-had-to-be-there topics?

     Or will the ramblings of ancient Baby Boomers be scoffed at as earwax in the ears of a turbulent society that no longer exists, other than in songs and writings. As I work on creating my No Impact Videos for Exercise, I wonder, who but Jeanne Kraus would waste her time in such a way?

     Then I watched several other YouTUbe videos and mine started to look polished and, um, even planned out. By the way, I just read about a woman in Texas who gave birth to a 16 pound child. I guess if I am going to leave the world some startling inheritance, I am glad that it is smaller than a breadbox, especially if it is going through my birth canal! Ouch.

Here it is....No Impact Workout Video Session Two

     Well here it is. The second in the series of earth-shattering videos on the changing theories about exercise. Please feel free to share it with your friends. Hope you have a laugh or two.

No Impact Workout Video Session Two

Help! I exercised and I can't get up!

Skilled Workout Warrior

She looks mad! That could

 be me.

  

How Inviting!

     Just wanted to mention that my second YouTube video should be out VERY SOON. Well, not in 10 minutes but hopefully by Friday it should be, as they say in movie world, "in the can."




     Or maybe I'll be in the can. If you've read my book, you know all about that.  Making a video is not as easy as people make it look. I can spend a couple of days on one 2 minute clip. Even the folks at Videos For Dummies would be appalled.

     I'm sure that the Exercise World wonders just what Jeanne Kraus could have to say in order to justify not only 1, but perhaps a string of related videos. I wonder too. We'll see.

Not Jeanne Kraus

 

Mmm. Could Be!