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Apr 29 2013

Day 217: Netflix on the Gym TVs

I discovered something amazing today–I can connect my phone to the individual machine TVs at the gym and play Netflix! I intended to do a quick 20 minutes on the elliptical and be on my merry way, but this discovery led to 40 minutes on the recumbent bike spent watching the first episode of Revenge.

Watching cable on the machines is great but I always found myself getting antsy during the commercials, wishing time would go faster. Watching a dramatic show I’ve never seen before with no commercials kept me totally engaged through a workout twice as long as I usually spend on a gym machine. Granted the recumbent bike is not as strenuous as the elliptical but I think I can allow myself this gentler workout once a week. It’s a new guilty pleasure!

Apr 25 2013

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Around the House/DIY, Fitness, Friends and Family, Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 213: T Shirts are Fun

Today I designed and ordered the T-shirts for Team Year of Fun for the Chicago Arthritis Walk!

At first, I was disheartened by the lack of mint colored shirts or fonts on all of the design-your-own T-shirt websites. When I finally found one that had a minty font, the shirts ended up being really expensive. Then my fellow walker (leader of Team Psoriatic Arth-Fight-This in New York) told me about ooshirts, a really affordable site.

I compromised a little on my color plan but ended having a lot of fun designing and ordering shirts for my team. I can’t wait for them to arrive!

Oh, and I ordered extras in case more people want to join the team…

Apr 24 2013

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Around the House/DIY, Chicago Specific Fun, Fitness, Food/Drink Fun, Friends and Family, Fun at Work, Fun for Couples, Games, Guilty Pleasures, Holiday Fun, Nightlife, Online Fun, Outdoor Fun, Pamper/Beautify, Reader Suggested Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun, Theatre Fun, Travel Fun

Day 212: The Oldest Post

This is the oldest post I never wrote. Day 212. April 24. APRIL TWENTY FOURTH?! It was a Wednesday. According to my calendar, I had my regular Wednesday work meetings. Nothing else.

Well I hope Barbara Streisand had a happy birthday!

Apr 23 2013

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Fun for Couples, Nightlife, Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 211: Apple TV

The hubs bought me a new toy to help with my sleeping woes. I sleep pretty well once I fall asleep but I can have trouble getting there. Normally to curb this I put on a movie (refer to TV in the bedroom post on Day 164). This results in me playing the same movie night after night and the hubs waking up at 2 am to turn off that DVD menu music that just repeats over and over. Him getting up usually wakes me up and I put the movie on again. It’s a vicious cycle.

Apple TV will let me play Netflix or any TV show or movie in my iTunes library on the bedroom TV creating both variety and silence upon completion. I’ve already spent half an hour on YouTube. This kind of defeats the purpose but its fun. Now for Netflix and sleep.

Apr 19 2013

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Day 207: iPad Photobooth

I find it quite humorous that most Apple products (iPads, laptops and desktops) come with photobooth. It’s such a silly and fun app. Today Elphie and I played with it. Here is the result: