Anyways, I recently read that she is a regular at the classes at the Physique 57 studio in NYC. I suppose that NYC is a tad out of my fitness radius, but Physique 57 does have a workout video and guess who is now the proud owner of it?! Oh, yeah! Goodbye Butt by Nutella!

The goal of the Physique 57 workout is to really fatigue the muscles by working them with small isometric moves and then stretch them out. The way the muscles are worked and then stretched is supposed to give you long lean muscles, like that of a ballerina. All you need is a high-back chair, light weights, and a playground ball. The video moves quickly with very little downtime in explanation, which I like. The burn is pretty intense.

Even Muffin likes the videos. Here we are doing the Arms & Ab Booster.

Unfortunately, Muffin’s interest lasted about 60 seconds and then he was climbing all over me, making completion of the video impossible.

Is your to-do list a bloated scary monster? Mine is. Before I had children, I used to pride myself on how very efficient I was. Now, with two small children I feel like I am constantly crazy busy, yet never get anything done! How is this possible?! Small children require a lot of hands-on, interactive parenting, and while it’s a short-lived job, it leaves little time to accomplish all your tasks. The cherry on top is that you are utterly exhausted come bedtime and yet there is still a mountain of things undone on that annoying to-do list. Parents are multitasking fiends and are indeed a special species all of their own. Homo Parenteous Insaneous Multitaskus.

Enter OneThingToday. It’s an awesome to-do app for the iPhone and the Mac. It helps you to focus on one single goal each day, avoiding the distraction of all your other pending tasks or ongoing projects. You simply assign a single task or project to each day and Git ‘er Done! OneThingToday is designed for people who only have time to tackle one major task each day, and who find themselves overwhelmed by all their pending tasks in their limited time. It helps you prioritize the one thing that is most important for you to complete each day. It is genius in it’s simplicity. As one user puts it, “…you will be amazed at how good you feel as you start to whittle away at what was previously an overwhelming to-do list.”

It is just what I needed! Today, for instance, while wading neck-deep in all of my regular daily tasks, I was finally able to get rid of the bags of clothing I’ve been meaning to take to Goodwill (for the past 2 months) because it was my OneThingToday task. Hooray!

OneThingToday is not only good for Insaneous Multitaskeous, it’s also good for iPhoneus Irritateus, the executive mom or dad. The iPhone app is available at the iPhone app store and the Mac version is available from Line Thirteen.

Full disclosure: OneThingToday is brought to you from your friendly neighborhood biophysicist. My brilliant husband, Dr. McCutiePants, actually developed this software. He’s got a passion for programming. I’d like to think he did it all for me because he loves me so much, but I’m guessing he did it to finally get me to remove all those bags of Goodwill donations from our garage!

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Closes July 21, 2010 at 5pm PST

I recently recognized and admitted that I have become a Bumbleride Addict. Before I had kids, the addiction was limited to shoes. Oh, how I love cute shoes! It’s actually quite a ridiculous addiction for me to have now that I am a San Diego SAHM and I really just mostly wear flip flops…but I do enjoy gazing upon my fantastic and somewhat dusty collection of fabulous shoes. Once I had my first child, my stash expanded into baby carriers. And then, of course, there is, my much beloved stroller collection…

I do appreciate a beautiful and functional stroller. You know how a guy’s head turns when a gorgeous girl walks past? Well, that’s me with strollers. Oh yeah. I’ve practically given myself whiplash on more than one occassion, when a sweet ride has caught my eye. I’ve even gone out of my way to do a stroller “drive by” to find out the brand. I am helpless when confronted with a particularly sharp-turning swivel wheel or a blissfully easy one-handed fold. I’m a sucker for sleek lines. I am paralyzed by beautiful fabric. I am a complete basket-case over a big and accessible basket (tee hee, get it?). I swoon over an adjustable handlebar. And I am rendered positively powerless by a ride so smooth you can steer with one hand. These are just some of the many wonderful characteristics of the Adonis that is the Bumbleride.

My collection currently consists of three strollers. My favorite: The Bumbleride Indie Twin; My first: The Chicco Cortina (travel system); and My Jogger: The Bob SUS. I used to L-O-V-E my Bob but now that Bumbleride has entered my life, Bob has sadly become the proverbial red-headed step-child. For the record, lest I offend anyone, I love red-heads and I am partial to step-children, as I was one…more than once. Anyways, now I think I want a Bumbleride Indie to replace my Bob SUS stroller. I’m always surprised and somewhat impressed that families can get away with owning just one stroller, but with Bumbleride I almost get it.

I’ve received a lot of emails and questions about my Bumbleride posts, Hi My Name is J and I’m a Bumbleride Addict and Bumbleride Solves Double Stroller Dilemma. Choosing a stroller is serious business. A stroller is a vehicle for your most precious cargo and so we Moms need something that is going to be safe. Also, a stroller helps us get from point A to point B and get our seemingly endless mountain of tasks accomplished (hopefully). The Kingdom of Mom is full of enough obstacles and road-blocks; we don’t need our stroller making things more difficult, rather we need it to be super functional and help (or at least not hinder) us as we go about our daily business. Sounds like I put a hefty role on my stroller, doesn’t it? Indeed I do. Kids have a mind of their own and give us enough grief that I don’t need my stroller to be of the same beast. A stroller must be tame and help me navigate through my day without making me crazy in the head. Some strollers are so awful and so horribly annoying that I’d rather just do without and carry both kids. And my many bags of groceries. While I walk 3 miles. In the snow. And poke my eyes out. Get the picture?

Seriously though, I spend so much time with a stroller that I need to “love the one I’m with”. Fortunately, I don’t personally own any strollers that make me want to poke my eyes out but I am becoming disenchanted with my Bob SUS. There isn’t anything super wrong with it. I just fell madly in love with my Bumbleride Indie Twin and all it’s features that I didn’t know I was missing before. So, now I am looking squarely in the face of an adulterous love affair with the Bumbleride Indie. Sorry Bob. It’s not you, it’s me. I met someone else. I didn’t mean for it to happen.

Okay, so anyways, to the grit of this post. Momma’s, you asked lots of questions and I will attempt to answer them. I too was curious about the changes to the 2010 model – specifically, how the 2010 Indie differs from the 2009 (I have the 2009 Indie Twin). I did some due diligence and this is what I’ve been able to determine:

Some nice changes have been made to both the 2010 Indie and Indie Twin strollers. First, Bumbleride has brought back the bumper bar. This time, however it is a multi-purpose, adjustable bar and the cover can be removed to use it as a universal infant seat adapter bar. It can also be used to attach the snack tray fabric which is sold as a separate accessory. I’m not sure that I understand Bumbleride’s snack pack. Why is it fabric? Kind of knarly. However, people seem to love it so maybe I’m missing something? Anyways, the 2010 line also comes with a $20 price increase but this seems really minimal and reasonable to me when you consider that the bumper bar is now included (it was an optional accessory for 2009). I absolutely love that Bumbleride doesn’t make you pay extra for the infant car seat adapter (like some other companies do). They win huge points from me on that one. Another change to the 2010 model is that the handlebar adjustment mechanism has been moved to the inside of the handle to make it more ergonomically easy to adjust. Also, the peek-a-boo window on the top of the stroller canopy has been changed from plastic to UV mesh. Lastly, Bumbleride has made the canopy even larger so that it now provides an additional 9 inches of sun protection. Plus, the canopy can now fold forward more and goes all the way down to the bumper bar!

Based on these changes, Bumbleride must take their customer feedback very seriously. The newly improved 2010 line makes me swoon over the Indie even more than before.

In my quest to stop looking like a tired ragged old mom, I was recently in the market for a nice face highlighter. Something that would make me look like Megan Fox. A girl can dream, right?! Sadly I didn’t find anything quite that good out there, but I did find something that is totally awesome.

High Beam by Benefit. High Beam is an etheral pink liquid highighter that creates a radiantly dewy complexion. It’s shimmer pink formula gives of a luminescent opalescent glow that is not at all glittery. I love it. It really highlights the cheekbones in a very natural way. I give it my highest rating: ‘Absolutely Delightful’! It’s awesome. I’m so in love with it, I might just marry it.

I have to say though, I’m not crazy about the nail polish like packaging. Not because it isn’t functional; more because I have a bit of an aversion to putting nail polish on my face. However, the product itself is nothing like nail polish and the sheer fabulousness of High Beam more than makes up for the packaging.

I have stroller envy. Bad.

I want a Bumbleride Indie stroller. Even though I already have one. I have the double and now I also want the single. Clearly, I have a problem.

Several months ago I wrote about how Bumbleride solved my double stroller dilemma. After extensive research, I ended up purchasing the Bumbleride Indie Twin and I absolutely love it! Not only does it look super sleek and awesome, but it is super sleek and awesome. I love everything about it. It doesn’t even really feel like a double stroller…until you pick it up to put it in the car. Of course, that’s to be expected with every all-terrain double stroller. Especially ones that have all the bells and whistles that this one does. So, now I want a single Bumbleride Indie. I used to love my Bob Sport Utility Stroller and now it just doesn’t compare to the Bumbleride. Even my toddler prefers the Bumbleride.

The Bumbleride Indie weighs less than most all-terrain strollers, coming in at 20 lbs. The Bob SUS comes in at 22.5 lbs. Granted, the Bob’s carrier weight limit is 70 lbs and the Indie’s is 45 lbs, but I seriously do not want to be strolling my kid around when he or she is 70 lbs! The other thing that I really like about the Indie is the adjustable handle bar (from 32″-45″). I’m a petite 5’2″ and the Bob’s fixed handle height doesn’t work well for me. It’s hard on my neck to push a stroller with such a high handle height. Also, my husband is 6’2″, so with a whole foot of height difference between us, he appreciates the adjustable handle as well.

I love that the Indie can switch from an infant stroller to a toddler stroller in no time. I especially love that they’ve designed a clever global infant car seat attachment that will support infant seat models like Chicco. My options are very limited if I want to use the car seat, as most strollers do not accommodate Chicco. Even better, is that you don’t have to purchase the car seat adapter separately – it’s included! How awesome is that?! Other companies (which shall remain nameless) make you purchase their adapter package, which I really resent when I’m already spending $350+ on the stroller.

Other great features of the Bumbleride Indie:

Comes complete with a full accessory package: rain cover, cupholder, air pump, and car seat adapter
Seat that reclines flat
Large storage basket that is also easily accessible (I find the Bob hard to access even though it’s nice and large)
Adjustable handle bar
Multi-use bumper bar
Aluminum spoke wheels for reduced weight
Large, adjustable sun canopy with a rear pocket to hold parenting essentials

Not only is the Indie awesome for mom and dad but it’s also a pimpin’ ride for your little passenger. The Bumbleride Indie rides like luxury. It’s outfitted with tons of soft padding in the seat, roomy seating, an infant headrest, shoulder pads, a snug 5 point harness, and 12″ air filled tires to make the ride a smooth one.

Overall I think the Bumbleride Indie is a great full-featured stroller since it can handle light jogging and the fact that it works with my infant seat. I do need to get my hands on one to try out folding it up and lifting it into and out of the car. My Indie Twin is pretty big to fold up and lift in and out but not much worse than the Bob, or any other double full-featured stroller. However, I’m hoping the Indie single is easier to fold and lift.

So, I am seriously considering buying one. However, it’s a hefty price-tag considering that I also have their double stroller…and a Bob…and a Chicco travel system stroller. That would make 4 strollers. Kind of stroller whorish. Maybe one will fall out of the sky and land on my doorstep. Or maybe I can just tell Dr.McCutiePants that’s what happened since I doubt he would be behind yet another stroller purchase.