Way to encourage me to go to the gym today, Teppy. I'm always worried that someone's staring at me in horror. But then, I stay on the weight machines, generally, and hopefully I give off an air of "I will cut you if you bother me."

Just some random guy trolling for victims, sorry, potential training clients? Jerk.

However, Hubby often hears interesting workout/preening-related conversations in the men's locker room. The women's locker room doesn't have many conversations other than "That skank better stop looking at my guy!" or "Precious Spawn finally had a decent poop this morning."

"get it in the red zone and keep it there" [WTF is the Red Zone???]

I presume he's talking about the cardio red zone meter on the elliptical? I remember some sort of zone there.

I thought he might, but that elliptical doesn't even have a heart rate chart. But that's probably what he means, more or less. It just made me roll my eyes. *I* could be a trainer with groovy catch-phrases. "Take it to the limit!" (Wait, will the Eagles sue me for that?) "Explode with maximum power!" "Make your energy go supernova!"

...or I could just keep reading my book. That way no one talks directly to me about magic white bread.

Costco membership is totally worth it for us. Paper goods, electronics, and groceries. We use the membership for the restaurant too. Aluminum foil and food containers are cheaper there than at the restaurant supply store.

Amy, there's a Costco in King of Prussia. I like it better than BJ's. Higher quality of merchandise.

ita !, I received a Sodastream for Christmas. I looked all over, and haven't found anyplace that sells replacement canisters for less than $15.00.

Nearest Costco to me is 32 miles, in Harrisonburg. I don't think I want it that bad. I never buy in bulk, anyway, I don't have room to store stuff.

Ha. Nearest grocery store to me of any kind is about 30 miles. Heck, nearest gas station is 30 miles!

Ha! Sometimes I dream about going back to a rural lifestyle and then I remember I like having stores within quick driving distance. Where I grew up, it was 30 minutes drive, partly on a one-lane gravel road, to get to a town with a Wal-Mart. Not that we ever went there.

Speaking of rural, ooh, they're grading my road today!

eta: And hey, it's better here; last place I lived it was closer to an hour to anything. You could get to the Chaco Canyon ruins site in less time.

Ooh, I hope it gets a 4.0!

I know! I think it will!

They actually do really well with the maintenance on our dirt roads here. They just laid new gravel on the road that had the worst flooding problems, so between that and my Pilot, I'm feeling pretty hopeful about accessibility this spring. It's county maintenance here since we're outside of any city boundaries. But there's a developer that's still pretty active about making sure things are right. I dunno what will happen when he finishes selling off all his lots, but at the rate things are going, that'll be decades more.

Amy, there's a Costco in King of Prussia.

1/2 way between Amy and Sox! Granted, I need to stop feeling so crappy first. But then I'm going to need to make a run.