Big Gym Day

UPDATE - January 7, 2009 - Curves in New Smyrna has closed next to the Outback, I hear there is a new one opening soon in the K-Mart Plaza on 44. Sorry for the misinformation!

The Monday after New Year's is the single biggest day in gym and health club attendance of the entire year. Sadly, for most it does not last. Below are some local resources for facilities in our area.

Nautilus By The Sea - located on Saxon Ave in the Publix Plaza Beachside, this is the gym I go to. It is the cleanest place I have ever been. Nautilus equipment kept in the very best condition. Very inexpensive, less than a dollar a day for an individual membership. They have been in business since 1991 and offer Yoga, personal traning, aerobics etc.

New Smyrna Athletic Club is located at 401 Canal Street. - They offer yodga, aerobics, tanning etc. I do not have much information on them but they are conveniently located and have been around for several years.

Curves - has two locations in New Smyrna and Edgewater.

Beachfit - I stumbled across this one this morning, their site is under construction but the pictures look good.

I also hear there is a new club opening in Edgewater in early January but I don't have any details yet.

Get moving and have a great Monday!

Coonhunter

I have coons under my roof, this is not to be confused with having bats in your belfry. I have this Coon that is bigger than my dog living in my ceiling. He romps around in there at all hours of the day and night. I have gotten rid of it once and it came back. Now I think the whole family is living up there. So my brother came over last night to try and scare it out of there. Some of you know him as Mountain Man. He shoots guns, arrows, all sorts of hunting stuff...so last night he went Coon hunting in my yard. Well PETA can sleep well tonight, the coon and all his friends are still up there having a party. Tomorrow I will call in the professional varmint trappers, then maybe we can sleep around here.

While the coon hunting was going on the people behind us were having a party, this was the third or maybe fourth night that they had a big fire going, loud music...all that. Well about 10pm, the entire New Smyrna Beach police deparment arrived, 3 cruisers, 2 SUV's, a veritable bevy of uniformed officers descended on the unsuspecting suspects. Of course we were peering through holes in our fence and witnessed them getting busted for underage drinking, some drugs and whatnot. It appears the parents of one of these future leaders live in Orlando and they were letting them use the house. Several other parents arrived to retrieve their wayward teens and a few older ones were taken away in handcuffs. I used this handy opportunity to give some real life scared straight to my preteen children.

All in all it was a busy weekend at the beach!

Enjoy the week!

Two More Days

Two more days left of winter break. Not a moment too soon at my house. I love sleeping in on break but I sure love getting up early to get them back to school! I have a list of errands and things to do on Monday morning that have waited and waited to get done til school has started again! We need to get back into a routine at my house, how about you?

Just a reminder the Community Info Flyers are in our left hand menu, some of these flyers make it home with the kids and some do not. Southeast Volusia Little League sign-ups are next week Jan 9-11. This flyer is on the website, you can also get information at SEVLL.

The Little League program is pretty good, they have some good coaches and it is great fun for the kids.

Sea Harvest Reopens

Back in the early 90's my parents moved to Edgewater, my younger brother and I both lived in Orlando and we loved nothing better than to come over and hit Sea Harvest for a fried grouper sandwich. When I moved back to Florida (here to New Smyrna) in 2007 I was sad to hear they had closed down. My arteries were thankful as I am sure the wonderful sandwich was a heart attack waiting to happen. Arteries aside, I was thrilled to hear they reopened this past week. They are now called the Dolphin View Seafood Restaurant and are located at 107 Riverside Drive in the old blue building that housed Sea Harvest. Their website is under construction, but here is an article about it from the Observer.

I am looking forward to that Grouper Sandwich!

Just a note, I love this picture of the old Sea Harvest, I found it Wayne Timm's website. He some great pictures of some of our local landmarks. If you don't look too close you don't see the word sample written across it...smile.

I decided to make some resolutions this year, I usually don't but I keep hearing how important it is to document your goals. So I am documenting them for all to witness.

1. Most important, I want to work less and enjoy life more. I spend way too much time with my face in a computer, I need a life or a new job!
2. I will get organized. (my mother is laughing right now...and she is laughing hard) Most days I cannot see the top of my desk. RIDICULOUS.
3. I will establish some sort of schedule, I sort of have one but it is very loose. I will follow my daily plan and get back to making lists.
4. I will continue to exercise and lose weight, my doctor told me this week if I lose 10 more pounds he feels certain I will no longer need medication for my blood pressure.
5. Achieve financial independence. No explanation needed there!