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6th Annual Clear Your Clutter Day
Do you have items you’ve been meaning to donate or clear out of your home? MARK YOUR CALENDARS for January 28, 2012 from 10 am – 2 pm! The National Association of Professional Organizers, Austin chapter, is having its 6th Annual Clear Your Clutter Day! New 2012 location: Bethany United Methodist Church, 10010 Anderson Mill Road, Austin, TX 78750.
Event Partners this year are: Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE), Central Texas Secure Shredding, Dress for Success, Ecobox, HeliOS Project, Junk Busters USA, and Settlement Home.
The public is invited to drive by and drop off ONE CARLOAD PER HOUSEHOLD* of any of the following items at no charge:
• Up to 3 boxes of paper to be shredded
• Women’s new or gently used career clothing and accessories
• New or gently used shoes (men’s/women’s/children’s)
• Discarded flattened moving boxes
• Mobility assistance devices (wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, shower chairs, etc.)
• Used cell phones
• Discarded computers and electronics
• Useable unwanted items (furniture, books, clothes, rugs, art, etc.)
• Non-useable unwanted items (a/k/a JUNK)
• Flammable, corrosive, toxic, poisonous, reactive, or explosive materials (including paint and batteries) CANNOT BE ACCEPTED at this event. Visit the City of Austin or the City of Round Rock web sites for information on approved donation locations.
* Restricted to ONE carload per household due to capacity
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2012 Single Stream Recycling Schedule-Corrected!
It took the City of Austin a while to update their single stream recycling schedule. In part, this may have been due to the brand-spanking new web site they now have in public beta. It looks great but takes a bit of effort to figure out where you are going. In order to help smooth your transition into 2012, I’m providing a link to the city’s 2012 recycling schedule.
PLEASE NOTE that we are on the Week A Wednesday recycling schedule.
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Monday Night Easy Runs
MONDAY EASY RUNS (every Monday)
Come start the NEW YEAR off right!
Balcones District Park, 12017 Amherst Drive, Austin, TX 78727
6:30pm, Bring a WATER BOTTLE and a TOWEL or MAT for stretching/core.
BLINKIES* ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
*It will be dark when we are running, so flashing lights (blinkies), headlamps and reflective clothing help keep us safe!
This is a group of runners, walkers and triathletes who meet to supplement their training and to hold themselves accountable to their fitness goals. All runners and walkers are welcome, regardless of age or fitness level. So, whether you have been running for years or you are just coming off the couch, you are welcome! The focus is to stay active through the winter. And there will be tips on running (or walking) enjoyably and injury free each week. A route will be provided with a suggested focus for the workout. We end each workout with stretching and an optional core workout. All sessions are FREE and right in your neighborhood. So, walk on over and join us!
Sponsored by
Coach Cindy
cabventures@juno.com
USAT Level I Certified Triathlon Coach
USAFit Certified Running Coach
Boston Marathon Qualifier
Ironman Florida Finisher
A note from and about the coach:
Even though I have been successful as an above average age group competitor in running and triathlon, I am one of the most relaxed and easy going athletes you will find! If being an athlete was not enjoyable, I would not be one! So, my focus as a coach is to help others enjoy athleticism, too. As a result, I especially love working with new athletes of all ages and walks of life, emphasizing fun and injury prevention so that they will be more likely to stick to an active lifestyle. Come join us on Monday evenings and find out how fun and safe workouts can be! –Coach Cindy
And if you need some tips for making your 2012 fitness goals happen, keep reading…
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Tagged Balcones District Park, Core, Fitness, Group Workout, Running, Stretching, Walking
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Making Fitness Goals Happen in 2012
It’s 2012! With the beginning of a new year, there is hope. The hope and excitement of the new year bringing us things we have always wanted in our lives. Do you feel it? Have you thought about what you want for your life in 2012?
One of the most common new year’s resolutions is putting more physical activity in our lives, ie., adding some sort of fitness goals. Have you had these types of goals in the past? Were you successful in sticking to your fitness resolutions?
If you are like most people, you may have made the same resolution or a similar one about getting active in the past and not quite stuck to it throughout the year, or, at the least, not as much as you had hoped. So, what makes you think you will keep to it this year? What are some of the ingredients that could help make you successful this year?
Here are some suggestions that might help make 2012 the year you become active and stay active!
1. Plan for accountability by joining group activities.
2. Put your fitness activities on your calendar each week FIRST in pen.
3. Log your activities. Your own progress will encourage you!
4. Make it fun! You are more likely to stick with something that is fun.
5. Make it social. Surround yourselves with active people.
6. Sign up for an event that gently pushes you to keep going.
7. Make your training convenient so it is more likely to happen.
So, what do you think? Will you be successful this year? As you now know and probably knew already, it is not enough to just wish for something. You must take steps to understand how your resolutions will actually happen. Hopefully these ideas will help. Congratulations on wanting to become more active! Best wishes in making it happen! Let me know how you do. And hopefully the MONDAY NIGHT EASY RUNS can help with your success!
Happy 2012! May all your fitness goals happen!
Questions or Comments?
Contact: Coach Cindy at cabventures@juno.com
Holiday Lighting Contest!
It’s that time of year again! The Milwood Neighborhood Association is hosting its Holiday Lighting Contest. The best lit house in Milwood will receive a $25 gift card from Home Depot.
Please help us scour the neighborhood looking for the best house lighting Milwood has to offer! We’ll be taking nominations for the best-decorated house. If you have a house you would like to nominate, please send us the address here. You can nominate yourself, your neighbor, or even just a noteworthy holiday display that has caught your eye!
All submissions are due by December 18th. The Board Members will then drive through the neighborhood to look at all of the nominations and vote on a winner. The winner will be announced on the website after December 19th.
We look forward to seeing everyone’s bright and creative decorations!
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Pay Your Dues Online!
Just a reminder that if you haven’t done so yet, you can knock out a to-do item from your holiday list. You can pay your dues and continue supporting Milwood Neighborhood Association. Just pay your dues online right here at the web site.
If you just can’t recall whether your dues are current (or if you’ve ever paid them), just send us a note and we can check for you. Be sure to include your name and address so that we can check our database.
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