Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Love the wildflowers!

I slept in, rolled out of bed right into my swimsuit & straight to Aqua Zumba. I will do a yoga DVD & walk puppies this afternoon.

Okay, Jo. you've twisted my arm. Here's a real down dog.....

Here's a really nice shot of Astra.

I am having real problems with this inactivity. I remembered to get some bottled water, did not have a cart, and carried it up to checkout. ETC, ETC. I will be so glad when I can get back to exercising. My back cramps from standing and leaning over the sewing machine, etc. I was not experiencing that before. It will be another week before I am allowed to go to the gym and just workout in the recumbent bicycle. My sister helped me make strawberry jam, and the prices on peaches will be going down soon, so I will be making spiced peach and jalapeno peach jams, but I don't know if I will have to give another lesson in jam-making to some unsuspecting friend, or just wait and hope cheap peaches will be available when given permission. Dang frustrating.

I belong to a quilting club. We give quilts to various charities and agencies. The better-quality ones we sell to make money for rent, batting and backing. I brought home the binding box a few weeks ago, and have made two tops from the scrappy pieces. Emptying the box by half. It has been keeping me busy, without any dangers.

Then our local animal shelter would love to have blankets without batting for their guests. Then they can take them to their new home, for a sense of continuity. We have been given a lot of fabric, even fleece, which are not usable in quilting.

Well, I've had an interesting 24 hours since I last checked in. After posting the doggy pictures, DH came home & wondered if we all would like to take a short walk before DS picked up the dogs. I said sure & didn't even change from my sandals into tennis shoes since it was going to be 'short'. We were walking on a sidewalk next to a field (and I was not paying attention), when a gopher jumped out of the grass and sprinted across the sidewalk. Astra (being 5 months old) took off like a bat out of hell after it. I did not drop the leash in time (or brace myself) and thus spun through the air, crashed to the sidewalk, banged my temple, broke my glasses, and scrapped my whole left side in the process. Luckily DH with. He corralled the dogs & we limped home (10 minutes), me bleeding like crazy (a small gash in the eyebrow, but you know how head wounds bleed) all the way. Once I had cleaned up, calmed down, started icing the ice etc. I noticed my ring finger was swollen up about 3 times the normal size. So....off to urgent care for an xray (thankfully just a bad sprain) and some glue in the eyebrow. So I am moving kind of gingerly today, although I did take a slow walk & found 30 minutes of standing core & lower body (without weights) exercises on Utube. I have a splint on the finger now & am supposed to buddy tape it to another finger and not do anything crazy until it heals. But at least nothing is broken. That's my sad story for the day!!

Ruth! Hope you’re on the mend. Amazing that you still did a workout. I’d be on the couch with Netflix and wine.

Ruth- OUCH!! Not a fun way to end the day! I do hope you had that bowl of ice cream! You are truly amazing! You managed to work out after that fall! ( I never take the time to put in my tennis shoes most of my steps are in my slippers )

Claire- thus alot of miles!

I managed to get 2 hours in the pool with the grandkids this evening after dinner. Chasing a 2 and 4 year old around the pool is a work out!

I have been busy the last few weeks,school just got out last week and not exercising consistently, and I logged on tonight, jumped to the end of the thread to read of your adventure Ruth-I hope u are on the mend! I have my prep tomorrow for my colonoscopy on Monday. I do have this nagging in my head about “what if they find another cancer” (I’ve already had 2)so I will drink clear liquids only tomorrow and go in at noon on Monday. My plan is to re start my exercise on Tuesday!

Hi all, it’s been quite a few days since I was last here. My MIL was transferred to rehab this past Tuesday. On Friday they took a chest X-ray as she had been coughing. Pneumonia! Tuesday there is a family meeting so DH is going back for it. He is so worried about his Mom. But my MIL is pretty healthy for 91 1/2 and has a great attitude.

Ruth ouch about your fall. Glad it wasn’t worse.

I’ve been good with steps

Ow, Ruth. I am glad your injuries weren’t worse. Ice cream makes it all feel a little better.

Ironically I walked with DH and dog last night and also lost control of dog (bunny rather than gopher) but he just pulled the leash from me. I got a bad leash burn several years ago, so I have accepted dropping the leash. He dragged his leash down the street about three houses before I caught up with him. I have an extension leash which allows more slack and therefore time to rein in or let go.

Falconer you asked about my foot stretch. Put your foot up on your thigh and push the ball of the foot outward with the palm of you hand from the center and hold for 45? 90? seconds -can’t exactly recall, but allegedly muscle memory takes hold at these long periods. Then you pull the toes back towards the top of the foot and hold. I hope you can understand those instructions and that it helps some.

2Fun, I hope all is well with your colonoscopy. Just did that with DS Tuesday. It is not fun and relate to yourworry over what they may find.

ruth- you must be very sore today. I hope your injuries were not more serious than you initially thought. Take care of yourself

patoo- I have stage 2B with one node involved. I never want to relive the first two to three weeks of my diagnosis. Will send positive energy in your direction and your friends. Are you still traveling in your camper

TH: Sorry to read that your son was in the hospital. Glad he's back home and hope his colonoscopy results are favorable.

Jo: Happy that you took the trip earlier to visit your aunt. May she rest in peace.

Ruth: OMG! Hope you aren't too sore.

Claire: You are a beast!

Patoo: Keeping Linda in my prayers.

Karen: Sorry your MIL has pneumonia. Hope she recovers quickly.

2FUN: Good luck tomorrow!

LB: A week of yin training sounds fascinating!

Hi Everyone! We are back from the beach and I already want to go back. This is the 31st year of going to the beach for a week with my side of the family. Somehow we survive with that much family togetherness! I love swimming in the ocean but it's hard not to think about the shark attacks that have occurred this year when you're in the water. We all felt the same way but we still went swimming every day.

Walked and even ran a little this evening.

Good, patoo. I don't think there is anything more helpful, and encouraging, than to talk to someone who has 'been there, done that'.