Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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Beautiful tree, Wonderland. My Dance2fit class had a '80s Dance Party tonight. Fun!
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A nice day for a walk here.
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Great pictureof Bruno!
Was going to walk today instead took a near 2 hour nap. Thinking maybe bc of the flu shot I had yesterday???
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Those shots can throw you off for sure!
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Ruth that is a great photo of Bruno in such a beautiful setting. He is sure a handsome pup. But the good looking boys tend to be trouble!!
Wonderland, so happy you were able to take a nice nap. It is such a luxury and your body must have needed the rest to recover. I plan to get my flu shot on Monday. Too many people are getting sick with the flu in our area. I went in to get it last week but I had to wait a week because I still had a welt in my arm from a B-12 shot I get once a month. I can't take shots in the left arm due to ongoing lymphedema.
I raked yesterday. It was a great day to rake because for once we had almost no wind. So my husband and I had to take advantage of the weather and do more raking than we had planned. It feels good to be sore from the exercise. My arms are so weak. Have a great weekend.
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coffeelatte: I'll probably rake some later this week. It really is good exercise.
Walked/ran this afternoon. We grilled out tonight and now I'm enjoying a glass of wine while watching spooky movies.
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Oh my, a glass of wine sounds wonderful; maybe I will have to join you!
We hauled out another bunch of leaves today and maybe have one more load to go (our neighbor's tree is finally losing its leaves and they are falling directly into our yard!). Another beautiful dog walking day (Coffeelatte, yes, the good looking boys ARE trouble!
) I also did a short ab DVD. I have a pile of paperwork stacked up on the table but am doing outside stuff now before the weather turns. Tomorrow is probably 'clean out the garage day'.0 -
Love the 80s dance party! And Bruno, always!
Yesterday morning we rowed at 28 degrees and in significant fog. Brrr! But when the sun started breaking through the mist is was beautiful! The last bit I rowed with my eyes closed (well, except to look around now and again to get my bearings) tying to soak it all up and store the feeling for the winter. After rowing I de-rigged my boat and brought oars and riggers home for the winter. Booo!
I'v been doing my weight training to, but my attempts to run on the treadmill have been.... frustrated by complete and total head-exploding boredom. It is funny because I also kind of hate the rowing ergs but I can row on it for an hour or more at a time watching videos and just keep at it. I need to figure out how to make myself go on the treadmill, because with my balance issues running outside in the dark is not an option. Sigh.
I head out to Colorado this week to help out my mom a bit. Will need to walk her and the dog, and will try to keep up my strength training and indoor rowing as well.
OH! One 0ther bit of exercise news -- I was finally feeling my balance has improved enough to get out my old slide board. I narrowed the end bumpers some, but still only made it 40 seconds! A single skating shift! LOL. Guess exercise really is specific. Will narrow the bumpers even more and keep trying, 40 seconds at a time
Looks to be a glorious and relatively warm day today. Have to get some outdoor chores done, get packed up and do some more housecleaning. Will try to work in a slog on the treadmill and some weights as well.
Hope everyone has a great week!
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YesIAm: Your last row for the season sounds magical! Glad to hear your balance is improving. And on a slide board no less! I lol'd at your description of exercising on a treadmill. I prefer walking outside. When we had a treadmill (another person here called it a dreadmill) I counted the minutes until I was finished. Have a good time with your mom in CO.
Raked and hauled leaves to the front for 1 hour 45 minutes. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so wanted to rake while they were dry. There are still plenty left on the trees so lots more raking is in my future. After raking I walked the neighborhood for 25 minutes. Couldn't walk where I usually do bc I have a flat tire and couldn't drive there. Going to worry about the flat tomorrow. I haven't bought any candy yet for Halloween so I need to get it fixed. The weatherperson said it may stop in time for trick-or-treating. I held off from buying any bc of the rain and also bc I would have eaten most of it before Halloween night!
Ruth: I feel bad when leaves from our huge chestnut tree blow over into the neighbor's yard. I didn't do it today, but next time I'll rake them out of his yard.
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Your last row of the season sounds lovely, yesiam. I too get really bored on a treadmill. Could you listen to a podcast or watch something on TV to pass the time? Enjoy your time in Colorado!
Wonderland, I just bought my Halloween candy yesterday & have already eaten more than I should. No willpower at all around here. Dog walked & went to yoga. Our teacher had a bonus half hour of guided relaxation, which was wonderful!
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Went to a fun Zumba class this morning (our teacher was dressed like a Taco & did some 'spooky' dance routines (one to Thriller). Came home and did MORE yardwork. I'm hoping that we get some trick-or-treaters or I will be eating lots of candy myself!
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Love dancing to Thriller!
It rained during the day but was predicted to stop before evening. Filled flat with air and brought car to get a new tire (have to go back tomorrow bc they had to order it). So while I was out I bought candy for tonight.
Had about 30 trick-or-treaters. That's all. We used to get 130. Or more. So many options now with Trunk-or-Treats everywhere. Plus our town has a huge Boo Bash and the streets are closed so merchants can hand out candy, games, etc. That was Saturday night so I thought we would get more kids tonight.
Here is a picture of a ghost I put up this year. Made it with an old window sheer. I always carve a pumpkin. It was so thick I could hardly get a knife in it. Brought the pumpkin in from the yard and is now in our den as we watch Halloween movies. Waiting for the candle to burn down.
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Happy November! I have been reading but not posting through my recovery from a knee injury (last April!) ugh.
Thank you to all who have continued to post, I have been sending silent blessings your way, each of you!
So far this week I did a Candlelight Yoga on Sunday evening, had a deep tissue massage yesterday that has left me bruised on my IT band (one of the lingering problems with my knee is my IT band seizing up...but there has got to be a better balance between a very tight IT band and a bruised stretched out one), I'll go to a gentle yoga later today.
Weather here in SE Virginia is up and down (was really praying for you Wonderland for your daughter's wedding, the day before was bad, but that Saturday turned out okay!), today is in the low 70's so I will make sure to spend some time outside.
After years of exercising at mid-day, my 6month recovery has made all my co-workers claim mid-day as okay for meetings! Gratefully the semester is more than half over so I'll juggle until then and have already blocked my electronic calendar for next semester...which may be my last...retirement seems nicer all the time and my mother at 87.5 needs more time when I still have patience rather than just what I have at the end of a long day.
Take care all, TT
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Great to hear from you, TT! Oh how I would like to do Candlelight Yoga. It sounds wonderful! I LOVE retirement & if you can afford to retire, I strongly endorse it!
It was such a nice evening that we had tons of trick-or-treaters. In fact, I had to send DH out for more candy. I got lots of exercise running up & down the steps answering the doorbell (I have a split level house) and always leave my lights on until 9pm.....if big kids want to be out getting candy instead of doing bad things, I am all for it I did the very smart thing of putting a baby gate at the top of the steps so Bruno couldn't run down and scary the kids to death. I went to Pound this morning.
Here is Count Bruno the Vampire Dog surveying his domain.
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TT: Good to hear from you! I am so sorry your knee has not completely healed. Candlelight yoga sounds sooooo relaxing. Thanks for sending your silent blessings.
And yes, we were very fortunate about the weather on dd's wedding day. As a matter of fact, this is their 1 month anniversary.Ruth: Good thing you had lots of trick-or-treaters last night so you don't have leftover candy you would feel obligated to eat! (At least, I would feel obligated lol) Bruno makes a cute vampire.
Walked/ran this afternoon.
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A beautiful morning for a walk. Pound tonight.
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Tai Chi at midday
Also just finished a book from a new author to me, Jean Meltzer "The Matzah Ball" ... a fun take on a Jewish writier of Christmas Books (hiding it from her Rabbi father) and finding love, etc. etc. The author and main character of the book have ME/CFS....ME being the medical name for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, eye opening.
My women's reading group at school brought this book to me, loved it and can't what for her next book to come out this winter.
With shorter days, I need fun books! TT
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TT, here are some fun books to try:
*The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Joansson
*The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love by Jill Browne
*Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
*The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin
*West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
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Beautiful picture, Ruth!
TT and Ruth: Thanks for the book recommendations.
Raked leaves today for only 30 minutes. Lots more to rake!
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Our move to my home state got cancelled as the deals on both ends fell through, so we are here until next Spring at least. So because I have so many leaves in my yard today blowing in from my neighbors yards so I went outside and started blowing them into a pile with our new leaf blower until the battery died.
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Good to hear from you, mOmmy! Sorry that the deals fell through. The wind is blowing like crazy here (and it was 23 degrees colder this noon than yesterday!), so we will need another raking day too. I had a bunch of apples a friend gave me from her tree, so just finished making them into an apple cake. The house smells very good! Dance2fit & Yoga tonight.
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Got most of the leaves done today. Going to finish the leave I didn’t get to tomorrow
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M0mmy: So good to see you! Disappointing that both deals fell through. Hopefully things will be different in the spring.
Ruth: A fresh apple cake sounds delicious! Smells like fall.
Dh and went to the NC Zoo today. Just a gorgeous, cool day to be outside at the zoo. Over 12,000 steps. Here are a few pictures. FYI: the gorillas are sleeping. The zoo placed straw right by the observation stations and just about all of them were napping. The Arctic Fox is beautiful.
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Very nice, Wonderland!
The cake is very good; luckily I gave half of it away!
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Walked the dog, raked, and am cleaning the house. Busy day!
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Hello all! Been away a long time. Drifted away due to all the website issues, but they seem to now be resolved. Loved all the wonderful photos and "catching up". Hope to return regularly, now.
All good here. Lovely autumn weather in my area (greater Cincinnati, OH). Hubs rakes leaves a little bit each day so not too overwhelming. Still doing Silver Sneakers Zoom exercises 6 days a week, plus two Pilates through local Cancer Support Community.
Healing energies to all in need!
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Karen: I just watched the news about the weather in Denver. Hope you are doing fine and that you weren't involved in the traffic damages!
Celiac: Good to see you again! Looks like you are staying very active. I need to look into doing Silver Sneakers Zoom exercises to switch up my activity.
Ruth: Busy days are good!
Early voted today then raked and hauled leaves for 2 hours. My arms are sore!
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Thanks for the book recommendations Ruth and TT. I took a photo of Ruth's list so I can get each book. I was able to download The Matzah Ball book with Hoopla this morning so I plan to start it tonight. Also love the photos from the zoo Wonderland. You have some very beautiful animals at your zoo. I love to walk around a zoo to see the animals. I have never seen an Artic Fox before, such a beautiful animal.
I over did it yesterday with my physical therapy exercises for my hip. I am using 3 pound weights for the first time and it sure changes things up. My legs started shaking during my line dance class two hours later. I definitely need the strengthening.
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Great to 'see' you, Celiac!
Wonderland, raking/hauling leaves is definitely exercise. We may be done for the year........
You will have to tell us what you think of the books, coffeelatte!
Karen, hope you are doing okay. Are you on to your new assignment?
The other thing I did yesterday was to get my Omicron booster shot. I didn't really have any reaction other than being so tired this afternoon that I took a nap on the couch with the dog. I went Yoga Strength this morning, and vacuumed (thus finishing off the house cleaning). It is cold and very windy here, so I skipped the great outdoors and danced around for half an hour with Marshall Fitness on utube.
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coffeelatte: Hope you're resting your legs. The NC Zoo is the world's largest natural habitat zoo. It's beautiful and offers lot of walking along with seeing the animals.
Ruth: I was fine after my 5th booster, just a sore arm. Glad I had it when I got Covid about a month later. We have had a warm, windy day. Got up to 77 degrees.
Walked/kinda ran this evening.
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