Attack Upon Us

I keep telling Tall Cool ☺ne I feel like we are in one of those dooms day prepper shows. All that stuff is happening and going on. It’s like Stephen King’s “The Stand” but different…or is it? He tells me I have an over active imagination. Over active? Maybe. Over active, over protective, scared shitless… all of the above.

Every day I fear turning on the television, turning on the computer, looking at my phone because I know the numbers are going up. It is going to get worse. It’s one of those things you can’t not look at. It’s kind of like driving down the road seeing flashing lights. You want to know what’s happening so you keep looking and then you see that you are coming up on an accident and you tell yourself to look away but you don’t. You can’t look away. It’s not going to change anything, but after the fact you always wish you didn’t look.

It is really playing out like the Bible says it will. Matthew 24:7 … “And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.” This is just the beginning. I don’t know about you but if you haven’t already done so, my suggestion is that you make your peace with God. I’m not going to get on my soapbox and preach the gospel ~ been there, done that. Most people don’t want to hear it because they know better. But, take a look around you. Things are not going to get better.

So those are random thoughts of my over active imagination. On a funny note, this great big cat came running out at us while we were walking. It was comical because Joe tried to get in front of me to protect me and I just wanted to take off running. Then we realized it wasn’t coming after us. When we came back through I was able to get a good look at the attack cat. Ha ha ha!  We never noticed it there before.  It’s amazing what a little light can do on a subject.

Join me tomorrow on Crackerberries for the A-Z Blogging Challenge.

Until next time,

Finale

TGIF and happy weigh-in day. I have to tell you I was mighty proud of myself when I stepped on the scale this morning. I saw a number I haven’t seen in about six years. I’m still not where I want to be yet. The Levis’ are still in the closet. But every step counts. The hard work and diligence pays off. Continue on your journey. Do not give up.

This brings us to the end of our nine week road to fitness. My goal was to prep myself for the upcoming month. I did more than I hoped. I’m going to take a few days off and get geared up for the next blog challenge. Feel free to continue following at my other site.

Joe and I will not be taking any days off from the road to fitness. We still are going to persevere. We hope you do too. Our next journey will be the adventures in landscaping. Doesn’t that sound fun?

Until next time…keep on keeping on.

Mundane Performance

Just like every other day we tie up our sneakers and take a bottle of water out the door with us to get in that morning walk. Sometimes I just want to have another cup of coffee and stay snuggled on the couch with my fleece blankie writing in my journal. I even tried this morning by edging Joe to sleep in because it was raining out. There would be none of that.

Have you ever thought about it? Routine behaviors are what we spend sixty percent of our life doing. Going to work, doing grocery shopping, folding laundry, putting dishes away, or taking out the trash. Sometimes we lose our spirit when the everyday tedious routines give us no uplift, when there seems there is no vision. Sometimes we forget what we’re doing it for.

Today I did not want to go. It had been raining and everything was wet. First thing I did was step in a puddle. One wet foot. I bitched about it and then it wasn’t long after I stepped my other foot in another puddle. That sucked. Walking with wet feet sucks. It was a quiet walk for the most part.

On the way back there were a lot of frog sightings. Even saw a crawdad(?). They love the wet road. Their presence enlightened me. They were living in the moment, even though a car could have come along and squished the life out of them. The only way to keep life un-crushed is to live today to the fullest for the Lord, in all things we do. Every day is an important, ordinary day.

Until next time,

Weakness

What’s your weakness? We all have one. Some of us have more than one. For example I start one thing, and before I complete it, I’ve started three more projects. Joe tells me all the time that I cannot multitask and complete a project to the best of my ability. Simply said, if I am focusing on three projects at a time, one is not getting my full, undivided attention. Makes sense, however try explaining that concept to my boss.

Can you believe we are into our ninth week? That was the commitment. Nine weeks and I promised you would feel better and that you would even lose a few pounds. I bet you did. It’s a struggle every day. When you think it gets easy, you are not pushing yourself hard enough and that means it’s time to step up the walk. Go a little faster, maybe another minute, or another mile.

For the rest of this week, we are going to focus on one of our weaknesses. Maybe it’s picking all of the cashews out of the trail mix and having a little feast. Maybe it’s stopping for a latte every day on your way to work. Maybe it’s the late night snack. Maybe it’s not trying hard enough.

Mine is keeping up with Joe. He has longer legs than me, and trust me, I have to pump those puppies hard to keep up with him. On a good note, all of my miles are coming in under sixteen minutes. I know that might not sound like much, but nine weeks ago my average mile was 19:07. Today it was 15:50. Little things make big changes. Doing things on a consistent basis is key to meeting goals. It is not going to happen overnight. We are not going to really notice it until we look back through our notes and journals.

Take a look at yours. Congratulations! You’ve come a long way. Don’t give up now. Keep moving forward. Persevere.

Until next time,

Welcome Spring

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. We went out foraging for supplies. Not much on the shelves. I just have to say it’s not easy to walk through the stores during this time of year. There is about three inches of green pollen everywhere and they expect us to not cough, not sneeze, not touch our eyes or blow our nose. Good luck with that.  Hope everyone was able to find what they needed!

Cloud-Cuckoo-Land

Ah, yes, spring has sprung: pollen
Robin-red-breast, birds have sung: wheezing
Hummingbirds make their nests: coughing
Here they come, ants and pests: sneezing
Ah, yes, spring has sprung!

Puffed up eyes, feels a lot like sand: itchy
Guarded with tissue in thy hand: snotty
Yellow and green, dust everywhere: sniveling
Ah, yes, spring has sprung!

Flowers and blossoms in full bloom: appeasing
Wisteria’s drooping like a flume: still sneezing
Till up the dirt, dig the ground: sweating
Spread the seeds all around: whining
Get out the Harley, va-room, va-room: laughing

Ah yes, spring has sprung.


Do your best. Get out there and walk it!

Until next time,