Paperwork

I spent most of this day catching up on my husband's business paperwork. I am his (unpaid) accountant. He gives me handfuls of receipts & I reconcile them all to the bank statements and input them into my spreadsheet for the end of year taxes. It's a lot of work, especially if you haven't done it for 10 months. Then I took another shot at zumba. I thnk I did a little better this time, but I'm still not all there with the coordination. My feet were working a little better and I managed to get my arms to match theirs about half the time, but my hips are still not cooperating. It's gonna take a while to get some Latin blood into this white girl!

Sunday!

A day of rest :)

Lotta Walkin'

As my Nana would say, I'm tuckered out! We went out to the corn 'maize' in Hilliard this morning and walked throughout the farm. It brought back so many childhood memories! I didn't grow up on a farm, but I grew up in the Florida countryside and this farm reminded me of home. After conquering both sides of the maize, walking through the barns, and shopping in the general store, we headed home to begin our weekend job. We had 3 lawns to do today, but one had already mowed their lawn, so we were able to spend extra time on one ladies yard doing some extra work that she wanted done. I ended up pushing the lawn mower & pulling vines for about an hour, in addition to riding the big lawn mower (which doesn't really count as exercise). So with all the walking and physical activity, I am pooped! Good thing I get and extra hour of sleep tonight :)

Ouch

I am sore! I did manage to work in a walk with Chica tonight. Hopefully that will keep her accident free tomorrow morning. I watched my husband play his first gig with his band tonight. They did pretty good, but they still need to work on the balance between instruments & vocals. I could tell the lead was singing, but I couldn't make out the words! Hopefully their second engagement will have the kinks worked out.

Zumba

Ouch, I hurt! After a busy morning & a full afternoon, I was very tempted to back out of attending the Zumba class my friend had invited me to, but I made myself go. I've attended some dance workout classes before, so I am familiar with some of the steps they did, but I have no dance flair! And I don't know how they get their bodies to shake & shimmy like that! It reminded me of the time I tried a belly dancing class at the YMCA--epic fail. My hips & shoulders have never learned to cooperate. I try to shake the top and the bottom moves; I have a little better success with the hips, but nothing like the girls in this class. It was all I could do to mimic the feet movements. I managed to follow along fairly well, and I tried to keep moving throughout so that it would be a true workout. I am now thoroughly tired and I'm sure I will be sore tomorrow! Hopefully the next time I go I'll be able to add arm movements and (eventually) torso? It's gonna take a lot to teach this white girl new tricks, but I'm up for it :)

Accidents

I didn't get much exercise today. After staying up late waiting for my husband to get home, I slept later than usual this morning. I went straight to Chica to walk her, but it was too late. Every time I move her bed onto the perch under the window, she does her business on the floor! She loves sleeping up on her perch, but until she stops with the accidents, it's not gonna happen. Anyway, she went into time-out while I cleaned up the mess and we did not walk the block. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, since she is sleeping on the floor.

Day 2

Two days in a row. That's a fair start to beginning to build back habits that were lost.
Even though I had to leave relatively early this morning, I managed to get in a short walk, mostly because that was the only way to make sure Chica did not have an accident while I was gone :) I also worked out in the garden for 30 minutes, weeding out the same old white rooted weeds that I had been fighting before. They just keep coming back! I guess that's what makes them a weed. I do have a nice crop of lettuce growing, along with a few late-blooming tomatoes. I'm hoping it doesn't get to cold, since that's what killed my late bloomers last year. I think the carrots are doing well too, but there is really no way to tell other than to uproot a plant; so I'll wait until it's time to harvest and hope for the best. Oh, and the green beans have flowered. Hopefully that means they'll be developing soon. I can't wait to eat what I've worked so hard to cultivate!