March 20 2011
I woke up all excited about reaching my stepping goal. I even put on my pedometer before I realized that today is Sunday, and I’m not counting steps. I thought about cheating, but I decided that I shouldn’t even think about cheating just before going to church, so I reluctantly put the pedometer back on […]
March 20 2011
My personal coach, aka daughter Kristen, has arrived in Florida, and she’s been pushing me to walk farther and longer. Result? I’m less than 400 steps from reaching my stepping goal for the first time all year. I should reach it tomorrow. Hooray! Message? Is someone pushing you toward a particular goal? Thank God for […]
March 18 2011
Warning: Too much stepping in the sun, and your skin could look like this. Day 77: 13,614 Steps YTD: 722,024 Steps Goal: 726,000 Steps
March 17 2011
In honor of the occasion, I’m stepping into verse today. The Wearin’ o’ the Green I’m having a green day – A money in my pocket, Life about to skyrocket, Leapfrogging down the street New grass beneath my feet, Four-leaf clover finding, Whole new path unwinding, Field full of daisies No idea too crazy kind […]
March 17 2011
My new walking companion. I’ve finally found someone who walks more slowly than I do. Day 75: 11,000 Steps YTD: 694,972 Steps Gosl:704,000 Steps
March 15 2011
March 15 2011
More on mini-golf: I thought mini-golf might be an American invention, but it actually started at St. Andrew’s in Scotland where the real game was first played. In 1867, St. Andrew’s made a shorter course for women because women in that society were not allowed to lift clubs over their heads. It became popular in […]
March 14 2011
Gary and I play a lot of mini-golf here in Florida. We buy a month’s pass to Funntasia and play almost every day. We call it our country club. Funntasia has two courses, the elephant and the zebra. They are equally difficult, and I can get at least 1,000 steps on each course. On some days, […]
March 12 2011
Today was a perfect day for walking in Cocoa Beach – sunny, light breeze, high 60’s. We went to Manatee Park, but the only manatee we saw was this sculpture. I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, there are no buffalo in Buffalo. The park has a gravel track and some of those exercise stations. Not […]
March 11 2011
Today was on the cool side, so I did my stepping inland a little bit in the city of Cocoa. Cocoa is a very small city with around 16,000 inhabitants. It was founded by fishermen in 1882 as Indian River City because it’s right along the river, but the US Postal Service rejected that name […]