By : Sally Valentine

March 22 2011

Day 80

I did it! Thanks to a day at Disney World, I not only met my stepping goal for the first time, but I’m over the top. Disney World is a stepper’s paradise. You’re just out having fun, and your pedometer is flipping numbers like the electric meter in “Christmas Vacation.” And I even stopped to […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 20 2011

Day 79

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 […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 20 2011

Day 78

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 […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 18 2011

Day 77

 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

By : Sally Valentine

March 17 2011

Day 76 St. Patrick’s Day

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 […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 17 2011

Day 75

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

By : Sally Valentine

March 15 2011

Day 74

Sandhenge.          Day 74: 12,497 Steps     YTD: 683,972  Steps      Goal: 693,000 Steps

By : Sally Valentine

March 15 2011

Day 73

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 […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 14 2011

Day 72

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, […]

By : Sally Valentine

March 12 2011

Day 71

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 […]