By : Sally Valentine

June 25 2011

Day 176 Whispering Pines Mini-golf

Whispering Pines mini-golf course in Sea Breeze is on the National Register of Historic Places, having been opened in 1930 and in continual use since then. I challenged my husband to game there today – it’s the only type of golf we play. The course is old and shows it’s age, but there were a […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 25 2011

Day 175

At least 3 times today I was going to go for a walk, and it started to rain or it looked like it would start to rain. Finally at 7:45 the clouds were white and blue instead of gray and black, and the sun was shining even as it was sinking. I started out of […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 24 2011

Day 174 Webster Commons

Today I got my steps in a number of various places. Here a step, there a step, everywhere a step, step. Anyway, I logged over 3,000 steps at Webster Commons. Given that it’s a shopping mall with a huge parking lot, Webster Commons is very pedestrian friendly. An outdoor mall, designed in a big square […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 22 2011

Day 173 Strawberry Social

I’ve discovered that in order to log 11,000 steps a day I have to make stepping my #1 priority. The only problem is that my family wants to be my #1 priority and so do my friends, my church, and my writing. It seems like they’re all fighting every day to be #1. Today my […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 22 2011

Day 172

When I started this blog, I was really hoping to get my steps in by walking in many different places. What I’m finding is that more often than not, I’m walking in my own neighborhood just because I don’t have time to drive any distance and walk too. The upside is that because of the […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 21 2011

Day 171

Day 171: 7,836 Steps YTD: 1,526,395 Steps Goal: 1,606,000 Steps

By : Sally Valentine

June 21 2011

Day 169

Ditto day 167 although I wasn’t dress shopping – I was hosting a party. Day 169: 10,248 Steps YTD: 1,518,559 Steps Goal: 1,595,000 Steps

By : Sally Valentine

June 21 2011

Day 168 Lynn’s Wedding

My niece got married tonight at Artisan Works on Blossom Rd. www.artisanworks.net Artisan works is a contemporary art gallery carved out of the Farrell building, an industrial site. The gallery has many rooms, and each one is covered floor to ceiling in all kinds of artwork. It’s open to the public on Fri .and Sat. […]

By : Sally Valentine

June 21 2011

Day 167

Almost, but not quite. I worked hard to get my steps today – dress shopping at the mall. When I got home, I was so tired that I just couldn’t do the 900 more to reach 11,000. Day 167: 10,092 Steps YTD: 1,501,619 Steps Goal: 1,573,000 Steps