We’re in Rio

We arrived in Rio Friday. We went on a tour to the huge Christ statue on the mountain yesterday and my family was blessed by the priest at the chapel up there. This morning we went to the beach today. I bought a light dress from a street vendor for just $5. It’s the [...]

We’re off

We are leaving tomorrow for our vacation. I don’t know if I’ll be able to post while I’m gone or not. If not, I’ll be sure to give lots of details of our trip when we get back. Today is hectic last minute errands and packing. Richard is the only one who has decent summer [...]

I’m loving Turbo Jam

It’s been about 3 weeks that I’ve been doing Turbo Jam. At first it was hard to get coordinated. I kept falling and tripping over myself. Still, it was fun and I didn’t give up. I started mostly doing Learn & Burn where she introduces the moves or 20 Minute Jam, a great 20 minute [...]

Snow, snow and more snow

I just got some unexpected exercise. It’s snowed like a foot Thursday on top of the 8 inches we got earlier in the week so our driveway is a mess. I’m stuck just out of the garage and spent the last 20 minutes trying to dig the car out. Unsuccessfully. I had to crawl out [...]

Fitness update 2009 #10

This week I’m down to 161.25 at the lowest but we went to lunch yesterday and I’m up to 163 this morning. I’d better do the exercise video again. It’s been a few days since I last used them.
I bought a new swim suit. My old one was too big and falling apart. It is [...]

My new swim suit

I bought myself a new swim suit yesterday. My old one is now too big and falling apart. I went shopping at WalMart but didn’t find anything. They had 2 that I liked until I tried them on. The first one had a modesty flap over the front that hung down a little. It looked [...]