Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group

@sueinmn I often have trouble sleeping too. Have you tried Melatonin and also Theanine. If they help they are at least natural and not like taking dangerous drugs.
I had a lovely walk this morning and on my way in, I was just about to walk down the steps and I heard a crying sound. At first I thought it was a bird and then I noticed a tiny tabby kitten in the middle of the walkway. it was so sweet and it let me pick it up. I brought it inside and I contacted a feral kitten lady. We arranged to take the kitten over to her and she said to not feed it as it was too young and I would cause problems. I got showered and dressed to take the kitten over and then I thought I would check in case there were any more. Sure enough I could hear crying coming from the middle of the thick ferns. This one was black and he was a fighter. I went to pick him up and he spat at me. Well I soon had my husband involved and we caught him with strong gloves and we took the 2 of them over to the kitten lady. We put them in a box behind her car and rang the bell and stood well back for social distancing. She has now fed them and they are curled up with 2 white kittens. She sent a photo and some video over and they look so sweet. The poor babies were starving. I think the mother was trapped and dropped up the coast which is not a sensible thing to do. These kittens will be spayed and neutered later on and homes will be found for them. So that is my good deed story for the day. You can see that I am a big animal lover. I feel happy that at least the kittens were rescued. Happy walking everybody and who knows what we may find tomorrow. LOL

Thank you for doing that! I am also an animal lover!

@pollyanne @becsbuddy I too, although I do not participate a lot in the walking group, think the contact can keep us motivated.
We are walking primarily at the HS track since it is flat and the hills on our street bother my hip. I took this picture and told my son and daughter that the sign was to welcome us "seniors" - of course, I knew it was for members of the senior class, but I like to kid them.

I'm sorry to hear your knee and arm are hurting. You are smart to keep moving I think, but if there really is a lot of pain you might want to check with your doctor to make sure you are not doing more damage. I was about to have a cortisone injection in my hip before the world changed so now I am really hoping the time will come soon when I can.
JK

@sueinmn I often have trouble sleeping too. Have you tried Melatonin and also Theanine. If they help they are at least natural and not like taking dangerous drugs.
I had a lovely walk this morning and on my way in, I was just about to walk down the steps and I heard a crying sound. At first I thought it was a bird and then I noticed a tiny tabby kitten in the middle of the walkway. it was so sweet and it let me pick it up. I brought it inside and I contacted a feral kitten lady. We arranged to take the kitten over to her and she said to not feed it as it was too young and I would cause problems. I got showered and dressed to take the kitten over and then I thought I would check in case there were any more. Sure enough I could hear crying coming from the middle of the thick ferns. This one was black and he was a fighter. I went to pick him up and he spat at me. Well I soon had my husband involved and we caught him with strong gloves and we took the 2 of them over to the kitten lady. We put them in a box behind her car and rang the bell and stood well back for social distancing. She has now fed them and they are curled up with 2 white kittens. She sent a photo and some video over and they look so sweet. The poor babies were starving. I think the mother was trapped and dropped up the coast which is not a sensible thing to do. These kittens will be spayed and neutered later on and homes will be found for them. So that is my good deed story for the day. You can see that I am a big animal lover. I feel happy that at least the kittens were rescued. Happy walking everybody and who knows what we may find tomorrow. LOL

@pollyanne @becsbuddy I too, although I do not participate a lot in the walking group, think the contact can keep us motivated.
We are walking primarily at the HS track since it is flat and the hills on our street bother my hip. I took this picture and told my son and daughter that the sign was to welcome us "seniors" - of course, I knew it was for members of the senior class, but I like to kid them.

I'm sorry to hear your knee and arm are hurting. You are smart to keep moving I think, but if there really is a lot of pain you might want to check with your doctor to make sure you are not doing more damage. I was about to have a cortisone injection in my hip before the world changed so now I am really hoping the time will come soon when I can.
JK

@lioness Are you on Facebook? If so try Silver Sneakers. They have a number of chair exercise routines. I will keep my eye open for other ones too, I am always looking for different exercises and sometimes come across ones that are designed to be done sitting. I have even seen a chair yoga one.
For those of you who might like to take advantage of things like that on Facebook but do not want to have it as a social setting, you can set it up so no one can see that you are on there, or set it up so only a few chosen people can know you are. There are some worthwhile things there, such as the Silver Sneakers exercises.
JK

@contentandwell, Love your photo and sense of humor! But of course that sign was to welcome us silvered haired walkers, who else? I hope we keep the walking group going as well. Knowing that others are also pushing themselves to walk helps keep me on track...heh, heh.