Many of you living with cancer or an autoimmune disease, like me, deal with daily fatigue. You know that exercise is so important to your health, but it’s so hard. There’s always an excuse: it’s too cold or hot, it’s going to rain or it’s raining, or it’s snowy and icy, or I just don’t want to. I, too, have all these excuses, but I have a new rescue dog who wants to go out and who doesn’t care about my excuses! And I’ve got traction devices for my boots.
Now I just need a walking group who will keep me accountable. People who say, ‘let’s go for a walk.’
And I thought: What about my virtual friends on MayoClinicConnect? And Mayo Clinic has an easy 12-week walking program to get us started! Here’s the link:
– Get walking with this 12-week walking schedule
So let’s form a virtual walking group. We can agree to walk every day and encourage each other through Connect. We can walk outdoors, in a mall, or in the red center, or in the hallways of our apartment building.
Who’s in? Who’s going to join me? Come on, Let’s Go Walking!
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I live in Florida and the birds are here. I am waiting for the goselings I raised to return from up north. I am hoping by January they will be here. They flew over my house when they went North; I called to them, they circled around and all came back to say goodbye. Every morning I see the geese flying in, but not mine yet. It is my fondest wish to see my wonderful geese again!
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@funcountess. Thanks for the reminder! I follow baseball only on playoff and World Series. I am more a fan of college football and golf.
I would have love a Dodger dog and some potato chips while I watch the game!!!
@funcountess. @mayofeb2020 Hope you fell better as time goes on Yes Dodger Blue go all the way Wow hard to believe the age of Sandy Kofax
The tank is the first layer, followed by a ls tee. If I am chilly I add a very lightweight hoodie I made some years ago – only worn indoors now as the zipper broke, and the shirt is not good enough to repair. Yesterday as I wrestled with totes of no-longer-used kitchen & bakeware I was down to the tank top – working right next to the furnace in the laundry room. Today I haven't left my (small) kitchen – cleaning drawer and staring a pot of soup – and I have gone 2000 steps already. I must not be very efficient!
Interesting conversation about collages & photos – today I tackle the cupboard of photos, frames & matting supplies. If I find something interesting to arrange, maybe I can get someone to cut mats for me – I have my girls' school photos & papers here, but cannot use my mat cutter myself anymore. Both girls' homes are filled with original art & one-off posters, so a history collage ought to fit right in.
Sue
@sueinmn, Started to mention you in an earlier post as one of our valiant, "no matter what the weather walking champions"! I am all about layering up too on cold days…for me that is anything less than 68degrees…vbg. I wear long sleeved nylon/poly turtle necks then over lay those with heavier things that can be removed as needed whether indoors or out.
Congrats on your amazon efforts at cleaning/clearing and filling car with donate bags! No idea how many steps are taken in my walk around a longer than ordinary block which I am managing right now but 5000 steps inside sounds like a ton! Good going, woman!
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@peach414144, I'm glad you asked because I've been noticing fewer year round birds at my bird feeders and wondering why there are fewer. Has it been the long drought and extra high heat of this summer? Don't know but I'm refilling the feeders less often now.
Also have noticed that for the last few years, there are fewer Monarch butterflies coming our way on their migrations to Mexico.
I'll watch the Monarch count from our butterfly center in TX – just started last week & goes through about Veterans Day – numbers last year were down by 1/2 from the year before. We'll see what they are this year.
Sue
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@sueinmn, Thank you for this information, Sue. That is a disturbing drop in numbers and we can only hope for an increase this year compared with last. Although there are several Monarch way stations listed in TX, I've not found one in our area. Will check with our local arboretuem or maybe master gardeners for more info. I appreciate your sharing and will keep my fingers crossed that more of the Mighty Monarchs make it to their winter destinations this year.
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@fiesty76 and @sueinmn Where I used to live, there were some groves of eucalyptus trees. Each spring, we would watch for the monarchs returning. There were some years with scores of them other years the weather was just a little too cold or something that turns them away. I recall ever so fondly one Sunday morning, leading our group in Tai Chi outdoors. We chose the park with some eucalyptus trees and moved over towards them. As we did our forms in complete silence, the monarchs came off the leaves as the sun warmed them up, and flittered around us, lifting our spirits something mightily. It almost seemed like they were dancing with us!
Ginger
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@funcountess No, there is a park in Ventura called Camino Real Park, where the 101 and 126 merge. Along the barranca there, was a grove of eucalyptus trees. They were starting to pull some out when I moved in 2018, due to unstable root systems and the drought.
Ginger
@earscan
That is so cool! I was thinking of doing a collage of old scrapbook pictures and sending them to family, but maybe no one uses photos anymore. I love the idea of making a multimedia wall hanging! Gina
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