100 Joys ~ #15 ~ Flash Mob

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Joy # 15

Found my 15th Joy this evening after a long day up at church and attending our Hand Bell Christmas Party.  Came home, sat down to my computer and found this front and center on Facebook.  It's nice to see this being shared around.  Be sure to watch it all the way through and have some tissues.  Watch the crowd and see their Joyful reactions.  Who has brought you Joy?



What are your 100 Joys this Season?  What joy is God putting  in front  of you to see?  Blog about your 100 Joys and come back here  every  Sunday to link up!

100 Miles Before October 1st

My mileage goal the last two times have not been met. I can blame it on the move but I think that will only go so far.

This next three months I want to not only meet my goal of 100 miles but beat it. I've already done 3 miles today just running errands and working around the house. Tomorrow will be a lot of walking as we are going to the Ft Worth Zoo (and yes, there will be pictures tomorrow). So I'm off on the right track. Now just to keep it up.

I DID IT!

I did it! I can't believe that in two months I have walked/biked 101 miles! I still have a full month left to go. Andy, Sam and I are now riding our bikes every evening for 4 - 6 miles. I feel better and am starting to feel some pounds come off. Not to mention some body aches that are coming along with it. Now that it is warmer here (90F most days) we are biking instead of walking. In fact yesterday we were 1 mile into our ride when Sam's bike threw its chain. So we all walked back to our house facing the hot sun. By the time we got back home we were all pretty much soaking wet. YUCK! Then I had to fix his bike. Easy to do but not fun to do when you are sweating like a pig. Yes, I sweat like a pig. Now, my mom just glows. Why didn't I get those genes? No, I sweat from every pore there is.

I must say that I am very proud of myself and can't wait to see how many more mile we do in this upcoming month. I think that once July 1st hits I'll have to change my goal. Don't know what I'll change it to yet but I'll think of something.

Thanks to all the cheerleaders that I have out there. Oh, and if you are participating in this...YOU CAN DO IT! I know that you can if I can.

Ouch!

Update...I can't remember if I ever posted on here about this or not...but...Andy and I purchased some new bikes for ourselves. We are now able to take bike rides together with Sam pretty much every day. I feel as though I am getting a lot more out of these bike rides than I ever did with walking. But I will admit that I never would have been able to ride like I am now if I had not walked the 130+ miles previously. We are on average doing 5 miles a day on our bikes.

Today I took a bike ride with Sam before lunch. I have been trying to teach him some of the rules of the road along with some basic bike etiquette. One of them being don't cut someone off! Guess what finally happened. He cut me off. It was an accident and he felt bad when it happened. When he cut me off his back tire ran right into my front tire and down I went. I only have one small cut on my left hand and I am thankful for that. BUT...my left wrist, thumb, palm all really hurt now. I'm wondering if I didn't sprain it a bit. Also my left hip, thigh and calf are going to have some nice bruises also. We'll see how I feel tomorrow morning after a nights rest on it. Don't know if it will be better or worse.

Good news is that I have already completed 80 miles on the track to doing 100 miles by July 1st! I'm really excited about this. I feel better (except for the bruising I got today) health wise than I have in a long time.

No Sleep For Me Lately...

Don't know why but for the past few days or should I say nights I haven't been sleeping well. In fact I have had to go back to bed the past couple of mornings after I have gotten Sam off to school just to catch up on the sleep that I am missing. This morning was the worse morning so far. My muscles ached more than they have in a long time. I know it's because I'm not getting the required sleep that I need for them to heal properly at night but I just can't seem to get into that deep sleep. I can go to sleep but it's not that deep REM sleep that is needed. This morning and yesterday morning when I went back to bed I ended up sleeping until 11:00! That is not like me at all.

I did go for a bike ride with Andy and Sam after Sam got home from school (Andy's idea) and it seemed to help quite a bit. Hopefully tonight will be much better.

100 Miles by July 1st

I'm off again. I know that I said that I might take a break this week in my walking but once I was here my Mom stated that she wanted to walk every day. So we started off today by doing a short walk but a nice one at that. We walked 2 miles today. I've changed my ticker above and hope to add to it this whole week.

Big thanks to SIL for coming up with this logo!!! If you are interested in joining us go to this site to see where it all started. You don't need to sign up there if you don't want to. Just get out there and MOVE!