Hope everyone has had a nice, relaxing Memorial Day! How blessed we are for our veteran's and those who died for our freedoms! We are 84% there for achieving our goal of walking across this great country of ours. Great job everyone and those who are still doing it! We are in New Mexico now and Linda, Kari and Jane have the Little Red Riding Hood bike marathon this coming weekend then the Ragnar in June. With their hard work and enthusiasm, we will have reached our goal by July! Great job everyone!
Thought for Day: "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." — General George S. Patton
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Long Time No Write:)
It's been over a week since my last post. My knee is a little better but not healing as fast as I want. Everyone else is doing great! We have a few more who have joined us so great work everyone! We have about 800 more units until we have walked across America!!!! This is fabulous!
There's a 5K/10k, half marathon in Farmington on Saturday, July 10th. For the 5K/10K there's an early registeration prior to July 8th for $18 and starts at 6:45am.
The 1/2 marathon is $30 and starts at 6:30am. The registration fee includes a teeshirt and a free breakfast afterwards. We did it last year and it was really fun.
We think we may have the walking across America party the night before, Friday, July 9th or possibly the week before. Not quite sure but I'll keep you posted.
Great job everyone! Keep up the good work and keep smiling:)
Thought for the day: "If you can dream it you can achieve it." ~?
There's a 5K/10k, half marathon in Farmington on Saturday, July 10th. For the 5K/10K there's an early registeration prior to July 8th for $18 and starts at 6:45am.
The 1/2 marathon is $30 and starts at 6:30am. The registration fee includes a teeshirt and a free breakfast afterwards. We did it last year and it was really fun.
We think we may have the walking across America party the night before, Friday, July 9th or possibly the week before. Not quite sure but I'll keep you posted.
Great job everyone! Keep up the good work and keep smiling:)
Thought for the day: "If you can dream it you can achieve it." ~?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
YES WE CAN!
It's another week so hope you are all well and happy. I've been doing stretching exercises with my knee, but the pain wasn't getting better so I felt I better go to the doctor. I limped, or more like wobbled, to the elevator, as the stairs are too painful right now. Limped to his office where he looked at my knee, bent my knee then he jerked it and boy, I about screamed in pain. He sent me to xray. I wobbled to xray where my knee was jerked around again. After taking 3 xrays I wobbled back to the doctor's where he was able to instantly see my xrays. I have a fractured knee cap and a torn ligament! Just Kidding.ha ha! Now I feel like a wimp as I only have inflammation and thinning cartilage on the one side of the knee joint. It's almost bone on bone but enough cartilage to last me, hopefully 21 years until I get on Medicare to pay for surgery. I don't think it will last that long, but anyway, no more stairs for me per doctor's orders. Walking is to be minimal until the inflammation goes down and if it still bothers me after the anti-inflammatory medication then I need to see an orthopedic surgeon. I think I would rather deal with the pain. Stairs are grueling on the knees so be careful. Both of Sally's knees are bothering her, so no more stairs for Sally.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 10th! It's the Farmington 5K/10K walk/run. You can register on Active.com or on Farmington's Website. I'll post the website next week. We did it last year and it's a beautiful walk and quite flat and easy. I was able to do the 5K in 1 hour 9 minutes so this year I'm hoping to get under an hour. Afterwards then we'll have our 4th of July celebration for Walking Across America! We can do it and we are doing it! YES WE CAN!! Way to go everyone! Also, thank you for the wonderful and positive comments! You are all an inspiration to me! Thank you and love you!
Thought for the day: "If you think you can or think you can't - you are right." ~Henry Ford
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 10th! It's the Farmington 5K/10K walk/run. You can register on Active.com or on Farmington's Website. I'll post the website next week. We did it last year and it's a beautiful walk and quite flat and easy. I was able to do the 5K in 1 hour 9 minutes so this year I'm hoping to get under an hour. Afterwards then we'll have our 4th of July celebration for Walking Across America! We can do it and we are doing it! YES WE CAN!! Way to go everyone! Also, thank you for the wonderful and positive comments! You are all an inspiration to me! Thank you and love you!
Thought for the day: "If you think you can or think you can't - you are right." ~Henry Ford
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Keep Going!
Hope everyone is happy and healthy! We are half way there to our goal of Walking across America!
We are passing through Kansas and still moving forward. Jeff has made a fun map of our progress so click on it when you enter your information on the fitness entry form. You may be surprised to see your picture on the map. There's even a picture of Dad in a jazzy scooter, but I don't think that counts:) Jeff, thank you for all your hard work and dedication on this fun adventure! Everyone is doing great and hopefully feeling great! We should reach our goal by June so mark your calendars for the 4th of July for a big celebration! I think we should just keep moving and continue with Walking with Wendy WORLD WIDE! We can make it around the globe! We'll need everyone's help but we can do it! It's only 24,902 miles so once we reach our goal of America we are 1/8 finished with the earth. I'm feeling a little over-ambitious:)
My knee is still quite painful so I'm giving it one more week before I see the doctor. This knee has troubled me for years and I think climbing so many stairs at a time was too much. Sally's knee is also bothering her and Janet bruised the top of her foot from going up the stairs just on the balls of her feet. Walking works best for us. I did some walking at BYU last week but not as much as I wanted to. It has been frustrating because I was doing so well and now with this knee problem.:( It was a little better today so I'm hoping by Monday I'll be able to join my co-workers on our walks. AJ injured his ankle a month ago and he's still going and Mom and her knee problems and she's still going, and Dad with his hip problems. So it's good not to give up and to keep moving. I keep thinking that I'm trying to do this goal and so afraid I'm not going to make it and let people down but I need to remember the following thought for the day...
"Do or do not--there is no try." ~Yoda
"May the force be with you!" ~Yoda and company
We are passing through Kansas and still moving forward. Jeff has made a fun map of our progress so click on it when you enter your information on the fitness entry form. You may be surprised to see your picture on the map. There's even a picture of Dad in a jazzy scooter, but I don't think that counts:) Jeff, thank you for all your hard work and dedication on this fun adventure! Everyone is doing great and hopefully feeling great! We should reach our goal by June so mark your calendars for the 4th of July for a big celebration! I think we should just keep moving and continue with Walking with Wendy WORLD WIDE! We can make it around the globe! We'll need everyone's help but we can do it! It's only 24,902 miles so once we reach our goal of America we are 1/8 finished with the earth. I'm feeling a little over-ambitious:)
My knee is still quite painful so I'm giving it one more week before I see the doctor. This knee has troubled me for years and I think climbing so many stairs at a time was too much. Sally's knee is also bothering her and Janet bruised the top of her foot from going up the stairs just on the balls of her feet. Walking works best for us. I did some walking at BYU last week but not as much as I wanted to. It has been frustrating because I was doing so well and now with this knee problem.:( It was a little better today so I'm hoping by Monday I'll be able to join my co-workers on our walks. AJ injured his ankle a month ago and he's still going and Mom and her knee problems and she's still going, and Dad with his hip problems. So it's good not to give up and to keep moving. I keep thinking that I'm trying to do this goal and so afraid I'm not going to make it and let people down but I need to remember the following thought for the day...
"Do or do not--there is no try." ~Yoda
"May the force be with you!" ~Yoda and company
Monday, April 26, 2010
Week Repreve
Hope everyone is out enjoying this beautiful spring weather! I'm taking a week repreve from doing the stairs as I injured my knee on Thursday. I'm doing a little bit of walking just to keep it moving but nothing strenous as I'll be walking alot this Thursday & Friday at the BYU Women's conference I'll be attending. It's quite frustrating as I've been doing so well walking and climbing stairs and now this but I'll be fine, just need to give my knee a break for a few days. I'm doing several stretching exercises so that helps alot also. It's been fun having my parents here from St. George for a few days. Their knees and hips hurt to so all three of us walk around like we're 80 years old. It's funny to watch! Have a great week and keep up the great work everyone!!!!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Earth Day!
Tomorrow, April 22, 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Go for a walk, jog or bike ride and explore and appreciate this beautiful earth of ours. Also, try to walk more and drive less to keep pollutants down.
Thank you to those who are making comments! I hope everyone is reading the comments as they are inspirational and it's fun to hear what others are doing to get fit. Thank you! Thank you!
We have almost reached 30% of our goal of Walking Across America. 874 miles (units) and going. We can and are achieving this. It's suppose to rain today so stairs, watch out! Here we come:)
Thought for the day: Go Hug a Tree... it will make you feel happy!
Thank you to those who are making comments! I hope everyone is reading the comments as they are inspirational and it's fun to hear what others are doing to get fit. Thank you! Thank you!
We have almost reached 30% of our goal of Walking Across America. 874 miles (units) and going. We can and are achieving this. It's suppose to rain today so stairs, watch out! Here we come:)
Thought for the day: Go Hug a Tree... it will make you feel happy!
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