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Exercise and Photography!

Oct9

Okay, last time I took a walk to the park, my strap came off my camera and the camera hit the sidewalk. I was lucky. It only jarred the scan disks, but it meant no pictures. This time, I dumbly changed my setting, and should have left it like it was. But I did manage to take a couple of beautiful photos.

Now, I take the dogs for a walk, they’re dead right now, because they chased a St Bernard puppy back and forth across the parks. I was in the little one. He was in the big one.

But here are a couple of photos on the walk there.

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And one of Tanner and the St Bernard.

I kept telling myself I wanted to walk. It was really cold this morning. For us. I kept telling myself I needed to write. Getting ready to take the dogs for a walk is a major effort. And taking pictures while I’m walking them can be too. But, I’ve gotten to the point where they will lie down when I pull out my camera. I stand on their leash so they’re not going anywhere, and then shoot away. 🙂

I just wish I’d left my camera on its original settings. I kept telling myself when it got cooler I’d start walking. So this was the beginning. 🙂 And I did get half of my word count before I walked, so off to do the rest.

Have a super great day!!

Terry Spear

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Really, Mom, I’m Jogging…

Jun7

Max: Mom, really, I’m just getting ready to jog. You can have the jogging board after me.

Max and the jogging board

Max and the jogging board

Max: Really, I had a super hard work out. You probably weren’t watching. But I must’ve run three miles, at least. I was chasing rabbits, birds, butterflies. Just give me a moment. I ran so hard, my legs collapsed out from underneath me. You can have the jogging board as soon as I can get back on my feet.

Max the Rug on the jogging board

Max the Rug on the jogging board

Tanner's Turn?

Tanner’s Turn?

Tanner: Max said it was my turn next. Can you tell him to move?

Thanks, Mom

Thanks, Mom

Tanner: Thanks, Mom, for making him move. We can share.

Mom: Somehow I managed to get my 3 miles in even when the puppies wanted to exercise too.

And that’s my story!

Finished another bear, need to take a picture of it today, and have one more left to finish. Made over word count on Taming the Wild Cougar, but behind on Billionaire. However, I decided I needed a new, more dramatic opening. Sometimes I have to write a while before I can “see” it.

Have a super great Sunday! 🙂 <3

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Exercise at the Job…or Around It

Jun4
Getting ready to exercise

Getting ready to exercise

Okay, I have a jogging board, walking board, that allows me to jog in place without as much of an impact on the cement/tile floor, so much better on the body. Since getting the puppies, I haven’t used it. I actually was using it as a Place for the puppies to go to when I was training them. So here I am, trying to take my jogging board back as Max wants to know why I’m on his Place and Tanner is just as curious.

Training on 3 platforms for Place

Training on 3 platforms for Place

So you can see why Max thought this was HIS Place, not mine.

I decided some of my problem with trying to stick to this is that I need something that actually measures how far I “walk” or that measures steps. I needed a pedometer. So I picked up one and then I was telling my daughter about it and she said I already had one–on the new phone. Don’t you love technology? So I need to take the other back.

But yes! I do, and so I stuck it in a fanny pack and began to exercise, reached my moderate goal of 6,000 steps, which was 3 miles, I think, and went way beyond. I’ll increase the level later, but for now, I need to get back into the swing of it. Some of my writer friends have laptops set up on a treadmill. So that’s a neat way to exercise too.

Sitting for so much of the day, except to take photos, and walk the puppies, and play with them, and feed them, and train them, I really don’t get enough exercise. Sooo, it’s a start.

Hopefully now I’ll stick with it. I have a buddy who is also working on this. That helps also. To have someone who you talk to so you don’t slip. Kind of like my word count. If I share how much I intend to write, and then tell the truth–I was 300 words short yesterday (but still 7,000 words over my original goal–so feeling great about that), it helps to keep after the goals. I will make up for the 300 word shortage and my 2,000 word goal for today. That will mean I’m a 1/4 of the way through the book!

Which is where I’m going next!

So have a terrific day! I’m off to write, and catch up on my exercise!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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