I have set some small goals for myself for the start of summer. #1 is I hope to be able to walk/jog a few miles on the tow path. If the rest of my family gets out and rides their bikes then I could hope that I could do a little walking/jogging. Goal #2 is to able to waterski this year. Steve taught me several years ago to ski and have not been able to due to 2 pregnancies or just being to heavy. We had a nice little “starter” boat that in the past few years could not even begin to pull my butterball butt up out of the water. We now have a new boat that can do it without even some much as a hic-up. Well my goal is to help the boat pull me up by ditching some weight. I am hoping that I can get some off so that my knees and legs will not hurt as much. Goal #3 Getting into a swim suit that don’t look like something straight out of the early 1900’s or a moo-moo. My family loves to be outside and in the water so I would like to look semi decent.
As long as we are talking water I am also a scuba diver, well I used to dive all the time and any chance I got. Have not done that for a while because it takes WAY to much weight to sink me. The unsinkable Titanic sunk, o why can’t I get my large behind under the water. I am starting to think that I am just one big life raft. In Aug my family is going on a vacation where we will be on a houseboat for a week. Wonderful vacation. We boat, fish, (some of us) scuba dive, swim, snorkel or just lounge around watching some of the most beautiful sun rises and sun sets I have ever seen. I am really hoping to be able to dive this year.
I also have horses. I have had a love of horse for my entire life. I love to ride with my mom. We out riding when we can but with having 2 kids that greatly limits my time of loading up the trailer and setting off for a state park. The oldest likes to ride but we are having trouble finding her a horse that she can ride as she lost her mounts due to old age. This makes things very hard. About 7 years ago it was nothing for me to head to the barn saddle up and swing a leg over the saddle and head off into the woods and be gone for hours. Now a days I see if daddy or grandpa is going to be around to watch the girls, head to the barn, saddle up, find my step ladder, and grunt and groan and barely get my leg swung over the saddle. Meanwhile my horse is thinking “Oh Wilber, Where’s the chiropractor?” The day that I can swing my leg up and over the saddle again from the ground will be a glorious day!
With our oldest in school, I can see us cramming in a ton of outdoor activities from the father/daughter bike riding to boating to camping and swimming this summer. I am really looking forward to being much healthier this summer!
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