I can see your rolling Fields of Green and fences made of stone.....
Love Garth Brooks. Sorry I missed the stepping off of our Ireland trip I was feeling like complete CR-A-Pah! But I am feeling MUCH better now so I am here to kick it off. I figured I would go over the deets real quick and update everyone and tell everyone about the new twist we are adding!
We are walking to Ireland!!!! Not literally of course. Everyone counts the miles they walk in a day and they send them to me. I keep tally and at the end of the week I tell you where in the world we are, how far we have gone and how much farther we have to go. We are starting at my Moms house in the South Suburbs of Chicago and walking our way to Bangor, Maine. That is a total of 1,110 miles. Since we can't really walk across water, last one to do that was Jesus and while he maybe on this journey with us it isn't literal so I'm not worried about it. It is a total of 2,865 miles from Bangor to Dublin. Since we will be doing this in the summer I figured we need a little summer incentive. Water activity is included this year. 30 to 45 minutes of water activity i.e. playing with kids, body boarding, whirlpool, water aerobics, constitutes 1 mile. Also we are counting poundage. For every pound you lose a week that counts as a mile. For every pound you gain back that is a mile that you lose. I think that is GREAT incentive (It was my moms idea) and to kick it off my mom lost 5 pounds this week! AWESOME JOB MOM!!!! We have a new walker with us. Ms. Beckett will be joining us. YEAH BECKETT.
So for one week we have done a total 89.5 miles. We may have more. I am waiting for Becky and Dana to send me their weekly numbers. But its all good. We are currently in Bremen, Indiana. A little known fact about Bremen... On Thanksgiving day 2009, a first grade class in Bremen Elementary School made national news by "boasting 5 sets of twins and one set of triplets". Holy WOW! what is in the water in Bremen!
I am feeling so much better. The ear infection is FINALLY gone. Only one month. Talk about ridiculous. But I am back on track. I can actually get myself back to lifting weights which surprisingly I have found I love. I have also fallen in love with the StairMaster. Talk about sweating my ass off. But there is a line to get on it at Anytime Fitness. So we have been putting in a request for another one. I am excited. My bad shoulder has been getting stronger. I haven't been having pain like I used to and it isn't slipping out. I am waiting for my foot to stop being a dumb ass, plantar facia, and I can get back to running. I am excited about that. I got a few helpful tips for my foot from one of the trainers. She showed me how to stretch the foot by using a towel and putting it across the ball of my foot and pulling to toward me and stretching and also to roll a tennis ball around with my foot. It kind of hurts at first but oh it feels so good after.
Well it is prayer time, then nap time, than work time, in that order
Dear God, Thank You for today! Thank You for the wonderful people I have in my life. Thank You for loving me and guiding me. Thank You for helping me find myself in the down ward spiral and helping me to find a way back up.God please look after my Grandma Kelly and my Uncle Marlin as they struggle with illness. Please look over my mom and help her. And please bless my sisters. Please help us as we journey to Ireland. Give us strength when we feel like quiting and remind us that even though the journey isn't literal the results in the end are breath taking. In your name we pray. Amen
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