For all the December babies...

...whose birthdays are lost in the holiday madness. Celebrate all month long.

Follow Up 20 Dec

How'd I do?

Less than two chapters to go to finish All or Nothing

Walked and PT

Ate pretty well

Read

Praising God in the Storm

Today's going to be a busy day, a good day.

God is good.

Carpe Diem

What needs to be done, today?

I really need to finish preparing All or Nothing for publishing.

Exercise

Eat well

Read

Praise God in the Storm!

Thank Goodness It's Sunday 342

~ Rain

~ Dogs

~ Music

~ Friends

~ Prayer

My Heroes... Elizabeth Shubrick Lynch

Wow! I never heard this story! Elizabeth married her childhood sweetheart, Thomas Lynch, Jr., in 1773, after he returned from attending Eton and Cambridge, in England. He was elected to Congress to replace his ill father. They both strongly supported the cause, and he signed the Declaration of Independence. He'd suffered a fever, and his physician advised he takes break. He and his wife arranged to take a voyage to Southern Europe, in 1779, and were never heard from again. It's believed the ship went down with all on board, but they don't know for sure.

One thing after another...

I'm having trouble keeping up with the day to day. Breathe.

Week 386 of REAL

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. So my SEAL puppy reps (SEALp) consist of girls' pushups, crunches, and flutter kicks, a SEAL training basic. I started with doing one of each.  Since my accident I haven't done these, but I'm working to add them back into my routine.

PT ~ Physical therapy

UB ~ Upper body exercises

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

http://sealfit.com/sealfit-blog-how-to-build-durability/

9: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

10: 1-1/4 mile walk. PT. UB. Stretch. Yard work, cutting back blackberry bushes and oleanders around the back gate.

11: Rest.

12: 1-1/4 mile walk. PT. UB. Used 1-lb weights. Stretch.

13: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

14: 1-1/2-mile walk. PT. UB. Used 1-lb weights. Stretch.

15: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

Jimmy Thomas is a business man, running a popular romance book cover site, a cover model, personal fitness trainer, and health advisor. Pictures: February 2012 and June 2012. Inspiration, at least to me:

Trying again...

...to do what I wanted to on Monday.

Follow Up 13 Dec

How'd I do?

I exercised and ate pretty well.

Everything else was put on the back burner as I put out fires, crashed in the middle of the afternoon, and put out more fires.

Plenty of practice giving the battle to God.

Lots and lots of supportive people who more than came through. God bless each and every one.

Carpe Diem

What needs to be done, today?

All or Nothing: Edit and prep for publishing.

Exercise

Eat well

Read

Give the battle to God

Thank Goodness It's Sunday 341

~ Books

~ Music

~ Chocolate

~ Flowers

~ Friends