Happy New Year
January 1, 2012 at 11:08 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 3 CommentsHere’s to the New Year and a fond farewell to the old. Here’s to the things that are yet to come and to the memories that we have.
People worry about what they eat between Christmas and New Year’s, but they had better worry over what they eat between New Year’s and Christmas.
Both these quotes are anonymous but appropriate I think. At 80 I remember many more New Year’s than I will live to see and so I relive them instead of looking ahead. Some will say this is living in the past, but to me it is very pleasant, I do not know the future but I know that the past has been a very rewarding experience , so why not remember (and always remember only the good times) and not worry about what may come tomorrow.
Before I threw away mycalendar, for 2011, I looked through it as it was full of things to do. I started off with the resolve to walk   10,000 steps every day as this was supposed to keep you in good shape. On Jan  27 I note that I was hurting —-so there went my good intentions! I did keep walking but never got to the 10,000 steps again. I will remember that I tried and not worry about not succeeding!
On my 80th birthday we had dinner at the Mandarin restaurant with several family members. I will remember how much I enjoyed it, being with family and all the good food,also gifts and good wishes that were given to me.
One notation was, fiddle music. This was at the Legion hall in Waterdown with some of my Gaspe friends. A most enjoyable afternoon , bringing back many good memories of times of days gone by. One regret—-I had no one to dance with and my feet were itching to go.
Renew Passport—–now that was an important date I could not miss as without a passport my travelling days would be curtailed. To many a passport means very little, but to me its the means of going on a holiday outside Canada and it is an excellent piece of identification in any situation. I remember all the advantages it brings me and not the tedious time I spend waiting in line to get it.
My brother, Graham, died in July and another brother and I flew to Edmonton for his memorial service. In stead of dwelling on the sadness of this occasion, I will remember how nice it was to see the family and spending time with people I had not seen for many years .
In Gaspe I had a most delightful party to celebrate my 80th year. It was amazing to see 150 people turn out to be with us, when I have been away from there for 33 years. These people were, are and always will be my friends and I will never forget them. All my Gaspe trips have been great but this was the greatest.
My grand daughter, Maureen was married in Sept. It was a great wedding, everything went according to plan, the weather was perfect and so was everything else. I will remember all the beauty of the occasion and not the 10 hour drive to get there !
In Novenber I was diagonosed as having a heart problem and spent a night in the emergency room of our local hospital, in some distress. What I shall remember of that night was the caring nurses and doctors who were there to help me and make me comfortable.
By worrying what I ate between New Year’s and Christmas I managed to lose 15 pounds. Then I did not have to worry between Chrismas and New Year’s, but have not dared go near the scales yet ! I will remember that I have lost those pounds!
I had all my children together in August for a week, some thing that does not happen often, unfortunately.That I will remember until we can all be together again.
Now I must get busy marking my new calendar with things to do in the New Year, even though my blog sounds as if I live in the past!
England & Scotland
October 6, 2011 at 11:50 pm | Posted in My Travels | 2 Comments” I haven’t been everywhere, but its on my list “
Once again, Tom & I have returned, safe and sound from a trip . I no longer call them vacations as every day is a vacation in retirement. This time we chose a bus tour to England and into Scotland long enough for Tom to see his brother and an old friend.
We landed at Heath Row airport , were met there and taken by bus into the heart of London where we were billetted in a lovely hotel, right in the heart of things. Oxford Street ,Piccadilly, Regent Street and Park, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park all within walking distance so we did a lot of walking to see all we could. From London we drove south nearly to Southampton, west and north to Stratford, and the Lake District, into Scotland and then south to York area and back to London.
We saw Churchill’s birth place, Blenheim Palace. A magnificent building in a formal garden , much like Versailles in France. He was born here, home of the Dukes of Marlborough ,by chance as his mother was visiting. They have set aside several rooms with memoribilia about Chruchill which I found very interesting as it is about some one who I remembered. Letters to his father, from his school, amused me as he was asking for money—some things never change ! Medals and his many uniforms were on display as well as his family history. We also saw the house he bought,Chartwell, for 5000 pounds, and lived in until his death. During the war he had to move as it was felt it was not safe as was very near an active airbase. When he lost his seat in Parliament he could no longer afford to keep Chartwell up as he had a place in London also. Some of his wealthy friends purchased it with the understanding that he could live there the rest of his life and then it would go to the National Trust, therefore it is open to the public. It is a “liveable” house, large but not like a mansion or castle. The grounds are large, two lakes and a large swimming pool, shrubs,flowers, trees of every description . In one lake there were black swans which were a gift from the Australian government.Churchill loved this place and did a lot of the work himself. His studio, where he painted, was on the property with many of his fine paintings displayed. To finish up the Churchill sage we also saw the place where he is buried, in the family cemetery. Beginning to end, a fasinating story of a very famous man.
A National Motor museum—-interesting even to me!, a Cistercian Abbey ( these poor monks had to pay a pound to the King and as they had no way of making money, they very often could not pay so lost their Abbeys),James Bone exhibit, Winchester Cathedral, Avebury (where there are stones in a circle, but much larger than Stonehenge),Shakespears birthplace and town, houses where Anne Boleyn and Catherian Parr lived. As you know, these were two of Henry VIII’s wifes and he sure went through them—–2 divorced, 2 beheaded, 1 died and 1 survived !, 200 year old Iron Bridge where the industrial revolution started, Wordsworth’s grave, Edinburgh, Castle Howard (fabulous gardens), Hadrian’s Wall and York Minster were some of the highlights of our trip.
The scenery was wonderful, rolling hills, stone fences as far as the eye could see, multitudes of beautiful flowers, little villages along with the peaceful scene of sheep and cattle grazing in the rural setting.
We always have an adventure and this time was getting lost in Hyde Park London. Against my better judgement we took a wrong turn and ended up in Hyde Park, without any idea of where we were going, just at dusk. All I could think about was a film we had seen many years ago of this couple from out of town (called the Out Of Towners !) who were lost in Central Park New York for the night and all the disasters that befell them ! Sure glad to get out of there and back to the hotel. Then I got lost in a castle—now that was scary as seem to be no one around and I went through a long hall and up a LONG staircase before actually seeing a human being. After all the statues and horrible paintings I could have kissed the first person I saw. After that I just looked for the exit and got out as fast as I could. We also got soaked to the skin in both Edinburgh and London, but no ill effects.
All our accomadations were excellent, especially the one in the Lake Distict. We opened the door and entered a suite, a large four poster bed in a large room, from there we stepped out into a semi circle room , all windows with two comfy chairs and a table looking over the two and Lake Windermere, a view to die for ! up a few steps was a turret room with couch, table and TV, a private viewing room, all to ourselves. Tom wanted to go to the desk and ask if we were in the right room, but NO way as in the 30 some years we have travelled its the first time we have ever had a view worth looking at. We were the envy of the whole bus! Meals were good, a full English breakfast was offered every morning, but we mostly stuck with what we eat at home. Lunch was on our own also some dinners. One place we were at was out in the country with no signs of restaurants, but we were told that 5 minutes down the road there was a pub that served meals. So off we went, only to find out that they didn’t, but one man was good enough to tell us that just down the road a bit further we would find pubs. Off we went again and 35 minutes later we walked into a pub, only to be told that they would be starting to serve meals the first of October. Tom said, “We don’t have time to wait” , and away we went again, but did not have to go far this time. The service was so slow in this one that it was nearly dark before we got back to the hotel—along a country road with narrow roads—-well, if we didn’t have these adventures what would we have to talk about !
In Edinburgh , Tom was very pleased to see his brother. We had supper with him , only spent a few hours as could see he was getting tired (he has had a stroke and rests a lot). Tom’s school chum took us for a nice long drive through Edinburgh and surronding area, all the while keeping up a running commentray of his and Tom’s exploits, they were no angels . Had dinner out and then back to their home for tea and sweets. In London we were able to meet with Tom’s grand daughter, Nicole and had lunch and dinner with her. She took us on a walking tour of her neighbout hood and to her apartment. A very enjoyable time with a very lovely young lady.
So, on my way to “everywhere” I saw another part of Britain, we are already thinking of where to go next.
Wedding
September 10, 2011 at 11:04 pm | Posted in Family | Leave a commentWhen Istarted to write this I had intended to describe the wedding that we had just attended in Kapuskasing, but then I realized that any one reading this would have probably been there.
This is still about the wedding of my grand daughter, Maureen Palmer, to John Pope, but it is more my feelings than actually happenings.
I had been warned not to say this , But—–its a hell of a long drive !! 10 hours to be exact, but we were with good company so it was an enjoyable day. We stayed at Comfort Inn , a very nice motel, the bed was so high I wondered if I could get in it, but I managed and had a good sleep. The restaurant we were advised to try was excellent, good service and good food, who can ask for anything more after 10 hours drive !!
Friday night was for sleeping as when I poked my head in to see how Susie was doing, I realized that she was still very busy making up the flowers and as I was of no help in that department I decided to just sleep.
The weather on Saturday morning could not have been nicer, warm, sunny, no wind and no BUGS, a delightful day for a wedding. Had my hair done and Tom and I walked around the “circle” looked at the market, sat on a bench in the sun and people watched (one of my favorite pasttimes). Stopped in at Susies later and she was still making flowers !! Had lunch at the nice restaurant again and then it was time to make myself beautiful, which takes a while !
Three o’clock was time for it all to start and we were there in plenty time to watch it all, and being “special” we were seated up front with a bird’s eye view of it all.  Three flower girls, three bridesmaids,  and then the main attraction, Maureen on Scott’s arm. Maureen has always been so sweet (remember who is writing this) but that day she out shone everyone. In a white puffy (I am not good at description) dress, made by my clever daughter, she was like a doll. John, with a smile as wide as a mile, was waiting for her at the altar. It was a very informal ceremony, songs sung by the groom’s family were lovely.
Pictures were taken at a nearby park, and it always amazes me that there are so many beautiful people at a wedding. Of course the bride, groom and all their attendants were outstanding, the mother of the bride was so gorgeous her own mother didn’t recognize her (for a second), the groom was all smiles and so proud driving his daughter in his 1950 Plymouth.
The recetion for about 190 people was held at the Knight’s of Columbus Hall, very nicely decorated for the occasion. Ryan, brother of the bride, was the MC and did an excellent job. He had written a song and he played the guitar and sang it to the lucky couple. Ryan and his cousin , Troy, played guitars and sang and were joined by John and Maureen . The meal was Chinese, buffet style, Yummy. There were cup cakes instead of wedding cake .
All in all a most delightful time and I am so glad I could be there to see my darling little Maureen married , she is a very lucky lady to have such a nice, gentle husband. They are now enjoying themselves in Dominican Republic, a magic trick preformed by Ryan.     Nanny
Return Home
August 23, 2011 at 8:24 pm | Posted in Family, Gaspé | Leave a comment“Our paths may change as life goes along, but the bond between friends remains ever strong”
Just arrived back from a trip to my home town of Gaspe, in Quebec and what an experience. Scott & Susie had everything ship shape, ready for the family to arrive. I was the first and got settled in before Greg & Mariette arrived, they had a wedding to attend that weekend. Next on deck was Fred & Judy from Dartmouth, N.S. later in the day, Gary & Lois came and had John & Maureen with them. Gary & Lois were able to stay at Manny Alexander’s house in Sandy Beach, Greg & Mariette bunked with her sister, but our beds were just about full at that time. One was reserved for Gerry who arrived with Scott MacLeod who stayed next door.
In the mornings we would hear , “I am having a shower so do not use any water”. Of course I quite often forgot and turned on a tap and a scream would emit from the bathroom! But every one managed to stay reasonably clean through out the week.
Feeeding eight plus people was no mean feat, but it was accomplished quite well with every one doing their part. Bologna was a MUST for one or two meals. I found that it was not the cheap meal it once was, but still delicious and a necessary one for Gaspesians from “Away”. Scott & Susie put on a fish dinner with pickerel from northern Ontario lakes and some cod from Gaspe. Sixteen people sat around two tables that night, enjoying the fish, good company and several bottles of wine. Susie had made her famous carrot cake for dessert and there were no left overs. One night we celebrated Judy’s birthday, and she requested blueberry pudding instead of cake. As we had some raspberries on hand, I made two puddings and a Johnny Cake for Gregory, served with molasses of course. Several of the crew had meals at Joanne’s (am not sure what the real name of the place is now, we knew it as Snowman’s, many years ago). Dixie Lee provided us with a meal also, so all in all everyone was well fed. One menber of the family gained 10 pounds and it was not ME!
My sister, Phyllis, from N.B. ; Brenda from N.S.; brothers Edgar, from P.E.I. and Francis from Ont all called in to see us. Also foster sister Elsie and her daughter, Dale Anne from Barrie were present. So nice to be all together. Many people dropped in to visit, always a joy to see friends. As 2 of the family members play guitar we had two sing song nights—one night there was 26 people singing and dancing the night away. My requests of “You are My Sunshine” and ” Home on the Range” were ignored, but I enjoyed it none the less. A most delightful evening.
Then came the night of the party to celebrate my 80 years. I was completley flabbergasted when I saw so many people. It was heart warming to see so many familiar faces, from near and far. Made me feel really good. One of the suggestions to be happy and content as we age, is to have friends around, so I am very lucky to have so many to help me age happily!
My children gave me many DVD’s of the Carol Burnett show which I have searched for for many years. I don’t often get “down” but now I can easily get out of a funk and go to bed laughing! Thanks kids, you may have lenghtened my life span as laughter is supposed to make you live longer!!
After a week of togetherness, it was a real let down when everyone left the same day. But not to worry as Beth moved in with me for the reamaining week and we did a lot of visiting and playing cards which I enjoyed to the hilt. One day we went out for lunch and the dessert was called “Cherries on a cloud”, made by Linda MIller. It had raspberries and peaches instead of cherries, but I can truthfully say it was the best dessert I have ever tasted, and believe me I have sampled many ! Had home made beans at Linda’s & Waynes—delicious but deadly !!. The fresh vegetable dinner at Lorna & David Baird’s brought back pleasant memories of when I was living in Wakeham and had a garden. Sure was good.
Such a great two weeks—–Can’t begin to mention all the people I enjoyed seeing but to everyone—-”A person without friends is like a tree without roots” and I have found that I have very long roots!!  Ruth
Week with family
June 12, 2011 at 11:56 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentThe week between June 1 and June 10 was very eventful, sleeping in 6 different beds in that time.
Gregory picked me up, which is much more comfortable than going by bus or GO train, on Wednesday morning, and we drove to Havelock. Spent a pleasant evening and next day with him and Mariette. Got in some card playing, always fun time for me. Friday morning I had a “hair do” and then we drove to Morrisburg to attend the Gaspe Golf Tournament. Checked in at the hotel and waited around to greet friends who were arriving at the same hotel. Met up with Phyllis Miller and Doda Miller, had supper , then continued our chit chat in Berton’s and Doda’s room, until Berton fell asleep ! From there I went to Scott and Susie’s room, where Ryan entertained us with tales of his experience of jumping off a cliff in Brazil (he did have a harness and helper!)
Saturday morning we drove to Williamsburg, after breadfast at Tim’s. Most of our friends don’t golf but we can talk, and talk we did! Weather was perfect, best I have seen it for a Tournament there. We were able to sit outside all day. For lunch we followed Shirley Boyle to a wee restaurant in behind an “everything store” where we enjoyed a delightful lunch. Back to the Golf course to wait for the golfers to finish their game which was started at eleven.This is a great place to greet old friends and hear news about all the folk we think of so often. There is a draw for door prizes and I was the lucky winner of a large pot of flowers. As we had to room in the car I gave them to Ryan and Vero.
Sunday morning, Scott, Susie and I drove to Vars to spend some time with Ryan and Vero. They have a lovely large house and property. Vero wants to have chickens and they do have the space. The people who owned the place previously were gardeners and planted some thing in every spot possible. Vero, Susie and I did some work in the flowers as they are over grown. Enjoyed the time with family.
Monday am we drove to Burlington, stopping at Ajax to see the MacLeods and Sybil Palmer for a few minutes. Stayed at our house for one night before going to Lois’ on Tuesday. Gary barbequed a nice supper for us. The two little great grand daughters , Breanna and Kyleigh were over and they kept Scott occupied. Breanna remembered her time in Gaspe last year and wished she could go back again so she could go with Uncle Scottie on his four wheeler to pick berries again.
Gary drove Lois and I to London where we checked in our hotel, ate supper at East Side Mario’s and settled in for the night as Lois had to be at the hospital at 6:30 for her operation on Thursday. Gary had to go home to look after the dog.The hotel was just a five minute walk to the hospital, after seeing Lois settled in my friend Amelia took me to her apartment. It was very nice to be with an old friend and we had many things to discuss, old pictures to look at and many questions that Amelia had the answers to ! Her daughter, Christine came that evening for a short visit. Lois’ operation went well but she was rather “out of it” so when we visited we just stayed a few minutes to let her know we were thinking of her. Her color was good and she appeared to be in no pain and was being well cared for.
Friday Gary came to London, visited with Lois and then drove me back to Burlington. We were stuck in traffice for 2 hours making it a long journey home so that I was very tired, went to bed early and had a good sleep in MY OWN BED, which is always the best, no matter how comfortable others are.
“The art of conversation consists as much in listening politely as in talking agreeably”
I had a great time doing both !!
Being 80
May 13, 2011 at 12:46 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentThe Ontario law says that, now that I am 80, I must write a test to obtain my driver’s license .So, after driving for 54 years with no tests I am studying to be able to drive for 2 more years.
Today I drove (or tried to) as if I was following the Book to the Tee.
“Do not drive when you are tired, angry, upset, feeling ill, under stress or are in any emotional state. WOW!  Not many people would be out there driving if these restrictions were obeyed !
Calmly I got ready and got in the car.
As my husband legs are longer than mine I readjusted the seaat (saying to myself—you MUST remember to put this back in the original position so that Tom does not hit his ear (and blame it on me) as he did yesterday). Now, I have to calm myself again—oh, must now forget the mirrors before I drive.
Book says; Position Left outside mirror by Leaning towards the window and moving the mirrow so you can just see the rear of your car. Position Right mirror by leaning to the center , moving mirror so that you can just see the rear of car. To see blind spots turn head to look behind your shoulder.Â
Jump ahead to “check your mirrors every 5 seconds while driving”. So here I am, leaning my body from right to left, then look in the rear view mirror, turn my head ( very hard when you have a stiff neck , as most 80 years olds have), to see my blind spot. Oh My Goodness! I forgot to watch where I was going !
Also trying to read ALL the signs along the highway, very hard to do in between all the other things I am supposed to be keeping my eyes on.
First left turn I make is done according to the Book, carefully moving ahead and Keeping to the Left , then signal if you wish to move to the right lane—-OH! Boy! just in time , with one on my quick glances out the right side mirror, I notice a car, that made the left hand turn AFTER me, is now right beside me. Does anyone but me obey this rule I wonder.
Now I see signs with times on them, I wonder if it means you can or cannot not park here at these times. I know there are different colors for can and cannot, but will I remember the right color for each one or will I be able to see the times posted. Oh me oh my ! driving has become very difficult since I started so many years ago.
“Keep 2 vehicle lenghts between you and the next car. I do try but just as I finish counting ”one thousand one, two thousand two” a car takes the space and I have to start all over again—an impossible rule.
Then there are all the rules we are supposed to obey, ones that have no signs to remind us—-like 2 metres from streetcar, 5 meters from hydrant or is that railway crossing? I have trouble remembering numbers , especially metric. Just have to go by what I think is safe and hope for the best.
By this time I am back home and breath a sigh of relief to be off the highway(I put the seat back to its original position) and wonder if a drivers license is worth all this aggravation.
Wish me luck for next Tuesday, I will need it .
Mother’s Day
May 9, 2011 at 12:14 am | Posted in Family | Leave a commentI have been a Mother for nearly 59 years. All these large numbers really astonish me when I see them written down ! I well remember the day I became a mother as if it was yesterday, and also the next four times I became some one’s mother. So even though I some times can not remember what I went upstairs for, I remember the important things in my life.
To day was a really nice day, sun from the time I got up until I came down stairs to work at the computer. Yesterday I received a lovely vase of flowers from Freddie and his family. Today when I ate my breakfast I could look at these beautiful flowers on the table. Since then I upset them and decided to move them to a less active place ,now they are in my little room where I spend a lot of time, knitting or writing letters. There, they are less likely to get knocked over (I hope). Lois and Gary came Saturday afternoon and brought a gift certificate to our local nursery from Greg , Susie and Lois. We had a nice visit with them. Now I am looking forward to going to the nursery to pick out a nice garden ornament, along with some annuals to plant when it gets really warm. Today I had phone calls from Greg, Susie, Fred and Gerry (who did not realize it was Mother’s Day until late ), and also my step-son, Dave called to wish me a Happy Step-Mother’s Day.
So, although it has been close to 59 years that I first knew the joys of mother hood, I am still reaping the rewards.
Birthday
March 1, 2011 at 12:33 am | Posted in Family | Leave a commentAccording to the computer I am 29,220 days old, putting it that way makes it sound VERY old !
As I look back over those 29,000 days, I realize how fortunate I have been and what a great life I have lived. I had a great home with loving people, great friends , excellent neighbours, many happy teen age years, school years that I loved, marriage, then great children, grand-children and now great grand-children. So much fun along the way, travel to many places and now old age, a time to rest and look back on all the pleasures.
February 27th was also Tom’s and my 20th anniversary, who would have ever thought we would make it to that number, the second time around.
We started off the celebration of my birthday and wedding anniversary on Friday night when Tom’s son ,Rob, took us to the Old Mill in Ancaster for dinner. A most delightful evening of good food , nice music and conversation. The scene out the window was magical with water running and lights twinkling on the new snow, like a fairy tale.
Saturday started out with a lovely bunch of flowers from Freddie and family in Dartmouth. Beautiful shades of purple, my favourite color. Then family started to arrive for an hour or so of chit chat before we headed out to dinner at the Mandarin (Chinese ) restaurant. Twenty -one family members arrived at the restaurant for a delicious dinner. It was so nice to see so many family members together, laughing and talking and enjoying each others company. Children Gregory, Susie and Lois with spouses, Grand children Jason, Keri, Heather and Kim & spouses/partners, brother Francis and his family Melanie, Denise and spouses. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law and good friend, Elaine could not be there as she was under the weather, we missed her.
We received several nice gifts, —–a box of Pal-O-Mine chocolates bars (any one who knows me , realizes how welcome these were to this chocolate lover !!) and a picture in a frame of my newest great grand son, Leland Green, such a sweetheart, a nice comfy throw with family pictures in the fabric, three pictures of me in various poses, flowers, chocolates, jewelry and a CD of Big Band Music, and a box of Mars bars for Tom (we have two addicts in the family!)
Along with many cards and phone calls from far and near my 80th birthday was a most enjoyable experience and looking forward to many more. Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate.
Here is a link to some more photos that were taken at the party.
Monster Storm
February 3, 2011 at 12:20 am | Posted in Gaspé | Leave a commentToday we had a snow storm.
It was predicted to be a monster storm, the worst in decades, coming from Chicago. Stock up on supplies, stay home, etc., etc., were the warnings from the radio.
After having lived in Gaspe, Quebec for many years , a Monster storm in Ontario does not really scare me. Its funny how people think of snow storms from one part of the country to the other.
In Gaspe it was an accepted fact that winter would bring much snow. How many feet we generally got I do not know as figures elude me. I loved the snow and winter was just another season in my l ife. As a kid I played in it every day , as a teen ager I walked many miles no matter what the condition of the roads. I don’t rememer of actually going out in a blizzard so there must have been some warnings I heeded. When my children were old enough to go out they were allowd out in all kinds of weather as long as they stayed near the house. My poor mother was kept busy going from one window to the other keeping her eye on them, always with the dire predition they would smother——that is when I realized why I never went out in a blizzard !
Then I moved to Southern Ontario and thought I had moved to another country entirely as far as winter was concerned.I know there must have been bad storms when people could not get to work or home from, but I have never seen any . Nothing to compare to what I lived through before moving. I worked for ten years, at the hospital, and never owned a pair of winter boots. Only once did I get caught in a snow storm and had to wade in an inch or two of snow to reach the car. So when I hear all these warnings I laugh and wait eagerly to see the Monster storm I would love to witness.
Walking
January 9, 2011 at 12:10 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentAt MacMaster Health Centre (or University) there is a program that is out to prove that just by walking , one can improve one’s health and strength. No need to join an expensive gym or use all those weird and wonderful machines on the market. Iwatched the program and was impressed as there was no mention of age or weight. Usually people at the gym are 25 and slim, no one is 80 and overweight !
There were four people who had volunteered for this program. One was a slim male, one a slim female, another was female and chubby, and the last was obese and female. I would guess their ages at 45 to 48. The program was to walk 10,000 steps a day, not necessarily at the same time. They did this faithfully for six weeks and then went back for results. They had all improved in breathing, lowered blood pressure and blood sugar (for those who had elevated ones at the beginning). Their leg strength had improved also. No mention of weight loss but the largest one had lost around the face and was very proud of her self. No great talk about diet but one did say she was eating better.
So———although I had decided that there would be no New Year’s resolution this time around, I thought that this was something I could try. As I had got a positive result from the CT scan I had recently, I knew that I could still walk. As I have no pedometer, I counted 1000 steps, and timed it at 7 minutes. This meant that I would need to walk 70 minutes a day to get the required 10,000 steps in.
Next I decided to figure out how much mileage , at 20 minute miles, would I do in a year. Lets see—–I used to be good at math. 70 minutes at 20 minute miles= 3 1/2 miles, Correct???   3 1/2 miles per day for a month (30dys) = 105 miles. A year would bring it up to 1260 miles or 3,650,000 steps. Now thats a lot of steps!!
Now I am wondering, in 80 years, just how many steps I have walked, makes me tired just to think of it.  Wish me luck !!
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