Hi janne - hope your day went well! So glad you are here with us
Bev
on the YOGA! I'm grinning from ear to ear just thinking about it!
Prayers for your family continuing as you go into tomorrow morning!
Aggie - prayers ascending for healing and peace for Sue!
Ronni
sounds like you had a rough day! I'm praying that tomorrow is a bit calmer for you. Hope DS is feeling better, and that the weather improves!
Wilma - I do like my Wii Fit. The yoga is excellent, the strength training is quite good, it helps to have hand weights for a couple of the exercises. The balance games are fun, but get old after a while. I still really enjoy the aerobic exercises. They are really fun. If you have a Wii, I also really like "My Fitness Coach". The "game" is about $30 and uses equipment you already have (balance ball, hand weights, and step). Maya the personal trainer takes you through a different routine each time, focusing on whatever area you pick. For me, I am focusing on upper body strength, since everything else is pretty strong. I do that 3 days a week, alternating with the Wii Fit on the other days. The combination of the two has really gotten me through this very, very long winter
Rosebud, a pedometer is a great idea. I try to get in extra steps whenver possible. Sometimes I am pretty creative (taking things upstairs one at a time, instead of waiting until I have an armload)
I figure every few steps is one more calorie burned
Prayers ascending for Mug and her sister!
We had a wonderful Ash Wednesday service tonight. I will leave you with the words to one of the hymns, it touched me.
1. Sunday’s palms are Wednesday’s ashes
as another Lent begins;
thus we kneel before our Maker
in contrition for our sins.
We have marred baptismal pledges,
in rebellion gone astray;
now, returning, seek forgiveness;
grant us pardon, God, this day!
2. We have failed to love our neighbors,
their offenses to forgive,
have not listened to their troubles
nor have cared just how they live,
we are jealous, proud, impatient,
loving overmuch our things;
may the yielding of our failings
be our Lenten offerings.
3. We are hasty to judge others,
blind to proof of human need;
and our lack of understanding
demonstrates our inner greed;
we have wasted earth’s resources;
want and suffering we’ve ignored;
come and cleanse us, then restore us;
make new hearts within us, Lord!
Blessings!
Laurie