Weeks' mission accomplished!

Hi! I'm pumped - literally! I found a gym that I am going to join. All week I've been out searching for the perfect gym for me. I was on my way this morning to try out LA Fitness. I looked at it yesterday and it is new, clean, has classes, etc... but very pushy sales people, and about 22 miles each way. So this morning enroute, I spotted a gym called Thrive and decided to stop (check out the link). I walked in, not really expecting much, but immediately had a good feeling about the place. It has Les Mills classes. I only recently heard about them, but they are very popular. Plus the gym is only 14 miles from the house, really clean, and what is awesome is that the cardio machines have TVs on them with about 200 channels!! Since I've been in Rainier, I haven't had tv, so woo hoo! I've missed Robin Roberts on GMA. I tried a Les Mills class this morning, it was yoga/pilates/tai chi mix, very nice stretching. I'm going to join this gym tomorrow.

Now I am back home, almost ready to tackle some more unpacking, etc. I'm itching to do some gardening too, but only container gardening this year.We have deer to deal with and I need to figure out a solution for that, without fencing, since we'll be selling this place.

Oh yea, update... we got our well drilled yesterday for the new house in the back. I had never seen that done before, so another new experience on my list.

Some of you want pictures. Okay, here is one after my workout today. No makeup, hair askew, au natural... take me or leave me! E

The Gym Quest

Okay, today was a bit discouraging... all of you that have Dixon memberships, relish it until you leave. It is the BEST value and gym around! Last week I did a one week free trial at Anytime Fitness... there were two rows of cardio machines facing out the window looking into the parking lot. Off the list.

Today I started a one week trial to Bally Total Fitness -- the name sounded like luxury. Nah, kind of old. So then I got to looking online for the best in the area. The Valley Athletic Club - that sounds like LUXURY, eh? "Excuse me Tony, I won't be able to cook or clean today, I'm going to the CLUB." Unfortunately, luxury comes with a price tag of $71 per month! And it's a 30 minute drive each way. Hmm, this will take some consideration.

In the meantime I will used my exercise ball and videos, and with each club I get a one week free trial, except at the luxury club, of course.

Going to close for tonight. I miss you all!

E

Monday morning

Hi all! It's Monday morning and I'm living the dream - sitting here with wild hair and a bathrobe as my morning attire. Life is tough!

Tony had a long weekend which was nice. It was so nice not to have to travel too far. We did go to Seattle to the Supercross motorcycle event at Qwest Field. I had gotten tickets for Tony's birthday - he loved it! It's cool to have Seattle just over an hour away, but there sure is a lot of traffic up there. Oh, we stumbled across this awesome Korean restaurant in Lakewood on the way up... incredible food! Oh good, I have leftovers for today.


We went to a home show yesterday which is always fun. It's a good thing I'm not rich because I would have bought a $4500 greenhouse, $3000 cookware, and a $1000 knife set. I settled for some "top of the line" scum cleaner - what have I come to?


Not much else to say right now. I have a bedroom I'd like to paint -- maybe I'll get started on that today. Right now I would like to take a snooze... couldn't sleep good last night. I'm not feeling very witty at the moment... later!


Oh, p.s.... my house closing will be in about 2 weeks!! Woo hoo!

It's me, in Rainier

Here I am, sitting in Rainier, Washington at 7:00 a.m., with no job to get ready for... it's retirement! But even in retirement, I keep extremely busy. People who retire always say "I don't know how I had time to work!" I think that's because in retirement you finally get a chance to do the things you've always pushed aside before. When you work fulltime, you don't organize, clean, cook much during the week... you barely have time to get home from work, throw something together fast and vegg, watching American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, or Lost, or whatever. It's nice to be able to focus on each event a little more slowly and clearly. It seems like I do things a little better now.

I am resurrecting an old blog I once used. I hope to post some pictures and tell you of my adventures. There's an awesome location down the road to take a picture of Mt. Rainier, but the weather has to cooperate. I will get that shot one day! For now, I need to take a shower and get ready to roll.

E