Lots of Potatoes!

Yesterday, my best friend, Laura and I cleaned a house and then cleaned windows at her mothers house.  We have been doing this for years now.  The window cleaning is once or twice a year and it's good money.  We do have to climb a ladder and go on the roof for a couple of the widows - ha ha I say "we", I am scared of heights and have never been the one to climb the ladder!!  She said after doing part of the upper windows, "We are getting too old for this"!  I replied, "I think it's because we have like 6 bags of 5lb potatoes strapped to our bodies and we are trying to do this with them attached to us".  So I am not so sure if it is our age (47 & 49) or if it's our weight, probably it's a combination.  But that got me thinking.... Really,  to begin with I had about 10 bags of  potatoes strapped to me.  I've dropped off almost 4 bags!  If you are trying to do anything physical 10 bags of potatoes will make a huge difference.  I feel so much better going up and down our stairs here at the house than when I started and I know it's because I've lost 4 bags of potatoes!  :)   I am trying to imagine another 6 bags gone!  What would I feel like?  I have so much more energy today than a few months ago.   

So today, this will be my accountability, I am going to go do my 5k walk.  I had planned to do this today with Laura but she had to go and schedule an appointment for today and can't make it!  When she told me I thought well that's it I can't go either.  But sometime during the night while I was lying there thinking of how we were going to fit 125 people in our house for my son's graduation party, I thought, why can't I go by myself?  I can take my music and just go!  So my plan is to go do this by myself.  I just hope I can make it!!  I can always stop and rest a long the way if I have too, right?   I just want that darned little weight watcher charm for doing the 5k.  I want it tomorrow so I have to do this today!   So funny how a little charm can motivate me!  Hey - whatever works!!

So - I am headed for town to go walk around the Academy!  and after, maybe, I'll stop at a few yardsales!  I'm gonna have a fun day - right by my own self!  Miss Laura, you're missing out!!