Sunday

Wow time is flying by. Winter is about over as the snow line climbs up the mountainside. I was able to get some exercise in every day this week. On Friday i went on the tread machine for 40 minutes at a 7 % grade. I made it over 2.5 miles. Not very far for a professional streak runner like some people I know. But it did break a sweat. I am getting more comfortable with a daily exercise each and every time. I can't remember if I reported this fact in the last blog or not but here it is again.....I am officially signed up to receive Social Security. I guess that is a little milestone in most everyone's career. It is a relief to finally have made it and it is a scary thought to know that you are really that old! I have been wasting a lot of time at the classmate site. it has been fun looking for old classmates and folks that might have been at the same place I was during my career. I have gotten two recent contacts. One from a highschool classmate that is a professor in Japan. It sounds as though life has taken him around the world. The other contact is also a highschool classmate and I haven't gotten and details from him as of yet. I am looking forward to hearing from him. Attached is a copy of my "back then" photo which I sent to him. How do like my crew cut?

Wednesday 23 April 2008

Well here it is Wednesday night of a wet week. The weather continues to be a factor in gettingoutside. It is not very pleasant outside for many activites. I spent my third day in a row at the gym. With weather like this it is pretty easy to go. I seem to enjoy getting the heart rate up and the sweat rolling. I have been walking for 2.5 miles at a 3.6 rate at an incline of 3.0%. I have been maintaining the pace for about 38 minutes. I also do a few repetitions using 15 lb hand weights. I then close out the hour with about 15 minutes of cycling. I haven't lost any weight with the exercises but the muscles are feeling firmer. I tired to get a plane ticket to Michigan but they didn't take my bid on PriceLine. The ticket prices are increasing. I might have to get a full price ticket.

Sunday 20 April 2008

Wow a whole week has disappeared since the last post. I received an approval letter from Social Security so I will receive my first check around the 20th of August for the month of July. I drove to Spokane by way of Post Falls, Id. I drove up with my friend Skip Danielson. We made a stop at the Cabela's store. It is a nice store but not as big as the ones that I have been in before. It is biggerthen Boise store. Everything is new and shinney. I washed the truck a couple of times. I drove it to Lewiston one day. I called Grandma Ella. I talked with Donal Millikin in Iowa. I talked to Harvey. The weather has turned cold and nasty. Maybe next week it will get warmer and I can go out to look for some mushrooms.
Mab's birthday today. I will give her and Laurel a call.

Old Man for sure

Wow! Time is flying by. They say that is a definite sign that you are getting old. It seemed like yesterday when I made an entry in my blog and it actually was a week ago. It was actually a pretty busy week. I went to the gym on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I will get in a good wal sometime today and hit it again on Monday. I was very disappointed to find that I was actually gaining a few pounds as I converted some of the fat into muscles. I need to start controling the calorie intake. As I write that sentence I reached for and eat a piece of red licorice! Ouch.....this being healthy is hard.
Another sure sign of being old is that you qualify to sign up for Social Security, SS. Well I successfully signed up on Friday for SS! If it is approved I will be receiving my first check in July. I decided not to wait until I was the full age of 66 to start drawing. At my reduced rate it would be june of 2024 before I could make up the difference of not starting now.
Who knows how to wash a black truck? I need to relearn how to wash a truck and detail it so that it looks great! I got a few supplies when I went to Walmart yesterday. I need another bigger chanios to help wipe up the water spots for sure.
Well enough for now. I hope that your day is a super one with the weather as nice as what it is here in Idaho. 70 degrees with a brilliant sun!

5 April 2008

Wow the time is flying by. I had a very eventful April Fools Day. My daughter Linnea pulled the "wool" over me! Boy did I fall for it hook line and sinker! It was also the day that I got my new truck. I now have a new 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4 Truck. It is awesome if I don't say so! I have been going to the gym regularly. I went 4 times this week. I get in an hour of strong exercise each day. At least I break a good sweat everyday. Some of the young girls there really work hard. It makes me work harder to get into shape when I see them.