hodgepodge – Page 7 – Gayle Tabor

It’s Public – Wash Your Hands (a rant)

2012/03/07 Gayle 0

Frequently on Tuesday nights I have dinner with a friend. We laugh, we talk, and this can (and often does) go on for hours! Last night was just such an occasion! It was a great time with an amazing friend! Nevertheless, as you might imagine after sitting in a restaurant for quite sometime, I needed to use the facilities. First let me say, I HATE PUBLIC RESTROOMS (there is nothing restful about them). Often when I am forced to avail myself of these microcosms of germs and annoying people, I find at least one patron who DOESN’T WASH THEIR HANDS! How does anyone in this day and age of information not wash up after using a public restroom? Which takes me to my topic for today – The rest of the story

Life Unplugged (at least from TV)

2012/02/27 Gayle 1

Like a lot of people these days, I enjoy looking at the fun and fanciful ideas on Pinterist. Tonight as I poked about looking at the variety of things, I was reminded that some times we need to unplug and relax. When I was a kid there was a lot of porch sitting, sweet tea drinking and relaxing after a hard day. My new project is to get my porch sit worthy! I’m adding in some comfy chairs, maybe a bench or two. Then I am going to indulge in end of the day relaxation. I am making something similar for my porch! Source: etsy.com via Kristina on Pinterest We recently greatly reduced our access to Television. We left Direct TV and are using The rest of the story

Things are Getting Zippy

2012/02/18 Gayle 0

It is Saturday and the day I am to check in with you on my quest for average. I am happy and proud to report that I have been consistent with my walking! I walked Monday, Wednesday and Friday after lunch. I walked 1.1 miles each day and my time ranged from approximately 30 minutes on Monday to 24 minutes on Friday (I was puffing pretty hard after Friday’s walk). I am sad to report that I did not add in any weight training this week. I experience some low back pain after walking, which I think is related to my surgery and my core muscles building back. I think I need to work those core muscles to help them strengthen. Several years ago I The rest of the story

Let the Games Begin

2012/02/11 Gayle 0

Today is the day I am supposed to check in on my quest for average. Sadly my quest is much more of a think about average at the moment. On Monday I was given clearance from my Doctor for ‘all normal activity’. I was also started on an Iron Supplement. The good news of the iron supplement is that I expect to have greater energy levels in the near future. The bad news of the iron supplement is that my stomach is NOT happy! However I did walk twice this week. The distance was the same but the pace was faster! I hope to walk today. My visit to the doctor’s office also reveled that I have gained back almost all the weight I lost The rest of the story

Getting off the Couch

2012/02/04 Gayle 0

As promised, here is my Saturday update on my quest for average. But first let me inspire you with a commercial that you will see in tomorrows quest for the NFL Title: If that doesn’t inspire you to get off the couch and chase cars, nothing will 🙂 Now back to me! On the first – I let the day slip away without walking (first day failure). I rallied on day two and scheduled time to walk after lunch. I walked 0.7 miles at a pleasant pace (Jenn and Marshall were kind enough to walk with me). Four months ago this would have been an easy task but it was no piece of cake for my first day. On day three my distance was the same and although I’ll The rest of the story