Author: Angela Pea

Wife. Mother. Engineer. Cancer Survivor. Knitter of Marvelous Things. Rider of Multiple Bikes. Fabulous Cook. Reader of All the Books. Eternal Optimist. Perpetually Happy.
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20{4}40 – Exercise

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 Lenten Challenge Following Ann, counting my blessings. 

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241. Buff Chad
242. Treadmill for running indoors when the wind is gusting and the pollen is so thick in the air you can see it
243. Elliptical
244. Weight bars with 20 pounds that you hold over your head and then stretch sideways
245. Bosu Ball for pushups
246. Big purple exercise ball
247. Thick squishy exercise mat that cushions my hip bones
248. P90X, even though it hurts
249. Rowing Machine
250. Hand weights, the kind with skinny handles and a cushiony coating
251. Boxing gloves
252. Boxing bag
253. Stairs for climbing
254. Bench
255. Series of machines for stretching, toning and strengthening every muscle in my body
256. Step for aerobics
257. Roller board/surf board thingie that I can’t actually stand up on
258. Foam pads for planks
259. Weight balls
260. Friends to exercise with and cheer each other on

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Sweet Shot Tuesday – Fortitude

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I was out on a job site taking some post-construction potos and found these grape hyacinths growing in the gutter.  Not just any gutter, mind you, but a deep gutter that I designed specifically to carry storm water runoff down into a larger channel.  These sweet babies held on through the winter storms and spring rains of the past two years and are still just as exhuberant as they can be!   

Lenten Challenge Following Ann, counting my blessings. 

221. Grape Hyacinths
222. Knowing that God give me the strength to endure
223. My own fortitude
224. My stubbornness…sometimes I get what I want!
225. Brain that is now healed, only a smudge on an image shows that there was ever a stroke
226. Strong legs that let me run
227. Strong arms to carry heavy loads
228. Very strong back – I can lift grain sacks!
229. Broad shoulders, the kind that carry responsibility easily and willingly
230. Nimble fingers that can knit, sew, knead bread, thread beads
231. Lips to kiss
232. Knees and hips that are pain free
233. Soft stomach, even with the silvery marks that prove that I carried many babies
234. Collar bones that are now visible after shedding the pounds
235. Elbows and wrists to lean on and daydream
236. Eyes to see
237. Ears to hear
238. Mouth to speak
239. Hands to hold
240. Heart to love

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20{4}40 – Books

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Lenten Challenge Following Ann, counting my blessings. 

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201. Books
202. Reading
203. Reading a book about Mary Anning
204. Reading with kids, even though they are no longer “little kids”
205. Cook Books
206. Hay Day Country Market Cookbook
207. The Cake Bible and it’s friend The Pie Bible
208. Scary books
209. Stephen King
210. Dean Koontz
211. How To Books
212. Knitting on the Go
213. Beadworks
214. The Solar Home
215. Building Sheds
216. Sewing Lingerie
217. Reading in the car while Husband drives
218. Guilty Pleasure of reading a trashy novel (s)
219. Jane Austen (who did not write trashy novels)
220. Jodi Picoult

 

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