The sun came out today! Yay! I mean, really……it came out and while it was still quite chilly, it was actually a beautiful day! For those of you who realize that I live in California, you may be under the assumption that we have sunshine all the time. That going out for exercise means being outside walking on the beach.

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Suddenly Sunny Sunday Walking
The sun came out today! Yay! I mean , really……it came out an d wh ile it was still quite
ch illy, it was actually a beautiful day! For th ose of you wh o realize th at I live in California,
you may be un der th e assumption th at we h ave sun sh in e all th e time. T hat g oing out for
exer cise means being outside walking on the beach.
Well, a lot of the time, we do. But I live in th e Central Valley area of California. Th ere is n o
beach . An d, on ce in a wh ile, we actually h ave fog or very overcast days. Wh en we do, th ey
can g o on for wh at seems like an etern ity. And it gets cold! So, n o, we can ’t wear
swimsuits outside all year lon g . This ain’t Baywatch!
This particular Sunday, the sunshine just happened out of the blue. We’ve h ad a lot of rain an d
we’re expectin g a lot more. So wh en I n oticed sh adows h ittin g my kitch en floor, I dared to
look outside. Lo and behold . . . . . SUNSHINE! So I g rabbed my ten n ies an d my jacket
an d out th e door I wen t.
Glorious, beautiful sunshine! So . . . . . after g oin g back in to th e h ouse in a desperate
search for my lon g -un used sun g lasses, I h eaded out for a walk.
We live on a very long block, so my walk took me almost twen ty min utes! Well, it was th e
lon g block, and the complete lack of exercise that haunts my everyday life. I kn ow I n eed to g et
out an d walk more; I even boug h t a treadmill for times wh en I didn ’t wan t to g o outside for
a walk.
My main problem is Fibromyalgia. I was diag n osed with th is back in 1998. It on ly g et
worse with ag e, sorry to say. It h as caused me to develop n erve damag e in my leg s an d feet
so walkin g can be a ch allen g e. Th en wh en I don ’t h urt so much , I ten d to overdo th e
walkin g an d th at can put me down for several days. What a pain! I wrote about th is
con dition in an earlier post if you wan t to read it. Just CLICK HERE.
So I walked around our entire block. And it felt great! To th in k th at I h ad actually been
missin g exercise! It took almost twen ty min utes, sure, but I did it. My n ose was frozen for
th e rest of th e day, but so wh at? I made the walk!
So, thanks, Niamh Arthur, for this particular challenge! Got me up an d movin g . An d wh en I
g o on my cruise in Jan uary, I’m looking forward to sunny, WARM days, along with lots of
opportunities for walking everywhere!
Walking around the block would be even better if I could figure out a
way to blog and walk at the same time!
That way, working from home would have zero drawbacks! Because when I’m blogging, I’m
on the way to financial independence; I’d better be in good shape to reap the benefits! You can
take a look at wh at I’m talkin g about by clickin g th at button below th at says ‘Watch Now’.
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“secrets”!
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2. About T he Author: Carole & Steve Hibbard
Steve an d Carole h ave been married for over 32 years, h ave four g rown
kids an d th ree juven ile delin quen t cats. Th ey love to take
cruises, especially to th e warm, sun n y beach es of th e world!
Steve likes to ride h is motorcycle an d Carole likes to g amble
at In dian casin os. Th ey are both retired but wh en th ey do
work, th ey'd rath er work from h ome. Th at's wh y th ey like
promotin g Visalus an d Empower Network.