August 14, 2012
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Update August 14, 2012
The jet stream has changed course, and the temperatures in West Central Indiana have dropped. I can again sit for hours comfortably in front of my aging PC and communicate with the internet world. So much to write about and catch up on!
We've had some rain this week too; so I feel it's safe to burn trash carefully in a mesh covered barrel in my back yard, and I can now begin to see a footpath through the back room of my rented house where my aging PC is located.
After much impatient waiting, I can finish clearing this room out to make room for a Total Gym apparatus to work off 180# of ugly and unhealthy fat! I'm too heavy now -- 350# -- to exercise on my Gazelle Edge, which did work well for me years ago, before I began to store Helpmate's inherited stuff in this room. Finally, I found a home for all that stuff three months ago, and it only cost me a tank full of gasoline to have it hauled away all in one day. And, after months of increased diuretic and pissing away the coronary edema which painfully dissuaded me from real exercise, I'm feeling energetic enough to get back to traditional exercise workouts.
Also, I've recently lost my two best s exercise partners, scriptural-speak: my concubines, or in the modern vernacular: friends with benefits. One has moved out of the area. The other has fallen victim to criticism from the dimwits who surround her in her apartment building. I can understand and will wait to see if that blows over. S exercise alone wasn't producing the weight loss results I'd hoped for anyhow.
The dry, hot weather has also taken a toll on other friendships somewhat based upon my cooking and feeding them. I haven't used my conventional oven or stove top much, nor have I fired up my gas grill in the front yard very much. Those friends were apparently unimpressed and not excited as I was by the fresh- picked tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, watermelons, cantelopes, etc. And they haven't dropped by to see me as often as they did. The upside has been more meals with my mom and Helpmate and family members, here in my home and also in local restaurants. Thank God Who planted so many Amish here in Parke County, selling their most excellent garden produce.
I've been reading a lot more lately too, wherever I could sit near air conditioning. Of particular importance I have an old book entitled Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots loaded on my Kindle Fire, and it's everything its title promises. I've tried to keep up with subscriptions on Xanga and Revelife, and to browse through the top blogs there. Also I find I'm having more internet contacts to respond to lately; and I'm meeting many new people now.
Ok, OK. Back to some housework. I can feel some new blogs percolating in my soul.
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Comments (7)
I like your determination. Keep on the good work brother! Glad you had some rain
I am loving this temperature drop. This is what it should've been like in June.
Good luck on the Gazelle! I've been wondering if I could listen to an audio book while working out (I do the elliptical). Usually I listen to Gaga- her songs are so upbeat and good to dance and work out to haha. But it would be nice to kill two birds with one stone, get fit and smart. =)
Polygamy is biblical, believe it! Concubines have nothing to do with adultery. Women are created for men, not the reverse. Don't be poisoned by feminism!
@KnightInCROATIANarmor - @godfatherofgreenbay - I appreciate your comments, guys.
@nowayout001 - Thank you for weighing in with me here. Seems like you and I are among the few who understand what God has said about men and women relating with one another. I do try to "reign in life as a king," pleasing the King of kings in all things as did King David of old.
@AncoraImparo - Frankie, Darlin', I can't use my Gazelle anymore 'cause it has a 250# weight limitation; and it sat against my wall gathering dust while I gained another 100#!!! I'd like to sell it to someone who weighs less than 250#. I liked using it when I did. And had I kept using it I've no doubt I would not have gained as much as I did.
I'm finally getting some exercise around my house by clearing out all the accumulated mess. I'm thinking seriously about a Total Gym machine ala Chuck Norris for gradually increasing workouts. But I can do other low-impact exercises now using the TV to guide me through them 'cause now I've space to move around in. Dancing to Lady Gaga sounds like fun; but it just might kill me trying to keep up. I'm seeking a happy medium to get started into my new old habits. Maybe some TaiChi? (Hell, I can't even spell it, that oriental slow ballet thing.)
Thanks for your encouragement. I would just love to see a video of you on the elliptical. Richard Simmons just doesn't do it for me. Yes, I know I'm a dirty old man. And you are already both fit and smart.
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