Monday, July 2^nd,  was the day that I rushed so much, that all the muscles in my body got wired tight.  When I went to lay down that night, they ached so much I couldn’t sleep.  Maybe that counts as exercise?  It sure felt similar to a work out!

Tuesday, July 3^rd, I practiced something that I learned during equine lessons.  If  your horse senses that you are nervous, he will in return be nervous back.  Horses mirror your emotions.  So in order to keep from getting that muscle/wired effect that I had on Monday, I breathed deeply as if I was on my horse. I practiced this all day as I had another super-rush day.  It worked!  My muscles did not ache that night. 

Wednesday, July 4^th  I just relaxed and enjoyed the new cottage.  We did a lot of eating the next few days as I felt in a celebrating mood.  Lots of good food.  I did not do any formal exercise  for the rest of the week, outside of swimming in the lake.

Monday, July 9^th, Rachel and I went shopping in Shipshewana, Indiana, Amish territory.  We had an awesome time.  I buy all of my chicken and grass-fed ground beef from there.  There is no comparison in taste to the meat and chicken that I buy in my local supermarkets.   It is worth the effort to travel here and it is not that far away from the cottage. 

 When we got back to the cottage, we were busy trying to tidy the house and packing the car.  We didn’t get back to the farm until around 8:00 p.m.  We had pizza for dinner.

July 10^th, I had my day full of things that needed to be accomplished. Top on my priority list was exercise.  It may be the only exercise I get this week (outside of swimming), so I decided to give some time to this day’s work-out.

Quick Callanetics, Hips and Behind   (20 Minutes)

Claudia Schiffer, Perfectly Fit Arms  (40 minutes)

Hit The Spot Pilates, Denise Austin

This is a great dvd.  I love it.  You choose from seven target workouts, and each workout is only 10 minutes long.  But very effective!  I really felt I needed an ab exercise today, so I did workout  1 for the abs, workout 2 for the abs and waist line – two times in a row-   and workout 3 called the Ab Challenge.  All together the workout was 40 minutes.

Total:  1 hour and 40 minutes

That will most likely be all of my exercise time for the rest of the week as we are going back to the cottage on Wednesday night and during the day we have guitar and orthodontist appointments.