Feeling old and out of shape? I can sympathize. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I combat this by heading up to Club Northwest! There I participate in Aqua Aerobic classes, stretches and swimming. For an idea of what we do, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2EttlQYwZQ&NR=1
It's great! After the classes, I love to swim laps. I enjoy swimming across the pool and back float (while moving my arms and legs)to the opposite end again. It feels so good to lie there and stretch out... I feel like Drew Barrymore in "Everlasting."

It's interesting hanging out at the club pool! They have cane holders (kind of like umbrella holders) by the stairs heading in/out of the pool and on a typical day I see at least one and sometimes three walkers parked by the edge. Can you imagine? Yesterday an old gentleman asked if one of the canes were mine. Hopefully by working a bit now, I can avoid such things later. I volunteer at Club Northwest by cleaning one night a week. That allows me and my whole family to use the facilites. Jeremy loves the pool, so about two months ago I bought a new suit that I thought would be perfect. With the classes I take, it's become a bit of a problem. The skirt, which begins below the bodice and stops six inches above my knee, floats up and surrounds me like a floatation device. As I perform the aerobice activities, I'm constantly batting it down like an unwanted fly! Another dilemna occured the other day. I like to keep things simple so I put my suit on at home, throw a loose dress over the top and head for the club. Once at the club, I went into the pool area and began to yank off the dress. It turned inside out and dang if the white stitching in contrast to the black/red fabric (which at the time I thought "No big deal. No one will ever see it!)didn't screamed loud and clear - "HOMEMADE by stupid person!" Sheesh! Talk about regret. Oh well. It didn't seem to affect my swimming skill. It's still lacking, but with practice - I will get better! Well, I best go. After chatting with Jay about the financial crisis and the economy - we decided to take a lump sum of 'moola' from savings and buy some food storage basics. When things get bad, we may be homeless - but we'll have wheat and oatmeal to share with the others down by the river. (Eugene joke!) Really, I feel more secure having a quantity of basic food that I know is there... and at this point I'm feeling it's not an 'if we need it' but WHEN. Have a great day everyone!