Sunday, December 15, 2013

Hail Storm

First of all, I must thank my bloggy friend, Al Penwasser for giving me a shout out on his blog.  He is one of my favorite bloggers and Penwasser Place was the first blog I added back to my reading list when I re-emerged into the blogger community.  For my new followers and visitors, welcome!  Look around and stay as long as you like.  Perhaps even sign up to follow me as I write about my new life as a stay at home mom and assistant to my real estate tycoon (okay, that's a slight exaggeration) husband, life in an EXTREMELY rural area and whatever else might cross my mind. Now, back to the regularly scheduled programming...

I saw something terribly horrifying yesterday while me and the fam where out and about looking for some insulated overalls for boy child.

The day started out rather well. Hubs had closed on a large commercial deal and we were out of the house after 7 straight snow days.



It was a little drizzly and a lot cold outside so not prime weather conditions but you take the good with the bad. We had to drop Granny off for a DR appointment that would last three hours so we had some time to kill. 

First, we had a fine dining experience at Taco Bell. Then, we perused the game selection at GameStop. Third, we picked up photo cards (which I have yet to get in the mail) from Wally World. All the while in search of insulated overalls.  Our search landed us at a local farm supply store that carries all the nicest brands in country apparel. So, I decided to try on some jeans. Bear with me, we are almost to the scary part. 

I went into the dressing room with two pair of jeans with high hopes. As I was shimmying the first pair up I caught a glimpse of someone else's legs in the dressing room. These legs hadn't seen squats or lunges in quite some time and were suffering from serious hail damage. I wasn't sure how someone snuck in the dressing room with me as I had locked the door behind me. That's when I locked eyes with the mystery woman - ME! Those were MY legs!!! I had to look again just to make sure. People always told me that once I hit thirty, it was all downhill. I didn't interpret that to mean that I would have an insta case of cellulite! I was horrified at what that full length mirror revealed. At least at home none of the mirrors go below my waist.  Ignorance truly is bliss sometimes.

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Perhaps this is how said hail damage happened to my legs??
 
I did the only reasonable thing to do. I went straight home and did a series of chair squats, sumo squats, lunges, doggie leg lifts, donkey kicks, hip raises and planks.  Today, I have had a hard time walking and standing after a long sit down. Some might say I overdid it, but I say pain equals progress!!  If regular ole exercise doesn't do the trick, I'm sure this will do the trick:

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14 comments:

  1. SEVEN straight snow days AND a fine dining experience at Taco Bell? Girly, you just blew my mind.

    PS Let me know if the pop a dent works... I'm on the down hill to 40...

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    1. I know right...only the best for my family! If it comes to the Pops A Dent, I will definitely report back HA!

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  2. I'm 61 and if I did a squat a 911 call wouldn't be far behind.

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    1. After about the 5th one, I wondered if I would need some medical attention!

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  3. I'm with Stephen...lol. Dressing room mirrors should be illegal! I like the pop a dent idea...haha.

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  4. I think that it was the mirror's fault. Good for you for doing all of those exercises anyway! The Pops-a-Dent sounds like a great back-up plan! Al sent me over, and I'm glad he did. Looking forward to more of your adventures with your cute kids!

    Julie

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    1. So glad you stopped by. That Al is a nice guy when he wants to be! It's always good to have a backup plan.

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  5. I'd like to sympathize about your plight, but I gave up caring what my body did around 25 (AKA 2 1/2 decades ago). I've made my peace with things like that, as exercise has always been the enemy.

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    1. Exercise isn't my idea of fun either so I'm either gonna have to tough it out or find peace with dents and live in harmony with them.

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  6. Seven straight snow days!!!??? Good grief, and I'm complaining about 3 snow storms in 10 days.

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  7. Do those suckers once a week with my leg routine at my creek. My chicken legs have no hail there though, just trying to avoid the downhill as long as I can at my show haha

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    1. I'm thinking it's gonna take more than just once a week HA!

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