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My Lone Rabbit, A Challenge, & Our Future Baby Chicks

April 20, 2012 / 8 Comments

After having 2 people in one day wondering why I’m not posting (family counts, right?), I decided I should give you a little update.

The next day after the loss of our new rabbits, Audrey was looking out the breakfast window when she spotted what looked like our new bunny.  The long and short of the story is that the black bunny was found and retrieved.  That we were able to catch it and the location where we caught it was just the Lord because that little fellow could have hid in a multitude of places.

I was so happy to have it back, even if it was the male and only cost $5.  The female cost me $20 and that’s the rabbit dinner our dog decided to partake of first. (sigh)

rabbit

 

I’ve been being a good girl lately and doing 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week.  Not just because I’m so motivated but because of this…

I emailed a few people asking them to help me.  Here’s the letter I sent.

People, I need help and I’m pleading with you to HELP ME! Heeeeelllllpppp!

 

I weigh 18 pounds more than I want to weigh.  I ‘m not getting any more fit (and I’ll just leave it at that.  I’m sure you don’t want a word picture of what that means) and I’m sure my body needs more water since I don’t drink an abundance of water each day.

 

Will you help me by joining my Get Fit & Lose Weight Challenge?  Pleeeeease?!!  I need motivation and the only way that seems to work for me is if I have someone in it with me.

 

So, is it a go?  Just let me know.  Invite your friends, your family and whoever else would like to get a grip on their weight,  strengthen their limbs and hydrate their body in the process.

 

I’m a little baby when it comes to this stuff and I’m sorry if what I propose is just so cinchy for you but it’s BIG for me.  So, if it’s easy for you, you won’t have to worry about losing a dime!  You may even make a few $$$.

 

What’s the deal?  Glad you asked!

 

Get Fit & Lose Weight

Drink 3-16oz. glasses of water a day

Exercise 30 minutes/day, 5 days a week (unless sick)

Only 1 dessert allowed/week (I’m talking dessert, not muffins for breakfast and such.  Anything that would be termed a dessert – milkshake, cookies, pie, cake, candy.)

 

You Make the Choice

For every glass of water you do not drink in a day, you must pay $1

For every day of missed exercise, you must pay $5

For every dessert above and beyond the one allowed, you must pay $2

 

This challenge would run from April 2-April 30.  At the end of April, all monies would be given to Elisabeth as thanks for her planning this.  LOL  Just kidding!  Okay, let me cut the funny business and tell you what we’d really do.  All monies would be given to Elisabeth and she would disburse it amongst the members of the Get Fit & Lose Weight Club Members.

 

May would be the start of the next month for the GFLW (Get Fit & Lose Weight) members.

 

Being accountable to someone else seems to be the only way for me to be stay faithful.  There are 5 of us officially in the challenge and several that are doing it “on their own” because they were a little concerned that they might have to dish out some moolah. 🙂

The kids purchased a chicken incubator and I’m excited about that.  We put 11 eggs in it and it has an automatic egg turner as well.  There always seems to be trial and error with any farm venture we do so I’m felling a little trepedation that they’ll all be born and then die.  The weekend they are to be born we’ll be out of town at my niece’s wedding.  There are some things you have to do when they start to pip their way out of the shell, so I will have to get somebody to watch over them.

I really don’t want to miss out on the fun of watching them be born (after waiting 21 days) but it sounds like they start to hatch right at 21 days.  We’ll see.

chicken incubator

 

How’s this for a healthy looking smoothie?  Goats Milk, Bananas, Peanut Butter & Swiss Chard.  Not too bad…

healthy drink

 

We’re off to see our son who’s living in Sierra Vista working at the military base.  (He’s a civilian doing electrial wiring/networking.)  We’re hoping to see some military drills and such today.

Have a great weekend!

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