November 22, 2006 • Print This Post
I was at my aerobics class yesterday, doing that last minute burst of Make-room-for-the-pumpkin-pie shuffle, and wishing there was a machine you could plug yourself into to get in shape. You know, like you step out of the shower and while you’re drying your hair with one hand, you could stick the index finger of your other hand into a socket and ten minutes later you’d come out of the bathroom coifed and buff.
Alas.
The instructor booted up the music. She’s always really perky, which is good when you’ve just sat for three hours at a computer and feel like your bod’s stuck in the H position. Yesterday, she played a mix of jazzed up show tunes, starting with “A Few Of My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. That’s another thing I like about my aerobics class. They don’t play those loud, make it burn cds. And everybody wears sweats or spandex warm ups and not those little leopard print thong leotards. Those leotards are another good reason for inventing an instant exercise machine.
So I’m stepping, hopping, kicking along to the music and singing along with as many words as I can remember, and my mind starts wandering into my own favorite things. Mind wandering is also good for keeping your attention off the number of knee lifts you have to do before the end of the song.
I have to admit that aerobics is one of my favorite things. Especially when it’s over and I feel like I can now have lunch and sit down at the computer in better shape than when I left it an hour or so before.
But it isn’t just physically. Sometimes my thoughts and ideas get stuck and just need shaking up a bit. Literally. And shaking it up with music makes it fun.
I have a lot of favorite things and most of them are people and places. Even my favorite things are simple and free. Which is good. And since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, it seems like a perfect time to think about my favorite things and be thankful.
So before I run off to my last aerobics class, (Actually, today is Total Toning, an optimistic name if ever there was one.) I want to wish us all a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
What are some of your favorite things?
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I want to extend my wishes to you all for a happy and safe Thanksgiving. We had our Thanksgiving last month.
But on that note, here is a little something that a friend sent me:
A little Thanksgiving blessing:
MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY, MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES ‘N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS, MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE, and
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS.
Sorry I just could not resist……
happy thanksgiving to all.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Favorite things…
A dinner with family
A good ball game (football, baseball, college basketball… any would do)
A really good book
Internet access that works!
A day in the pool (I’m wishing for warmer weather… it’s supposed to snow today)