Athletic Shoes

Recently I have tried to start a healthier lifestyle. I have done this by trying to change my eating habits and also by making sure I get in some type of exercise everyday. This past summer I did a lot of walking and running outside. The scenic view was great as we live very close to a golf course, which is very pretty. It gives me some interesting people to look at as I walk or run by.

Because I live in Iowa, I cannot exercise outside as our winters can be very harsh. Using the elliptical at the local YMCA has been my choice of exercise recently. Unfortunately this past fall I injuried my new so running does not come as easily for me. The elliptical seems to be very gentle on my knees and still lets me have an excercise program. I have also learned that good athletic shoes are a must not matter what type of excercise I am doing

Blizzard

We here in Iowa are offically in the middle of the first blizzard of the winter season. I was hoping the weathermen's reports were wrong, as they were last weekend, however it has happened and we are stranded at home. It started with rain last night, turning over to snow around 9:30 this morning. Since then it has snowed constantly, major drifting, no visability, and the wind just continues to howl. They say the winds are 30 - 40 mph with gusts of around 50. Not a good situation with little snow let alone 6 - 12 inches that has been predictied for our area. I guess we'll just stay in and bake some Christmas cookies.