Peanut's First Work Out

I work out. My husband works out. Our kids work out. Our grand-kids work out.

Why would we think that the peanut (our tiny, three year old granddaughter) would be any different? One day, while watching her eight year old brother exercise, she wanted to do the same thing. Kids. Big ol' copy-cats. She tried to pick up a 5 lb. weight, but it got the best of her after a blink-of-an-eye! It was funny to watch though! Yeah. I'm one of those people. :)

My son and I went to a sporting-goods store and we thought, wouldn't it be funny, if they had 1 lb. dumbbells?! They had 1 lb. dumbbells!! And they are so cute!

Speaking of cute... heeere she is!! Trying out her big-girl weights, for the first time! I know, I know... it's not good to have young kids exercise with weights, before a certain age. But she wanted to try it and... if you have kids, you know that in a few days, those will be long forgotten. Or stepped on.

But, in the meantime, she was having some fun!! And so was I! (Warning to self, "If you use the camera-setting on 'burst', you will get a zillion pictures in a minute and won't be able to decide which of those zillion pictures, you'll want to use in your blog.")

Her big brother was standing behind me, showing her the moves. This was the first time she picked them up. I love her little skinny-minny arms! :)

OK! Here we go!!!!

Whoa! 

Losin' my form!!

Whew! Caught it!

That was a close one!

Hey... it's not so bad if I use just one.

Yeah. That's it.

Lemme try two again.

Whoopsy.

Maybe I'll do biceps.

Mmmmmm.

What?

Like this?

But I like it this way.

Watch me now.

WHOA NELLY!!

This one feels sooo good.

Arrrr!! Feelin' the burn!!

Hey! What if I add a little aerobics? JUMP!

OK...

I...

have...

to...

stop...

now.

Hey!

Big brother's in the picture!

What's he up to?

How cute is this kid?!

She's back there thinking, "Glad that's over!"

Oh boy. Heeere we go.

Goofball!

Yes. Yes he is.

She's doing stretches after her work out. It's good for you.

Look at my abs! Look at my abs!

Can I take my top off now?

Seriously.

It's itchy.

What do you mean you're done taking pictures?! I was just getting started! Maaan.


And that was the end of the work out session. Their big sister was asked to join in the fun, but she declined. She was busy. Doing something important. Very important. Yeah. Right.

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Signing off for now,

gabriele

Rest In Peace, George Jones

Today, we lost one of country music's biggest stars... the amazing George Jones.

One of my absolute favorite songs of his, is this one;
 George Jones - LIVE "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Courtesy of "The Ronnie Prophet Show".)
I'm listening to it while writing this and getting emotional. Which I always do, when I hear this song.
But now it has a much deeper meaning.

I met George in the late 70's and was fortunate enough to hang-out with him a few times.

Here we are in front of his bus, going into the Palomino Club, in North Hollywood, where he was performing. The other man is our friend, a Kenny Rodgers look-alike.

A bunch of people piled into the bus and drove to Vegas after the show, to hang-out with Johnny Paycheck and Willie Nelson, but I had stuff to do and couldn't go. Dang it!

Looking at this picture, I realized that I still have those boots!! Since 1978! Man, they don't make footwear like they used to.

This picture looks kind of artsy, but it's just a screw-up. My scanner has a mind of it's own and keeps wanting to scan it as an "illustration" instead of a photograph. Grrr!
I love this picture, because I can still hear him saying, "You're not gonna blackmail me with this, are you?" :) Such a funny and great guy! A true country gentleman.

His nickname, "Possum" was because his eyes were so close together and his nose was pointy. :)
One of my favorite stories about him, is that his wife hid his car keys from him, because she didn't want him to go out drinking. He showed her! He got on his John Deere tractor and drove to the bar!!

I guess he's singing with Tammy now. She also left us much too soon.

Rest In Peace, George and Tammy. You will be missed by many. But your music will live on and on. You are loved. ~ ~


George Jones and Tammy Wynette, "Golden Rings". (Courtesy of, "MyJustified".)



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gabriele