star jumps | Day With KT

Today’s 43 matches the theme of the day – star jumps to celebrate Independence Day!!!

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This was a quick 43 but I was feeling it by the end. For some reason, these jumps always get my heart rate sky high really quickly!!!

And, not because it is a holiday, but because I think I need it – today is a DAY OFF!!!

We love 4th of July!!! I don’t know how fireworks are where you live, but here, you can buy and shoot off fireworks for the entire week leading up to the 4th. And – we take advantage of the week!!! Most evenings we are outside making fire on the driveway!!

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I think that sometimes we take our freedom for granted but today is a good day to remember how fortunate we really are!

I’m thankful for all that happened so many years ago so that we could enjoy the freedoms that we have in our country today!!!

Our day will be spent hanging out and this evening we have friends coming over for our annual 4th of July party – plenty of good food, fireworks on the driveway, wrapped up with the display on the lake (best viewed from the boat!!).

Whatever your plans for the day – I hope it is a day full of fun, food, family, friends!!!

One final seen from earlier this week – plenty more will be fired off tonight – can’t wait!!

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Happy Thursday & Happy 4th of July!!!

Kim

My 43 (entire work-out actually) involved this piece of equipment:

Would that count as true exercise or is it just child’s play? I’m going to say it was a work-out!!! (BTW – if you look at the picture closely you can see how beat up my little mini-tramp is. I have had it since college – 20+ years!!)

I got up (at 5:00am) planning to just do 43 star jumps on my little mini tramp – no big deal!

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(You get to see both boys because neither wanted to be left out of the fun!!)

Anyway, a couple jumps in I decided that 43 would be way to easy!!! So, I did what anyone would do and did 43 sets of 43 jumps with 43 little jogging steps on the tramp in between each set. By the end I decided that even though it was mostly fun – it was definitely exercise and a great work-out. In fact, it was interval training at it’s finest!!! For the star jumps I really pushed my arms out and up which helped get my heart rate up. The little jog was enough to recover slightly but not drop my heart rate entirely.

Things I learned during this play/exercise session:

All those big jumps at my age are a little scary!!
If I watched my reflection in the black TV screen it helped me keep my balance!
Play can be a great work-out!
43 sets of 43 jumps = 1849 total star jumps!!!
I can do things like this without falling off and breaking any bones (at least on this particular day!).

I’m happy that I changed my original plan and turned this into an interval work-out! Fun times!!!

Yesterday after the funeral for Chris’ aunt we went to the hospital to see another aunt and uncle of his. His uncle had heart surgery on Monday. He had one of his heart valves replaced with the valve from:

Yep – from a pig!!! Crazy!!! He is still in the CCU but hopefully not for much longer. His kids, Chris’ cousins (and their spouses) were full of pig jokes!!!