Day 5

I've got most of my states filled up for my "walk around the US". I think the rest I'll just have the kids pick at random.
I'm starting with Iowa (which was the first state picked by friends). I'm walking the length of Iowa towards Florida (second state picked). The length of Iowa is 199 miles. Iowa is 199 miles in length and 310 miles in width. Iowa became the 29th state December 28, 1846, the state bird is an Eastern Goldenfinch, state flower is a Wild Rose, state tree is Oak, it's nickname is The Hawkeye State, and the capital is Des Moines!

Since I haven't "walked" too far into the state that's all I'll give you for now:)

I took yesterday off. I had made plans to meet a friend for ice cream with the kids and decided that I'm going to need a day off every once in awhile. I know myself and if I don't take a day off once in awhile I'm going to fail at this. I also know that the next day I've got to get right back on the wagon or this isn't going to work. Staying off the wagon is how I got into this shape.

Did a bunch of errands and running around yesterday. Didn't keep track of any of the walking though. The little girls have already asked me if they can go walking with me today. This makes me happy and pushes me to keep going. They are part of the reason I'm doing this in the first place!

Right now I'm walking a little over a mile each night. Although today I've got a lot of cleaning and gardening to do, so I'm going to be counting the walking I do in doing those things on my miles today. I figure I'm burning calories while doing these things so why not count the miles I'm putting in.