Ballerina Lessons

So here I am on vacation unplugged from the world and completely off the grid.
Okay...almost completely off the grid.
There are still flushing toilets here  and running water although the lights are run off battery power which makes for interesting shadow puppets.
But no television nor Internet nor cell service.
However if you perch precariously on the rooftop of your car you can, if you are lucky, pick up a single internet bar.  And if, whilst up there, still perched precariously upon the car roof,  you put one hand on your hip and your opposite leg on your other legs knee and stand up really straight and pivot slowly while humming a pretty melody such as Swan Lake, you can get as many as three bars.
I don't recommend it though.  Strangers started clapping and throwing precious pink roses when I did it.  I can only assume they thought I was immitating a ballerina in a musical box.  I of course didn't spoil that illusion by pointing out that my creative yoga pose on top of the car was a desperate and crazy attempt to search for Internet access.
Yes...that is what off the grid does to a person.

Actually, I must say...Tofino is really cool.  No really, it's freezing.  Bone chillingly cold.  And I have to keep this post really short because I have to find a place that sells long johns for a not so tofinoish looking price.  Besides...there is a half naked women next to me begging us to drive her to get her "I survived surfing lessons" sticker... But more on that later!  Bye for now!

The Naked Truth

Did you know that if you hang a resistance band between two hooks outside...you can dry your clothes in the fresh air on a nice sunshine filled day?  Or that they make a good "tug o war" toy for your favorite pooch!  Did you also know that if you can use a dumbbell as a meat tenderizer and make a nice big juicy barbequed steak?  Or that an ab roller makes a wonderful wedge to prop open your child's door on a hot summer's night? And don't forget that stylish almost one of a kind treadmill / eliptical / stationary bike clothes closet.

Who knew how many "good / great / awesome" uses there are for all that dust collecting unused exercise equipment that we have at home!

What a relief eh...a justified reason for buying the stuff in the first place!

Oh the things we talk ourselves into!

But much like jumping to conclusions, dragging your heels, pushing your luck, running in circles, grinding to a halt, throwing fuel on the fire, lifting your spirits, shopping till you drop and tooting your own horn...not many calories can be burned nor fat dropped by not using the equipment for its actual use.

Darn it!

So the solution...

Garage sale!

No...I'm kidding :)

September is the "new year" for a lot of families.  As kids go back to school, regular routines begin again and summer slowly disappears.  People start jotting down must do lists, promise new exercise commitments and get all prepared to trade in the picnic friendly days at the beach for hot soup in front of a roaring fire.

There is no denying it. 

Hibernation season is right around the corner.
And with hibernation season comes the body's natural want to store fat cells!

Yep...that's right...

Time to put all those pieces of multi purpose exercise equipment to their real use!

Or...

Keep the status quo...come join the gym and use our equipment...we don't hang clothes on it and if we did that means you would be working out in the not so buff buff...Eeek!