This is a cool new hot activity.
Sprinting with a parachute on for added resistance.
Add in the hot, humid, summer sun burning down.
And you have yourself a decent exercise routine going on.
Hurry up and slow down.
You run yes, but the parachute says no.
Go! go!! go!!!
You’re almost over the finish line. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was cute!
The little boy holding his mom’s hand and running around the track.
While many kids would cry and resist the exercise, this kid actually ran after his mom to go with her.
It was nice to see!
Never too young to train!
This is how excellence is born. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
When I was a kid and I went to the supermarket with my mom, I remember always seeing the “Andy Boy Broccoli” in the produce aisle.
Of course, I was always curious why Broccoli was called Andy Boy–what boy or any kid for that matter likes to eat broccoli???
And like most things in life, there really wasn’t a good answer except that this company, “Andy Boy” grows and distributes it.
Anyway, I was always a nature boy feeling most at home and at peace in the countryside.
I love being in nature, surrounded by G-d’s amazing beauty, and at one with the universe and with G-d.
In building all our great cities, buildings, and structures, aside from the crowding, pollution, crime and traffic that we have consequently, we have also lost something elementary to our lives with the absence of real nature.
A park is not a forest. A pond is not a river. A plant is a not a lush valley. A garden is not a farm. A hill is not a mountain range. A pet is not a teeming ecosystem of diverse life.
The city is man made and fake, but nature is from G-d and real. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Continuing the healthy eating trend.
This was delicious salad and falafel with tzatziki sauce and Italian dressing.
It was so fresh and good.
Honestly, I wanted to eat more of this.
Who needs all the junk foods.
This looks good, tastes good, and is good for you! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So I thought this was a funny story the lifeguard told me.
The guards are required to renew their lifeguard certification every two years.
When I asked if he swims, he said “not regularly” and then when I asked if he exercises, he said half-jokingly: “I sleep, eat, and drink!”
But then he told me about the lifeguard exam and a couple of people who should’ve never been taking the test.
One lady gets waist deep into the pool, and the proctor tells the lady to swim to the other side of the pool and back. Instead of swimming, she starts crying hysterically that she doesn’t know how to swim!
Another guy was swimming funny with his arms flailing and his butt out of the water. When the proctor asked him what was up with that and to show him what was hiding under his trunks, the guy showed him that he was wearing an inflatable plastic band under his pants.
Fail, fail, fail–these are life endangering guards, NOT “lifeguards!” 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
In lovely Florida.
Hit the swimming pool.
About to do my laps.
I got my gear and ready to rock and roll.
Please G-d, we’ll spend the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (commemorating when we got the Torah) together here as a family.
What more can I ask.
Happy and grateful. 😉
(Source Photo: Dossy Blumenthal)
I thought it was an interesting sign in the office.
Responsibility: At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start to be successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren’t where you want to be, you will always be a failure. – Erin Cummins
While I agree that we have to take responsibility for our lives and do the work hard to achieve success, at the same time, we obviously aren’t in control of everything.
We have to play the hand we’re dealt in life and make the very best of it. Whatever challenges that we have, they are there for us to learn from, grow from, and become better human beings from.
Also, success means different things to different people–for some it’s money, power and honer; for others it’s physical fitness and dashing good looks; still some care more about travel, experiences, partying, and having a good time; and yet for others it’s about G-d, family, country, and good deeds.
Whatever we want to achieve requires dedication and hard work from our end, but also a generous dose of prayer and good fortune for “the stars to align.” 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So this was funny at our work social hour today.
The person organizing it brought in snack foods–pretzels, cookies, chocolates, and apple pie.
Of course, there were also some token vegetables and dip.
So as you’d expect with all the junk food on the table, no one was eating the vegetables.
So one colleague goes:
Eat a cherry tomato and then you can have some pie.
The response from you know who was:
Ah, if you want us to eat a tomato then you better just put it inside the pie!
By the end, there was no more pie, but there sure were a lot of leftover cherry tomatoes. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Just thought these were some really cool work gloves.
“Ironclad Industrial Impact–Rigger Cut”
These were just hanging around the local clothing store.
They not only look like superhero gloves covered in orange, yellow, and black duraclad padding ready to WHAM BAM!
But they also feel that way when you put them on with all the rubberized ruggedized protection.
Hmm, wonder whether these would be good in the gym for weightlifting…
Now who actually goes to work wearing these things? Its probably got to be a pretty “macho” man or women job. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was a cute cartoon that “Anastasia The Lifeguard” doodled of me swimming.
She captured me doing my laps.
Enjoying the sunshine.
Breathing in the fresh air.
Appreciating the beautiful flowers.
Loving the pool and water.
Thank you so much for this great picture!
(Source Cartoon: the Talented Anastasia)
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