Doing yardwork is really HARD WORK! This is more fun that being a cubicle slave. My forearms, top of my feet and lower legs got tanned! That’s right! I could get DARK like most Filipino. As of yet, I have that pasty, white CHINESE look to my face, which is slightly red, like a red-neck.
So my back has held out well while stooping down and standing up SEVERAL times. It especially was strong enough to sit long hours on a red stool “Stand up to be tall. Sit down to be short.” It has now cracked in the middle from my weight and BIG butt.
I believe the callinestic exercises of SUCKING in the guts every which way helped to strengthen the back muscles, too. My joints are surprisingly stronger and almost painfree, espeically my feet and ankel areas. I’ve been walking barefooted around the place since my slippers do no justice to proper alignment of my bones.
Plus, standing and sitting straighter helped aligned the spine and free up the caught nerves in the ligaments and muscles, too.
Although I’m painfree, Maw tried to help rake, shovel and pick up debris. But she keeps experiencing shortness of breath. You see, she has a hole in her heart and a stent in not worth the trouble. Her prescribed medicines keep her alive longer and she keeps praying to stay alive for her family.
As for Paw he is stong and NEVER complains or CUSSES frustrations, only until recently.
So the three of us worked in union and well together and try not to get into each other’s way. One person has a strength in one area of straightening the bricks, the other has another function to perform digging and filling an empty hole and the another is better left holding the umbrella for the both of us, getting our Snapple drinks, hats and buckets for throwing debris away upon request.
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