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Monday steps: 7868

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Part of my duties at work is to raise awareness in the community. Tonight, our President of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director and I went to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting to accept a proclamation from the mayor. He is a great supporter of the work that we do and we appreciate this proclamation.

One of the things we decided to do this year is ask community members what they could do to raise awareness. We sent letters to area libraries, senior centers, and businesses that have "reader boards", asking them to set up a display for the month of October. The Kenai and Soldotna libraries both set up a display, one of information about the agency, and the other a bulletin board with information about DVAM. A bank in Soldotna has a message on their reader board: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, then the name of our center and the phone number.

The support has been great.

Tomorrow the director and I will attend the Kenai Chamber of Commerce luncheon where the mayor of Kenai will present a proclamation. And, next week we will attend the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon for a presentation by the mayor of Soldotna. At the end of the month the director will speak in front of the Nikiski Chamber of Commerce.

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Friday 8 a.m. moonset through the clouds.

I couldn't help but stop to get a shot of the moon last Friday. Was unsure how it would turn out. This is the little league field where I spent so much of my summer watching the grandkiddos playing ball. You can see the baseball topped flagpole to the left of the photo.

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3.5 weeks ago (at the beginning of the 10000 steps program) I went for a walk at lunchtime. I could only make it as far as the little league fields you see in the above photo. Today I decided to try it again. This time I did twice that distance, walking all the way to the highway before turning back. Only had to stop once and that was because a teeny stone was lodged in my instep.

Just got off the treadmill . . . want to know how batgrl is helping me in my walk towards fitness? Well, I found out the first week that my pedometer did not count all of my steps when I was on the treadmill. So, I began to think how I could keep track of my steps - don't want to lose any, you see.

Aha!! The Mardi Gras beads that batgrl sent me last year!!! Yup, that's just the ticket. I have 20 strands hanging around the electrical readout of the treadmill. I count to 100, place a strand around my neck, continuing until they are all gone (I have now worked up to that many steps . . . yay). When I have reached the end, but still have time left to walk, I begin to toss a strand from around my neck to the floor for each 100. At the end of my exercise period, the ones left around my neck count for 100 and the ones on the floor count for 200. Tonight there were 7 on the floor! Yay, moosie. Thank you, batty!

That's about all there is from the moose tonight. Have a grand Wednesday, everyone.

Posted by Purplemoose at October 14, 2003 07:48 PM