Hi Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! ok, I just set a personal record, I have managed to get here to the forum 2 times in 3 days, wow!!! (grins) Hope everyone had a lovely Easter that was filled with love, laughter, family and friends. Karen, I meant to say how sorry I was to hear about both your kids and your medicine ball.(and you with the horse) And to apologise for laughing so hard when I read it. I know it isn't funny, but I just couldn't help myself, you made it sound hysterically funny the way you wrote it. Guess I have a warped sense of humor. But, I am very glad all of you are ok now. hugs. Dawn, No, I never got it. Did you get my change of e-mail? Debbie has the new one in the latest member list. hugs Dianne, I am so sorry to hear that. But, on the bright side, now you will have a lovely new kitchen. So, keep your chin up and focus on that. Wish we lived closer, I have gained lots of weight since my mom passed, and I have decided this is the year I am going to lose it again.If we lived closer, we could walk together. Also sorry to hear about your DH. Your hubby and mine must be related. Gene got his finger with the table saw late last summer. Doc said he exploded the bone in the tip of his finger (index, left hand)And, yes you might have to hire someone to watch him. I have often felt that way myself. They somehow manage to get into all kinds of trouble when we aren't around. What is that all about anyways? We have so got to get together this summer. I know we talked about it before, then my life went off to Jupiter. But, we are back on earth now, so we really need to make plans to meet. Maybe we could meet halfway, and go to lunch, or plan a picnic or something. (and maybe a small sidetrip to a nursery, grins) We had a great Easter. DD and I worked on Alex new bedroom. Cleaned it out, painted all the walls. She will finish up the trim today. Then we will be putting the furniture in. We are making the bed, it will be built in, with "walls", so it will kinda look like you are going in a door to get into it. Drawers underneath for storage. A small desk with lots of shelves on both sides and recessed lights over it for when he is older, so he can draw, paint, do homework. Also, a built in closet. Right now it will be decorated with Scooby Doo, cause he really loves him, but we have been buying "sports" themed things for later on. We were lucky and found a super cute ceiling light with sports balls around the outside of the glass, too cute. All of our other grandchildren will be over tonight for dinner and to get their Easter baskets. We make all the childrens baskets out of new large bath towels wrapped around a large strip of cardboard, then we fill them with goodies. It is a great alternative to baskets, cause they always wanted to take them home and never remembered to bring them back, so they were really piling up. And, the towels are way more useful. We just make sure to buy them in each kids favorite color, and...

Specialty sports flooring (or at least area mats) is the best choice. But it should be on top of a floor system that doesn't trap moisture. See link below. (This is not an endorsement of the site. For illustration only.) Here is a link that might be useful: Sports Flooring

They used to be very popular for fitness, but I've never seen one in use.

I was going to say yes until I read what most of you are doing! Mine are included in a fitness program I go to called "Fit For Life", 3x a week. We have a wonderful set of trainers and a variety of classes. I start with a 30 minute cardio session where we only stop long enough to get some water a couple times. Then the next class is a Cardio Fit class that has kind of a circuit method to it. She usually starts with some lower level cardio to get those who haven't been to the first cardio session warmed up, then we use weights, bands, balls, pool noodles, with cardio spurts in between. That runs an hour with the last being a cool down. She incorporates balance, flexibility, strengthening , and stretching in every session. It is really for seniors as she takes Silver Sneakers for payment but you can also pay yourself if not 65 or if you don't have insurance. The classes are uplifting to me and I have more energy when I finish than when I start. My last bone density showed improvement and my cholesterol dropped 40 points from one test to another once I had started the cardio class. What I really appreciate is that she tells us what muscle each exercise is working on as well as making sure we are doing it properly. She is great at giving modifications for those who have issues with shoulders, knees or lower back problems. She makes sure to stretch and strengthen the areas that us "older" people have issues with that cause I to fall like the achilles tendon, ankles, wrist, and knees.