Sunday, February 14, 2016

Free exercise plan

Published December 13, 2012
Stockton Sentinel
Stockton, Kansas



As I sit here pondering what to write about in this week’s column, I’m enjoying one of my biggest weaknesses: a chocolate chip cookie. Every week when our Editor-in-Chief goes to Hays to pick up the papers, he comes back with a large box of donuts, honey buns and long johns, plus a couple boxes of cookies. I used to reward myself on Wednesday afternoons with a chocolate-frosted long john after I was finished with the weekly freight order. But that was before I decided I wanted to lose a few pounds. So now, if I could just keep my mitts out of the cookie container, I might actually succeed with my goal.

With the holidays coming up, many of us will be cooking up all kinds of tasty treats and delightful delicacies, and packing them up by the bag and boxful to take to family gatherings and get-togethers with friends. I thought it appropriate, then, to pass along this daily exercise plan that you may want to consider for your usual New Year’s resolution to get in shape. I did not make this up, and I don’t know who did; I just wish I were this creative.
Monday:
            Beat around the bush.
            Jump to conclusions.
            Climb the walls.
            Wade through paperwork.
 Tuesday:
            Drag my heels.
            Push my luck.
            Make mountains out of molehills.
            Hit the nail on the head.
Wednesday:
            Bend over backwards.
            Jump on the bandwagon.
            Balance the books.
            Run around in circles.
Thursday:
            Toot my own horn.
            Climb the ladder of success.
            Pull out all the stops.
            Add fuel to the fire.
Friday:
            Open a can of worms.
            Put my foot in my mouth.
            Start the ball rolling.
            Go over the edge.
Saturday:
            Pick up the pieces.

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