What Happened To My Arms?

Lately, I’ve wondered. What happened to my arms?

My arms? Something I never really thought about until recently when I noticed the flab.

Is this what happens? One day you wake up and think "I have the arms of a 40 year old woman" and then you realize "I am a 40 year old woman!"

Sure, I’ve always wanted a flatter stomach. When I was younger, I worked really hard doing sit-ups every night. I had the Jane Fonda Video workout memorized and minus the leg warmers, I did the exercises every day. I’ve done lounges, ran the stairs at the stadium and power-walked with the best of them.

But my arms? I guess they always looked decent. Honestly, I thought arms stayed looking good with little effort. I was wrong.

My arms finally caught up with the rest of my body. With this last pregnancy, my upper arms took a nose dive into almost-middle-aged-hood, you know somewhere in the late 30’s early 40’s. Man, what do I do with my arms now?

I know the answer. It’s worked before and it will work again. It’s called Yoga.

I love yoga, my me-time. It really works, if I can just find any time to get it done.

This weekend I could’ve found ½ an hour for some yoga, but I have my priorities.

Garage sales.

I had ½ an hour and here’s what I found.

I love these vintage patio chairs and for $10.00 each, I brought them home. What I like most about them is they'll work great "as is." Still, there's a part of me that would love to re-do them, but as you know, I'm not that kind've girl.

Can’t wait to see what I’ll do with this $40.00 buffet table.

Maybe sell it on Craig’s List or maybe attack it with some yellow spray paint like this beauty.I can't take credit for this amazing transformation. I found it over at Tammy's blog called In Stitches. Here's the before picture:

And here's the after:

Man, I would love to do something brave like this, but as you know, I'm not that kind've of girl, although I'd love to be.

And these vintage lamps. I want to keep this one.

But these other two, I'll see how they do on Craig's list. I paid $10.00 for all 3.

Maybe today will be a better day for yoga. Even thought Saver’s has a $1.00 day on Monday, I don’t think I’ll be going. I don’t feel like the workout of taking three children to the thrift store, although some day soon I’ll be brave enough to do it. Today, I'll find the time for yoga.