I just got back from my Dad's house.
He and my stepmom cooked up a kick-ass lunch (pork chops, wild rice and then they had roasted asparagus straight from their garden)
I'd gotten them 2 pairs of Nordic Walking Sticks (under the guise that it was Medical Equipment -- since my dad hates when I buy him ANYTHING.)
LOVED THEM.
Karen, my stepmom, had told me she saw something about "Nordic Walking Sticks" in a magazine a month ago. My dad has been hunching over a lot and his stride/gait has been a bit off... and this is almost a year after his hip surgery.
So, instead of just getting them info about the sticks like they wanted, i wound up buying them for them.
It's pretty much one of the first Father's Day presents that my dad has gone ape-shite over. yay!!
so, they're going to look like a couple of dorks doing this through town, but, hopefully, they'll go to the reservoir or the boardwalk to walk with them.
I'm hoping that they help my dad. They really seem like they are wonderful.
Besides helping with stride, they also are awesome for cardio and building muscle...
yes, i should get a pair for myself and go walking with them and look like a trio of misfits :}
(we watched the instructional video after lunch and it seems pretty cool. the founder, bernd zimmerman, is in the dvd... he'd actually called me last week about my order. I couldn't understand him with his german accent, so i think i just yessed him to death and paid more for a different pair of sticks. har har.)
Whatchoosayin'?? (1 yapped)
Aren't Daddys great?! Glad they liked the gifts so much! Grab a stick, take a walk!
Posted by Tricia | June 16, 2008 1:12 PM