It's Beautiful Outside: Get Out Of The House

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

28 Oct 2006 12:00 PM

It's a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and the air is cool, but crisp. My daughter was sprawled out on the sofa bed watching some cartoons when she announced that she was bored. I was standing there drinking my coffee and feeling rather bored with just hanging out there myself. We looked at each other and I told her to go get dressed.

I finished my coffee and found my shoes and we shut the television off and went outside. We took one of the dogs with us and took a long walk around the neighborhood. My daughter wanted to know where we were going and I told her we were heading no where in particular. We were just going to wander our way around.

She collected a few rocks along the way, we checked out the Halloween decorations on other people's houses. We paused at one of the play parks so she could go down the slide a few times and climb the play rock wall. My dog enjoyed chasing the birds that would flutter down occasionally and when a butterfly fluttered past, that fascinated her.

An hour later, we wandered back home and we both felt better, we felt refreshed and we were able to dive into our day with enthusiasm. With all of the fitness products out there on the market, one of the best things we can do for ourselves is to just get the heck out of the house. You don't need to have a specific destination in mind. You don't have to be going somewhere. You can just go for a walk.

A long walk gives you time to think. It gives you time to talk. It gives you time to just be. You can make it more of a workout by picking up the pace so that you are walking quickly or even jogging or you can just keep it at a comfortable stroll so that your child can keep up and enjoy the world around them.

So what are you doing today? Going to get out of the house?

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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