A Dare To All Other Grannies

I got up early this morning and took my doggie, Lulu for a walk.

When I logged into facebook, I got a wonderful surprise – my Presidential Director posted a congratulations note on my wall – I got the “award” of Mannatech Enroller of the Week – Wow!! It just goes to show that it always pays to put in just a little bit more effort.

We then had a KLS (Kimberley Listings Services) meeting with all the principals of the different estate agencies in Kimberley and I must admit, it definitely wasn’t one of my favourite things that I did today.

After the meeting, I went to Mugg and Bean for a much needed savoury muffin and bottomless coffee. My husband had the green tea surprise.

Back at my office I also got a tea surprise - the Manna Tea had arrived – yippee!! The Manna Tea is part of a 30 day fats challenge that I organised. Every participant uses Manna Tea for 30 days and the one who loses the most weight wins R2000. We are 19 participants and are having a ball via what's app.

I was also my grandkids taxi today. I picked Chloe and Zanne up from after care and Keagan from Landsdiens (Land Service).

Instead of going to the trim park this evening, I decided to see if I could still skip – I was a serious "skipper" in my younger days :-)

I started skipping next to the swimming pool. It wasn’t long before my husband came outside to see what was going on – he thought I fell into the pool, because of all the noises that was coming from outside.

I managed to skip 250 times, nearly had a heart attack and pretty sure that I will not be able to walk tomorrow, but I am very proud of what I managed to accomplished.

So now this is a dare to all the grannies out there – lets see who can match or beat my record - GO, GRANNIES GO!! :-)

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