No longer in a wheelchair

I've been working hard the past couple of years and am no longer needing to be wheeled around places in a wheelchair. The turning point began when we got me a rollator walker with a seat. At first, even 5-6 steps necessitated a sit down. Gradually, that improved, and I walk fairly decently with it now, although my posture sucks as I am bent over it.

However, as I began being able to walk again, I also started pedalling on an indoor elliptical bike, and that has also helped strengthen my legs. It also led me to getting a gym membership with Planet Fitness and so I've been able to add other exercises to my regimen and am definitely becoming more fit.

I still need to use a ride-around cart when I go grocery shopping, or for longer treks but I can walk longer distances, albeit needing to rest a lot as I go. I did the 1/4 mile at Cedar Falls but it was half and half, so my 30 minutes that it took was about 15 actually walking and 15 in small breaks along the way - BUT - success, I was well chuffed.

As such, I feel "dishonest" to continue the Wheelchair AVON blog, as I am working constantly towards getting more and more of my mobility back.

I am still selling AVON though, and would love to have you as a customer on my website www.youravon.com/rosemarydempsey

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A brand new year!

It's amazing how much mobility I have regained in the past 2 years, courtesy of my seated rollator. It is so much less stressful not having to drag a wheelchair everywhere or having hubby push it around. I was so easily out of puff and exhausted, at first, but over the months, my stamina is getting better. I am thankful for the improvement, albeit that much of my health is still poor. The A-Fib affects me a lot, and the arthritis is a better indicator of rain than any doppler or charts a meteorologist may rely on, on tv. My blood pressure also is a constant struggle, but at least now, with my walker, I am no longer bedridden 90% of the time and dependent on a wheelchair to be out and about.

I am extremely thankful, and well blessed (I think my hubby is too!).

I am unsure about keeping this blog as it now seems not quite truthful to be called Wheelchair AVON

Save even more on your AVON order with Ebates

It's so simple to save money when you shop with New AVON through Ebates.

To begin, go to my website www.youravon.com/rosemarydempsey and register as a customer. You'll create your own password and will always use this to log in on the AVON site.

Write down WELCOME10, you will be able to use this code at the checkout on your first online purchase on the AVON website.

Then come back  to this page, and click on the Ebates button below and register there if you are not already a member. They will credit you $10 for joining Ebates.

 

Now search on Ebates for AVON and click that link.

When you get to the AVON site make sure that you see my name "Rosemary Dempsey" in the top  left hand corner.

Now shop!

What will it mean to you?

Well, you'll get a 10% discount from using my AVON discount code.

You'll get a $10 credit simply for joining Ebates.

You'll get a rebate of up to 15% for shopping my AVON site through the Ebates AVON link

AND

if your order total is over $40 you'll get FREE SHIPPING!

I LOVE SAVING YOU MONEY!

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Out and About Today

So I had a slow start to the day, but then got a bit productive, and had fun as I was running errands. 

I was a wee bit naughty, LOL, and having parked in the handicapped spot opposite Great Clips in Mauldin, I wheeled my walker across the road to theirs and popped some #AVON brochures on the bench between them and the Dollar Tree (where I was actually headed!). Hey - a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right?

My grocery shopping in Publix was neat. I chatted awhile with one of the ladies demo-ing foods, about all kinds of things. Then, whilst trying to snag dog food cans from the back of the bottom shelf with my feet (yeah, I really do things like that!), another lady offered to try to get them for me, and went down on the floor to reach in ... then joked she might not make it up again, and we ended up chatting too. That was mainly about our dogs and their personalities and how they have us trained, LOL.

Then, I had a lovely young lass help me out at Publix (and to drive the electric cart back in) and we chatted awhile (hope I didn't get her into trouble) about health, weightloss, organic v non-organic and how I've lost 81lbs in just under 2 years. We also talked about our "why" and its importance, and my why for both that, and my AVON business, as she asked me about that as well.

It made for a very nice shopping trip, albeit for the mundane task of buying groceries, but meeting some very nice and interesting people.

Have a wonderful afternoon, my friends 

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What's not to like?

Busy day!

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and that bears true with me in today's techy age. I know how to do what I know how to do, and may even look like quite a pro doing it, but change something, and I'm lost!

So it has been with my new AVON website, LOL. It IS lovely and everything is at your fingertips ... but I struggled all day, yesterday, to figure out where to find things that weren't where I expected them to be. And they WERE in plain sight ... just my brain was accustomed to a certain way of doing things and seeing things, and totally missed what was actually right in front of me.

I'm just plodding along. It's taking me a bit longer to get my head around it that the younger, more tech savvy ones, but that's ok. I'll make it in the end, even if I'm last over the finish line!

Today is hubby's off Friday, so we got a lie-in ... not as late as we'd liked as a certain four-legged fiend was meowing for her food at 5.30am when we are normally getting up, but we did snooze again a little, afterwards.

We made a delivery to one of my ladies, took back a library book that I'd finished reading, dropped off recycleables at the Conestee Park collection bins, and then headed to see my lovely crew at Hu Hot, for lunch. It's like family when we go there, they are smashing!

After lunch, we went grocery shopping at Lidl ... I love that place too. I get my exercise in there pushing my walker all over the place, up one aisle and down the next.

I'm so thankful for my walker, it's definitely helped me regain some of my mobility AND my weight loss journey. 81lbs gone now. WOW. That's a whole maybe 8 or 9 year old's weight! I still have a long way to go but I'm just a tortoise plodding along, day by day, and as long as I'm going in the right direction, it's all good!

Enjoy your weekend!

Best Sale Ever is back, in Campaign 15

It's that time again, AVON's semi-annual Best Sale Ever with even more savings on discontinued items and closeouts. It's a bargain hunter's dream. From fashion, to accessories, bath and body, jewelry, make up, fragrance, there are slashed prices on all items in the first 42 pages of the Campaign 15 brochure ... you can save up to 65% off the original prices!

The downside of this awesome sale is that availability is while supplies last, which means once they are gone, they are gone!

That's why I tell people, if you see something you want in the Campaign 15 brochure or the outlet book, 

order it IMMEDIATELY for DIRECT DELIVERY on my website www.youravon.com/rosemarydempsey
If it's already out of stock then the site will tell you on the product page, but ordering immediately gives you the best chance of receiving the item.  By the time I submit my personal order, towards the end of the campaign, those items are often sold out.

Happy bargain hunting!

As always, if you have any questions, just email me at rosesavonshoppe@aol.com, I'm always happy to help!

And if you want to join my team, and become an #AVON representative yourself, get started quickly and easily by going to the SELL AVON header on my website

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