Monica - pick a day - if I could find my calendar, oops there it is..I have nothing scheduled so far on Sat, Sun and Mon off this next week, there are tons of parks we could go check out and walk/hike: Black Diamond Mines in Antioch, Castle Rock in Walnut Creek (I remember this is where we used to play hooky from school), Wildcat Canyon in Berkeley (I've always gotten lost trying to find it but maybe we could figure it out together), Vasco Caves looks interesting and of course one of my favorites is Rock City on Mt Diablo and then there is always Big Basin in Santa Cruz but lets leave that one til it gets warm.

Regional Parks

State Parks

As far as what to bring - I usually wear tennis shoes, bring water, my cell phone and my keys. I think I used to wear hiking boots but I have seen those in a few years - maybe they didn't make the moves. Summer time, I usually wear shorts and bring something warm when it starts to cool down. I've been up on Mt Diablo freezing because I wandered too far and it got cold.

Maybe we could try some bike trails too

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So I joined sparkpeople because I've heard some good things about it but you know what I don't want to count my calories for everything I eat. I eat healthy as much as possible. I put down how many minutes per day I had time to exercise and somehow their site, doubled that number, if I had an hour everyday, I'd go to the gym. Sparkpeople says it will tailor a plan based on your lifestyle, it seems like they tailor a plan based on a typical lifestyle, not yours personally. A guess for free site, you can't pick and choose.

I definetly do not want to count my calories for everything I eat, I don't want a specific meal plan setup for me, I definetly don't want pre-packaged prepared meals like Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers where you count your points. I just want to eat healthy and I need to exercise. That's my biggest challenge - get up and exercise.

I'm deactivating the sparkpeople, great idea if you want to count calories - not for me

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I volunteered the last couple of nights at The Crucible and last night went ok, standing on my feet for 5 1/2 hours in the a cold cold warehouse was hard but I volunteered to do it. Tonight, I volunteered and kind of felt like I was treated like a second class citizen after my shift was over, I asked if I could get wrist band to get a beer and they were like no, you didn't pay for the event. WTF? I was like what? Then they said just find someone you know working the bar and get a beer but take off your volunteer shirt or close your jacket so people know you're not working? huh? I was off, they didn't need me anymore, I could watch the show but couldn't get a drink or eat the VIP food. I almost said, so I'll pay for 1/2 the show, how much? Its not like I couldn't afford the VIP gala, I could have but thought I'd volunteer instead and help out, if I'd known I was going to get treated like i was a second class citizen, I would have just bought a ticket. What really annoys me, is that last night, the whole damn staff was getting cold beers out of the coke machine, pouring the beer into coffee cups and drinking while they were working but a volunteer can't have a beer. I guess my point is, don't treat your volunteers like crap if you want them to volunteer again. I think the next event, I'll just buy a ticket and go as a guest.

Another annoying little issue with The Crucible, I volunteered to help them with website redesign/development in trade for classes and tonight I found out they are going to bid out the job to a web design firm? Huh, I've been putting in hours setting up a test site for them and they might not even use it. I'm a web design firm, how come they didn't tell me about the new plan, I want the job. Paid projects actually get done faster than free work. Yea, I'm going to bid on the project or at least tell them I want to bid on the project but it would have been nice to know that all the work I've been doing for this test site is not needed, I could be using what little free time I have for other projects.

Which goes back to my point, don't treat your volunteers like crap if you want them to volunteer again.

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