10 Ways I’ve Been Walkin’ Around After Bowling For the First Time in Seven Years
Stupid things I do August 2nd, 2010
1. Knuckle-dragging cavewoman.
2. Thrown from horse.
3. Baby with a too-full diaper.
4. Drunken Quasimodo.
5. In high heels with one heel missing.
6. Defective weeble.
7. Angry Frankenstein.
8. Eighty-year-old man with two hip replacements.
9. Newborn elephant’s first steps.
10. Woodstock Joe Cocker.
If you see Valerie, the woman who suggested we do this fun activity during our first-ever blogger meet-up, throw a brick at her head for me, will ya?
Our other blogger guest, Meleah Rebeccah, fared way better than me. She golfed the next day. Golfed.
I hate everybody who can move right now.
Stumble it!
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Yeah, I went golfing for the first time in a long time just last week . . . I was sore in places that I didn’t know I had places.
Woodstock Joe Cocker. Brilliant.
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Ha ha ha! Poor Kathy. The answer to all your aches and pains is do it again. Don’t let those muscles freeze up.
I love the Joe Cocker image.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 5:59 pm
So Woodstock flash backs and the need for new glasses ? Wow you win!
Loved it. I’m giggling all over again, thanks.
August 2nd, 2010 at 6:11 pm
I went bowling with a friend once in the past year, for the first time in well over ten years. For about a week, my right leg was in agony. I felt like I’d spent hours doing one-legged squats and lunges. Ugh! But it was fun, and I’d do it again.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Really? Was it Extreme Bowling?
Hope you’re feeling better soon!
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August 2nd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Now’s the time to start training for your first marathon! No pain, no gain…and all that crock of spit. You never know, if you go about it just right you could end up with a permanent disability and able to go on Social Security Disability. Then you could blog full time.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 7:19 pm
OMG…so THAT’S what you ladies did?
Well, I’d be right with ya, Kathy. I haven’t bowled in like a MILLION years. And I bet I would have gotten more gutter balls than any of you!
5.In high heels with one heel missing.
HAHAHAHAHAHA…loved that!
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August 2nd, 2010 at 7:35 pm
take your best shot people, i will dodge that brick like a graduate from the george bush dodge any object academy.
man, i kind of wish i had a video of your number one. that would be cool.
you just have to bowl three times a week and take advil. i admit, my back was not happy.
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Bowling sounds hard! I think the real question is how did you look while you were bowling? Did you have the fancy form where your leg kicks up in back after you release the ball?
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August 2nd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Oh Kathy! It was so very wonderful to meet you in ‘Real Life!’ I’m terribly sorry to hear that you are STILL this sore after bowling! You should have trued my ‘Surfer Style’? Too bad neither one of us possesses Valerie’s MAD SKILLZ!
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August 2nd, 2010 at 9:20 pm
#10 cracked me up! I’m so glad you got to meet these wonderful bloggers. Now that you are broken in you are going to have to keep bowling. Did you wear your own shoes?
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August 2nd, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Kathy Frederick Bowling
Did anyone shoot any hidden camera footage that can be uploaded? I can just see Kathy on U-tube!
How not to bowl!
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August 3rd, 2010 at 1:22 am
Bowling. Absolutely, completely, totally, without a doubt, the most underestimated sport there is.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 4:14 am
Ugh! Tell me about it! I’ve a compressed nerve in my thigh which feels like burning/tingling/beestings and sometimes when I walk I get a sharp pain in my hip for good measure! (u_u)
Let’s just sit for a while, yeah? (^_^) *Throws a few extra cushions Kathy’s way*
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August 3rd, 2010 at 4:19 am
As soon as I saw Fred Flintstone on his tippy toes bowling I *immediately* heard the tinkly sound effect that went with it. Talk about embedding a memory. Way to go Hanna Barbera.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 5:34 am
Knucklehead! — Same here. Stuff hurts that I’ve never moved before, much less stretched to the breaking point. All in the name of bowling. It’s an evil sport, really. It looks so innocuous, but surely it can kill you.
Babs Beetle — You’ve got to be kidding me. If I tried it again now, I’d have to do it from a wheelchair, kick the ball with my feet and then slump in my chair and get wheeled away. Remind me never to bowl again.
Katherine — Yes, I’m old and I should have known better than to let Valerie call the shots. I knew I was in trouble when she showed up with her own ball and shoes. Maybe if I didn’t have such good competition, I wouldn’t have tried so hard and hurt myself. Not that trying hard made me a good bowler. Both games, I had the lowest score.
Surfie — Yep. I kept doing deep lunges with every roll. My thighs are still on fire, three days later.
Rima — Yes, extreme in the sense that anything you don’t do for seven years is extreme. How dumb was I?
Tarheel Rambler — Seriously, I feel disabled today. It takes all of my energy to move from chair to couch to chair again. Even today. Oh, gotta take more Advil. BRB. Yeah, so how hard is it to file for disability?
Ron — Aren’t you glad you missed it now? I would estimate I got gutter balls 50% of the time. And I considered that good. When we meet next time, I get to name the after-lunch activity. Trust me, it ain’t gonna involve hurling 8lb balls anywhere. Passive activities, people!
v — Watch your back, lady! When you suggested bowling, I love how you failed to mention you’ve been in a league and had your own ball and shoes. What a sneak! #1 also involves a lot of groaning. It’s pitiful.
Daisy the Curly Cat — Bowling is HARD! No, I did not have the fancy leg kick. Val did, but she’s a professional. Meleah didn’t either. She had “The Surfer” release goin’ on. When I let go of the ball, my entire body seized, nothing smooth about it. And that is why I feel like this. Daisy, never try bowling. It hurts.
meleah rebeccah — Same here! I’m so glad we met AND that none of us got lost! I thought by yesterday I’d feel better, but every time I stood up, something hurt and I made a noise. Should be real fun at work today. Maybe it’ll help though, to stretch everything. God help me. I still hate Val for having mad bowling skillz she never let on about before we met. Remember when we saw her wheel up with her own ball? We’re like “Uh. What’s that?”
Jen – The Joe Cocker moves are most prominent when I’m standing up from the couch until I get my bearings. I’m all over the place. I won’t bowl for another seven years, you can be sure of it. I didn’t have my own shoes, but the ones they had were nice enough and didn’t smell or anything. I call it a win.
Chris Casey — No video. I gave explicit instructions before we started that no one — NO ONE — was to photograph me, and certainly not from BEHIND. Oh the humanity!
Jennie — No kidding. It looks like it’s nothing, but it’s something. Something that can take you down for an entire week. I would have been better off doing karate or gymnastics. Geesh.
Elisha — Yeah, and what’s with the hips! I feel like I ran a marathon. Ninety minutes of fun is going to cost me a week of Advil. Thanks for the cushions. I’ll take ’em.
Cardiogirl — Me too! Classic Fred!
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 am
The closest I’ve come to bowling lately was teaching the people at the senior center how to use the Wii. I used to bowl exactly once a year, our company had a Big Brothers/Big Sisters fundraising team. I ended up chairing it and got to meet the governor of Delaware. Which was every bit as exciting as it sounds. Can’t say I ever damaged myself doing it, but I used to take martial arts and my bodily abuse threshold is pretty high.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 8:21 am
My son is begging to go bowling. I may know exactly how you feel sometime in the near future.
The best though was back when I was 30 and my parents needed my husband and I to take their spots over in a Bowling League after they were both in a car accident. The kicker here is that I was pregnant at the time…with my 2nd child…and not JUST pregnant either. I think the league ended a month before my due date. It looked like a had a 2nd ball stashed under my shirt in addition to the one in my hand. Now THAT shoulda been filmed…oy
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August 3rd, 2010 at 10:23 am
That’s odd. I didn’t realize bowling was such an aerobic activity.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 10:49 am
The male person took the publicist bowling on their second date. Their first date was broadway and dinner.
Hmmmm.
I am sorry you are sore. Maybe your next sport should be sauna.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 11:24 am
So, you had fun? I know the knuckle-dragging cavewoman walk. I’ve got a pinched nerve in my back that sleeps most days but wakes up from time-to-time just to remind me of who’s in charge.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 11:27 am
Kathy, I’ve never bowled in my life. And I am not about to start now. Still, I think shoe shopping should be an Olympic sport. Think about it.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 11:30 am
So funny! I love those descriptions. I remember the first time I went bowling. I was about 17, and we bowled 3 games. I just knew I was never going to able to move my shoulder again. Kinda like when I rode a horse for the first time (not knowing what I was doing, of course). My gait was something like a cross between #3 and #8. You have my sympathy.
I love bowling myself, and I probably haven’t been in at least as many years.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 pm
The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. My back and butt hurt so bad the next day, I could barely get out of bed. My husband wants to start going bowling more often, but I’m not so sure…
PS. I haven’t been here in a while and I’m glad I checked in! I forgot how truly funny you are!
PPS–Wii bowling also makes me sore. Yes, I’m an out of shape fat-a**.
August 3rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I haven’t been bowling in about 7 years either and I don’t plan on going again for a long time to come. I remember the terrible shoes and how only the heaviest balls were left for people who didn’t bring their own. I prefer to sit and laugh at others while they try, although I wouldn’t do much better in their stinky rented shoes.
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Shieldmaiden1196 — You mean to say “The governor of Delaware got to meet me.” It was an innocent mistake, I’m sure. I remember seeing you in martial arts gear on your blog once upon a time. Good Lord, woman. Glutton for punishment much?
Laura — What a vision! And you’re making me look bad! If a pregnant woman can bowl and not go into early labor, then don’t I feel like a weenie?
Marvin — I got out of breath at one point. Sad, I know.
Pricilla — The male person knows how to show the ladies a good time, doesn’t he? Yes, I’m looking into making sauna an Olympic sport. The one who doesn’t die in there wins.
Lauren — I’m sorry to hear that. The knuckle-dragging cavewoman happens first thing in the morning. It’s a near crawl to the bathroom. Advil turns me into a semi-upright human. I’m almost OK now, but still have a left ass cheek pain and some stiffness in my right thigh. I should be fine by Friday.
Linda Medrano — I’d put that on a bumper sticker. It’s something to be proud of.
Linda — Wow, I’m duly impressed. Can you imagine me on a horse? Can you imaging the look on the horse’s face? “I didn’t sign up for this.”
mlm — Welcome back! I recognized your screen name instantly. It’s good to see you again (and thanks!) People keep saying that we’d feel better if we kept bowling, but honestly? I prefer to think that Saturday taught me a lesson and that lesson is “never bowl again unless someone has a gun to your head and even then, fight back.” And I agree, Wii bowling is almost no different. Same moves, same pain.
Nutrition Degree — Yes, save yourself! I had to take a heavy ball because my fingers are so fat apparently. But then I did switch to a lighter ball and figured I didn’t need to get my sausage fingers all the way in the holes anyway. It’s not like doing so would improve my game anyway. I did have a good time watching some well-built teen guys suck as badly as I did. Being fit doesn’t mean you can bowl well. That much I learned.
August 4th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Your post-bowling walks sound like perfect YouTube material..! The same happens tome whnever I do anything I haven’t done for a while.
August 4th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Good for you for trying, I couldn’t have even done that much. My neck and shoulders have been screwed up for years. Sorry to hear you were in so much pain. Hope it’s better by now.
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August 4th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I disagree. You are not old by any means just out of practice though I do agree that once every seven years is practice enough. “Old” would never have agreed to go. Hope you’re feeling better.
August 4th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Granny-style = no soreness. It works for bowling, four shots and probably cooking.
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August 4th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
I haven’t been going bowling for over a years now. I know how the hurt feels if I play today. Hahahaha….
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August 5th, 2010 at 8:06 am
Don’t you love how just the simple acts of say, bowling, riding your bike, or sometimes even sleeping can cause you to walk like your Grandma for days??! What is with that?? And then I find myself saying old things like “When I was a kid, we could bowl all day and I liked it”. Crap. I’m even sounding like my Grandma now.
Good to know I am not alone.
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August 7th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I hope you set up a survey for some of your guests because I just did one here. Asked me about Cheese and some site with Blogher.com. Interesting. Hope you get feeling better. Perhaps one of these days you will let me know why the throwing of Bricks at strange women has started around here. You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t partake. It seems the Local Police have a fondness for arresting folks that engage in such activity.
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August 7th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
So what was your score? 🙂
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August 7th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Maybe on your next blog meet up you could settle for a picnic haha, I’ve one question for you, what’s a weeble?
August 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am
Weebles were these little egg people that were weighted on the bottom. Word on the street says that Weebles wobble but they won’t fall down.
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August 9th, 2010 at 8:21 am
All I can think of when I see that picture is the little “twinkle, twinkle, twinkle” sound Fred’s toes made as he approached the lane. Kinda like the sound Samantha’s nose made when she wriggled it.
I hate to think the shape I’d be in if I dared to bowl. I don’t think I’d be ambulatory. I’d probably just be in a sort of pretzel shape, lying pitifully on the floor.
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August 31st, 2010 at 11:39 am
Bowling will surely do that to you. I was on a league a long time ago, and that does you in. But it was always a ton of fun.