I exercised for a few months. I quit exercising for a few months. I exercised again for a few months. I quit exercising again for a few months. I’m wildly enthusiastic about exercise. I’m wildly apathetic about exercise. Well, I guess apa-thy by its very nature is not wild. It’s lazy. I would try to explain why I behave this way regarding some-thing as important as exer-cise, but there’s no logical explanation.

It reminds me of a con-versation I had with a friend recently. She said, “When I walk three miles a day I feel fantastic. It’s life changing, Lisa. Really.”

I replied, “I didn’t know you walked three miles a day. That’s wonderful!”

“Oh, I don’t. I used to though ... and trust me, it was fantastic.”

I get that. When I eat a salad and three pieces of fruit every day I feel better. Much better. But today I ate a waffle, tortilla chips, taco salad with sour cream and cheese tortillas. Yeah. Go figure. When I drink lots of water every day, I ex-perience more energy and a boost in mood. Today I drank coffee and sweet tea most of the day. In a few minutes, I may even bust out for some bedtime hot cocoa with marshmallows.

Thank goodness there are no Oreos™ or Fig New-tons™ in the house. There are apples on the dining room table but everyone knows that hot cocoa and Gala apples don’t mix. Ex-ercise and hot cocoa don’t mix either. When’s the last time a friend invited you to come over for hot cocoa and aerobics? Yeah. Not gonna happen. The only post-cocoa event that is re-motely acceptable is read-ing a good book or watch-ing a movie (and the movie

doesn’t even have to be that good as long as you’ve got plenty of hot cocoa). Speaking of apples, here’s a bit of fruit trivia I’ve been pondering. Why are human beings rarely tempted to eat too much fruit? When’s the last time a friend said, “I ate way too much last night. I shouldn’t have had that sec-ond bowl of fruit salad. The mangos and fresh straw-berries did me in.” I don’t think I’ve ever had a prob-lem with excessive fruit eat-ing. There’s just something about a bowl of fruit that speaks moderation into the human heart. There’s just something about a plate of brownies that speaks from a different direction.

The sad truth of the mat-ter is that certain things in my life tend to go together, for better or worse. When I exercise, I drink water. When I drink water, I eat apples. When I eat apples,

I make the bed every day. When I make the bed ev-ery day, I read good books at night. When I read good books at night, I feel bet-ter. When I don’t exercise, I drink sweet tea. When I drink sweet tea, I eat torti-lla chips. When I eat torti-lla chips, I don’t make the bed. When I don’t make the bed, I watch poorly-written chick flicks at night, throw my dirty clothes on the floor and fall asleep in my recliner.

The moral to the story is clear. If you don’t want to throw your dirty clothes on the floor, join me in my re-newed attempt at exercising. If you like falling asleep in your recliner, make a pan of brownies.

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about Lisa Smartt, visit her website, lisasmartt.com She may be contacted at lisa@lisasmartt.com.

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PETITE MISS — The Miss Union City pageants were held recently at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Winners in the Petite Miss category were (from left) first maid Mattie Smith, daughter of Matt and Chasity Smith; third maid Colee Reese

Forrester, daughter of Narika Forrester and Britt Forrester; queen Nakia McEl-rath, daughter of Jessie McElrath and Paul McElrath; and second maid Allie Vincent, daughter of Josh and Jeni Beth Vincent.

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LITTLE MISS — The Miss Union City pageants were held recently at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Winners in the Little Miss category were (from left) third maid Tailor Alexus Bolden, daughter of Leisha Bolden and Clint Laster; second

maid Emmaline Qualls, daughter of Jason and Jill Qualls; queen Toni Armstrong, daughter of Mark Armstrong and Natalie Armstrong; and first maid Laken Prather, daughter of Jeff and Stormy Victory.

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JUNIOR MISS — The Miss Union City pageants were held recently at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Winners in the Ju-nior Miss category were (from left) first maid Emma Collins, daughter of Bobbie Collins and Richie Collins; second maid

Rebecca Jane Beachum, daughter of Dr. Steve and Lorraine Beachum; queen Bray-lee Boucher, daughter of Brad and Tracy Todd Boucher; and third maid Leah Beth Faulkner, daughter of Dan and Laura Faulkner.

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TEEN MISS — The Miss Union City pageants were held recently at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Winners in the Teen Miss category were (from left) sec-ond maid Molly Beth Blackwell, daughter of Andy Blackwell and Melissa Blackwell; first maid Kate Terrell, daughter of Rob

and Renea Terrell; queen Savannah Webb, daughter of Randall and Shelly Webb; third maid McCall Whaley, daughter of Raphe and Vicki Whaley; and Miss Congeniality Mahkia Serrano, daughter of Bhyren Prid-dy and Theresa Serrano.

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MISS UNION CITY — Aubree Guess (center), daughter of Todd Guess and Tracy Guess, won Miss Union City during pag-eants held recently at the Union City Civic Auditorium. Her court included second

maid Antoinette Youngblood (left), daugh-ter of Clarissa and Nelson Youngblood, and first maid Alexis Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Coleman.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY — Mr. and Mrs. Garry Tur-beville of Pilot Oak, Ky., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 30 from 2-4 p.m. at the Cuba (Ky.) Church of Christ fellowship hall. The event is being hosted by their family. Family and friends are invited to attend. He married the former Martha Redden June 28, 1963, at the bride’s home in Cuba, with Donald Hall officiating. Their atten-dants were Deanie Coltharp Seay of Graves County and Coy Deweese of Ohio. Mrs. Turbeville is the daughter of the late Alton and Mozelle Holloway Redden. She worked at State Farm Insurance, Fulton Bank and Dukedom Bank. She is retired. Turbeville is the son of the late Thomas and Vera Glover Turbeville. He is retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. They have three children and a son-in-law, Shawn Turbeville, Lori and Allen Goodwin and Carrie Mathis, all of Graves County, Ky. They have three grand-children. The couple requests no gifts.

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Obion County Senior Cit-izens Center has announced the following activities for June 24-28 at the Eddie Cox Senior Center in Union City. The center is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Monday: Shuffleboard will be played at 8:30 a.m., followed by Bingo at 9 and crafts at 10. A SilverSneak-ers® exercise class will be held at 11. Canasta will be played at 1 p.m. and domi-noes will be played from 1-4 p.m. A line dance class will be held at 7.

Tuesday: Cinch and Rook will be played 8:30 a.m.-noon. A SilverSneakers® water aerobics class will be held at noon at Synergy. Canasta and dominoes will be played at 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Cinch will be played 8:30 a.m.-noon. A SilverSneakers® exer-cise class will be held at 11. Lunch will be served for $4 per person. Mah Jong will be played at 1 p.m.

Thursday: Bridge will be played at noon. A Silver-Sneakers® water aerobics class will be held at noon at Synergy.

Friday: Shuffleboard will be played at 8:30 a.m. Tai Chi will be held at 9. Line dancing will begin at 10.

For more information, call Margaret Cook at 885-1246.

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