Does yard work count as a workout?

Just came in from 3 hours of mowing, weedwacking, edging and blowing my yard...it should count as a workout! Overslept and missed my ride with my Thursday ride date! BUMMER! It worked out okay because he left late and we would have missed each other. Hope to get a ride in this afternoon with our club. Hope to lift weights either this afternoon or this evening and maybe a run. Would have loved to have gone to the outside pool today but yard work won out, especially since my grass was almost knee high.

If you know me, you know I always worry about being slow. I got this in my email today from SparkPoints and wanted to share it with all of you.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.- Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
Taking two steps forward...Slow and steady has not always been an inspiring concept. It's not as sexy as speed and sharp turns of direction. But it may be just the thing to keep you from running out of gas, while still moving you forward. Abe is telling us that the most important thing is to keep walking forward, no matter how slowly. Sometimes slowness can be frustrating. You might become impatient; you might get discouraged with a setback. But a setback doesn't have to set you back. Simply using it as a learning opportunity can leapfrog you ahead again. From now on, try paying attention more to your direction and less to your speed. Be patient, focus on a little bit at a time, and soon enough, you'll be further than you ever thought. Besides, it's a good bet that by always looking forward, Abe rarely looked back in regret.