Okay. After my last post, you can see where everyone’s mind is in my house, which is pretty much not where it should be. I don’t know why we’re so scatter brained. It’s not like any of us are horribly overworked. I am still in the waiting stages on the progress of my novel editing so I thought I’d share another version of a typical night at Nimark Ranch. (That’s what we call our hobby farm. When I figure out how to post pictures here, I’ll share the sign at the end of our driveway)
Like almost every other woman I know, I am trying to regain the body I lost somewhere between kids an the occasional bar burger that I can’t resist (with bacon, mind you). I brought our Wii to work along with an old small TV to do the ‘Wii Fit’ at lunch. It had been extremely windy for a few days as well as rainy & I couldn’t even get a walk in at lunch for over a week & was getting restless. I thought this would be a great solution. After a month of Special K for breakfast & lunch & diligently doing the Wii fit, the bastard dude trainer with the ponytail told me I had gained 2 lbs. WTH??? And before you say “Muscle weighs more than fat”, zip it. I never gauge by numbers alone, I go on how my jeans fit & big fat NADA for change there too. Anyway, a friend of mine had been talking about doing the Jillian Michaels 30-day shred on facebook. I decided I needed to step it up a notch so I bought the DVD.
I wrote my friend and asked her, “So, how much am I going to hate you after day one?”
She replied, ” A LOT. In case I didn’t make that clear, A LOT!”
She was right but it feels good to feel like I’m getting somewhere. Now I’ll bring in where the home antics fit in. Yesterday was day 2 of the “Shred”. We all walked downstairs to the TV room to continue watching the ‘Heroes’ series. We don’t have TV but I am a non-disciplined movie buyer. I figure what we save on cable I can spend in DVD’s. (It can all be justified, right? 
) I walked down the stairs slowly with “ow ow ow ow ow” at every step, my loving daughter ahead of me laughing all the way. I get to the bottom & utter “Dammit!” & she & hubby giggle knowing what that is for. Yes, I forgot my glasses. I do this EVERY.STINKIN’. NIGHT. I only need them for TV & driving so they are easy to forget. I beg my daughter to go get them so I don’t have to climb the stairs again.
“Okay, but you owe me. Where are they?” she asks.
“By my purse.”
She takes off upstairs and I settle myself on the couch. She comes down a minute later… and hands me my cell phone! Apparently it was by my purse too. A phrase my dad always said came to mind. “It doesn’t run in the family, it gallops.”
This is one of my favorite sayings. I made it for my sister-in-law on my embroidery machine:
*sigh* I live in anticipation of what tonight will bring. 
This is so funny. You had me in tears laughing this morning. What a way to start the day. Thank you. Love Mom
LOLOL!! Even though I knew what was coming, I still laughed! Is it bad that I amuse myself so endlessly?
I was supposed to do her video today & bailed. I did a modified version on my own without her.
I hope you can move after today!
Perhaps next time you’ll get lucky and she’ll come back with a Hula Guy!