I remember the first time I heard the phrase “with bated breath.”  It was the high school production of H.M.S. Pinafore and I was in the choir.  We had to sing a line, very staccato-like, where we sang, “This.ver.y.night.with.ba.ted.breath”…etc.  I had to look up what the heck “bated breath” meant.  I’ll save you the trouble:  [...]

My vlog after day one at the YMCA.  Huge props to Wendy, my personal fitness coach.  Love her!  Only 11 weeks, 6 days (and ~mumblemumble~ pounds) to go! [wpvideo m6m8nmid] Tweet This Post

I did two things last week that will hopefully put me on the road to better health.  They may also put me on the road to a nervous breakdown, but I’m taking my chances. On Tuesday I marched myself (and three reluctant kids…they weren’t expecting this side trip) into our YMCA and registered our family [...]

I decided to video blog this week’s Wii Mommies Fitness Friday, so here I am in my “housedress/mumu” after this morning’s workout!  Do you want to know a behind-the-scenes secret?  When Eli came and sat on my lap, it was apparent he had wet through his diaper as I was doing my workout this morning.  [...]

Here are the only people to use the Wii Fit in our home recently – my 15yo daughter (who gave me permission to film her in her baggy, baggy pajama pants) and my 17 month old son. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TjCvKJqQyY] I have no good excuses other than I’ve been REALLY REALLY busy (and I was away from [...]

It’s time for Fitness Friday, and this week I am the Featured post.  Yeah!  This video is on the long-ish side, but have some sympathy – I’ve been cooped up in the house with sick kids all week (husband has been in and out of town), and I needed some “big people” chat time (even [...]

I’ve had my own special brand of Groundhog Day this week – the Bill Murray kind, not the Punxa-what’s-his-name kind. Look familiar? Tweet This Post

Sometimes when you sign in for your Wii Fit workouts, the little Wii Fit scale will “ask” you if you’ve been doing any other activities outside of the Wii.  It wants to give you credit for your hard work!  I never try to account for outside activities, although some days the way I chase after [...]

I think I was an adult before I realized that not every Kleenex was a Kleenex and not every Band Aid was a Band Aid. Sometimes it was just “facial tissue” you used to blow your nose, and sometimes it was just an “adhesive bandage” you put on your cut. Apparently my use of the [...]

Anyone who knows my son I7 knows that he’s a Dude on the Move.  Rarely one to sit and take it easy, this is an extremely rare sight: In this picture he’s passed out on the couch with a wet washcloth over his eyes – he was feverish and fatigued, and just crashed while the [...]