What I Did Today and Before That

I sort of want to compete in a triathlon, only I hate to run and the swimming scares me.  I think I could teach myself not to hate to run, or I could just hate it and do it anyway.  The swimming though...yikes.  I am definitely a social swimmer.  I mean, if I'm splashing around, playing Marco Polo or something, I am not going to drown.  But if you are going to drown and need me to save you...we're probably both going to die.

So...shoot, I was going somewhere with this and totally lost my train of thought.  Oh yeah!  Exercise.  It's been a long long time since I've done anything that even remotely resembled exercise on a regular basis.  But today, well, today was the day.  I would really rather ride my bike than just about anything in the world, but Asher was at school, and the girls are sick and it's kind of chilly outside so I instant-watched a Crunch Dance Aerobic video on Netflix and went to town.  Yeah!  I suck so bad at dance aerobics, it's embarrassing even in my own living room.

I let Jensie do it with me, but the instructor kept saying cheesy stuff like "Show me your sexy arms!" and I was thinking I can not believe my seven year old is hearing this! and from now on we will stick to P90-X (which is my nemesis).  I was pretty sure all my flailing about was a waste of time but tonight my hamstrings are sore, so hurrah!

I am writing this at 12:24 am, but it feels like 1:24 am because it is Monday and the time only "fell back" on Sunday and I'm not used to it.  For reasons I can neither explain nor comprehend I am writing this in what seems to be a very ditsy cheerleader-ish voice.  So-rry.

After our "dance party" we did the usual--laundry, lunch, dishes, Legos.  For some reason though, it was all totally awesome.  Frankie and Asher played Legos for hours.  Frankie is very dexterous and imaginative and Asher is obsessed with making sure each knight looks exactly like the instruction manual shows.  It's cool.

Also, Frankie never says "to" it's always "ter."  You know, like, today becomes yes-TER-day?  Well she carries around this little plastic VeggieTales figurine and says in her deepest man voice, "Hi, I'm Bob Termato" and I lalalalalove it.

This weekend was so much fun.  Nate had Friday off, so we went to Westville, and Pasaquan and they are both terrific places.  You should google them now, and I'll take you there later (when you visit!).  I forgot to charge my camera battery though, so even though we took a few pictures they were all very blurry and I won't post them.  Boo.

It's getting chilly down here in Dixie.  We've been camping out and roasting mallows in the backyard a few times a week.  I love it.  I meant to take a picture of one of our infamous Bigler bonfires for you, but got hung up on this guy instead.  That is smoke there in the corner so I think that's good enough.

Good night!