Last night was a great Girls Night In for me!  I had a good friend come over and spend the night with me.  We got silly, we danced to NKOTB, we played a few wii games and a couple other fun things.  It was very relaxing for us.  Well, hopefully it was as relaxing for her as it was for me. 
It's nice to be able to slow down every once in a while and just hang out with someone.  It is good refreshment for a soul and attitude.
We did not get much sleep, but sleep can be sacrificed for a night for some girly fun.  I survived today and that is what I am most afraid of.  I am getting too old to skip out on sleep and usually the next day I pay for it.  I'm doing ok today though.
It may have a little something to do with taking a nap this afternoon....it wasn't a long nap, but I needed it.  After my nap I heard that my step-daughter was coming over for a quick visit.  I decided that since I have been so good about keeping up on my housework that I better do a few things today to keep up that appearance.  I washed dishes, we picked up the living room and bathroom and we're all grateful that we've been keeping this clean so there wasn't much to do.
Now I am sitting down with a cup of coffee and enjoying the almost quite in my house.  Everyone is outside visiting with my step-daughter, except for Kyle who is playing the wii.  That is mostly all I hear now.  I have a couple books to read and I still haven't been able to do my devotions for the day.  I can't forget to do those.  
Tomorrow is church and Sunday school.  I need to get my lesson all together tonight.  We don't have bell practice tomorrow because there are too many people gone.  But we are going to our friends' daughter's birthday party in the afternoon.  That should be fun.  And nummy with a BBQ!
I suppose I should sign out, this post seems to be pretty boring.  There is not a whole lot going on.  

I do have an issue that I have been giving a lot of thought to lately and I think I have pretty much figured out my solution.  Some people will not be happy with my decision, but that is too bad.  I need to do what is right for myself and my family.  And that means doing things that may anger or hurt others.  If you feel like praying for me, that would be greatly appreciated.  The Lord knows what my issue is.   

  

If It's Gonna Hurt Anyways, Why Not?

I have not been using my Wii Fit game for quite a while.  When I was using it before, it made my foot hurt too bad.  I have previous injuries that make my foot ache and bother me.  But for the last, hmmmm, year, my foot has bothered me almost every single day without doing the Wii game.  So I decided yesterday, if my foot is going to bother me no matter what, I might was well get back to exercising and get into better shape.  So I started my workout again last night.  Now the Wii Fit is not the best workout, but it is a good one and fun!  I do enjoy working out also.  I have some other VHS videos that I could use that I know I really like also.


I am really petite, so when I work out, I do not want to do too many exercises for losing weight.  I do strength increasing exercises.  And I prefer resistance exercises more than aerobics.  Even though I am small I am not weak.  Many people do not believe me, but I am strong for my size.  The injury in my neck excludes me from lifting anything now, but before I was able to lift things that others didn't think I ever could!  I remember one time going to go go-cart racing with some friends.  They didn't think that I would be able to even hold onto the steering wheel!  I laughed at them, so did Greg.  My husband knows my strength and he is impressed by it.  

I am able to do about 200-250 sit-ups through out a 30 minute workout on a video I love to do called Perfectly Fit Abs with Claudia Schiffer.  On the video they do a total of 400 sit-ups.  That is the amount I can do when I have not been working out.  I have this whole set, it also includes Perfectly Fit Buns, Perfectly Fit Arms and Perfectly Fit Legs.  These are my favorite exercise videos.  They are the perfect resistance exercises and they really push me.  I like that push.  Anyways, back to my story....Greg is impressed with my ability to do sit ups because he isn't able to do as many as myself.  But shhhhh don't tell him that I told you that!  Of course, I can't do these videos until Greg is back to work.  I don't like him to watch.  

I also have the ability to do quite a number of push-ups.  When I met Greg I had quite the abs....I have lost much of them.   You can still make them out if I try, but I need to get them much better defined than they are.  And if you ask Greg, I need to work my behind quite a bit.  Lol!

So with that all said, I have started my workouts again.  Last night I worked for 32 minutes with the Wii.  This morning I am going to do another 30 minute work out.  In fact, it's time for my workout right now!  So off I go to make myself healthier!  

Oh wait!  I did set myself a little tiny goal.  I really don't know what a realistic goal would be, lol.  I decided to see if I can gain 2 lbs in 2 weeks.  And of course, I want muscle gain.  So I don't do very many hula hoop games or the running.  I will keep you updated on how I do.