I have a goal to be active every day. I am happiest with a daily walk around the neighborhood, but when Buffalo turns to frigid winds and dark nights, a walk in my life is almost impossible. Chris tried to help me. He set up our treadmill in the basement with easy access to a television and dvd player. For a while, I was making good use of it, lured into walking in the basement by the promise of Season One Alias episodes waiting for me. (Damn, there is no better series than Season One of the beauty that is Alias. In my next life, I want to come back as Sydney Bristow.)
After a while, even the promise of Alias wasn't enough to get me down to my basement treadmill at 8 p.m. at night. I want pjs and the couch. I tried to get it going during the kids' naptimes, but I resented taking my one hour a day of peace and making it a "have to do", rather than enjoying a moment of solitude with a good book and a nice cup of tea. (My life is already filled to the brims with the have tos, I need some indulgent want tos.)
Today I decided to try something a little different. I think I have already discussed my love for the wonders of "on demand" programming, but did you know on demand offers exercise shows on demand? Really! And it's free! So today, I psyched the boys up for some family exercise time. We ordered up a little latin dance cardio rock and got busy. (Okay, okay, I really bribed them with some frosted animal crackers in order to buy me some exercise time. There is something a little bit horrible about giving your children a sugar laden snack so they can watch you make an ass out of yourself doing the mambo.)
With some begging and bribing, we made it through Latin Dance. Then to appease the boys, we switched on a little Choo Choo Soul and jumped around the house some more. Hey, exercise is still exercise if it's set to a soulful rendition of your 'ABCs' right?
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