Things that make you go hmmm…(or OH MY!)

Andrew.  His new favorite Wii game is Spore Hero.  It is really a cute game.  You start as a basic alien and collect/win different body parts as the game progresses.  At certain points you can go back to your alien nest and apply these new parts to your alien’s body.  The parts are designed to give you better running, jumping and fighting abilities. 

It takes great concentration to add said parts to the proper area of the body.

 

Sitting at my computer, I knew what he was doing and I was ok with it.  He and I have played this game together many times.  It is a PG game.

After a few minutes he starts cracking up and calls me out to see what he’s done to his alien.  “Blaahhahhha, you’ve got to see this.  He looks SOOOO COOOOOLLLL.”

 

“I WISH I COULD HAVE THREE LEGS LIKE THAT!!!!”

After my eyeballs had been picked up off the floor and safely put back in their sockets, I told him I thought it would be a tad difficult for him to walk or run with three legs like that.

Then I locked myself in the bathroom and took a few deep breaths. 

The Joke (part 3)

Armed with my extra quadruple wide running shoes, a sporty looking, lightweight, running jacket thing (I might as well look like I know what I’m doing) and my iPod containing a new “Exercise” playlist full of up-beat/motivational music; the treadmill and I began our exercise regime.

Week 1 consisted of walking for 10minutes, jogging for 2.  Then walking for 10 minutes and jogging for another 2.  Week 2 would have consisted of walking 6 minutes, jogging 4.  Twice.  Except I got stuck on Week 1.  For 3 weeks.  (I told you I had never run anywhere except to the bathroom!)  Clearly I needed help.

The Lake Run is a 4.3something, something  mile run around Lake Bloomington on May 1st.  It is put on by The Lake Run Club; a group of running enthusiasts who get together and, well…..run I guess.  In anticipation of The Lake Run itself, The Lake Run Club enthusiasts group together and put on a “How to Run Class” for beginners called "Catch the Wave” (also called CTW).

The idea is to get someone, like myself, off the couch and running (and I use the term running very, very loosely here) enough so that, in theory, I could run jog walk shuffle the entire race on May 1st.  Sign me up!  I want to know the secret! 

So the class runs for about 10 weeks and we meet every Tuesday night for approximately an hour and a half.  The 10 weeks ends with the race itself.

Seven of the 15 women (not including the Pastor :-) signed on for  CTW and we braved the first class together last Tuesday evening. 

(…to be continued)

Pardon the Interruption.

Because AOL gives me such a hard time about uploading/sending my pictures and because I thought these pictures of both kids came out pretty well, I am posting them here for my family to see!

Yes I know she is wearing a turquoise headband with a green jersey Nina.  Matching  is not her thing.  But….

the fact that this one is actually IN the picture AND smiling more than makes up for the lack of style in the previous picture!