Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Shameless Mom-tactics

I really wanted a scoop of ice cream tonight, but the freezer was empty. So I packed Ty into the stroller and walked down to Baskin Robbins. I have to admit, I totally used Tyler. Because when a mom and a little kid come in, it's like "oh, look at the mom and her son, theyr'e out getting a scoop of ice cream together!" If I come in by myself, it's more like "oh, look at that lady! She hoofed it all the way down here by herself to add some ice cream to that butt!" There are some things that we don't usually do, but with our kids, it's ok. Another prime example: I wanted to get the new Harry Potter book at midnight when it came out. So I dragged my two nephews along with me so that I wouldn't look like a big dork all alone at the bookstore. It was actually really fun, we got posters and made wands. They had a blast. They are 5 and 12, so any opportunity to be out past bedtime was major -plus the fact they are huge fans as well.

I did get some activity in today though. I decided I'm going to log my activity on my blog as well as my points tracker so that I feel a little more accountable. I made sure my trek for ice cream was a brisk one so that I could count it, I did 25 min. of Turbo Sculpt, and Ty and I danced like crazy today to the Sgt. Pepper album while I was cleaning. I'm a big Beatles fan, I grew up listening to all my dad's music. I don't know how many activity points that equates to, but at least I know I was active. That's one of my main goals - even if I don't know exactly how many points an activity is, I'm trying to stay moving a lot more. Well, I'm off to read a few more blogs and then try and get to bed before 11. We'll see!


Points: 23.5/24 Activity: 25 min. TS/15 min brisk walk/15 min dancing =)

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