It's Friday!!

...And I have about a billion things to do today. This is where I can get into trouble with eating poorly and not exercising. But, I digress...
Yesterday I added to my Jillian workout, did my usual Pilates thing, did some Yoga, some extra cardio on the Wii fit game AND...drum roll please...I jumped rope out on my deck!!!! I really didn't want to. I really really really didn't want to. My husband and 2 youngest children were watching (hubby was timing me) and I jumped for about a minute. I looked more like I was fighting with the jump rope than jumping with it. I have gotten SO uncoordinated, but I just kept trying. I'll do it again today too and eventually, I won't look like the jump rope is attacking me. :)
Oh, and I TOTALLY forgot to tell you that the day before I took a nice power walk while I was waiting during my oldest daughter's ukulele lesson. I didn't plan it well though, and I power walked with flip flops and now have a blister on the bottom (you read it right, the BOTTOM) of each of my feet. That made jumping a bit interesting, but my feet are much better today.
So, my oldest is into photography and videography (as well as the ukulele) and she makes funny, cute videos and posts them. She is really quite talented and entertaining. Well, for a couple of days now her and I have been doing some funny role playing joking around, so of course her videographer lightbulb pops on. She tells me yesterday that she HAS to do a video with me. This is a huge deal for me because since I have gained this weight I do not want my picture taken and I especially don't want to be on any video. She said that she really needed me to do this with her so I asked if I actually had to be seen. With the first clip, it was just my voice, then it was just my hands, then all of a sudden I needed props, my hair up and makeup. She's such a good kid, telling me I looked FINE...lol So I did it, not because I'm happy with the way I look, but because I'm not going to stop my life and time with my kids because of my insecurities. I did it because, I'm NOT going to look like this again. This video will be the LAST video of me this size. Most importantly, I did it because my teenaged daughter wanted to have fun with ME...her Mom. How often does THAT happen with teenagers?!? So I gave it my all and although I haven't seen the finished product (she was editing last night....LOTS of editing because we just kept cracking up) I know that this is one awesome moment in time that has been captured. I do not have ONE regret! I'll add the link once she gets it up on YouTube.
Today is going to be interesting. I have been awake since about 3:30 this morning. My Husband is away for the weekend and left last night. I was sleeping FINE until our Mastiff realized that 'Daddy' wasn't in bed with me. Bear (that's our big boy's name) sleeps on a separate bed in our room every night, so when he woke up at 3ish and saw no Daddy, he started whining....for HOURS. That dog is REALLY lucky he's not dead. I could feed the kids for a week!! (just kidding, just kidding). I finally crawled out of bed a little after 6, cranky as ever. I made a cup of coffee. I know that's not the best thing to do and I have been staying away from coffee because is suppresses my appetite, but this morning was one of those exceptions. With my Husband away I will be pulled in a million different directions this weekend and I have quite a bit of juggling to do starting today. My plan will be to get my exercising in and juice some of my meals so I can get the right amount of good calories into me despite my busy schedule.
Well, I'm off for now! Have a wonderful day everyone!!
ox~N