It seems I have taken a "blog vacation"!  My website and my blogs( there are several!) have been neglected.  This blog only has 2004 Archives. There are more 2005 Archives, but they are located under "Old Blog" on my Links section to the left. There just hasn't been anytime then whenever there is time, I keep changing the site themes! 
Sometimes I just get obsessed over something for a while then it burns out.  For instance, I recently rediscovered The FIRM videos and Fanny Lifter again.  I bought a set a few years ago off of an infomercial.  That was the first time I ever purchased from television.  The videos lasted for a week...or I guess I lasted for a week---not even that long!  Oh, and I guess my daughters rediscovered the videos.  The tapes were happily collecting dust on my desk before my girls plucked them from their comfortable existence.  I was happily collecting dust on the couch...errr...becoming a couch potato!  Monday, September 12, 2005 changed everything.  My three girls did about 4 workout videos(these tapes are 45-55 minutes long each) while I watched them sweat to the (oh that's Richard Simmons--we don't have his tapes!)  I tried to tell the girls that you only have to do 1 tape per day, but they were so gung-ho!  Anyway,  the girls stayed the night with their grandmother on Monday night while I went to work.  Tuesday, after I had my usual 4-5 hours snooze after working all night, I sat on the couch and began feeling guilty.  What kind of example was I providing for my daughters?  Do I really want to pass on the legacy of an overweight mom, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol?  I lost my mother at an early age due to her death...did I want my girls to grow up without their mother? Certainly not!  I can already see certain habits of mine radiating from them.  Well, I lifted my fanny off of the couch and worked out.  It was really exhilarating!  Even though I was about to fall out due to being out of shape---it still felt great physically and emotionally.
The FIRM website has video rotations to follow for different fitness levels. I exercised Tuesday, rested yesterday, and will exercise today.  I pray that I stick with it this time!