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21 May 2008

Wii is out to get me….literally

Okay, I thought it was cute that we could be interactive with the Wii; Simulate bowling and drop a ball, it drops a ball, hit a ball in a crowd and it hits someone (though without the screaming and promises of litagation).

But Wii has gone to far.

Introduce the Wii Fit.

Yes, we got it; Actually hubby did and he signed a contract stating that in no way was he trying to send me a message otherwise he will be sharing either the top or bottom bunk bed with the kids.

Basically, the Wii fit goes for the ego right off when you step on the board to be weighed (and unfortuantely it tells you the truth about how much one ways) because it goes “ooooo” when you step on the board.

If I didn’t feel fat before, I was now.

After gasping for breath apparently because the Wii board was silent for awhile…It, as I mention, weights you and then calculates your body mass index based on the following ranges, which depending on where you fall could be:
Obese (of which the Wii board would be sleeping with the fishes if it said that to me)
Overweight
Normal
Underweight
Lindsey Lohan….

Okay I made up the part about underweight.

After loudly telling everyone present (of which it’s handy to have anyone in the same room sign a non-disclosure form), the Wii board proceeds to give you the choice of testing your balance.

I’m not going to mention how I did but I do have a handy excuse now, not to go into waitressing.

It then has you set up your goal to either lose or gain your needed weight and then asks you to decide in what time line you wish to achieve your goal, the miniumn (and this is where I laughed) is 2 weeks.

Apparently 3 years as a miniumn was not allowable.

Once saved, with a foot stamp on an interactive calendar, the Wii proceeds to ask your choice of trainer.

Sorry, no doughnut eating trainers are available. I checked.

It’s either the physically fit female or the physically fit male. I’m still quizzing my hubby why he chose the female.

After further humiliation, the Wii asks if you would like to password protect your details so no one can find out what your weight and BMI is.

To choose no is insane.

There are four areas of exercise to choose from:

Yoga

Strengthening

Aerobics

Balance

Apparently, couch exercise has yet to be officially recognized.

I really enjoyed the Yoga options though it was challenge to keep center at some points, but mostly because I had a toddler hanging on to one leg and a dog licking my toes (please don’t ask about the dog; I’m really thinking about putting him in therapy).

This is just the first night and unfortunately I have to confess that as I type this, I just finish a bowl of ice cream but you know what, I think I deserved it after having my BMI yelled out loudly enough for the whole world to hear and later to have my child inquire why mommy’s face was turning red from trying to touch her toes.

So should you get the Wii fit; Yes, I would recommend it because it’s better than having to go to the gym; I really do feel that it will be a great aid and motivator to toning, strengthening and *cough* exercising, and there are some really cool things you can do on Wii fit like Ski Jumping, walking on a tightrope (you gotta get the Wii to understand), Yoga is a huge plus because I’m so not ready to go live in public with that one, and watching your spouse trying to replicate some of the exercises.

Oh yeah…and it has hula hooping and dancing….though watching your spouse replicate some of the exercises is the most fun (and funniest) part of Wii fit.

Now if only they would get tournament chocolate eating in and Wii would be my best friend.

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21 May 2008

Shared Bibles

The other night, I finished placing bible tabs on both my husband’s bible and my own and as I was doing so, I marvel every more, the similarities and differences in our bibles.

It’s made by the same manufacturer, they both serve the same purposes, but there are obvious differences in the two.

The obvious of course is that his is a dark navy blue and mine is well, pink (big surprise right?).

Although, both are devotionals, his is divided into Mon.,Tues.,Wed, you get the picture, lol.

In the same way, men and women are different yet similiar. Same story, I know, heard it time and time again, but God really had blessed us with these differences to make us fit for the different roles that we play in each other’s lives and in the grand scheme of things beyond the world we just know and the culture we just know.

Matthew 19:4-6 NIVHaven’t you read, he replied, that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.

If everyone is doing the same job, quite truthfully how can we get anything done?

It’s our differences that make us unique and why try to undo what God has created? Is it really that bad that we have to be a carbon copy of everything and everyone?

We celebrate our similarities but then under the same breathe, think nothing of buying shoes, clothes and cosmetics to accentuate and celebrate our differences but don’t allow ourselves to fill comfortable in the roles that God has given us. It’s not meant to divide us but to unite us.

Every try to fit two pieces of a puzzle that are the same? Doesn’t work does it? Just falls apart.

As I put the last tabs on my bible, I handed it over to my husband to see what he thought of it and his first comment was, “Funny how the tabs fit differently on yours than it does mine and they are the exact same type and brand that both bibles are using.”

It’s a subtle reminder from God that we all have common goals but that our differences can be our assets and not our handicaps.

Both bibles contain the same word of God; They were both NIV, they were both devotionals, but even the devotionals in them were geared for different aspects of our lives…The devotionals my husband were non-relatable to the challenges, the encouragement and the convictions I would face in my life, no more than the devotionals in my bible would not fit his.

Oh there were some that although not worded the same, came to the same conclusion and he and I could use, but there were plenty that were geared more to what he would face and I never would and could expect to encounter.

Did it make me want his instead? Not really.

Did mine make him want mine instead? Not really.

They both were going to serve the same purpose for us, but also had different wording that he and I would need separately and it wasn’t a bad thing at all.

The same can be said about our lives and the roles that we play. A husband doesn’t necessarily have to be a mother to understand what his wife is going through because just playing the role isn’t going to give him the complete picture.

He will never understand the emotions, the hormones and just the experience of being pregnant for 9 months and carrying that life we both are now raising; It’s just not going to happen, but it doesn’t devalue his role as my husband, as the father of our children.

No more than the fact that I can never and will never fully comprehand or understand the things he does and the role he plays at work but that doesn’t make me less of a wife or as a mother of his children.

I praise God for our differences because it helps us appreciate and understand our role together as husband and wife; As father and mother and as two human beings created by ONE God, for His plan and will.