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Hi all! I hope you had a good Valentine’s Day. I’m still a bit puzzled about mine. John had been hinting all week that he had a special gift for me, something really fun and unusual. But when the day came, he brought me a dozen red roses. I love roses, but they aren’t exactly unusual. I can’t help wondering what the “special gift� was. He must have changed his mind about giving it to me. Maybe someone persuaded him it wasn’t a good idea? I guess I’ll never know!

Michael also talked him into buying a candy bouquet, even though I had firmly vetoed chocolates. John’s excuse was that these were lollipops, not chocolate. I couldn’t resist eating one (OK, two) and am now feeling even fatter than I did after Christmas, which was seriously bloat-o.

Painful as the idea is, I’m going to have to get serious about taking up some form of exercise. I’m not sure where I’ll find the energy, though. Lizzie hasn’t been sleeping well lately, which means no one else does either. Since John has been working late at the clinic, installing new equipment and training his staff in the advanced procedures he is introducing, I’ve been taking most of the night duty with the kids. The only exercise I’m really interested in these days is sawing logs, hitting the hay, or grabbing a cat-nap.

So my quest for this week is to find some form of exercise that:
• isn’t a total drag,
• doesn’t involve expensive gym fees or crazy amounts of equipment,
• is fun enough that I will keep at it long enough to do some good,
• and (last but far from least) can be done in the single hour I can spare while Lizzie is in daycare and Michael at school.

Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Wish me luck!