For the past 2 weeks now I have been aching, sore, and not sleeping well. And for someone with fibro, that’s totally normal, and if that’s all I have to complain about, its still on the good side of things. But since I have been on my cymbalta I have felt so close to normal that I’d almost forgotten how much fibro SUCKS BRICKS!!

So, last night Kiera and I stayed at home to clean while Mark and Savannah went shopping. We started cleaning, and I was aching all over, when I remembered that exercising is suppose to help.
So, Kiera and I were just getting out our mops, I turned on Alanis Morissett’s ‘Jagged little pill’ album and turned it UP WAY LOUD and we started dancing as we moped!

So, here is one of her songs I like the most, especially while Kiera and I were groovin. I’ll warn you though, she isnt not a great performer to watch. She looks like a hippy that cant dance. haha

(Boy am I happy we were the only ones there haha)
I discovered that moping is quite the work out when you Really get into it!

The reason I am sharing this on my blog is because I know a lot of stay at home moms, and I don’t know a single one who thinks she gets enough exercise. So, I want all the moms who read this to try to make ALL your jobs around the house an exercise! (except the 2 moms I know right now that are 8 1/2 months pregnant!!!!! Don’t want you going into labor!!! )
Then, I want you to add comments on my blog to tell me what you did to exercise as you cleaned! Its a gym in your very own home, you just didn’t know it!

And you can even get your kids involved, you can make it a fun game for kids! For example, when I was young, our kitchen was a linoleum floor, and we found that when you spill lots of water on the floor, then get down on your bare legs you can push yourself around the room and its like a slip-n-slide! We actually had friends who used to ask if they could come to our house to mop the floor with us! It was GREAT!!
And, at my house now, my girls think its SO much fun to play Cinderella. And I’m the Evil step mom who orders them around the house to clean things (But it only works when I make my voie sound shrill and mean…they Love that for some reason. Helps with the pretend part of it I guess)

Another thing my kids like to play is “Magic clean up”. And what I do is say “I’m gonna close my eyes, and say some Magic words, and when I open my eyes, ALL the blocks will have jumped by them selves into the block bag!” And then I close my eyes and start saying silly words, and the kids RUN AROUND LIKE MAN trying to pick up the block and throw them into the bag! Its an amazing game, and a good trick to get them to clean little things, they think its Great!!!!

If you have tried something fun that works at your house add a comment and we can all try something new this week and see if it helps us get our kids motivated to clean better.

So….I will wait to hear from everyone!

(Hint hint. wink wink)