(Read like a WVA hick!) “I bought it special for you babe!” “Oh, thank you I love it!”
This is how our conversation went as Matt finished cutting some plyboard to mount my mother’s day present. (refer to previous blog concerning plywood furniture and know our conversation was sarcastic!)
I recently read somewhere that men don’t read minds, and they typically don’t have any clue what their wife/girlfriend want for gifts. The suggestion was to tell your man exactly what you want so that he’s not left guessing.
So…I told Matt I wanted a Dance Dance Revolution set for Mother’s Day. I think he was a bit surprised, but we had talked about getting one for Christmas and decided against it. He immediately got online and read up on the quality of different types of DDR pads. For the sake of family finances we decided to go with the inexpensive stuff, with the suggestion from other DDR players online to mount the pad to plywood and then cover it with clear floor covering. GREAT STUFF.
It’s been great fun to have the whole family exercising more and having fun together! We’re burning calories and dancing the night away! I don’t know that we’ll ever catch up with the amazing abilities of the teenagers at the arcade, but we’re sure going to try!
Lot’s of props!
–First of all I want to tell you Happy Mother’s Day belated! I think that the first thing that I would do if I ever got on one of those DDR’S would be to fall down. So I give you lot’s of credit. First for wanting one, second for asking for it, and finally for actually getting on the thing. It has got to be alot more fun than the whole gym thing that I am currently doing. Plus it has got to get the kids really up and moving. Way to go Christy! However I would love to see some pic’s of Matt on the thing. Teresa the Flautist and fire dancer
OK
Well fine… but can you juggle?
— Ben
Juggle?
You bet I can juggle, four kids everyday. You should see me trying to do both at the same time. Big toddler in arms as I’m jumping around, he loves that, stepping on the preschooler as he’s screaming that it’s his turn, and trying to coach a third on the pad next to mine. The fourth child would be happily on the computer behind us, thank goodness.
DDR while talking on the phone is also very interesting.
Overall it’s really quite fun. Teresa, I still go to the gym, too, if nothing else, sanity time without the kids.–
Christy