"You have 12 minutes!"

Ok, so my husband has been bothering me to post something the last couple days. I told him that I have to be inspired in order to write something worthwhile. He just hasn't been giving me enough material lately. You know, he's not doing anything funny or saying anything cute (except on Sunday. We got up for church and as he is putting on his pants--which he can do by himself now--and I just hear him say, "Do 3 Ashtanga Sun Salutations." He said it quietly and to himself and I'm like, "Huh?" "Oh, I just like the way it sounds," he replies. Hilarious.) so I haven't really felt like I had anything to write about. However, as I am looking at the clock almost on my way out the door for the day from work, I am wondering what I can do in these last few minutes. Lightbulb.

How often do you find yourself with 10 spare minutes here or 18 spare minutes there. There are a million things that can be done--load the dishwasher, start a load of towels,catch half of a half of an episode of Seinfeld, etc. What if we all devoted those spare minutes to health and fitness? Every time we find ourselves with a speck of spare time that isn't enough to start something really important and too much to just waste, we did something like pack a healthy lunch by chopping up veggies for a salad or did 3 Ashtanga Sun Salutations. Maybe we research a new healthy recipe for dinner the next week or recorded our calories for the day. We could even do some crunches and push-ups without getting too sweaty. What a difference in your life that could make. So, in accordance with Patrick's begging, I decided to devote the last 12 minutes of my day to making this post so that I myself was following my own advice.

Again, Patrick, thanks for the inspiration! You did great this weekend in your weigh-in! I'm so proud of your devotion...even if it means you have to be stinky sometimes.