Let's Talk: DO NOT TOUCH THE WII

This morning I hop out of bed excited to get started on my Wii Mission of Torture, when much to my surprise IT WILL NOT TURN ON. The horror. The agony. Will I ever get to use my beloved Wii again. Have I said my last goodbye to my Wii Mii? What will the Yoga instructor laugh at now?

First evidence, my Wii Fit DVD is sticking out of the Wii.
Not Good.
Power-nope
Check the connections, all is good.
Reset button - check
Unplug cords and plug em' back up - nothing

Panic sets in, what will I do?
Am I doomed to sign that 18 month long contract with the Gym 2000 just to be able to get my fitness on, because I have to have a trainer, right?

Okay, Kaye shake it off, there has to be an explanation. I'll just box everything back up and return it to Wal-Mart. They'll take it back if they know whats good for them.

Slide the Wii out of its snugly little spot under the TV and low and behold (imagine a golden glowing light) the owners manual with a troubleshooting section.

If your Wii does not power up, please unplug all connections for 2 minutes and plug back up. This won't work, I've done that, but at the speed of light because of the panic attack.

2 minutes pass and GLORY TO GOD that pretty little blue light come back on and all was well at the Butler Manor.

Whew. That was close.

Something clicked in my silly little head. Tuesday night after all the torture I went through with the demon Yoga woman (I know a few minutes ago I couldn't live without her, now that I have her back I can talk about her), Tim comes home, we go to bed and he wants to watch a movie. I tell him to go get it from the DVD PLAYER. He yells at me I can't get it to come out, you come do it. So I do. He had pushed all the buttons on the DVD player and the DVD was stuck. I worked on it, turned it off and reset it and it finally spit out the DVD. I noticed the light on the Wii was off then, but really thought nothing of it, knowing I had just used it and turned it off. GIGANTIC LIGHTBULB TURNS ON ABOVE MY HEAD. I stomp back to my bedroom where the little angel lays sleeping (it is 5:30 am) and I gently shake him and say....
ME: Darling, did you touch the Wii the other night when you were messing with the DVD player?
TIM: UMmmmm sleepy
ME: DARLing, did you touch my Wii?
(notice I said my Wii, technically the girls received this from us as a Christmas Present, but whos keeping score? ME)
TIM: I dunno, I'm sleepy
ME: DARLING, DID YOU FREAKING TOUCH THE WII OR NOT?
TIM: Um I think so, I made that game pop out, pushed a few buttons...
ME: Oh, Oh, Oh, YOU SO CAN'T TOUCH THE WII EVER EVER EVER AGAIN. I still love you though cutie.

(He is skating on thin ice)

Okay, so crisis averted, the exercises continued and thanks to that handy dandy memory card, all my achievements/torture was not lost.

Here's a few of my favorite yoga positions/torture techniques. I took these with my cell phone, I was delirious with pain and couldn't look for my real camera.
The Half Moon: Notice my center of balance red dot RIGHT WHERE IT SHOULD BE in the middle of the Yellow Circle: Yay ME!

The Warrior: My other favorite, notice my red bar RIGHT ON THE BLUE LINE, Perfect, Yay ME again.

The Tree: Impossible to do perfect, which is why I took the picture while she was demonstrating. My Red dot looks like an etch-a-sketch gone crazy during this pose.

And the best for last
The Dance: If you will notice the red dot way off in the left hand corner, so far from the yellow circle. It stayed there and you could not even hear the yoga instructor because my red dot was causing this horrible WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP sound. Also this is just the first part of the dance. There was no way I was going to let Taylor take a picture of the bending over part of the Dance. I'm sure she would have gotten me in the picture. Then I would have to live with the fact that I caused you all so much pain and suffering. It would have been burned into your eyes for life.


Come join the girls and I at the track this afternoon. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU.