It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have. I'm pretty sure that is the secret to life, a happy life that is. Too bad hardly anyone can follow that. It's that time of year again. The time when people make resolutions to better themselves and my blog readership goes down...too much temptation. I think New Years is the worst time to start anything. I mean, and I'll be honest here, if you really were dedicated to change your life and really stick to it, you would have started it when you thought of it. There have been two times in my life where I lost a decent amount of weight (gaining it back of course ;) ), both times were not at new years. One time was December 24th. Something snapped and I was not even tempted by all the Christmas goodies. The other time was in December as well. So if your plan is to stuff your face right up until the bitter end on New Years Eve and then start fresh the next day, I fear my dear friend you are setting yourself up for most likely … [Read more...]
Where O’ Where…
Has my motivation gone? I am sure it is around here somewhere...or at least I hope it is. In the grand tradition, I once again got sick for Christmas. Luckily for me it wasn't knock out, drag down for Christmas, I was saving that part for now. The good news is that Snowpocalypse is over now but boy did I screw a lot of things up. I have many a friend who's Christmas' were altered big time because of it. Most people didn't get to go to family dinners or have family over. Some were without power for awhile on Christmas. For us, we were just missing a few gifts. See UPS/FedEx/USPS had some issues with delivering things and so some of our Christmas was spend describing our gifts. ;) All well and good. We're adults, so Christmas isn't really about the presents anymore (though Hannah sent me some beautiful brownies that didn't make it here until the 27th...thanks post office...grr). The other thing, the thing that is driving me the most insane...we haven't had trash pick up now going over … [Read more...]
Santa Baby….
We are having to pull out the big guns this Christmas to make sure Santa stops by. See Crazy Cocker Spaniel is a little nervous this year (see picture below) as she has been on quite the Kleenex tissue shredding binge as of late. We call it making Christmas around these parts as she blankets the house with have chewed up Kleenex. I know she is just trying to be festive but it becomes a pain to clean up. So to better entice Santa to show up I had to offer up a little more than just cookies. So we are offering him hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows and some homemade Chocolate Caramel Covered Marshmallows. When I made the hard caramels the other day I also made a small batch of soft ones. I wanted to try my hand at the Chocolate Caramel Covered Marshmallows (I got the pictures downloaded...such a smart husband I have). A candy maker I am not. If I was smart I would have put an indent into the marshmallows while they were setting up so that the caramel wouldn't slide off of them … [Read more...]
If only in my dreams….
I wont be home for Christmas (well my parents home) so like the song says...I'll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams. My parents are off to visit my brothers for the holiday this year and we are here alone in the Snowcopalypse. Not that I mind spending Christmas alone its just it's a little bit better with my family around. My mom is very into Christmas and I have that genetic Christmas gene as well. We have lots of traditions. I lucked out in a way that my husband has no Christmas traditions. None. At first I thought this was weird but soon learned that it worked to my advantage. He now has had to adopt all of my family traditions. One year when I was little we drove across country to visit my maternal grandmother and grandfather. Two and half days in a car with the family is less than fun. You can only play the licenses plate game so much (the next times we flew). My grandmother is not what one would call a good cook. So often when we were there for the holidays all the … [Read more...]
