Snow Day

It was snowing like crazy when I got up this morning. The animals were ambivalent about going outside. Myla and Timmy thought they wanted to go out, but when it came down to it, only Vespers was brave enough to venture forth.

bye-bye Christmas

Well one thing about not getting all stressed & hyped up about Christmas is that you don't suffer so much from the post-Christmas blues! We went over to Greg's mom's yesterday: there were 14 of us and there were still lots of leftovers! I gave our 4-year old great-niece my camera and sent her off to take pictures of everybody. Here are the results!


and the photographer herself

'Twas the night before Christmas

and I have a stomach-ache! See this is what happens when I eat some junk after doing WW for a few weeks. I thought I should have a few treats since it's Christmastime but I was wrong I guess. Just glad they've got a porta-potty at the dog park...

I had another breakfast date this morning - with my friend Georgia this time. So we killed a couple of hours at Second Cup and then did a bit of shopping. I got a few last minute things at London Drugs. Bought a spontaneous expensive gift for Holly. What a nice Mom I am (I knew she wouldn't be too impressed with 3 books for a Christmas present.)

Yesterday was her 14th birthday. I took her and a few friends to play lazer tag and then they came back here for ice cream cake & hung out for a couple of hours.


Yesterday as well Myla's 'real family' came and picked her up for an overnight visit. Linda was concerned that she might not remember them - ha! She went mental! At the same time, we had another dog (my friend Carrie's) over for a visit and Myla didn't know who to jump on, she was so excited. They had a good visit & brought her back this morning. I told Linda she could come and take Myla out any weekday she liked after the holidays. She's been pining for her the whole time so I won't be surprised if she wants her back in June. Which is fine - really it is.

Here she is with Mr. Impark.


Well I wish you all a Merry Christmas and God Jul! I tried to take a picture of our tree at an angle (so it would look straight) but it was out of focus!

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

...and have a stress-free Christmas!

1. Don't feel bad that you didn't send any Christmas cards. There's nothing wrong with e-cards.
2. Don't have Christmas dinner at your house. No worries about cooking at all. Doesn't matter that you don't have room to swing a cat (sorry Vespers & Timmy).
3. Join WW and you don't have to feel that you should bake.
4. Decide not to buy your spouse a gift and you won't feel bad that you don't get anything you didn't pick yourself. Buy yourselves a new TV instead...after Christmas!
5. Go for breakfast with a friend and avoid doing the errands that should be done. Which will make you happier? Thanks for the brekkie Heather!

So I (can you tell?) am feeling pretty darn good today. Down 9.2 at WW, off work till January 3rd, going to a movie with the neighbours tonight. Simply having a wonderful Christmastime...

Baby steps

Well I'm down 6 pounds on WW now! Yay me!

No further progress on the Christmas preparations, but the 3 of us did put a major dent in the disaster zone that was Holly's bedroom - wow there's actually a floor in there! And 3 big bags of garbage and too-small clothes taken out. So it was a productive weekend after all. We also went to see The Golden Compass yesterday afternoon. It was pretty good, but very choppy and too short. As soon as we got home, Holly started reading the book to Greg so he could see what he was missing.

Two days in a row freezing my feet off at the dog park but Myla had a good time. Actually I'm in the house and still freezing right now - we had a fire but it went out hours ago.

Went to the Marmalade Cat for breakfast with a few work people this morning; that was fun and they have such healthy food. Although the cinnamon was uncalled for (and I guessed at points).

I've got a really busy week coming up, we'll see if it contains any Christmas shopping!

So not ready

So what is it, just over 2 weeks till Christmas?! Ha! Have I made cards? well a few but they're still sitting on my desk. Have I done any shopping? Very little, and I have 2 presents that need to go in the mail. They haven't been bought yet. Have I decorated or put a tree up? no.

Just not motivated! Not motivated to blog either, obviously. But I'm not stressed over it - yet. I don't really want to go shopping on the weekends, it's going to be a zoo, so I'll go on the weeknights instead I suppose.

Oh - lost 2.6 my first week on WW; weigh in again tomorrow morning so we'll see. Dinner Wednesday with Dawn, Gina & Jane didn't help - mmm those deep fried bananas were good. The first week went well but this week I've been hungry all the time!