Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Well, I think I have survived the last few days. I woke up on Christmas Eve in a major cold-medicine-induced-fog. I was so groggy that I am not sure how I woke up and got the turkey in the oven. Chris’ family all came to our house for Christmas Eve. We had a great time. The girls opened some gifts.

After everyone left we let the girls open one present on Christmas Eve. This is a tradition in our family that I love. We always buy the girls pajamas or as Sydney calls the pjammies. This year they were Disney Princess pjammies. Then we got out the cookies for Santa.

Christmas morning Sydney woke up bright and early. My sister, Kerri, came over to spend the morning with us. My brother-in-law is currently in Iraq with the Army. Chris & I finally had to wake Megan up. We went in to her room and whispered that Santa had came. She kind of set up and looked at us. Then laid back down. I really wasn’t sure if she understood the whole Christmas thing. Once we finally got her up, it took Megan awhile to get in to the whole unwrapping presents idea. Then she had a blast. Both girls got the one gift that they had asked Santa for.

After we opened gifts, we had breakfast.  While we were getting toys out of boxes, Chris surprised me with a new laptop. I LOVE it. I have such a sweet husband. Later that day we headed to my grandparents for Christmas dinner. What a great time. Too much good food. I really got in to the Christmas candy. This was the first time all year that I had been around any Christmas candy. Ohhhhhhh.

The last few days my eating hasn’t been the best. Just sloppy.  We have been busy changing our 4th bedroom in to a playroom. It had been an office for Chris and a scrapbook room for me. Well, we decided that the girls could get more use out of it. It has looked like a bomb went off in our house. Thankfully it looks some better but man it was bad. The last two days we have worked so hard that I hardly sat down all day. I just drop in to bed at night exhausted. But it has been so much fun watching the girls with their new toys playing so nicely together.

One other special gifts that Chris & I bought back in August for our family was a Wii. For the last several months, I have asked Chris to get it out when the girls are in bed but he stood strong. It has been so much fun. We have all taken the Wii Fit test. I was so happy that my Wii Fit age is the closest to my actual age than anyone else in my family. But I wasn’t too happy that it says that I am “43″. What? It said that Chris was 45.  I was shocked because Chris is much more in shape than me. It will be interesting to see our progress.  I am already at “teacher” level on the Warrior pose in Yoga (watch out Mom)

To be honest, I don’t feel very inspirational right now. I don’t have any new recipes in the works. I have a few product reviews that I need to get posted. I guess this is real life. I need to get back to running and working out. The last few weeks have just been so crazy with Christmas, being sick and both girls sick. I think we are on the mend. We still have one more Christmas get-together, some friends coming over for our annual New Years morning breakfast, and a dinner guest one night this week.

Have I ate too much? Yes. My scales show I am up a little but I am not going to panic. I ate better yesterday. I stocked up on some fresh veggies. I am craving some salad. That just shows you that I need to get back to better eating.

I can do it. You can do it. It isn’t a lost cause. I am taking it a day at a time. Not beating myself up for the Christmas indulgences. (That is a lot harder than it sounds).

OK. I have rambled enough for now. The winners of the contest should be receiving their boxes soon. I hope you enjoy all of the goodies. I am headed to the Indianapolis Colts’ game today with Chris. I am so excited (even though many of the starters may not play). We bought these tickets months ago.

Have a great day!

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