O Christmas Tree.

I still have my artificial Christmas tree up.  I know it's January 15th,  judge away. Let's face it,  there is no joy in taking down the tree. Nobody is sipping hot chocolate while listening to the Bing Crosby holiday cd. Before the tree goes up everyone giddily clammers around to help put up the decorations-now my whole family is conveniently too busy, including me. I have to find places for all the new toys and games the kids got as gifts. They are now laying around the house in assorted and sometimes odd places. I found a nerf gun behind the toilet in the bathroom.  I found the beans from Don't Spill The Beans in a coffee cup in the pantry. I opened the coat closet and the Words With Friends board game fell on my head. We are literally overflowing with stuff. On top of that, we discovered a major leak in our master shower that has now caused a domino effect. As I type there are two men above me demolishing our whole master bathroom. Now I have to deal with constant pounding and a coat of dust sprinkled over everything I own for the next few weeks or in contractor time, months. On the upside when I had to empty out our bathroom, I found 97 beauty supplies that I didn't remember I had. Does hair moose go bad?

  So back to the tree. I did take off all the decorations. I didn't want people to drive by, see the lights and shake their heads in disgust of my inability to make time to do the most un-wonderful job of the season. Happy January.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Shocking, I know, but one of my new year resolutions is to lose weight...again. My very spiritual friend told me I should not call them resolutions but instead I should set intentions. She said that new intentions allow for the setting of attainable and measurable goals for the mind and body. Okay, I'm not really that new age but it makes sense to me. Here are my intentions for 2014:
(Starting Jan. 5th-because I have too many yummy dinners lined up that I don't want to miss out on.)

1.  I intend to go to Weight Watchers (again) and not skip a  meeting because I had a 22 point cinnamon roll that day for breakfast. (For those of you not familiar with ww you generally get 26 points for the entire day.)

2.  I intend to exercice at least 3 times a week. (Even when the sudden overwhelming desire to nap overcomes me as soon as I put on my sneakers.)

3.  I intend to clean out my closet and throw out all the clothes that do not fit. (Lets face it, I'm never gonna fit into those size 6 red & gold pegged tuxedo pants and even if I did, the 8o's fashion trend has come and gone.)

4.  I intend not to go on Web MD and search all of my aches and pains. (Which in turn will cause me to assume I have cancer, which will then cause me to eat a pan of brownies, because who cares I'm going to die soon anyway.) 

5.  I intend to go to bed by 11:30pm at the latest. (Even when I am binge watching Game of Thrones or Orange Is The New Black and I just want to watch one more episode.)

My wish for all of you is to have a year filled with good health, laughter and an occasional cupcake.