These Boots were made for walkin'

I went to a white elphant exchange and won these orange boots. I love them and Chris evidently does too. He does not have winter boots and used mine to shovel the drive way during the winter flurries.

Sleepy Pirate

Earlier this month, our family (minus me) went to a birthday party at the Crawmers. They truly went all out. It was a combined birthday party for their sons Morgan and Jack Jack. There was a costume theme. Amanda was Dot from Mad TV, her husband Andy was a mad scientist, complete with sideburns. Dan was a baseball player and Julie was a teacher. Morgan and Jack were decked out in kilts, braveheart style. The Pasmas were all Bombers fans, one of them (we wont say who) wore shorts that should not be worn by men. (yikes!) And my family consisted of a hippie, a pink pirate, Sharpei from HSM, and Garbriella from HSM. They had a blast! I was at my annual (it was only my second year) cookie exchange. It took me years to get into this group. I remember my aunt going to the exchange when I was a little girl and thinking, "oh I hope I get invited to that when I am older." Basically someone has to die or be miss a year for there to be an opening in the group. A few years back I asked my aunt if there were any weak links in the group so that I could get my foot in. Well, no one died, but I got an invite and felt so pleased to go. So I am in until death keeps me from it. I love going. We play six rounds of bunko and eat all afternoon. The hostess of the party makes an amazing cranberry tea each year and I looked forward to it for that long. It was worth the wait. Hope you enjoy!

December Catch Up!

We got a new camera about a month ago and Chris has been really enjoying playing with the different settings on it. here are some of his master pieces. Also, this month has been a whirlwind. We decorated our tree, played in the snow and had a good time. The snow has made for a lot of indoor play and that has caused cabin fever for the girls and I. Dont get me wrong, I still go somewhere everyday, but they have so much energy that most of it is spent fighting with each other. We have been renting several movies and having "sleepovers" for the girls. I am excited for tonight. Chris is supposed to get off at noon and we get the rest of the day together. Yeah!

Motivation

I have been lacking in this area. I have been running three times a week since the day school started. We are just over three months. Last week I took it off becuase I had all the girls with me and I just didnt know how I would work it with two riding in the stroller and Dani potentially riding her bike, so the only day I went was Monday. Consequently I have felt fat all weekend. So I got back into it on Monday and today. It is amazing to me, I look different to myself in the mirror. Here is the frustrating part....the scale has not really changed. I run three times a week, dance for two hours a week, and nothing as far as numbers has changed. I am going to try and be ok with this and just be ok with feeling good about how I look. Thats all I got for now! Peace