Out with the old... In with the new!!

Christmas was wonderful! We stayed home this Christmas instead of heading to Oklahoma to be with my family. We definitely missed them!! But, it was nice to celebrate for days here at home without the hustle and bustle of travel. We opened a few presents four days in a row, had a Star wars marathon, played tinker toys, made lots of goodies, laughed a lot and spent Christmas day with good friends, great food and fun games.

Now that we are done with all that, I am ready to make some changes. Some people call them New Year's resolutions, but I don't really like that term. Years ago I heard a "professional" state that if you've had the same resolution for 5 years with no results, then you should forget it cause you won't make the change. I set out to prove her wrong. At the time I had reached my all time, high weight wise. In the next 5 months I lost 30 pounds. HA!!! Take that little miss know it all... In any case I no longer like the term "New Year's resolution," but prefer to think of them as life changes.

A few years after this happened, I made another life change. (not at New Year's this time) I made a huge diet change for the sake of my health and lost another 30 pounds, a little to much. That was 8 years ago and I have slowly started letting things go and I am ready to get my body feeling good again.

I went shopping last night and got some new workout clothes and tennis shoes. (clearance $15 for shoes and $21 for 2 pants and a top!!) Then, this morning as I was browsing netflix I saw a show about food and how terrible the processed food we eat today is. So... back to my vitamix I go to create yummy healthy shakes for our family. I was so good at doing this for a few years, but sometimes I need motivation and shows like this to help remind me of what I want to do. I just made a shake with a spinach base along with bananas, oranges, strawberries, kiwi, a handful of pea pods and carrots. My girls LOVED it even though it was so green and ugly!

Although I don't have much weight to lose, I am so excited to start exercising, eating better and feeling great!

Huh?

Does anyone else ever feel like they live in a different universe than their spouse?

Recently we played the board game loaded questions. One of the cards told us to write one word that described our life. Instantly I knew what I would write...

We have been in the middle of a remodel since April. Dale started back to college last summer with some killer classes and tons of homework. He took this term off so we could focus on the remodel before he starts back in January. At the time we were playing the game we had out of town company and at one point while they were here, we couldn't take showers because of the grout in one shower and the caulk in another. We had one toilet out of commission most of the time. I was painting trim and a bathroom while they were here. So the word that came to mind was definitely CHAOTIC.

During that turn, Dale was the reader. So, he collected everyones answers to read aloud. When he saw mine he snickered and showed me his....calm. Like I said, I questioned whether we live in the same universe. CALM? CALM!! How could he say his life is calm??

He said, "Life is good. God has blessed us and we don't have any trials to speak of so I feel like my life is calm."

Well I just hope he never thinks our life is chaotic, cause that could be just too crazy for me.