The holiday season in full swing!

I feel the need to apologize for not writing for so long. Turns out the past week was busy busy busy. And this week seems to be starting the same way.

Well we had Thanksgiving and it went great here! I have to say probably the best Thanksgiving food I have ever made. Now to wait another year to have all the yummy goodness again! I was convinced I would be gaining weight over the last week and had actually decided that as long as I didn't get over a certain point it would be okay. Turns out I lost weight over the weekend! I was pleasantly surprised. And it gave me hope that I can reach my next goal even sooner. 11lbs more to my next goal and I want to do it by February. And I are what I wanted. I didn't deprive myself, although I did eat less, purely because I physically cannot eat as much as I used to.

Last night we started our 2nd month of Insanity. It was hard. Really hard. I don't think I have ever worked out for an hour solid until last night. While it was hard, we could do it. I mean we took a lot if breaks, but we made it through. And we are looking forward to seeing what the other new workouts bring.

I don't know about everyone else, but I feel behind for Christmas already! We have gifts for the girls, but still have more to work on. I have started looking for Steven but haven't gotten anything. I have a great idea which is proving tough to execute without him finding out about. And now I am working on our 25 days of Christmas for the girls. 25 days of Christmas fun, crafts, things out of the norm. Cheap things :) I am ready to pull out our Christmas decorations, but waiting for Steven to help (there may be spiders in the boxes). And our tree will go up not too long from now. First we have to decide on where to put it. Turns out the more toys you have, the harder to find a place. Yes, a toy cleaning out is planned before Christmas. In fact donating a couple of toys is one of the things we are having Mady do this year. Brynn too but she has less say in which ones. We are excited to go see Santa this weekend and hopefully there are a lot less screams and unhappiness than when we tried to see Santa last year.

And try to remind yourself if you gained weight over Thanksgiving it's not the end of the world. You can get those pounds off again! That's what I tell myself every time I gain :) I know easier said than done sometimes.