holidays

This week I am off from work. But as usual, I will have to return to work in order to get any rest!

I took a job painting a vacant apartment, my 3 kids and husband were all vomiting, our car broke down on the day we were the second coldest place on planet earth, my husband started a new job, my youngest is done with the vomiting, but now just cries incessantly - especially when put into bed, my dad is in the hospital - still, my mom wants me to clean her walls and baseboards, my MIL just found out she probably has to have her breast removed, my husband's birthday is on Sunday, my son's birthday is in 2 weeks, I have gingerbread dough in the fridge from Sunday waiting for me to cook up some houses for said son's birthday, I spent most of the afternoon on the couch, my monthly visitor arrived today. Hmmm. I'm sure there is more.

I'm hoping the Big Turk I just ate will solve all my problems and relieve all my anxiety. Do you think it will work? Hopefully it will at least stop the crying baby. Hey I know! If I give her one, then that should keep her quite for a little while at least.

short and sweet (I hope!)

I wanted to say that today was my 1 year anniversary of the slicing and dicing. I can't believe it. What a difference a year makes. The most obvious is 146 pounds lost. The less obvious things include a new maturity, more physical ability, more energy, no more gawking by strangers, willingness to tackle hard things - like our budget-, I still overeat, but I have experienced freedom like I had never known.

Thank you, God.

Hopefully, we'll get some good pictures and post them soon. Of course, my version of soon seems to take a while!