I hope you are getting your shopping done. I am pretty much finished with mine other than a few small things and some stocking stuffers. Still, I think that I have enough to do to keep me pleasantly stressed out until the emotional crash the day after Christmas when I look around at our messy, toy strewn living room and try to remember what went on over the last two months.
Seriously though...I am kind of excited because I spent the last two Christmases as a working Mom, and didn't get to really enjoy a lot of things about the Holidays. This year, I am not working outside of the home, and I will be able to have the energy to make those gingerbread houses (actually its a train in this case-Family Fun Magazine had a great idea for that in the November Issue). I am still trying to get things done ahead of time. I have some cookie dough in the freezer, and I need to get the cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning made up to the point of their last rising and freeze them also. Then there are all the candies to make, but if I could get all that done last year while working close to full time outside the home, I think I can handle getting it all done this year.
I have been thinking a lot about Christmas food lately. How I make fudge, truffles, peppermint patties, and other various tasty things that have no nutritional value. I think that in spite of these things, I eat healthier near the holidays than most times of the year. Its because citrus fruits are cheaper, so we buy it whereas we don't buy it at all during the other times of year. I also tend to get apples and other fruits more this time of year. I have, what I think is a doable goal of not gaining weight this year during the holidays. I WILL partake of junk food, but I do that all year round. However, I am going to make an extra effort not to eat until I am stuffed, and to sample desserts rather than eating a whole serving of every kind. Of course I expect that my weight will fluctuate depending...you can't not be heavier the day after Thanksgiving... but my goal is to not have that 10-15 extra pounds hanging on come New Years Day. Am I going to obsess over it? No. I am just going to try to pay attention to how much I am eating, and see what happens.
Sorry there isn't much in the way of cleverness in this post. My mind is focusing on getting the last of that Christmas Shopping done before Turkey Day, and all the fun things we are going to do this year. We start tonight with our traditional Apple Turkeys (this involves decorating apples to look like turkeys through the medium of toothpicks, fruit snacks, mini marshmallows, cheerios, raisins and etc.) I think I will put down one idea per week of something fun we can do as a family.
What are you going to do this year to put some fun back into the Holidays? Go on! Kick out the stress and have some fun!
Seriously though...I am kind of excited because I spent the last two Christmases as a working Mom, and didn't get to really enjoy a lot of things about the Holidays. This year, I am not working outside of the home, and I will be able to have the energy to make those gingerbread houses (actually its a train in this case-Family Fun Magazine had a great idea for that in the November Issue). I am still trying to get things done ahead of time. I have some cookie dough in the freezer, and I need to get the cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning made up to the point of their last rising and freeze them also. Then there are all the candies to make, but if I could get all that done last year while working close to full time outside the home, I think I can handle getting it all done this year.
I have been thinking a lot about Christmas food lately. How I make fudge, truffles, peppermint patties, and other various tasty things that have no nutritional value. I think that in spite of these things, I eat healthier near the holidays than most times of the year. Its because citrus fruits are cheaper, so we buy it whereas we don't buy it at all during the other times of year. I also tend to get apples and other fruits more this time of year. I have, what I think is a doable goal of not gaining weight this year during the holidays. I WILL partake of junk food, but I do that all year round. However, I am going to make an extra effort not to eat until I am stuffed, and to sample desserts rather than eating a whole serving of every kind. Of course I expect that my weight will fluctuate depending...you can't not be heavier the day after Thanksgiving... but my goal is to not have that 10-15 extra pounds hanging on come New Years Day. Am I going to obsess over it? No. I am just going to try to pay attention to how much I am eating, and see what happens.
Sorry there isn't much in the way of cleverness in this post. My mind is focusing on getting the last of that Christmas Shopping done before Turkey Day, and all the fun things we are going to do this year. We start tonight with our traditional Apple Turkeys (this involves decorating apples to look like turkeys through the medium of toothpicks, fruit snacks, mini marshmallows, cheerios, raisins and etc.) I think I will put down one idea per week of something fun we can do as a family.
What are you going to do this year to put some fun back into the Holidays? Go on! Kick out the stress and have some fun!
2 comments:
Okay, I thought I left a comment...somthing about Holiday treats...and eating at midnight...I don't remember....anyway...YOU CHANGED YOUR BLOG???!
Well-I was inspired by the change on Victorian Rhapsody and Dirty Dishes...I would actually like a holiday theme, but haven't been able to find one, and I am not a big HTML user yet.
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