CHRISTMAS

Well Christmas has come and gone. I hope everyone had a Merry one.
We were busy with activities leasding up to Christmas. We took the Santa train one Saturday in Union. It was fun. We also visited the light show at the Rotary Garden which was really beautiful. I went to cookie day at my brother Mark's house and that was fun and we made a lot of cookies. I also went home to my dads to have a Christmas celebration with my family. Our tree was up for over a week before I finaly finished decorating it and it was a mad dash to finish the shopping and wrapping and getting the Christmas letter out but it all got done. We went to Belvidere for Christmas Eve and then had Scott's mom and her husband over Christmas morning and then Christmas dinner at their house. Bella spent Christmas night at grandmas which meant that I got some much needed rest on the 26th as I have been fighting a cold.

I have not been counting points or exercising regularly (I either don't feel well, I'm too tired or the sun porch is just too cold!) I have been going to my WW meetings and I even lost weight last week. We will see how things go today.

Yesterday one of Bella's school friends came over and I too both girls to the Discovery Center for the afternoon. I will be all work this week trying to get my year end stuff taken care of.

No real plans for New Years eve or day, so I will just see what happens.

DECEMBER HAS ARRIVED

We have snow! The kid and the dog are thrilled! It is very pretty this morning with the sun shining on all the snow covered trees.



We had a nice Thanksgiving. Bella and I watched the parade and had our traditional hot chocolate with whip cream and gingerbread cookies. We had our Thanksgiving meal at Scott's Uncle and Aunts house in Belvidere. I got up early and did two step aerobic tapes and a kick boxing tape. I also watched my portions and it must have worked because I was down 2.4 pounds at Monday's weigh in. Yeah me!

On the Friday after Thanksgiving Bella went to work with me. I got a lot of my real estate files reorganized and she was very good at keeping busy.



On Saturday Bella, Donna and I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet. Bella really loved it and it was fun to get dressed up and go to the theater. Donna and Carl had supper with us after the show. On Sunday we went to see "A Christmas Carol" at the Pecatonica Playhouse. It was a good performance. We ended the day by going to the park for the tree lighting ceremony and seeing Santa. We are well on our way to a festive holiday. We are going to the Beloit hospital Movie party this Saturday in the morning and then heading to Madison for Cookie day with my siblings.

Let's hope that with all the holiday activities I am able to continue to lose weight.