December 2009 Summary!

Wow, I'm powering through this.  Lots of stuff has happened in December: I quit smoking, I have gained weight (not a good thing) I got new boots, and I've had an opportunity to spend a lot of time with both families - The Ford's and the Alevizos's.  Molly's daughter Taylor got baptised, its the month of Jesus's birthday, I've given up factory farmed meat and I can't stop reading.  It's a pretty good month. Oh, AND I'm off work from December 23rd - Jan 4th. Sweetness.
So here's pics to sum it all up!

My very first aluminum Christmas Tree!  Badass!

Tom got a pretty cool award!

And Tom with his award.

The Healthy Lithuanian was closed.  They ran out of food :(

So we went to Chinatown. I'm not a fan of Chinese food, but I am a fan of their fancy drinks!

And Then.......

Taylor's baptism - here is Godmother Katie holding my precious little princess Ryann.  How cute is she???

Molly & Taylor - Taylor is a tiny little doll!  And she was so good!

Ok seriously - how cute is Ryann?  She was killing me with cuteness!

Our stocking are hung on the antique TV with care.......

And look at that killer Christmas Tree!  Merry Christmas to all!  Lets all hope 2010 is WAY better then 2009!!!

The Polar Express!

We took the boys on the Polar Express in Elgin - it was pretty sweet!  I was impressed with how nice it was - it was on an old, retired El car!

Craft Night!

Erica, Kristin, Christine and I were dying to have a craft night to make cool Christmas gifts and ornaments. Mine look like a 5 year old made them, but everyones turned out awesome! But mine!

My cowboy ornaments in the making!

Kristin and her turtle finger puppet!

The ladies!

Badass turtle!

Day 11

So its Day 11 - again, pretty impressed with myself. I wish I could stop eating so much though! I literally can't get enough food, and everything, including bras, are fitting too snug.
I really have to start working out - 5 days a week. So much easier said then done, but it will happen! It has to.
Maybe Bill will join me - that would be great because he has no issue waking up early, so he could be motivational for me.

This is getting very boring. It's not like anyone reads this anyway, but its bad when I'm bored by it!

Oh, and RIP Brittany Murphy - I can't stop reading about her death - very sad!

Bittersweet

I'm always a little sad when the semester comes to an end. In one way, I'll miss my good classes - the students that make teaching fun. In another way, its also an end to my paycheck.
As I watch the students flip the pages of the final, I miss being in their shoes. Grading is not very fun, but they have a blank canvas, they can do whatever they want with their lives. I've made my decisions and now I have to live with them.
They weren't all bad decisions, but career-wise they most certainly were. I'm hoping for another opportunity in which I only make good decisions.

Day 6.

So today is Day 6 of no nicotine.  I spent $100 on the patch and on nicotine lozenges, but thus far I have only had 2 lozenges.  They're pretty gross.  My witching hour is 5:00, so that's when I need it most.  And leaving and traveling to school.

I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with myself.  I've taken the hard road - I should have been more responsible with the Chantix, but Bill wasn't supportive of me taking it.  I wish he would quit too, it would be easier for me.

Regardless, you have to quit when you're ready, and I feel ready. Ironically, on "How I Met Your Mother" last night, it was an episode of friends quitting smoking.  Not that they have ever smoked on the show, but whatever.  It's hard to say "This is my last cigarette".  I'm sure I'll have one somewhere down the road, but if I can keep going, I will be very happy.

I'm already gaining weight, which sucks.  My "motivation email" of the day says that I shouldn't be so worried about gaining weight, but its hard.  I'm doing arm exercises at night, and starting this weekend hitting the gym again.
I'm glad I didn't wait until NYE to quit, though - it has never worked for me before, so why should it work this time?

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