It’s been a while since I have posted anything…just over a
week to be exact.
A Little Bit of Back Tracking Through the Holidays...
We did our Christmas grocery shopping last Saturday and
finished up any last minute gift shopping that day as well. Oh that’s right…I left off by telling you on
the Friday, that I was going to get a manicure and pedicure on this day,
Saturday December 21st. And I
did. It was so relaxing. I love my family dearly but it’s was nice to
have some time to myself. Early that
morning I took my son for a hair cut and then dropped him off at home and headed
out to shop and then to relax. I ran
into a friend that I have seen in a while and we chatted while having our feet
pampered. She’s off in Jamaica right
now soaking up the sun, while I’m here getting ready to go shovel the snow.
It has been a crazy busy and yet sometimes lazy
holiday. It has been a great holiday
with my family. Spending time with them
and CLEANING up after all the Christmas presents were opened. Oh the toys, toys, toys, TOYS! Even though Santa brought toys to my
children, that didn’t stop them from spending the money they got for Christmas
on more TOYS! Our home has been a
disaster zone of toys, clothes and other stuff since last Monday.
You see…we went to my parent’s home on Sunday December 23rd
to celebrate Christmas with my family.
And that is when the toys started to roll in. When we returned home that evening, my kids
should have gone to bed but they decided to pull out all their gifts and
started to play with them instead of going to bed. Yes I should have put my foot down and send
them to bed, but we were on HOLIDAYS!!!!
And that is when the mess all started.
And it has been a mess ever since.
The toys that came into the house included, LEGO and
Lalaloopsy. Yes the LEGO clean is back
on again. All those sets that I had put
together about a month ago have since been broken again and the sorting was a mess
once again. So over this holiday time, I
have been busy again trying to sort and rebuild ALL the LEGO set that my son
has. My daughter also got some LEGO for
Christmas. Her and I sat down on
Christmas day and built it together. She
did a great job building it herself; I was only there for support. That’s good, because she is getting another
set for her birthday in February. While
I was out Christmas shopping for her this year, I also picked up some of her
birthday presents. They are already wrapped
and put away…now I just have to remember where I put them. But I have YOU to remind me where I hid
them. So if come February 7th
or the night before and I don’t know where her birthday presents are, I will
ask you…I have them in the closet in my sewing room. LOL
So getting back to the Holidays…on Christmas Eve it was LEGO
building time again. Later that day we
met up with friends at the pub for some Christmas cheer. Well my husband had the beer and the kids and
I were the Cheer. My daughter had our
friends playing Telephone in the pub. We
had a great time with even greater friends.
The kids had had enough and my husband had enough beer…he was cooking
our Christmas dinner the next day, so it was time for us to go. The kids were excited for Santa Claus visit
in the night. As soon as we got home
they remembered they had to leave the milk and cookies out for Santa and
sprinkle the reindeer food in the backyard.
The tree was lit, the milk and cookies were out, and the
stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon
would be there. Oh yeah, the kids were
all nestled and snug in their beds…OR so I thought…
After putting the kids to bed, I went downstairs to do some
last minute wrapping and organizing of gifts.
I put some gifts under the tree and then went upstairs to find my son
still awake watching a movie with my husband.
I think he was too excited to sleep.
I put him to bed, and waited about 30 minutes before proceeding with the
rest of the Christmas delivery.
Santa had come and gone and it was off to bed…
On Christmas morning I was up at 7:00am and was working out
at 7:15am. That’s right I kept to my
workouts. I thought if the kids wake up
before I am done, I would stop and open presents. They didn’t wake, and I got my workout
done. My husband was up too having a cup
of tea. After I showered and got
dressed, I joined my husband and had a cup of tea. We sat in our living room waiting for our son
and daughter to wake up on Christmas morning.
Well we waited and waited and waited…
It was time to open
some presents and being thankful for EVERYTHING.
It was so nice to see them getting along like that. If only everyday was like Christmas.
Christmas dinner was great, thanks to my husband. The day was fantastic!
My workouts in the last couple days has been shoveling snow
and cleaning. We finally got some snow
in Waterloo . I got a gorgeous The North Face parka from my
husband for Christmas, so shoveling snow is so much more comfortable this
winter.
My days through this time off have been filled with family
fun, shopping, #LEGO building, watching the third season of GLEE and listening
to #Justin Bieber. My son likes the song
“Beauty and a Beat”, so Santa brought my son Justin’s new CD. My son made up his own lyrics to the
song. They go something like this… “All
I need…is mummy and daddy…to make my life complete”. LOVE IT!
So cute.
Here are a few pictures of our hard work of LEGO rebuilding...
It might not look like it was hard work, but when all the pieces are mixed together...it is very time consuming.
There are a few sets not shown and a few sets that still need rebuilding.
I took a break from blogging, logging (MFP) and eased up on
Facebook and Intsagram too. The New
Year will bring on new posts and new workouts too. I hardly took any pictures over Christmas,
which is sad, but I guess I just needed a break from everything. The New Year is just around the corner and a
fresh start to everything. Since my
workouts have been continuing, that will not be one of my New Year’s
resolutions. Organization is KEY for my
2013. Yes…continuing on with my journey
to A Healthier Version of ME will always be THE most important thing in my
life, because it is my life. I will be
looking for more events to enter into and will be reviewing some products and
working on some other projects throughout 2013.
Until then…Stay Strong!
Good night
Trina
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