Pondering 2009

So it's January, again! 3yrs I"ve been doing this blog, slowwwwwwwwwly filling it in and now I'm here again, another January, another year getting into full swing.
New Years, was just another night, we stayed up kind of, ok so I fell asleep inbetween examining my eyelids and then opened them long enough for my midnight kiss, and went to sleep almost instantly. The house for the month of December was full of "yummy" and bad for us things. We had tube chips, and bagged chips, we had cookies and squares, and cakes, and a night of highly fatted fried chicken and I didn't do quite enough work outs. The last 2wks were the worse. A few bad habits wont kill your goals but a lot of bad habits? uh yeah they add up, so I'm going to the Altar of Truth on Wednesday night so see the damage. I did need the break and that part was enjoyable, it's fun to just let go for a bit. I needed it,NOW though I need to recover. hA! recover, what a word.
The gifts I got for Christmas were helpful. I got a George Foreman Grill, well it's a G + Broil, and it's nice. My only flaw is that I've been "wrapping" my grilled meat! and uh the wraps are adding to the calories...oops, oh and the cheese... I will fix this. I'll move on to just veggies and meats. The kids don't seem to be enjoying our new ideas though, they haven't eaten anything I've tried to make them on it other than hotdogs. EWWWWWWWWW
WOW just reading that I've realized just how much I think about food. how can that be healthy? I'm going to have to think about that.

Merry Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas to you all,
Today is the Day, the massive Wrapping Paper Sacrifice. My Living Room is full of colourful paper and gifts and boxes and the kids are all quietly zoned out of the real world and into the world of Nintendo DS games. They are super Happy. I'm happy too. I sit here with my warm Coffee, and my cozy Periwinkle Fleece http://www2.marks.com/productImages/product_2682-lrg.jpg hat, and scarf, I had to forgo the gloves while typing way.
TJ got a Chess board, he and daddy will be lost for hours in the evening in the challenge of brain powers and strategy, to see which will win and who will try to win the next night. He had a $store version of the game before but now this is classy looking wooden pieces.
AJ is Testing his Brain with Brain Age for the DS, he's doing well and learning his Multiplication tables quickly. YAY! for learning and playing.
MJ is putting together his Mega Blocks Mickey Mouse club house, what a fanastic idea Santa had! he's got pluto chasing Mickey now and they are off on an adventure... wait Mickey just asked for Toodles... hmmm wonder what kinds of tools Toodles will come up with? Imagination Rocks!
Hubbie is having a nap, he's all tired out from trying to fly his plane, launched from it's SUV across the Kitchen without falling into the Turky roaster. (did you see my eyes roll?) When did Santa decided he was a boy too? I do hope he shares his toys like the boys share theirs with him...?
Mass last night was nice, very nice, the boys enjoyed it and got a lot out of it, they watched the pageant, and they listened to the gospel and rang their bells with gusto, for every Gloria. That was so much fun, it's fun to hear and see people you don't get to see every Sunday.
In other News our roof well that didn't survive the last Winter storm, we had high winds of 120km per hour, so yesterday Hubbie spent his time putting our Alaska-ish, we'll fix it in the spring, Tarps up. We hve 3 tarps and there was no sign of reindeer having fallen off the roof after slipping down the blue roof on the tarp of the new CRUST of ice layered on top. This moring the Sun is shining so we are hoping that it wont melt too much up there to the point of coming through. The roofing companies will be oh so happy to see us coming in March/April/ May, hmmmm I wonder how long it will be winter this year... BRRRR!
Happy Holidays to all those still reading here and have a very Merry Christmas with Happy New Year, 2009 here we come! the last of the year of the first decade of the 2000s! :) oh I smell turkey...

30days left

My kids are super excited that there are only 30days until it's Christmas Eve. I'm not ready. I keep putting off the shopping for the next time I'm out. Today is a Monday, I could be out with MJ shopping for things for hubbie but i'm pretty sure at almost 4yrsold he's going to spill the beans and even tell his brothers what was bought. He's my little squealer. He'll tattle on everything lately. "MOMMMMMMMM TJ is putting clothes in the washing machine", and you know that's a good thing but since he's not allowed to touch the washing machine he assumes the 9yrold isn't allowed either. I've started the "Thanks for letting me know what's going on" answer to almost everything. Maybe he'll eventually get tired of telling me everything or maybe he'll still tell me and it might be something "newsworthy?" I haven't decided which way I want to go with this, it's a bit of a catch involved. I could hear "MOommmmmm Dad's taking the tires off your van" or I could hear "MOMMMMMMMMM Dad's hiding in the bathroom downstairs and he's got a box and some tape, and red paper and MOMMMMMM I think it says "M" on it maybe is it M(insert hsi own name)"And the funniest part of these stories is he tells them while bouncing like he's on a pogo stick. He Springs with excitment. ACK! ACK!!! I'm going to have to be much much more tricky this year me thinks.
This weekend we watched The Santa Clause, a good get you in the mood movie. I'm sure it's all to do with that Turkey fest going on Thursday in the USA? I've not seen any Christmas movies, or shows on the Canadian Stations yet but I think they usually wait for the Dec1st kind of thing.
How is your shopping going? or are you not shopping? The malls were Full Saturday here, parking was iffy.