Happy New Year!!

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it ~ Salvador Dali

Happy New Year!
Christmas was absolutely wonderful!!!  Both kids were spoiled this year and we didn't have to take out a second mortgage to do it!  After all they have been through with my journey it is only fair they get rewarded for going through everything they did and still are such amazing kids.

Christmas was spent at home.  My parents and my brother came up Christmas Eve.  We ate pizza and watched movies and visited.  We all went to bed around 10 (well the kids were earlier, but Nicholas refused to go to sleep!) Santa had to sneak in since Nick wasn't asleep and then after Santa left we had Nick come and sleep with us.  (We wanted to get a bit of sleep)  Well at 2am our darling Christiane decided that she had enough sleep and discovered Santa had arrived.  She came down to let us know.  We told her to open her stocking and let us sleep some more.  At 3am, my oh so wonderful hubby (he really is!) decided he was too excited and so we woke everyone else up and opened presents at 3:30am!!!  I went back to bed at 6 and slept till 8 when I had to get up to get the Turkey in the oven.  lol   That was the greatest 2 hours of sleep I've ever had!  A wonderful day of visiting, playing with new toys/games and eating.  I took a page from my mother-in-laws book and have our dinner around 2 or 3 so that I can have clean up done, everyone has had more than junk to eat and we can enjoy a nice dessert later in the evening.  My in-laws came up for dinner too, but had to leave right after as my MIL wasn't feeling well.  It was still a great dinner, the food was delicious, the company just right.  :)

New Years Eve my hubby was tired and somehow had us all in bed at 7:30!!  LOL  The kids went to bed without complaint and even I crawled into bed to read before sleep.  That is when I looked at the clock and saw that it was only 7:30!!! LOL  Oh well, my kids bought me 'Thief' and 'Shades of War' by Sarah-Jane Lehoux for Christmas.  I went to high school with Sarah-Jane and was super excited that she is a published author!!  Honestly if you enjoy a good fantasy/horror novel then you will enjoy her books.  I love her Main Character 'Sevy' she is a self proclaimed 'B!tch' and feels so real.  I finished the 2nd book last night, I hated putting them down and am sad that I have to wait for Masquerade to be published.  Oh well I will re-read Thief and Shades of War just before I read Masquerade.  It will be worth it.

New Years Day we spent with some close friends.  We had a great visit as always.

I assume you are following this blog, out to hear about my 'Oh so exciting life' but to relate to my journey or even journeys.  So I will update you on those too :)

My depression has been mostly controlled.  I had a little of the 'After Christmas let-down' but it was very mild and I was able to get over it quickly.  Back to work is always hard for me.  I find that the plant that I work is full of negativity and unfortunately I tend to be one who absorbs the feelings around me.  I have to try to remain conscience of my mood and work at making it positive.  I think I have been doing alright, but it sure is hard when all you want to do is go home, and so does everyone else :)  

My weight loss journey has been good too.  As you already know from my last post that I lost 9 pounds my first 2 weeks.  Well over Christmas & New Years I gained only 3/4 of a pound!!!  Then last week I gained another 1.5 pounds so I am starting back on Phase 1 for a week.  I guess we will see how it goes.  Today was my first day and I must say that I thought I was going to starve (you are cut back 1000 calories between phase 3 and then phase 1) but it hasn't been too bad.   I am working nights the next 2 days so that will help too :)  So all in all, I am down 6 pounds for the month which is great and healthy too!  I am excited to see how well I do this week.

Well I have a sick little boy to snuggle with.
 Hope your Christmas and New Years were as wonderful as Mine!