Wow, can it be that I might actually start posting on a semi-regular basis again?! Truth be told, I’ve missed this. It’s totally selfish, but I love writing my blog. It helps me process my thoughts and feelings. And it helps me connect with all of you, which might not sound selfish, but really is because I get so much out of the community of people in this health/fitness/weight loss blogging world. So no promises, but I think I might be back more often now, so long as nothing goes totally crazy in my life. I’m even *gasp* starting to comment on blogs again – though rest assured, I’ve been reading all along! You all have kept me company (thank God for iPhones!) during late night feedings since this baby was born, whether you knew it or not!
How were the holidays for everyone? We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with my family. If you know us, you know that “just us” is still a handful – my parents, my sister and her family of 6 (her, her husband, and FOUR kids ages 1.5 to 16!), my brother, me, hubs, and Alana. So even a “quiet” family Christmas is loud and chaotic at time, which I absolutely love. We had a traditional Lebanese meal (kibbee for those of you who are familiar) and broke in the new Kinect my parents bought for my sister’s family.
New Years? Well, the way we spent our New Year’s Eve is perhaps a testament to our new lives. We were asleep until about 11:58, when my phone blowing up with “Happy New Year!” texts woke us up ever so briefly. Then I went back to sleep after kissing my hubs and wishing him (and a sleeping Alana) a Happy New Year and hubs got up to play video games all night. (Yes, we are just about as opposite as can be!) And really? It didn’t feel weird or sad or like anything was missing to not stay up partying until midnight to ring in the new year. It felt just right to do it the way we did.
Another thing that feels just right is that I’ve not had the usually irresistible compulsion need to scurry around figuring out what my resolutions are this year. I’ve never been huge on resolutions. Let me rephrase that; I don’t really feel strongly about them one way or the other. I think they are a great tool for some people, a stumbling block for others, or something to which you might be completely ambivalent, like me.
I do, however, think it’s useful many times each year to revisit your goals and vision for your life, and that’s something I’ve been thinking about over the last several weeks. For me, as fun as the holidays are, they also make me a little introspective as I think about my “year in review”…which naturally leads me to think of the coming year. Broken down into months, weeks, days, hours, and choices.
So look for a post about that soon. Where I’m headed this week/month/year. I am not 100% sure what it will look like yet, but I do know some of what I’m committing to THIS week/month.
How about you? Are you a resolution person? Or perhaps you took the holidays/New Year as an opportunity to brush off your goals and update a bit? Please to share!
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Welcome back! Sounds like you, the hubs, and Alana had a great Christmas and New Years
You can see so much of you in the picture you posted of her!
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Ooh, thank you! When she was a newborn, she was ALL HER DADDY! But I am starting to see myself in her in small bits…which is SUPER fun! Happy new year!
Glad to see you back! What a gorgeous little girl! I’m glad to hear other people have ridiculous big families. We just keep growing and Christmas just gets crazier!
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Thanks, Tina – she is cute, isn’t she?! I am a little biased of course… I love my big family and wouldn’t trade it for the world!
Not a resolution kind of person but knew that now was the time to get back on track. Had one friend offer to keep me accountable starting up tracking food again and another friend formed a group on FB to get everyone motivated to walk/run. Just the two things I needed! So hopefully I’ll turn the tide of starting to gain again and head back down where I want to be!
Lynn, it sounds like you are setting yourself up for lots of support and success – good luck!