O Holy Night

Saw this FUNNY on Facebook ... 

Today is a good day.  Boxing class, coffee catch-up with a good friend and a Christmas music concert at 5 o'clock (with all the seniors - hahahaha).  I love this variety show - great music, nice voices and laid-back.  There's a 7:30 show, but we like the early-bird one.  We were probably the only people under 70 last year LOL (buses from the senior centers lined up outside - true story).  They don't try to fancy up classic songs - it's sung as it was meant to be - don't mess with my Christmas music!  That's why we stopped going to the symphony -- they try too hard and very little music is recognizable to us common folk.

I'm re-wearing my outfit from last Friday night.  Perfectly easy and comfortable.

I'm in a pattern of eating too much at night again.  This needs to stop because I can "feel" it this morning.  Bloated, swollen and achy.  I'm playing with fire.  Enough now.  Lots of cooking and prep to do still and I need to be on my energy game.  I need a long-term separation from cheese LOL.  PMS week is hitting me hard.  Guess I need to hit back harder.  I haven't written in my urge book for a week - I keep giving into the urges rather than allowing them.  Dang.

My hips are SO SORE from kickboxing and way too many round-house kicks.  I feel like I'm walking strange.  Today's class is technically kickboxing too, but this instructor doesn't do those kicks as much.  I can't tell if it's a good sore or a bad sore ... I'm leaning to bad.  Tomorrow is an active rest day and I'll need it.

I've tried to get a picture of my hair tinsel but it's not showing up in the pictures.  I'll keep trying!  It's so fun.  It needs to catch the light just right to show up on my phone.

Yesterday, I busted butt (and my back) and got so much finished.  Everything is wrapped and ready.  I need a few stocking stuffers (my favorite thing) and that's all.  I'll pick up some things at Target today.  Drop cookies are made and all that's left in the cookie department is the magic cookie bars - super easy.

Next year I'm heading back to early preparations.  Early baking (and freezing), earlier shopping and wrapping.  This year I had no choice, but I don't like last minute rushing around.  My sister is finished in October - that's too early for me, but this year is absolutely too last minute.

As much as I love Christmas, I also love the quiet that follows Christmas.  Un-decorated house seems so clean.  Indulgences slow down.  Focus on new.  This December has been amazing, but I'm ready for a 180 in January.  I've been hanging on to HEALTHY by the skin of my teeth this month (eating, meditation, affirmations, podcasts, etc).  I'm excited to get back to full strength and work on my 2019 goals (more on this in January).

Yesterday I heard someone say they don't say "have a good day," but instead say "make it a good day."  (I think it was on the Today Show.)  So let's make it a good day - first day of winter, final countdown to Christmas.  Big breath in and out - this can happen!  Later gators.