Up on the Housetop

Monday - I'm glad you're here.  This is a "normal" week and, while it's full, it's manageable.  Bring on final Christmas prep!

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I told you I'd share a story about PHB.  I typed a very long post and deleted it.  I decided sharing  someone else's negative experience on a public forum is not a good decision on my part.  I promised to keep it confidential and, um, this would be the opposite of that - I forget that this is public.

I will tell you, Jennifer is ape-shit crazy (that's my personal experience).  I'll also say this was a big reminder for me.

ALWAYS question.
NEVER follow blindly.
ALWAYS trust your intuition.

My gut has been pinging me about Jennifer for a long time.  I thought it was me - I didn't connect with her.  She's been featured on the Today Show and has so many accolades in her pocket.  She's a LIFE COACH with a thriving business and hundreds of women who love her.  It has to be a problem with me.

Except it's not.  It's her.  I have her responses in writing and I promise it's shocking every time I read them.  I like the program.  I like my coach and my group.  I'm totally over Jennifer and I'll never support her or her program because of it.  This has been one the few contacts I've had with Jennifer (even though it's her program) so nothing really needs to change for me.

What I learned confirmed what my gut has been trying to tell me.  Good to know.  When you see behind the curtain, you can't unsee it.

Okay - no more energy to Jennifer.

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Time for true confessions.

I ate a stupid amount of bread yesterday -- bread with breakfast, lunch dinner and a snack.  Buffering and not caring - hello egg sandwich (twice), hello spiced bread with butter (breakfast and snack).  It was delicious and it smoothed out my rough, tired edges.  Crap, because it probably didn't really do that.  I wanted to relax and reward and EAT BREAD.

The issue is my tummy is mad and my joints hurt this morning and now I'm on cold sore look-out.  Well, it was my own choice.  Onward.  I'm sure I'll get some urges to write in the book today - lol.

The weekend was so much fun.  My son did an amazing job on the proposal, ring, surprises and making the event special for the entire family.  We had a nice time with her parents and good conversations.

I'm still a little bent out of shape about yesterday.  I think it would have been nice to include us in some of that day considering everything.  But, I'm letting it go (after I ate all the bread in the house).  I need to practice some tough skin and some thinking turn arounds for all the wedding planning ahead.  I'm choosing to focus on the other, better things.

I made a quick photo book for the kids from the celebration.  As I mentioned yesterday, the lighting was off.  Hubby switched the flash setting on my phone so most of the pictures are blurry.  It takes so long for the flash to decide that people moved too much.  Most of the pictures aren't display worthy, but putting them in a Shutterfly book is a great memory of the day.  Shutterfly makes it easy, but I still  got impatient working on it.  Me and crafty struggle to be together for very long hahahaha!

Today is a phone day.  My call with Darcie which is usually about 2 hours (we can talk forever!!!) and then Releash calls.  I'm running out for quick shopping errands for my youngest too in-between calls.

I have a new podcast recommendation from my son's FIANCE'S father ... NPR - How I Built This (with Guy Raz).  He said he listened to one about Stitch Fix on the way here.  Looking forward to checking it out.  Expanding my podcasts - yea!!

Okay, this was a long one (after the one I deleted).  Time to get these old sore joints moving.  Later gators.