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Candy Anyone?

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and I have to confess that this is my absolute favorite holiday. I think I like the simplicty of it. Not a lot of decorations, although we do decorate more than some people.
Not too much planning and coordination of schedules needed either. The only thing required is some chocolate and some [...]

Are You Suffering From Post-Holiday Letdown?

It’s finally over – the major holiday season is past us. For many of us – myself included, avoiding the post-holiday letdown is an important part of our continued success. The whole months of November and December were spent either planning how to avoid forbidden delights, or planning how to include a taste of those delights [...]

Another Birthday

With a family of nine, birthdays come around all the time. Yesterday was my husband John’s birthday and last night we celebrated in our usual fashion. The kids decorated the dining room like a diner, complete with a lighted sign and a little corner table. They had a cash register on the buffet and a tip [...]

An Unexpected Request

Good Tuesday after Christmas! I hope that everyone had a nice, relaxing holiday. We enjoyed all of our activities throughout the month of December, but the closer we got to Christmas the less we had to do. The last office party was December 22nd, and the food wasn’t fabulous so I didn’t have to worry [...]

Return to Life

It’s interesting how Christmas and other major holidays thrown our lives out of whack. Regardless of how you celebrate the holidays, it seemss hard to stay focused on our life’s goals. I know it can be for me.
John, the kids and I had a great Christmas. I completely unplugged until this evening, and although I [...]

A Year Can Make a Difference

Merry Christmas from my house to yours! I hope you had a beautiful Christmas filled with wonderful memories that you will treasure for a lifetime. This video is entitled, “The Difference a Year Can Make.” I hope you enjoy.   Diane

Baking? Can You Do It?

I, like some of you, really like to cook a lot. My husband often jokes that I won his heart with my chocolate chip cookies. I’ve written before how I baked and ate my way all the way up to 305 pounds. In that post I shared how I realized that I could show my [...]

No Dread Required

Dread:  To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance.
The holiday season is in full swing, and the word dread is one you may not expect to see in a blog at Christmas time. I never dreaded the holiday season itself, but did dread treading through the minefield of office parties, restaurant buffets, and social situations. Even [...]

It’s Looking Like Christmas

Good Saturday to everyone! We finally finished decorating for Christmas around here. Okay, John finished decorating for Christmas because I don’t do it. He truly epitomizes Mr. Christmas and grew up with a Nana who passed the love and specialness of Christmas onto him in a big way. Without further ado, I present to you [...]

Turkey Love & Turkey Hate

We had a great day yesterday. We decorated the yard for Christmas, we had a nice meal, and I ran a 5K! YAY! This particular 5K benefited a charity organization that provides food to underprivileged folks that live here.  The morning was cold as you can see from my posture walking up to the start line. [...]