I’d blog and tell you about the eventful week we’ve had, but the estrogen is making me feel like a shell of a person who doesn’t care about blogging. I have zero motivation for just about anything, including writing. So instead I think I’ll just sit here and stare at the lovely lanterns Randy’s parents (and brother and sister) brought over to help bring a bit of brightness to our lives during this dim period. They are helping. 
Someone has found his new spot. I don’t think he’s left the new chair since we got it.
Bad News: I was sick today and spent most of the day in bed.
Good News: My bed rest gave me time to finally take the leap and try hand sewing a quilt binding. I am tickled and amazed at the results. It will take me like four times as long as machine binding but its SO worth it. I can’t stop staring at it.
Today is Day 17 of The Month of Living Healthfully.
My sister, Kelli and I felt like we could both use some lazy time together so she came over and brought Seasons One and Two of Perfect Strangers. We lounged on the couch watching a snippet of our childhood (which was, incidentally, not quite as funny the second time around) and ate snacks. I ate a Greek yogurt parfait while Kelli brought her own snacks because she knew we “probably wouldn’t have anything good” this month. I think the evening did us both some good.
Today is Day Seven of The Month of Living Healthfully.
The sparkly snow piling up outside our windows today reminded me of these “snowballs” I made a couple days ago to use as Christmas tree ornaments next year (I know! I’m so on top of things!) The prospect of a snow day still thrills me and it always seems full of promise and hope at first. By mid-afternoon I’ve usually gone a little stir-crazy and start feeling lazy. Today was no exception – especially since Randy and I decided not to venture out to the gym. I went back and forth between guilt for missing my workout for the first time this month and rationalization about the importance of staying safe (a cop-out, since I have plenty of work-out videos and a nice stationary bike here at the house). In the end, we didn’t do a lick of exercise - but we did eat a very low calorie vegetable soup for dinner and my rationalizing mind thinks that is close enough.
Zip modeling the new hoodie her Grandma and Grandpa Marksberry gave her for Christmas.
Randy and I were so tired (and a bit Christmassed out) that we climbed into bed with The Weens (our current pet name for Zipper) at 8:00pm and settled into the big slice of comfort and joy that is Muppet Family Christmas - a sweet little 42 minute film from 1987 in which all the Muppets and the Sesame Street gang descend upon Fozzy Bear’s mother’s farmhouse for Christmas AND featuring a live-action cameo by Jim Henson himself (perfection). Sadly, the film is out of print right now and an unopened DVD will run you at least $64, although you can score a VHS copy for around $7. (Ours is VHS and its the only reason we still have a VCR.) Everything about it makes me happy – from the Christmas Turkey trying to convince The Swedish Chef that Big Bird would make a great Christmas dinner to Animal answering the phone “Peace on earth, give me presents”. I can’t think of a better way to close out Christmas day.
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