Wow, the snow really came down while we slept last night. I don't know how many inches but it's a ton. What's great about working at the school is that I get a phone call around 6 am telling me school is canceled. I then call the next person in line without even getting out of bed and go right back to sleep. What a feeling...
I have a lot of cleaning and cooking to do the next few days. Unless we have to cancel due to unbelievable snow fall and sub-zero temperatures, I have a X-mas celebration to attend on Sunday. Not a vegan-friendly one, either, so I have some planning to do. I found a great recipe for a vegan ambrosia fruit salad, and I think I will make the green bean casserole a third time because it was so yummy on Thanksgiving. I am also going to make some gingerbread cut-out cookies and a recipe for peppermint bark I found yesterday. It has chocolate and candy canes in it! Then I have to call ahead and ask them to leave out some potatoes for Grace and me before they add the butter and milk. I'm used to doing this already because of Grace's allergies, but I hate it. I feel so fussy when I have to ask people what is in everything, or if they can make special accommodations. Why can't the whole world just be vegan? Wouldn't that be lovely?
As for the cleaning...Grace learned how to use scissors and has had a blast cutting up paper. There are little itty bitty tiny pieces of paper all over the living room floor. Such fun! I have a whole list of things I want to get done around here while we are on our winter break. But I also have so many books that need reading, movies that need watching, and kids that need playing with. So we will see how that goes...
Grace slept in her own bed last night. All night long! And it was her own choice! I kept rolling over in surprise to see Todd there, with nobody in between us. I kept panicking, wondering where she was before I remembered the strange miracle that occurred. I wonder if she will ever do that again.
Garrett's teacher emailed me yesterday and said that Garrett was actually excited to do math. Seriously. He has discovered that multiplication is actually pretty easy and he is having no problems. He even told the teacher that he was ready to bring homework home again. He BEGGED her to let him. It's like nothing ever happened.
The staff at my school always has this thing after the holidays called "The Biggest Loser." They get into teams and see who can lost the most weight. Last year I did not participate because I am better than everyone else and I know how to lose weight on my own without some silly contest. And now that I have gained a few pounds while wanting to go the other direction, I am thinking that some sort of motivation would actually be the only way that I can do it. I used to be in Weight Watchers, and although it took me more than a year, I lost 33 pounds before becoming pregnant with Grace and gaining it all back. I don't agree with everything that Weight Watchers does anymore, like promoting all the processed food and frozen meals and artificial sweeteners and low-points desserts. There isn't enough focus on actual nutrition. But there was an incentive to work at it, and the meetings were kind of like group therapy. I did learn a lot about food, mostly about how clueless I was before that about how bad I was eating. So, I think I will join in so that I will maybe work harder at getting healthy.
Happy Holidays to everyone, stay warm and cozy inside with loved ones, and really enjoy your time with them. And enjoy all the delicious food. I know I will!
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