I am sure, if I may assume here, whether you support Christmas or not, that many of you are perhaps a tiny bit busy. For those who feel distaste towards this season for personal reasons, you probably aren't escaping the hectic pace, ridiculous bombardment of advertising material, noticed certain products increase in price, and the frantic nature of many around you. For me, with a little bubby, Christmas this year feels special again. I went through years of sadness at this time of year. Sure, I had my girls, but with such a scattered family and hectic shift work schedule, Christmas became a season to endure, not enjoy. I do like making people feel good, and though I don't think anyone should go into debt for Christmas (so so glad I cut up my credit card several years ago!!!), I am looking forward to seeing eager faces this coming Thursday morning. Even though this year is on a budget, I don't think it has affected the quality of giving at all. If anything, it made it quite fun.
As I touched on in my last post, each day, I must focus on something positive, snap it, and post it. I have been continuing with that and it is helping me see beauty everywhere. Look below for some examples...
A little smiley face I almost overlooked one evening on a walk.
An overcast sunrise a few days back.
Ok, a self indulgent post, I know. This was me on my way to a Hawaiian themed party last week with hubby, and bubby- who flatly refused to sleep beforehand. It felt so good to put on bright colours, a fabulous wig, too much make-up and go out for a bit. I need to remind myself, that even though I'm not my ideal weight, I am still beautiful, and allowed to feel it too. Self confidence goes a long way in reaching your goals. Self loathing is basically self sabotage.
I know, another overcast sunrise. I'm up early, so why waste the moment.
This is a photo I took from our holiday a few months back. I ran a filter over it and then I decided I wanted this in my own garden. Our garden is going under a massive reno at present. It's getting ready for a new post edging and having a back gate put in, making access out with a pram and bike much easier, and crawling baby friendly too.
Beautiful, heavenly scented flowers on the tree in my front yard. I love this perfume wafting through my house.
A great find- a single water droplet on a nasturtium leaf. Little discoveries like this delight me!
A beautiful, sunny late afternoon for a beach walk. This is 7 minutes from home- I'm pretty blessed.
More stunning flowers I nearly overlooked on the last leg of an evening walk. They are beautiful flowers growing against ordinary bricks. Love them!
A quick visit to Tweed Regional Art Gallery at Murwillumbah meant I couldn't go home without snapping this view.
I love trees, and the patterns found in bark. This one, edited of course, is from a stunning, large Leopard Gum at Murwillumbah. Sigh, hanging for a tree change.
Lastly, my church had an amazing Christmas spectacular tonight at Murwillumbah Civic Centre. This was my food contribution. Yes, regular readers should recognise this- a zucchini slice :)
Christmas is nearly here. I have regained a kilo. Groan. I am over being so darned sleep deprived. I read a great bit of info on sleep deprivation and it summed up exactly how I feel. I'm not tired because of my age, as some well meaning people kindly? suggest. I'm just not getting enough sleep. Period. What I have been starting to do again is eat lots of carbs for energy. White bread today, I must confess. 4 slices. Oops.
I can also let you know how limited my knee function is. Kneeling is out. Deep squatting is out also. Sitting crossed legged on the floor- nearly but not quite- as long as one leg is out straight. Running- only if it's in a dead straight line with no sudden turns, and not for long. Walking, same as running, but I can last longer. Bike riding- all clear!
This all means I need to take a serious look at my diet, my exercise regime, and work it for my current circumstances. I want to be well again, in every way. So, no New years Resolutions- those things are destined to be broken by 98.9% of the population by day 3! I, however, like to have goals. Boring, sometimes slow to reach, but character building goals. Who is with me?!
If I do not get around to blogging pre- Christmas, I hope it's a good one for you all. I am shopping for food with my non teen tomorrow. Then I hope to do little until the Big Day. Who knows, I may re-blog yet!
Until next time, thanks for reading :)
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