Quality Conrtrol = Control Top Panty Hose...

The dreaded Christmas party season is upon us, and I haven't lost an ounce. In fact, to be brutally and regrettably honest, I am up a couple pounds as of this morning. I did do some Christmas baking, and have been diligent in sampling (for quality assurance purposes of course) the products. My guess is that and all the wine are to blame. So I am putting my photo update off until Dec 10th, the day before my husbands staff party. I have 8 days to get down and dirty about this, I can do anything for 8 days. I started an Acai berry cleanse a while back, and ditched on it, you just eat clean and healthy and take 4 of the pills after each meal, so it's time to dust off the bottle and get back onto a plan. Breakfast this morning is 1/2 and avocado, a few almonds, and a huge mandarin orange followed by a mammoth glass of water and 4 Nature's Plus Whole Food Total Body Cleanse with Acai and Exotic Superfruits capsules (that's a mouthful of a name). For lunch...a spinach salad with hard boiled egg, veggies and balsamic dressing. And for dinner a basa fillet with brown rice and veggies... If I can just keep my chubby mitts of the Christmas treats I might be alright today! One day at a time, that's all I can do.

I love writing and having this blog, but I still feel the need to find a hobby or an outlet beyond an online diary. I need a passion, something I can call my own, and pour all my creative energy into. I made Christmas cards using the professional photos we had taken, and used the free photo editing program Piknik, and went to town using the effects, and stickers, and text options that were free, and I loved just playing around, creating. I would love a pottery wheel, I have always wanted one, ever since grade 9 art class. Unfortunately I have no where to set one up. Maybe a pottery class would be a good place to start, see if I still like it as much as I did when I was 14. Then one day when we have a garage I can set up a little pottery corner and go to town on some clay. Until then must find something to satisfy my need for creating.

I wrote on my blog yesterday about my children's school Christmas play, and how I felt that it leaned a little too close to the religious side. A very slippery slope in my eyes. I am over it now that I have vented, I will be going to the showing of it tonight (which I never intended not to), and I will take from it what I did yesterday, all the bright eyed smiling kids, enjoying performing for their loved ones, taking pride in all their hard work. I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my intention, but unfortunately when it comes to religion that often happens, I am proud of who I am and not ashamed to admit I believe differently than most. In the end Christmas to me is about coming together as a family, a community, and as human beings to be joyful, share love, laughter, and kindness. Remembering we are all the same no matter where we come from, what we believe, or where we fit in on the class scale. Christmas is a feeling, not a possession. It belongs to everyone who wishes to feel it.