linaewen | Chota Mota for Friday

The easiest way to update today is to put all the random stuff in a pot, shake it up, and pour it out for you to look at. So here goes!

Health:

I am well, my December cold is almost gone, and while I have the usual stress of holiday combined with moving and the List of Doom, I am dealing with it in a peaceful fashion.
I weighed in at Weight Watcher's yesterday and I am happy to announce that I lost another 4/10 of a pound -- which is hardly enough to count, and yet since it occurred over the holidays and I wasn't even being that careful, I'd say it's worth preening about. ;-)
I had a routine physical not long ago, and got the test results yesterday. My BP is excellent, my cholesterol and triglycerides are better than they've ever been, but my blood sugar is high normal, so I'm going to start being more careful. Everything is against me as far as genes go when it comes to diabetes, so I really ought to have been watching it earlier, but there you are. No time like the present for change! I'm already doing what I need to with my weight, so we'll take the next step and watch the carbohydrates more carefully. Guess I can start with learning to like black coffee. :-/

Holidays:

We had a pleasant family time this holiday season. It was a bit of running around over the course of the last few days, but our families are all less than two hours travel apart so it could have been worse! Everyone got practical gifts for the most part, and our folks were wonderfully generous, so we are feeling loved and appreciative.
My DH feels sheepish that what he got for me was all stuff he'll benefit from -- a crock pot and other stuff for the kitchen -- but little did he know I was hoping I'd get a bigger crock pot! It's not quite big enough for the turkey I have to cook today, but it's still a nice one. ;-)
I did not get Christmas cards sent out on time, though that was my plan, but I got some lovely ones for Christmas from my neice, and they will still work even after the New Year, so that calls for a YAY! I can still keep to that goal, though it be late.
Plans for the remaining holiday season include cooking a turkey today that thawed faster than it was supposed to, going to church on New Year's Eve, then coming home to watch the Packers (hopefully) beat the Bears, then play our traditional game of LOTR Risk. I beat my guys out big time last year when we played, so I'm looking forward to trying my hand at it again. :-D

Goals for today:

cook turkey and fixings
return a couple of things that don't fit in the hopes of exchanging them for something that does
work at getting the kitchen set up once and for all -- it's workable as it is, but many things I need are still in boxes or in a jumble in the pantry!
help DH figure out the design for tiling our new bathroom
catch up on stories my friends are writing, and maybe even do a bit of writing myself

There may be more chota mota that needs reporting, but I haven't thought of it yet! For now, I'm off to have some BLACK coffee, and then get to work on my day.

Have a peaceful day, my friends; you are all in my thoughts and prayers!