Merry Christmas!

I know I complained about my family giving me crap gifts and all I wanted was blah blah blah and it seemed like I was being ungrateful but I'm not. Or at least, I was trying not to be. Gift GIVING is really hard too. I try to be as thoughtful as possible. My parents are IMPOSSIBLE. I mean, not impossible to be thoughtful for, but impossible to BUY for. For years I got my dad snow removal, but this year he paid for it himself. This year, The Boy and I got him spikes for his shoes. Those snow-removal people don’t come if there isnt' a forecast of less than 5cm.

My mom is going on a cruise with her sister next month and asked for something she could take travelling. I spent 8 hours peeling, washing, slicing, boiling, straining, boiling, straining, boiling, straining, sugar dipping, and drying ginger because ginger is supposed to help soothe your stomach when you are feeling nauseous. And I bought her a pretty passport holder with a matching makeup case and luggage tag. And when she opened the gift she kind of had this "ohhh" look on her face. And when she said "thanks", it wasn't really clear that's what she meant.

*sigh*

I have a really amazing idea for gifts for next year though. It better freaking knock her socks off.

P.S. I do really appreciate all the wonderful gifts including my brother coming home from Arizona, my nephews and nieces being the most adorable people in the world with their cute little kisses, amazing food at both my parents' and The Boy's parents' houses, and the Glee soundtracks. Thank you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

peanut butter balls

Today I ate fresh salmon, broiled with dill, mixed with only a teeny amount of fat-free mayo and capers. I ate this amazing little mix on sliced cucumber rounds. Then I had five kumkwats. Then, before spin class, I ate two fruit leathers.

Good, right?

Then I got to spin and was craving protein. How would I last through the next two hours? I considered grabbing a third fruit leather, but then MS, who teaches the class before mine, brought peanut butter balls in for her class and invited me to have some.

I had three.

And then I remembered that I am supposed to be trying to lose weight.

Stupid holidays.