Christmas

Okay so i haven't posted in like a week, but here it goes...
I LOVE the snow... and it's melted already!? :(
but.. let's hope it snows all week.. it really puts me in the holiday mood, and i love feeling so grateful about my life, and so blessed around the holiday season...
It's going to be really weird this year, with Tom in the Marine Corps..
I'm not gonna start anything and i don't want to piss anyone off, but lets just say I really hope Tom spends Christmas with us, his family.. Christmas is the one time of the year where we can all just forget whats going on around us, and enjoy being a Family.. it's basically the only time of the year my whole family gets together and this year may very well be one of my Grandpa Sam's last Christmas'.... his health keeps failing, and he is the strongest person i know, but i don't know how much longer he's going to be able to keep up with it... let's pray that his surgery went extraordinarily well today and that he'll still be around to see us get married, and have kids..
and... i really just want my brother to spend time with us.. it's important to me.. we are his family, that doesn't change.. EVER, and he's a huge part of all of our lives, and we want him with us, and if he gets the time off, and gets to come home, we at least want him here with us during Christmas, since we don't get much more time with him throughout the year, which is fine.. but Christmas... Christmas is so special..and important for him to be here with his family..
so.....
aside from that worry...
I lost 3 pounds last week..
I am excited, but also disappointed.. because i could have done a lot better than i did..Knowing that i didn't do as well as i could have, and still lost excites me for the possibility of losing more in the next week..
I've set new goals for myself..
well not new goals, but new rules! ;)
I will not eat out at all (not even Subway) until Christmas
and I will not drink any pop (not even Diet) until Christmas
I'm hoping this will force me to drink more water, because i def. need to do alot more of that..
and i'm also hoping that this will help me save some money, and get used to eating healthier..
I'm going to the gym starting this week too..
i'm thinking that i'm only going to do Cardio until after Christmas, and then i will start some more strength training... i have a lot of fat to lose, before i can start toning anything.. and i don't want to build muscle.. i just want to lose and tone.. and be able to enjoy shopping again..
okay...well off i go..
happy blogging! :)