Thought I would share some more photos from around our house...

I love decorating for the holidays and from the beginning of October until the middle of January, all of our "normal" home decor are in totes down in the basement. This year, I scaled back but I still love the way our home looks.


Notice the Jim Shore Heartwood Creek "Bumble" from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on the top shelf....I got him...bought him myself..{evil laugh}













Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. This week has been pretty low key, we had our Courthouse Holiday Luncheon/Potluck on Wednesday. I made a very very easy Cherry Fluff salad, but I rocked the presentation. I bought a cheap plastic Christmas bucket with lid at Walmart for a couple of bucks, bought a 97 cent set of plastic utensils (for the large spoon), was able to thread the large spoon onto the handle of the bucket lid during transporation and I served my Cherry Fluff in the bucket. It looked so festive....dark pink Cherry Fluff in a cute red and white Christmas bucket with a large white serving spoon.....Martha...move over...LOL!

Wanted to also update you on my fitness progress.....I'm patiently waiting to see if I am one of the four participants in the Altoona Herald/AnyTime Fitness Winter Fitness Challenge. If chosen, I will be going on a 8-10 week (I think) training and nutrition plan competing against the three other participants. The winner will win a FREE lifetime membership to Anytime Fitness. I told the Chris aka Satan that if I get picked, I WILL WIN the challenge.....I'm that motivated..why?? because the fruits of my labor is really finally starting to show. I am definitely trimmer and toner, I've lost almost 15 pounds, but it feels like a lot more and my overall fitness level has improved 100%. I'm currently waiting for a lipid profile to come back from the federal health unit that I had done a month or so ago. I've never had a problem with my total cholestrol, but one of my numbers needed to be a tad higher...I can't remember which one you want higher and I'll bet with all the exercise I'm doing, it has to have improved.

I still have a ways to go, but I'm in no hurry....I'm not going anywhere...

Have a good weekend!