i am a middle-aged woman. i hate that sentence, but it is true. and i think it's about time i grew up. this trek into maturity was commenced on christmas day by hosting the festivities for the first time. i'm the baby of my extended family, remember. i am not used to a lot of work. in the past my responsibilities consisted of the creamy corn in the crock pot. and even with just that, one of my sisters usually had to remind me to stir it. but this baby hosted a grown up celebration. she even knows how to make prime rib (it's super easy, btw).
in assuming our new grown up hosting responsibilities, bill and i took a page out of the family history book and donned my parent's traditional holiday clothes. bill wore one of my dad's leisure suits and i wore one of my mom's "house dresses" circa late 70's, early 80's...
my kids were not impressed, but this was a special shout out to christmas past for me. the house dress was less than flattering, but my man rocked the leisure suit. let's just say the prime rib wasn't the only thing that was yummy on christmas!
since i haven't posted yet about my grown-up christmas, i will give you a quick tour in pictures...
but christmas is behind us now and 2012 is here. and i still have some growing up to do. which is why i have been trying to focus on some fundamentals in this new year. basics that have previously felt boring to me or too much work or just too easy to overlook. but i will now think of them as FUNdaMENTALS. my definition being "basic necessities in life that i can choose to make fun and that i need to keep me (or my loved ones) from going mental."
things like:
1) jesus. first. always. period.
2) getting good sleep
3) keeping to our budget
4) eating healthier
5) having meal plans (how can dinner sneak up on me when it happens every night??!!)
6) working out 4x a week
no word for the year this time. no flowery, fun, exciting resolutions. just the fundamentals for this girl to become more of a woman in 2012.
now if this grown up would just get her christmas cards done! i'm seeking the basics, remember, not perfection.
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"let's just say the prime rib wasn't the only thing that was yummy on christmas!" I adore you, Missy Kollar. Adore. You.
You were doing so well on getting the Christmas cards done early. We'll just hold to the 'better late than never' philosophy.
I really don't want to be thought of as a 'woman', referred to as ma'am, or be middle-aged either. When does that happen?
Love you!!
HA HA, I love your outfits--soo cute and fun!
I don't know how much of a meal plan you want, but I just made a 5 week menu. You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DrYBiHKo5TSFJR23WuGDK7YiJwm5w8t2A-6klizI4C8/edit?hl=en_US There are links to recipes!
I looks like blogger won't let you click to links from comments. Looks like you'll have to copy and paste. Sorry!
Ahh! "How can dinner sneak up on me when it happens every night"...I could definitely say the same thing. I always tell my kids (if one or more is fussing about showertime) "You know it's coming. This is not a surprise." I'm just waiting for the day when one of them smartly says to me as I groan about making dinner "You knew dinnertime was coming. It happens every night." :)
I never think of myself as a woman, but a girl. It's so weird.
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