Holidays | Coffee with Cheryl

January 3, 2012 5 Comments

Wow! I can’t believe it’s 2012 already! I feel like I fell asleep after Kyle was born in February, and when I woke up almost an entire year had passed…where the heck does all the time go?

Everyone here at home is back to their regular schedules again today – Connor to Kindergarten, Hubby to work, and me back to my classes and internet and blogging. Hopefully we’ll all kick the colds we’ve been dealing with since before Christmas this week too.

Here are my goals for this year…

Quit smoking
Redesign my blog
Blog more regularly
Stick to a regular daily schedule more
Be happy with who I am
Stop “people pleasing” at the expense of my own happiness
Finally get our bathroom finished

I know it’s an odd list, but I’m trying to keep it fairly simple…except for the quitting smoking, these are all goals I’m pretty sure I can manage. The quitting smoking may require that I be locked in a closet in a straight-jacket for a few weeks.

I’d love to hear about your goals for the new year!

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The Aftermath…

November 25, 2011 4 Comments

Turkey Dinner Well, Thanksgiving went off without a single hitch. I had prepped all the veggies the night before, so the amount of work to be done the day of was pretty minimal…other than getting everything to come out at the same time.

Mum came over early to help me (well, more to lend me a feeling of calm – she totally stresses over this kind of stuff, but for some reason makes me more calm). We played with Kyle, did a few last minute preparations, and enjoyed each others’ company.

Lee was a tremendous help, considering that he had fallen asleep around 8pm the night before (he wasn’t feeling well, so I didn’t hold his lack of preparation against him). He re-hung the now clean curtains in the den, put away a ton of laundry, swept the pine needles out of the driveway, and helped pretty much whatever needed to be done, was a wonderfully gracious host, and was generally in a good mood – even though he had an upset stomach.

My mother-in-law, her boyfriend, and my father-in-law were all friendly and comfortable, and talkative.

My sister and her husband were ready to jump in and help when crunch-time started and were a welcome couple of pairs of extra hands. They enjoyed themselves and were funny and felt at home.

The kids were awesome. I don’t think 9mo Kyle cried twice the entire day, and Connor and my niece, although they did get a bit rambunctious throughout the day, were happy and content playing with each other, drawing pictures and having fun.

Everyone said the food was delicious – and the crustless pie heaven my friend Lauren suggested was amazing.

Then, after we’d all eaten to the point where we felt like we were about to burst, everyone pitched in to help clean up. It was awesome.

This afternoon, I got the munchies and decided to see what was left in the way of turkey and fixings…

If there is 1 lb. left of a 19 lb. turkey, I would be amazed! We only had 8 adults and 3 kids to feed!

So, tomorrow I’m going to buy and cook a small turkey so we can have leftovers for a while.