Sunshine for Christmas

Cloudless sky and dry roads; and I thought I'd be dreaming of a white Christmas!

Give me sunshine anytime, but in the dead of winter it was a Christmas gift come true.

No dirty slush or frozen fingers shovelling walkways; time to visit friends, family and relatives,

without risking life or limb, driving on slippery slidey ice. Oh what a great gift it was!

Much better than the week or so before, when a car slid into my rear, breaking the tail light lens.

The driver nonchalantly just drove on around me and went on his/her merry way, LOL

No time to bother, just increase both our insurance rates I guess. Took me by surprise, didn't

expect a hit and run driver, LOL. My son-in-law says he will fix it for less than the dealer.

The trade off was good enough, I got over it without much ado. I wasn't injured of course.

Hoosiers aren't usually like that.

Christmas is now past, and we are 1/2 way to New Years. Cold cloudy winter had us in its grip

since just after Thanksgiving, but yesterday and today has been sunny with blue skis, altho a bit

of wind now and then, and a big storm blew by the other night, with lightening and all! I thought

the roof was gonna blow off, but it only reopened that little leak over the dining room table, tsk!

Can you believe? Its been in the high 40's and there's another day of it coming, Hallelujah!

This brief reprieve from winter during Christmas and New Year's holiday's has made me

even more greatful , being added to the joy of being with family in our cosy homes.

Sunshine fills my soul like nothing else, except maybe a warm fireplace and snuggle company.

On Christmas day, we gathered at my youngest daughter Kira's home for the grand unwrapping

of presents round the tree, and brunch with eggnog and all. She said its now to be considered a

tradition since we've been doing it since we moved here from California. (Her home lends itself

better to entertaining a larger group, because of its layout.) I thought I would be having steak

at my home later on that day, but I was so exhaused from shopping and wrapping I wasn't able

to get to the store before it closed for the holiday, ( I waited for the last minute so they would be

fresh and didn't expect their earlier closing this year). So we located a restraurant that was open

and went out to eat instead. The food was good, and enjoyed by all, and I wasn't overwhelmed.

We didn't do Christmas Carols due to the fact that my children and grandchilden spent their

Christmas Eve at their dad/grampa's. (He still follows the tradition of not including me, that was

set by his second wife when she got mad at me for upholding my community property rights,

even though she has now passed away, tsk!.)

The other night I was lying in bed while falling off to sleep composing another poem in my head.

I didn't remember it well enough to write it down after I got up in the morning, but part of the

content is in this blog, just not written as a poem. I'm going to have to put paper and pencil at my

bedside now...not just in my car. Its when I am in alpha brain waves that this happens, and that

is when the driving gets more boring than the scenery or I am very relaxed and in a dreamy

state. I think I mentioned that I used to compose art works this way, because I am very visual,

And I was an amature artist that never took time to paint my oil paintings. Over the years, I

practiced using my weaker left brain more effectively, so now, I guess my verbal side took over.

It so much easier to be creative this way, LOL, I never was much for just sketching my ideas

quickly, but they are still in my head and I am actually a better artist than I used to be, after

taking the course in "Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain". But thats a possible subject for

another blog. I am now in a better situation for having a steak dinner at my home on New Years

day instead of Christmas day, since I have more time to plan, more energy, and I know when the

store is closing fo the New Year's holiday. It will just be a simple carry-in but I'll broil the steaks

to order and bake the potatos. The following day, I start back on my Medifast diet, and plan to

follow it for a least 6 weeks. If it works well for me this time I will continue until I hit a plateau

or have lost a goodly amount of weight. If it doesn't result in a satisfactory weight loss after 6

weeks I will discusss the possibility of getting a lap band done. I am thinking this will be a

medical necessity now, if I don't get my excess weight off and keep it off. I will be getting back to

the gym and do the aqua aerobics as well. I am still into the salt/potassium thing, but I think it

helps with weight maintenance, but not so much with weight loss. But I won't make this into a

weight loss blog; soooo boring. Well thats all for now folks. I just noted that my blog has been

auto saved. I wonder if that means that everything I am now writing will not be included...I

hope it won't be trundicated this time.