Day 160

Good Evening everyone!!! I hope you all had a great Christmas! Ours was definitely interesting! Alayna got very sick on Christmas Eve, Christmas and finished it off today. And then I got a cold/cough and her stomach bug on top of it...it's been a really fun couple days! Poor Hayden has had to take care of us for the past three days. He's been such a good nurse to us!!!

I hope you all had a very blessed day yesterday!! As sick as we were, we had a great first Christmas by ourselves! It was quiet and different, but it was great! It was nice to get time off to relax and just have a day as a family!

We had a nice healthy dinner and we were very good yesterday. I decided once I get back to better, and not feeling like my insides are going to die, I am back in the gym. I got a ton of workout clothes for Christmas, and I can't wait to wear them! And the only place to wear them, would be at the gym!!

I have decided 2014 has to be my year. I make changes constantly, and I "stick to it", and then I fail....but this year is different. I WILL make 2014 my year. I mean I have made it this far, it would be a shame to have to start all over again right? SO I will make this work. And once my work schedule settles down, it will be that much easier. I am so ready to get back to the way things were before.

So I hope you all had a great Christmas, and I hope you all are preparing for the New Year, the Kennedy family sure is!! Hopefully I will be able to write a longer post tomorrow! Goodnight everyone!!!!

Day 159

Alright everyone, it's Christmas Eve so today and tomorrow will be kept small. I hope you have an incredible Christmas morning with your families tomorrow!! I know we are setting new traditions this year, so hopefully it goes well tomorrow morning!! I will write a nice little merry Christmas lost tomorrow, but it won't be long!

Have a good night everyone!!

Day 158

Well it's Christmas Eve, eve and I have still so much to do!!! I just now am starting baking cookies. We still have Christmas presents to wrap and I just feel like it all isn't going to get done. 

And then I sit down and think....that's not all that's important. What is important is that we will all be together Christmas and that is such a blessing. Not everyone has that luxury, and we do. So I should just be thankful for that. 

We are actually eating pretty healthy for the holidays. Since we have never had our own Christmas we can set whatever traditions we want. And those are what are important. Those are what Alayna will remember. The traditions. 

So tonight, as I write late and bake cookies with my daughter, remember your traditions. They are what people remember more than gifts or food or anything. The memories you make are what last!!! 

Goodnight everyone!!!

Day 157

Good Evening Everyone! I'm sorry I have been posting so late, and never in the mornings, I've decided maybe I should take a break from my blog. I don't think that anyone is reading it anymore, if I am looking at my stats, no one is really reading anymore. I know it's because I have taken a turn from weight loss and going to the gym, but it's this schedule at work that I just am waiting for the holidays to be over, so that I can get back to the gym. I have still been able to eat right, but I am not able to get to the gym because of my work schedule. But I promise I am still in this.


I hate that I have let all of you down. I write late, and you all probably don't read until next day, if at all. And I just am not writing like I used to. It's the holiday season, and I am so focused on being with my family every free second I have. I mean, if you compare last year to this year, I had all my wrapping done and everything ready to go. This year, I have NOTHING done yet. Just tonight we started wrapping presents. So I really need to use every second to spend with my family. But I do still find time to write, it's just usually late!!

SO I guess I will continue to write. I like to write, it keeps me sane!! It's always one of my ten things that I am thankful for at the end of the night!! So how could I stop writing??

Alright, I talked myself into it, even if it's just for me! I hope you all had a good night and are getting ready for Christmas!!

Day 156

So I just realized that I didn't blog today. I had to call the cops on a customer today at work, and it just was not my day. Everything and everyone is okay, but I am just really tired. I'm ready for my holiday in retail to be over!!! 

But I hope you all had a good Saturday!! I work again tomorrow, no day off until Christmas, but we are taking Alayna to see Santa tomorrow!!! So pictures will be posted tomorrow!!!

Have a good night everyone!!

Day 155

Oh what a day!!!! I don't even know where to start for today's post!!! It was a long and stressful day at work, but I had to constantly remind myself all day, to be positive. I have felt so blessed these last few weeks that I just cannot be angry about the things that are not in my control. That is what I have been doing. Things that are out of my hands, I should leave out of my hands and just worry about what I can control. 

You know, my mom told me to figure our ten things a day that I am thankful for. And she is so right, they make the rest of it seem silly. So I have started doing that, finding ten things a day I am thankful for and am blessed with. 

I am headed to bed now, but maybe tomorrow I will let you in on my ten things!! Anyone want to know?

Day 154

Good Evening Everyone!!!! When I tell you I am in a great mood...I am in a great mood! Today has been a very blessed day. I am thankful for EVERYTHING in my life today. I should really be every day, and I am, but I am just feeling so so blessed today. God is good.

When I ever feel overwhelmed, I always think of all the bad things going on in my life, and now I am thinking of all the positive things!!! I think that should have been my mind set for months and it just was not! I am sorry for all the negativity I have put you all through, but I just am going through a stage. I am ready for a new stage in my life. I am ready for 2014....it will be MY YEAR!!!!!! This blog has turned into not just a weight loss and fitness journey, but a story of my life. My ups and my downs. My life and how it functions daily be it sane or not.

Thank you to all the readers that have stayed loyal to reading. I know that this blog has changed and morphed but through it all, it has been my journey. And quite a journey it has been so far. We have lots of posts left to write, but I just want to say thank you.....and that here's to more positive attitudes!!!!!!