My dear friends, I had no idea it had been so long since I last posted. I do apologize!
I have been putting away my many Christmas decorations. All I have left to do now is the wreaths and the tree. That will take another week at least.
I've had a couple of sad days. Just remembering how much Ron loved how the house looked at Christmas. I still can't go in the big living room to read because I still expect to see him come down the stairs, tiptoe down the hall and try to tickle my feet. I would pretend not to see him until the very last moment and then say "GOTCHA". Or just him tickle my feet and have him say "GOTCHA". Even after all this time, I still expect to see him. Or maybe I just want to see him so bad.
But, I know the winter is a hard time. I'm sure I will feel better when I see the sun a bit more.
The grandkids are wonderful. I babysat for them last Friday. I had such fun. Jesse is very helpful when it comes to putting Zoey to bed. He YELLS at her to stop crying and be quiet (so that he and I can down down in the basement to play with his toys.)
He was so happy to see me.
Karen had told him that Grandmom was coming over to play with him, but that he had to be very good at daycare or else Grandmom would not come. Well, he had a stellar day. He yelled HI GRANDMOM when I got in the car. He told me that we were going to play all night.
I told him he had to eat his dinner first and he ate every drop. Then after I finally got Zoey down we did play. Then we came back upstairs and he wanted to watch the Cars movie. I told him I didn't know how to work it. He didn't seem to understand that. I finally told him that I would read to him instead. He liked that idea. So I read him two books and then he read one to me. He read the back cover to me. LOL Then it was his bedtime. I think I hated it more than he did. We went upstairs and he put on his jammies and I made him go potty before I tucked him in. Well, I waited and waited. Finally I peeked in and there he was sitting on the pot, "reading" a magazine. I thought I would die. I told him to hurry up and then he was ready for bed.
I tucked him in and kissed him and hugged him and he said he wanted another kiss and hug. So I tucked him in again and gave him his second hug and kiss and "I love you's". I turned off his light and went downstairs. Chuck had told me he always gets out of bed at least once and that if he tried that to just lock him in until he falls asleep. Well, there was no problem at all. I guess I tired him out. He went right to sleep and never woke up until morning.
Chuck drove me home around 10:30. The kids enjoyed their dinner out and a movie and I enjoyed playing with Jesse and holding Zoey. Now I can't wait for the next time.
I am doing well on Weight Watchers. I have lost 32 pounds since October. My cousin joined two weeks ago and has lost 8 pounds! I do enjoy the meetings so much. We all laugh and have a lot of fun.
At the last meeting I told everyone about how I make cauliflour. I steam until really soft, puree it in the food processor with salt and pepper and garlic and to make it really smooth and creamy, I had a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese. I comes out so good and tastes like something that is fattening but isn't. Well, another member came up to me last night and thanked me for the recipe. Her daughter will NOT eat any veggies. But she tried this way and the daughter loved it. So the mother was very happy about that. That made me feel good that I helped someone.
This week, I brought in some cinnamon almonds that I made. I got the recipe right here on the DIS. I just changed the 1/2 cup of packed light brown sugar to the 1/4 cup of Spenda/brown sugar mix. All it is is one egg white beaten, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon. You can have 23 almonds for 4 points on WW. The other ingredients really don't count because it's for two cups of almonds. Everyone loved them and asked for the recipe. I am now printing out 30 copies of that recipe! LOL I was surprised that so many people came back for seconds and thirds.
So I try and keep busy and get out for my walks as much as I can. That does help. I just miss holding hands with my sweetheart on those walks.