December Dreams - Dec. 2025 W.I.S.H. Thread

[PollyannaMom]

We're a group of dis-ers of all ages and geographic locations who are here to support and encourage each other in our healthier living goals. Whether you are looking to exercise more, lose weight, eat better, work on self-care, or any other healthy living goal, please join us!

We have weekly volunteer hosts and typically follow a Monday-Sunday format:
MOTIVATION MONDAY / TOPIC TUESDAY / WOOHOO WEDNESDAY / THANKFUL THURSDAY / FREE-FOR-ALL FRIDAY / SOCIAL SATURDAY / SELF-CARE SUNDAY

December Hosts:
12/1 - 12/7 - PollyannaMom
12/8 - 12/14 - ShannyMcB
12/15 - 12/21 -
12/22 - 12/28 - Summer2018
12/29 - 1/4 - Summer2018

 

[PollyannaMom]

What's motivating you on the new week / new month Monday?

 

[Oneanne]

I was shocked yesterday when I realized today was December 1, absolutely shocked. I guess I didn't realize Thanksgiving was so late this year?

Goals for this month... to keep working on how to stay better regulated and not get so burned out.

 

[Summer2018]

I have been very loosey goosey with my eating habits this fall mostly due to the incredible stress I have been under. Before I gain a bunch of weight, I need to get a grip. So today I was more careful about what I ate. I will be taking it one day at a time and focusing on my wellbeing.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Topic Tuesday - How are you planning to keep things at a reasonable pace this holiday season?

 

[Summer2018]

I already dropped 1.5 pounds just eating normally. I’m sure I was retaining water from too many treats.

I’m going to be super busy, and no, the stress has not gone away, but I have my head on straight…finally. I’m no longer feeling out of control. I’m going to eat as healthy as possible for the next three weeks to prepare for the next week+ of celebrations and all of the indulgences that go along with them.

 

[piglet1979]

Topic Tuesday - How are you planning to keep things at a reasonable pace this holiday season?

I am not sure how I am going to keep it together this month. This whole year has been horrible and December wants to pile it on as well. I had an ultrasound yesterday. This was the final thing to do with the urologist stemming from the stints I had from the hysterectomy. Thankfully, all is well and I am done with that. Tomorrow, I am getting a root canal that should have been done back in August but my dentist at the time (I have since switched) ignored the pain I was having. Then the week of the 15th I have jury duty. After that is Christmas and then on the 29th I get a crown for the tooth that I have to get a root canal in.

I somehow need to get shopping done. I talked with DD yesterday and it looks like she will not be here early on Christmas morning and I am a bit bummed. I understand and I just need to get used to the new normal for the holidays.

 

[piglet1979]

1. What is your dream holiday vacation? WDW is on my list as well as visiting a Hallmark movie type of town.
2. What is your favorite holiday smell? Cinnamon
3. Which holiday movie character do you relate to the most? I am not sure. One that is always stressed at the holidays and a bit chaotic
4. Did you ever believe in Santa? If so, when did you stop believing? Yes. I don't remember how old I was when I stopped though. I am one of the youngest on my moms side and an older cousin told me but I didn't believe her. It was never talked about in our house and all of us continued on like we believed. It was the same with my kids. I don't know when they officially stopped believing.
5. What are your favorite holiday foods? I always want a chocolate cream pie and stuffing and mashed potatoes.

 

[Oneanne]

For me the most stressful part of the holiday season is that it flies by so quickly and I never feel like I've done the holiday things. I'm still cleaning up and decorating the apartment, I have two more garlands to put up and outdoor lights to put up on the deck. I'll try to get one or the other done tonight.

Somehow I've done the majority of my Christmas shopping and just have a few things for some goodie bags left to do. I need to get things wrapped so that I feel like that is really done.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Not sure about keeping things reasonable. Lots of appointments for the kids which means I will be skipping break to get them where they need to be which means decreased gym trips. I can feel I have gained or simply lost muscle tone either way not loving it. Need to get back into doing a 5/10 min workout before bed instead of falling asleep on the kids floor

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's...


What is everyone celebrating today?

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo... I had an epiphany yesterday, sadly it was attached to another 'why am I so dumb sometimes' thing, but I'll just have to own that. Monday I had a case of the shivers, something that hasn't happened before. I took a hot shower to warm up and then consulted Dr. Google who said it could be low blood sugar so I had some tea with honey and a breakfast bar and that worked.

Yesterday I did some more Googling and hypothyroid came up, so I researched that and some of the other things that have been going on are also related to low thyroid, so I thought maybe I should contact my Dr about upping my thyroid pill dosage. Then a better idea popped into my head... how about I take the pills I have. I think in the past two weeks I've taken it once maybe twice. Yep, what a dummy. But woohoo, when the meds get built back up in my system a lot of things that have been bothering me are going to go away.

 

[Summer2018]

I arrived at school very enthusiastic about my plans for the day. Sadly they got derailed by my challenging student and his negligent mother. For over a week, in his nonverbal ways, he has indicated mouth pain. His registered behavior therapist (RBT) was able to look in his mouth and saw one or more black spots on his teeth that looked like severe decay. We notified his mother. On Monday, he arrived truly beside himself in pain and was punching his cheek and screaming. The nurse examined him, called mom, and sent him home with the idea that he would be seeing a dentist. He came back yesterday on Tylenol which clearly didn’t help the pain and was sent home again. Today, he was in worse shape. Mom refused to pick him up and seek medical care until we threatened to call DCF. She lost her mind in the office but eventually took him home. I dread tomorrow.

Maybe she will finally get him medical care and I will have something to woo hoo about.

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's Thankful Thursday!

What are you appreciating today?

 

[piglet1979]

My woo hoo is that I got almost all of my Christmas shopping done yesterday. I took the day off because of the root canal because I have been told some horrible stories from people who have had them and were in horrible pain after. I have been doing pretty good so I took advantage of the time off. I also went with my mom and then stayed at her house until 9 last night. It was a great time hanging out with my mom. We don't get to do it as often as I would like.

I am Thankful that I am not in much pain. I can't chew on that side of my mouth and it hurts if anything touches that tooth but besides that I am fine. I have been taking Advil to make sure it doesn't get worse but I am doing better than I thought. I had a friend tell me that she hoped that they prescribed pain meds for me. This scared me and I really thought I was going to be in horrible pain.

 

[Oneanne]

Been feeling off for several days and am now genuinely sick. I'm thankful my covid test came back negative... I would have felt awful if I had taken covid into the office with me.

When I moved I re-homed my beautiful 6ft fig because I couldn't fit it into the car and didn't think the movers would take it. A couple weeks ago I ordered a new one who is super cute at maybe 10" tall and I'm thankful that it is doing well and seems quite happy.

 

[Summer2018]

WOO HOO! That student was absent today which hopefully means that he went to the dentist.

I am thankful that we had a day without violence and fear since he was not in school. My students were relaxed and engaged in activities.

I introduced Jingle, our Elf and her pet fox, Snowflake. I have a fairy door in my classroom where Jingle and Leprechauns enter the classroom. They never really noticed the fairy door before, but today it was decorated with a tiny wreath and Christmas tree. I read the story and explained how it works. They were very excited, but I had a doubter. So while they were out of the classroom at STEM class, I moved her into a different position and cut out three miniature snowflakes. When the kids came back, they saw that she had moved. Then they saw the tiny snowflakes, and I told them that she was cutting out snowflakes with me after they left. No more doubts that Jingle is real.

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's Free-for-all Friday!

Anything on your mind today?