Completely Uninspired

Its been a tough couple of months for me. I don't know if its the holidays or what. I haven't figured it all out yet. I just keep thinking "hmm, I wonder if I'm depressed". Not what I wanted to hear myself say. I really think I need to go see my doctor and address a couple of issues.

I am totally uninspired! I used to be prepared to cook dinners. I go to the store 2-3 times per week and I still can't manage to pull a meal together. I don't cook all the things that I used to cook because I have tried to be healthier however I haven't replaced those "full of fat/calorie" meals with healthy options...so I never know what to make! When Dominic is working I tend to just microwave something for the boys and fend for myself.

I used to do laundry from start to finish...now it takes me all week to get the stuff all put away and thats if I even managed to fold it all.

I feel very short tempered lately too. I'm not in a "happy" mood unless Dominic is home.

I need to snap out of it!

There's my rant!

Christmas Time!!

Its Christmas time again and about a year after I started this blog. Its unbelievable that a year ago this month was when Dominic left for his deployment. So much has happened in a year.

Last week mom's were invited to come to school to help the Pre-K kids decorate their gingerbread houses and have milkshakes. That was fun! Then yesterday Ayden's class had their Christmas party so I went to that. It was nice too.

We are about done with our Christmas shopping. We always have to focus on getting our families stuff done first since we have to ship it all to CA every year. That was a major process again this year. It takes a lot of organizational skills to get all the gifts for all the right people in the right boxes, packed, labeled and ready to ship. Its a lot of work! We managed to get it all done and shipped off last week. Then I got all the Christmas cards ready and mailed yesterday. Today we got three packages from family in CA. So now it really feels like Christmas :)

We don't have any plans for Christmas at the moment but I think we will invite a friend and her daughters over. Her husband is deployed and will be back the first week of January. She and her daughters just moved back to town this week to get settled before he gets home. I think we'll have them over for dinner. We're going to cook a turkey with all the fixin's. Dominic will be off of work for 8 days but will have to work 8 days over New Year's.

Today was the boys last day of school for the semester and now begins winter break. They go back to school on Tuesday the 5th! I will be so ready for that day to come by then.

I joined our local YMCA a couple of weeks ago. Its been fun to go a few times each week to work out and take a class. I have a friend that teaches a toning class which I have really been enjoying. My next adventure will be Zumba I think.

We have all been battling forms of colds and sicknesses over the past several weeks. Last weekend Dominic, Christian and I managed to get food poisoning of some form. We were sick the entire day and night then okay the next morning. I'm glad it was just a day. Now we have head colds, coughing and runny noses. What a pain! I just hope that it all works itself out by Christmas Eve!

I made 6 batches of my aunts recipe of Almond Roca this year. Its such a easy recipe but its all about execution and it can be a hit or miss kind of thing. I managed to only mess up one batch this year so I consider that a huge success. Everyone loves this candy and looks forward to it each year. Maybe its a new tradition.