• Merry Christmas!  Did you have a great holiday?  I did.  My sisters and I went to my brother’s house.  It was a full house because his wife’s family from Ecuador were there too.  We ate, talked, and opened gifts.  I was embarrassed because I wasn’t expecting any gifts and left with four gifts.

• I am excited about my new calendar.  My sister and I got a calendar from our local laundromat.  Inside were coupons for one free wash each month.  Hey, it is the little things that I appreciate.  🙂

 • Kim and I will be taking over the Tuesdays on the Run linkup.  We are very excited about it and hope that you will link up with us.  Our first post will be Tuesday, January 8.

  • Did you buy any after Christmas decorations.  I was at Target at 7am and bought a few ornaments and a couple of stocking holders.  But what I really wanted was a cat ornament with lights.  There was one but it was for display only.  I went back today and it was gone.  Either someone bought it or it was taken down since it wasn’t available at the store.

• Anyone saw Mary Poppins Returns?  I saw it yesterday and it was such a good movie!!

• Tomorrow is the last day of school before winter break!  I am excited and cannot wait.

 • Finished wrapping my gifts for the kiddos.  Since my first year of teaching, I’ve given all of my students two books.

 • Have you tried these chocolates?  They are so good.  Got them at Target so hurry and get your bag.  Lola was curious about them too.  No, I didn’t give her any.

  • Another photo of Lola because she is cute.  

 • Happy Holidays!  I hope you have a great day on Tuesdays with loved ones.

• Lola is not a fan of Christmas trees.  I have a little one and right away she knocked it down.  She is lucky she is cute and that I love her.  🙂

This is what I need to do.

• Did anyone take advantage of the $2.95 sale at Bath and Body Works?  I was at the mall and casually walked in because I had a $15 gift card.  There were so many people and it was because of the sale.  I ended up with 5 bottles and only had to pay 86 cents.

 • All I want for Christmas is a Peloton bike.  Hopefully next year I can get one for sure.

  • This made me laugh because my coworkers and I are obsessed with all of the pens and markers.  I bought 3 boxes during Black Friday and love them!

  • To me holiday/Christmas songs are just songs.  They remind me of when I was a kid and would sing them.  Now there is so much controversy it is annoying.

  • This will be me next week. 🙂

• Very true!  We need to stop being so judgemental.  No one is perfect.

• Not running has actually been going OK.  I have a meniscus injury and haven’t run since Sunday.  It is better and am planning to run again on Monday.  Since I am in a StepBet Challenge, I have been doing a lot of waking in the evening.  It is actually going well and I’ve been enjoying my walks.  Today I did 18,645 steps.  Since Monday I’ve done 65,092 steps.  Yikes!  

 • You know how much I love my cat.  I ordered a 2019 calendar from Walgreens full of Lola pictures.  🙂  I am definitely a crazy cat lady, right?

  • I do not remember the last time gas was this cheap.  

  • You know I am OBSESSED with Tieks.  Got these on Monday.  I also ordered Ruby Red and I’d bet those will look pretty for the holidays.

 •  Just a reminder.

• I signed up for the StepBet challenge.   It is harder than I thought.  Each week (for 6 weeks) I have 4 active days (15,310 steps), 2 power days (18,511 steps) and 1 rest day.  The first week was a warmup so if I didn’t meet any of my goals, I would still be in the competition.  We started off with 546 players and we are now at 457 players.  

• Have you ever tried Coquito?  Me neither.  Saw this recipe and plan to make it.  Pretty easy.

 • This cold brew from Califia is actually pretty good.  The taste isn’t too strong but yet enough to enjoy.  Saw it at Target for $2.49 each container.

  • I love avocado but was not very impressed with fried avocado fries.  I mean they are good but not in an out of this world great.

  • I hate snow.  While it may look pretty for about 10 seconds, there is nothing pretty about it once it melts or it turns to ice.  We got our first snowstorm on Monday.  Chicago didn’t get too much (not enough to cancel school) but various other suburbs did while prompted districts to cancel school.  Forget running outside.  

  • I am bummed that I didn’t get accepted into the 2019 NYC Half Marathon.  On the bright side, I am saving money so maybe now I can get another pair of Tieks shoes.  🙂