It’s Thanksgiving
Everyone is posting about what they are thankful for, and it makes me realize that I have a lot to be thankful for, despite all the challenges that our little family has dealt with this year.
I am grateful for my daughter, Selina, she’s my biggest reason to be thankful this year. Tonight she is sleeping sweetly in her crib, unswaddled, and looking like a little angel. She was so well-behaved (except when I put her down for her naps) while we cooked, cleaned and got the house ready for my family visit. I am glad she is healthy, although I would really like to figure out a fool-proof way to deal with her dry skin, and a way to conquer her cradle cap.
After all my mom’s comments, she ended up coming to Seattle after all, although she wouldn’t stop talking about how traumatizing it was for her. I think she came because she didn’t want to miss out on Selina’s first Thanksgiving. The sad part was that I forgot to take pictures of our feast!
We ended up with roast turkey (roasted upside down and brined with Gus’ secret spice recipe), mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, salad, rolls, baked beans, corn, asparagus, Dutch apple pie, pumpkin pie, Jello cheesecake with dark chocolate and homemade berry topping. I killed that cheesecake, it was soooo good with the berry and dark chocolate layer. All I did was melt some dark chocolate, and poured a thin layer of it over the graham cracker crust, then I put in the cheesecake layer, and used my berry mix sauce on top. The berries consisted of blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries, and they were just the right mix of sweet and tart.
Speaking of decadence, I managed to lose 4 lbs this week, although I think I gained a few back today, haha. I’m trying to do the 30-day shred, and I’ve been doing it since last week, and I only missed two days. I can’t tell that my figure is improving, but I’m satisfied that my weight is going down. This is the first time I’ve dropped weight in over a month and a half, so naturally I’m really glad that the hard work is paying off so quickly. I still have a lot to lose, around 15 lbs, but that won’t be too bad if I’m dropping the weight so quickly.
I’m pretty tired so I think I’ll crash, but I’ll say one last thing, I am very grateful that I survived this year, that I have a little girl, that my husband still loves me and that everyone’s health is good.
