How about some ice fishing?
Hubby making our first ever ice skating rink by hand of course!
Animal prints
Wind swept snow (below).
Well, it was not all a perfect Christmas. Our well pump sprung a leek (see that hole in the pipe right center) at 11:30 (!!) pm on December 23. We are so grateful that Dave, our well guy, made it a priority to be at our house on Christmas Eve morning at 10:30 am. He drove 55 miles to get here, too. Thank-you, Dave!
We have a new pump now that should last for MANY Christmases to come!
Now: A few words of rumination on this the last day of
2011. My goals and themes for 2011: balance, downsizing (not
just physically) and organization. These ruminations will be about downsizing that
refers to physical health. On January 1, 2011 I laid out several goals:
First goal: Be at 170 by the middle of April 2011. If you have been following my blog, you know I did not make this goal. On Christmas Eve I was still at 173. Being at 170 by April was just not realistic for me and where I am in my life metabolism wise. I lost 18 pounds this year for a total (you all know this already) of 40 pounds off. As I make my 2012 goals, I will keep in mind that I basically lose about . 5 pounds a week.
First goal: Be at 170 by the middle of April 2011. If you have been following my blog, you know I did not make this goal. On Christmas Eve I was still at 173. Being at 170 by April was just not realistic for me and where I am in my life metabolism wise. I lost 18 pounds this year for a total (you all know this already) of 40 pounds off. As I make my 2012 goals, I will keep in mind that I basically lose about . 5 pounds a week.
Second goal: Keep up my fitness level and increase the rigor of my regime. Yes. Resounding YES. I have added distance and speed to my cycling regime, I jogged up thousands of stairs across the year and increased my time and distance for walking. I have never felt so physically fit as I am now, even though I know I have a ways to go.
Third goal: Track miles walked and biked for the year. Yes. I walked at least 442 miles this year. I did not always carry my pedometer, that is why it is “at least.” (So, Julie, I made our walking challenge! My biking total stands at 1583 miles. I do not know how many stairs I climbed, but it is about 5, 000.
Fourth goal: I would also like to start the Couch to 5km by February 19. No, I did not even start. I decided that I would like to be down around 160 before I start to actually run. It is just too hard on my body.
I
feel very good about the progress I made on getting healthy and where I am
heading on this last day of 2011. It was SO good to be “downsized” for the holidays. Next post
will be about my healthy and fit themes and goals for 2012.
To all of you: Happy New Year! May this new year see you exceed your own goals for health and fitness. TTFN and thanks for stopping by, Michele