It's All in How You Approach a Task...

Over 100 Christmas Cards to sign, stamp, insert photos, seal, address and put return labels on while the husband is out of town = one bland evening.

Over 100 Christmas cards to sign, stamp, insert photos, seal, address and put return labels on while watching hours of previously unseen Grey's Anatomy episodes, wearing sweatpants and sipping a glass of red wine = a much better Monday night!

If anyone needs me, I'll be in front of the TV with a stack of cards...

What's Wrong With a Few Curves?

Okay, seriously. How can we live in a world where people are calling Jennifer Love Hewitt fat at a size 2?

You have to wonder if the people who write this stuff realize that they are basically insulting every person out there who wears a size 2 or larger? Are the people who write this stuff all smaller than a size 2 or is it just easier to point fingers at someone else?

This whole "size 2 being fat" thing comes around just as I'm starting to put together my work-out plan for the new year (with some additional training and conditioning to prepare for some downhill skiing in February). Here's my plan:

I do plan to do some weight training along with cardio so that I will be stronger and more conditioned.

I do plan to play in the snow, explore the mountains, take photos and ski down trails till the point of exhaustion.

I even (gasp) will put on a swimsuit and soak in the hot tub after a long day on the slopes.

However, even if I trained daily for a year, I still would not be smaller than a size 2--but it sure isn't going to stop me from working out, getting stronger and having fun.

Life doesn't begin and end with a clothing size. What is it going to take to end this stupid, skinny trend?

I'm ready to go back to the days of Marilyn Monroe. What's wrong with a few curves?

What Would Martha Stewart Think?

Today, I went to the most non-traditional (and interesting) baby shower I have ever attended in my life.

1 - It was a breakfast baby shower. It started at 10:30 in the morning, but mimosas were served and we all had a few drinks with our breakfast (except for the mom-to-be).

2 - It was a "co-ed" baby shower. As the mom-to-be put it, "I didn't get this way by myself".

3 - The father-to-be was suffering from a broken ankle from a skateboarding accident. (Since he is on crutches, he said that when they go to the wine and spirits store, she has to buy his booze which has made made for lots of strange looks in their direction.)

4 - Many were tattooed--both men and women.

5 - No baby shower games were played. It was not at all "girly"- - even though mom-to-be is having a girl. (I don't think I saw a single pink stork.)

6 - Several "baby shower inappropriate" things were discussed that I can't even hint about in this blog.

7 - We had drinks (let me say it again--there was booze at a morning baby shower), we ate breakfast, she opened gifts, we ate cake and we left--it was only a 2 hour shower and then we could all get on with our day.

It was the most entertaining baby shower I have ever attended.