Hello! How was everyone's holiday? Ours was very busy. Probably more busy this year than in any years past. We spent Christmas at home here in Nebraska which was nice actually. Being able to spend the day opening presents and not having anywhere to go was a good change of pace. A few days after Christmas we started the oh-so-lovely process of packing up the small child and our 2 dogs into the truck for the 7 1/2 hour drive to Illinois to see our friends and family for New Years. In case you're wondering, the drive from Nebraska to Illinois is pretty much everything but exciting. The dogs do well in the backseat of the truck which makes it more tolerable.
New Years, unfortunately, wasn't as fun as we had hoped for. It basically consisted of Anthony and I hanging out at his best friend's house under one other couple came over. Once the ball dropped, we all went home...because we're all old and can't hang. We were home by 12:15...lame. Maddy got to spend the night with her best friend though which was the highlight of her trip. I love being able to surprise her with a fun night like that.
We've been home since the 2nd and are just now getting back into the groove of things. And we were just in time to miss all of the horribly cold weather back in IL. Now don't get me wrong, NE is wicked cold too (-24 with wind chill) and Maddy had an extra day of Christmas vacation because of the cold but back in IL it was getting down to -40 with wind chill. So cold, windy and so much snow that they shut down at least 7 major roads. Some counties even made it illegal to be on the roads yesterday (Jan 6) and were giving out tickets to anyone other than emergency and law enforcement vehicles. How crazy is that!?
It has since gotten a bit warmer here and Maddy is in school today and Anthony has started back into his routine for work. I still worry about him though because of the amount of time he spends on the road.
Anthony and I have made resolutions to get healthier and get down to our ideal weight. I have decided to change the way I eat and cut out all processed food opting to stick with clean, whole foods. Anthony has decided to do lower carb high protein eating without doing full blown Atkins. Since we are getting married in the next year we both decided it was time, so we'll see how it all goes. We're on day 2!
I believe that will be it for today. Part of my resolution will be to keep this blog up more frequently so that's what I'm going to try to do!
Have a great day!
~Ashleigh
