Happy New Year!

We are still alive, I have just been enjoying some much needed time away from my computer and with my boys! We had a great Christmas here in Lillooet with my parents and my grandma. I am sure glad it is all over though! Back to the 'real' world on Monday when all my classes start up again...

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

The Month After Christmas

'Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house

Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste

All the holiday parties had gone to my waist

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!

When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber)

I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared;

The gravies and sauces with turkey all paired

The wine and the rum balls, the pate and cheese

And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please!"

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt

And prepared once again to do battle with dirt--

I said to myself, as only I can

"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So, away with the last of the sour cream dip,

Get rid of the chocolate, every cracker and chip

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished

'til all the additional ounces have vanished

I won't have a cookie, not even a lick

I'll now only chew on a long celery stick

I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,

I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---

But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot -
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!