So it’s a new year.  And that means time for a new diet to start.

I actually started out really well at the beginning of the year.  I was so sick over Christmas and New Years that I actually lost 5 pounds over the holidays.  Now that I’m feeling better I can’t seem to stop snacking.  And I’ve gained a few pounds back.  I need to stop the snacking, start some exercising and look into taking some Diet Pills to help me get rid of these unwanted pounds.  I think if I could find something that would speed up my metabolism that would really help.  Or something to suppress my appetite.  I don’t know- but I’m certainly considering it!

I am feeling a bit frustrated with George these days.  We are supposed to go on a weekend getaway.  We have been talking about it for a few months.  But we don’t have any definite plans other than my parents watching Peanut.  We can’t seem to agree on where to go.  I wanted to go to a bed and breakfast- a nice little romantic weekend in a small town.  The town has cute little shops to visit.  The bed and breakfast has a whirlpool tub we can relax in.  There is a huge mall nearby and a big movie theater.  Tons of restaurants to choose from.  It sounds like fun to me.  It’s too cold to do outside stuff and we don’t want to go too far from home since it’s only for 2 days. 

For some reason George keeps suggesting all sorts of places except the one I picked.  But the places he is picking don’t have anything to do during the winter- no shopping or anything like that.  I guess it doesn’t really matter.  I just want to go away with him and enjoy some time just for us.  But right now I’m feeling sad and frustrated.

Are you stressed out?  I have felt stressed to the max before- mostly over worries about Peanut.  Who knew one little person could cause me so much worry?  I try not to let myself get stressed out over other things because they just don’t matter.

But lately I’m starting to feel some other concerns.  I work from home as does George.  And lately our income has dropped significantly.  I know it’s because of the economy and a lot of what we do isn’t really a necessity.  So people need food and shelter before they need what we are selling.  And that hurts us financially.  We have been doing this for the last year and have not had to dip into our savings account yet.  But in the next couple of months I’m afraid we’re going to have to.

On top of that, the regular every day stresses are getting to me.  Just trying to rush here and there and get everything done I need to do can cause me much anxiety.  I was looking into The Mindful Living Network and how you can transform your life and really live your life- not just watching it all zoom by.  Stop feeling so overwhelmed and look into these ideas to transform your life.

You know what?  I really hate this month.  I think I like all of the other months- February has Valentine’s Day, which I love.  March- spring is on it’s way… although we usually have some big snow storms in March, at least I can see the end in site.  April- there’s Easter and nice weather.  May- it’s usually pretty nice out by now.  And I can start looking forward to whatever summer plans we have.  June- lots of sunny days to be outside and enjoying the start of summer.  July and August- summer!!  We usually have some sort of vacation planned.  Then September is here and I love the fall.  October is fun with Peanut’s birthday, some more fun fall stuff and Halloween.  November- I can look forward to Thanksgiving and start my Christmas shopping.  December- full of fun Christmas preparations and of course Christmas and then New Years Eve.

Then we have January- full of dark, cold, dreary days with nothing to look forward to.  Lots of illnesses going around and way too much time spent inside trying to get healthy or stay healthy.

I hate January.