My husband is a loser and our son is a winner

Glen signed up for the Biggest Loser competition at school. They started last Thursday. Glen has been getting up early to exercise and has been careful with his eating. He managed to lose 5 pounds this week. Way to go Glen!!!!!

Now I just need to follow his lead. Since I'm already cooking healthier foods, I'm already doing better. I just need to get back into exercising.

As of 30 minutes ago, Eric is now an Eagle Scout. We just came from his board of review. Glen, who is at the opening night of "Twelve Angry Women" at the high school doesn't know it yet (he had to leave before the verdict was in).

So congratulate Glen. Congratulate Eric. And go see "Twelve Angry Women" on Friday night (Jan 15th) or Saturday night (Jan 16th) at 7 pm.

These are a few of my favorite things...

We had a nice Christmas. No one really got anything big, and it's actually some of the littlest pleasures that seemed to make me feel happy. First off is a toothpaste lid that Santa gave to Alex. I smile every time I see it on the counter:

You take his paw away from his mouth to squeeze the toothpaste out.

Next is a gift from a friend that I stamp with. She crocheted a lap blanket for each member of our stamping group. I love the colors and am just thrilled.

Next, my parents gave Ryan a quesadilla maker. Big hit. Downside--we're going through cheese way too fast.

 Next we have a gift that I gave my father...and then was surprised by how much I liked it, so went out a bought a copy of my own. It's Susan Boyle's CD. I just love her voice. See my playlist and my favorite youtube videos list to listen to her sing "I Dreamed a Dream."

And lastly, for $10 I bought a new advent calendar after Christmas at Winco. It's not as pretty as the $200 one I saw while visiting my mom in July, but it'll do. Now I just need to find things to put into the drawers for next year.