Eating and Decorating

The day after Thanksgiving. For me its a day to get back to healthy eating. I would have been successful except for the pecan pie I spotted, right there in plain sight when I opened up the refrigerator. I thought maybe one or two bites of just the filling, which really is the best part, wouldn't hurt. So, now I have scraped off all the filling off of the crust and left the pecans for someone else to eat. I already feel a little guilty. I will make up for it though by exercising. I don't even want to know how long you would have to exercise to burn off pecan pie filling. I have more of the mindset of if you are going to eat it, enjoy it! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I promise not to whine after the holidays are over that my weight has gone up. I do have to say, I just recently started a healthy eating plan and have lost five pounds. I intend not to completely blow it just because the holidays are upon us. I wonder if eating the pecan pie filling counts as blowing it. No, I have decided it doesn't. It's too early in the season.
The day after Thanksgiving we also decorate for Christmas. We get the tree up and get the outdoor decorations out. This year I wanted to decorate the large cedar tree outside of my son's bedroom window. It is as least fifty feet tall though and I couldn't figure out how to get the lights on it. Climbing it was an option but those branches I'm staring at from the window don't look like they would support anything larger than a midsized bird. I am not a bird or birdlike. Instead I strung lights on a much smaller cedar that is growing next to a stump right off of the back patio. I am very pleased with the little tree which is about seven feet tall. It was much more manageable. If you look hard at the picture, you can see the multi-colored lights on it.
The Holidays are once again upon us. We can make so many different choices this season. What we will eat, what we will feel guilty about or not, who we will celebrate with. How we will feel about those we celebrate with. It's such an interesting time of year. Many of us will feel the effects of the economy this season. I hope you don't let yourself get too stressed out by it. I am just thankful we have a house that keeps us warm and that my sons are healthy. Speaking of my sons, Tery just came and got the leftover pecan pie which is really just the pecans and crust now. He'll eat anything.