Yuletide Blessings, and What-Not

After my last post the universe threw me a bunch of trials to try and steer me off course. I feel like I didn't stray too far, though.

Here's to staying faithful regardless of depression.

I'm still slowly, but surely working on personal goals so that 2014 is kicked off with a blast-- I think it's going to be bomb.com.

Anyways, I want to spend a good portion of this blog entry focusing on recent blessings, and good things-- I feel like that will help keep my mind from fixating on my depression.

Today I took Kieran, Liam, and Violet out around town. The night before they had spent the night, and we made Dirty Snowballs, and Almond Roca, we ate lasagne, watched a holiday movie, and were asleep around 10PM so we could be out the door to send a package to my sister, Amanda, and my niece, Zoey.

It's my hopes that after today I won't remember the stress of a public commute with three children under the age of ten, the day before Christmas Eve, but these smiling faces in the following photos:

Princess Fancy at City Creek in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah

Silly faces after going to the Post Office on our walk to Old Navy

Liam, Kieran, and Violet 

Anyways, I'm embracing my old schedule I miss so much-- early to rise, work out, go about my day, and early to bed. Lately, instead of getting swallowed by the idea of all the changes I need to make in the near future, I've been celebrating the good choices I've already made to make my life better. For example, I know that food, especially healthy, whole foods are important to fuel a person's day, I know that sleep and a healthy bedtime routine is important, and I know the importance of a good exercise routine. I have been struggling with remaining faithful regardless of a difficult scale readings. But, I know how important consistency is.

In the meantime, I am so blessed that I had a moment in the last few days where I had a livingroom full of littles scribbling in their art journals on the floor, in front of the Christmas Tree: