Is it a New Year yet???
Some pictures. Friends, let me know if these are showing up for you. I'm trying to understand what's going on with Photobucket and the linking pictures to third party sites thing... is LJ considered that?
We got some snow overnight from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. The sun was coming up as the snow ended and then the clouds started to clear out when I took these pictures of my house. I really like this one for some reason.
I wanted the few lights inside the house to stand out in this picture. I should really learn how to use the settings on the camera, but for now I just play with the settings until I get something that I like.
Aunt Kristin makes these every year. I don't know where she learned about the birdseed thing, but it is pretty neat to me. I took this picture on Christmas. It isn't the doorstep, but I feed the birds on the back deck so I did it there. I feel like the symbolism is hopefully the same :)
I didn't do much decorating inside. I asked Frank a couple of times if we were going to gt a real tree this year, but he was very noncommittal about it. We always have busy weekends once November hits, due to a lot of family commitments for the holidays, and we have no desire to go out during the week to get a tree. Finally I asked him to get our artificial tree out of the attic. He did that and the old ball ornaments that came from various family members. I couldn't persuade/guilt him into helping me decorate. He felt his part was sufficient. I just didn't have the energy or desire to try to convince him to do more with me. He didn't put lights up outside this year, which was really disappointing to me. He didn't bother telling me, until 2 days before Christmas, that part of the reason he didn't do it was because he accidentally chopped one of the extension cords he uses on the lights during the fall when he, was using the hedge clippers.
Frank got me an Apple Watch for Christmas!!! He knew that I've been wanting another smart watch since the Samsung Fit wasn't compatible with my iPhone, which I've had for more than a year now. I love the watch! I told him that he could get/I would buy him one of the 4K televisions. We're still negotiating on size. Right now we have a pretty decent sized tv, like 50 inches I think. But he wants to go BIGGER. Honestly, we live in a medium sized Raised Ranch style house. It will make our living room look even smaller than it is. The price IS NOT an issue for us. I just don't want a massive television set.
I don't want to be a wife that nags or makes her husband miserable doing things that he doesn't enjoy, so I feel like I end up disappointed and resentful. I feel like I sound like a spoiled brat. I know that I could have figured out what I needed to do to get the lights up outside, if I had KNOWN bout the extension cord, but why do I have to do it all? Frank is far from useless. He mows the lawn, spends hours getting leaves up, walks the dog almost every morning when I'm working, takes care of house problems and goes with me to almost all of my family holiday things and is happy to be there.
Am I being irrational by being irritated that he doesn't want to put some extra lights up or be in the holiday spirit with me? I feel like I was direct enough about what I wanted. Last Friday, before Christmas, we go out early from school because of the weather so I ended up getting to spend time with Frank and we finished up most of our Christmas shopping. It was a really great afternoon with him. He said that he wanted to go out alone before I got home from work (because he was off for the holiday) but it was nice having me with him. I don't know how we got around to it, but I told him that I had been sort of mad at him, for the last month, over the tree/lights/decorations thing. I don't know if he was more surprised or amused at how I was feeling. Like, he KNEW something was bugging me but he didn't really WANT to know. The more I write in this post, the more unhappier I'm feeling.
I need to go work out. I started doing the 21 Day fix workouts mid-week this week and am trying to keep pretty closely to the container program too. I'm, once again, at the weight I was before I did this program the first time through. My small goal for weight loss right now is to comfortably wear the button down flannel-style shirt that I got at Dress Barn in November. The XL size is still tight and uncomfortable across the back and I REFUSE to go into the actual plus sizes for clothes that fit correctly.
I hope you all have had a happy holiday season and a happy new year!
We got some snow overnight from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. The sun was coming up as the snow ended and then the clouds started to clear out when I took these pictures of my house. I really like this one for some reason.
I wanted the few lights inside the house to stand out in this picture. I should really learn how to use the settings on the camera, but for now I just play with the settings until I get something that I like.
Aunt Kristin makes these every year. I don't know where she learned about the birdseed thing, but it is pretty neat to me. I took this picture on Christmas. It isn't the doorstep, but I feed the birds on the back deck so I did it there. I feel like the symbolism is hopefully the same :)
I didn't do much decorating inside. I asked Frank a couple of times if we were going to gt a real tree this year, but he was very noncommittal about it. We always have busy weekends once November hits, due to a lot of family commitments for the holidays, and we have no desire to go out during the week to get a tree. Finally I asked him to get our artificial tree out of the attic. He did that and the old ball ornaments that came from various family members. I couldn't persuade/guilt him into helping me decorate. He felt his part was sufficient. I just didn't have the energy or desire to try to convince him to do more with me. He didn't put lights up outside this year, which was really disappointing to me. He didn't bother telling me, until 2 days before Christmas, that part of the reason he didn't do it was because he accidentally chopped one of the extension cords he uses on the lights during the fall when he, was using the hedge clippers.
Frank got me an Apple Watch for Christmas!!! He knew that I've been wanting another smart watch since the Samsung Fit wasn't compatible with my iPhone, which I've had for more than a year now. I love the watch! I told him that he could get/I would buy him one of the 4K televisions. We're still negotiating on size. Right now we have a pretty decent sized tv, like 50 inches I think. But he wants to go BIGGER. Honestly, we live in a medium sized Raised Ranch style house. It will make our living room look even smaller than it is. The price IS NOT an issue for us. I just don't want a massive television set.
I don't want to be a wife that nags or makes her husband miserable doing things that he doesn't enjoy, so I feel like I end up disappointed and resentful. I feel like I sound like a spoiled brat. I know that I could have figured out what I needed to do to get the lights up outside, if I had KNOWN bout the extension cord, but why do I have to do it all? Frank is far from useless. He mows the lawn, spends hours getting leaves up, walks the dog almost every morning when I'm working, takes care of house problems and goes with me to almost all of my family holiday things and is happy to be there.
Am I being irrational by being irritated that he doesn't want to put some extra lights up or be in the holiday spirit with me? I feel like I was direct enough about what I wanted. Last Friday, before Christmas, we go out early from school because of the weather so I ended up getting to spend time with Frank and we finished up most of our Christmas shopping. It was a really great afternoon with him. He said that he wanted to go out alone before I got home from work (because he was off for the holiday) but it was nice having me with him. I don't know how we got around to it, but I told him that I had been sort of mad at him, for the last month, over the tree/lights/decorations thing. I don't know if he was more surprised or amused at how I was feeling. Like, he KNEW something was bugging me but he didn't really WANT to know. The more I write in this post, the more unhappier I'm feeling.
I need to go work out. I started doing the 21 Day fix workouts mid-week this week and am trying to keep pretty closely to the container program too. I'm, once again, at the weight I was before I did this program the first time through. My small goal for weight loss right now is to comfortably wear the button down flannel-style shirt that I got at Dress Barn in November. The XL size is still tight and uncomfortable across the back and I REFUSE to go into the actual plus sizes for clothes that fit correctly.
I hope you all have had a happy holiday season and a happy new year!