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Official holiday hangover thread

Laura14 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:36:50 GMT

I am so done with the holidays, house guests, rich food, alcohol, sugar, and birthday cakes. I am beyond ready to get back to my normal routine and settle down for the winter.

Anyone else tired of the endless party and ready to sit home and relax? I am officially declaring my pumpkin time is here.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

meallen616 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:49:06 GMT

@Laura14,

Totally agree with you! We had 6 birthdays in December besides all the rest! I'm soo tired, hopefully I get a few chores done so I can hunker down for winter also. Stay healthy, safe, and,

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

PINKdogWOOD — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:49:06 GMT

You go girl @Laura14. To be honest, DH & I will more than likely be in our pajama pantelones all day - unless I do choose to put on leggings & the sweater I briefly had on yesterday. BUT I DOUBT IT!!!!!!!

We did our running around yesterday in the pouring rain for groceries. He's doing dinner (pork belly, kraut, egg noodles, taters, veggies). Holidays are only us and the poodle Wallace one day rolls into the next, we do what we want. And we don't care either!

Happy 2019 Laura and to all here who chat, write, moan, complain, laugh, cry, wonder, give advice, bad mouth others on occasion, take advice, share ideas, recipes, stories, private things you may not face to face. Here's hoping and praying we all do one kind thing every day in the year ahead. Dn't make resolutions, why. Let's just try to live better kinder lives.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

gidgetgh — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:59:26 GMT

Not that we really had a lot of fun things scheduled during the holidays, other than go to my sister’s Christmas Day, but I am MORE than ready for this all to be over.

The holidays anymore for me, regardless of the holiday, just drag on too long. Too much advance buildup. Too much hoopla. So much preparation. My dentist has been closed for two weeks. My doctor has been closed for two weeks. Everyone closes early the day before and sometimes doesn’t open the day before or after.

As I get older, I really just like my quiet routine. I love Monday’s through Fridays. I’m just not a huge fan of holidays anymore to be honest. There, I said it.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Laura14 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:01:30 GMT

@meallen616 Six? I bow down! I had the same but they did back up into November and late October.

@PINKdogWOOD So well said.

I saw something on Twitter I think it was from Iyanla Vanzant who said "Be aware that the love and kindness you withhold from others will determine that the same is withheld from you."

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Nonametoday — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:14:18 GMT

Happy New Year, Everyone. I am not sure the date makes a difference but it is good to have a feeling of being refreshed with new ideals, new hopes for a brighter year. Illness took over our home and sort of stayed in 2018 so I am hoping I swept that out last night.

We had wonderful holidays, lots of musicals, plays, church performances and services, parties, family get-togethers, but some very sad news, as far as health, for some members of the family (which will require a lot of prayers and medical care) but we are optimistic.

We had a nice get-together at a friend's home last night and the time was perfect for those of us who do not want to stay up late or get wild and wooly. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., a friend had a sort of a meet-and-greet of people you know and love, but who do not get together very often, great for those who do not want a more raucous party but great for those who want a more racuous party elsewhere at the witching hour.

He served cooked greens cooked with Polish sausage, black-eyed peas, fried corn bread, tiny desserts, tea, coffee, wine. The veggies were served in 12-oz containers so that each hand could carry the food. The host and his adult children did most of the cooking (his wife deceased sometime ago) with a couple guest helpers. How fun is that for us older folk without feeling the necessity to stay up and party all night, just to see and say hello and happy new year to some special friends, past and present.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Witchy Woman — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:18:53 GMT

@gidgetgh

I'm with you on all of this.

I've decided I have the soul of a cat....maybe reincarnated!

They don't like any deviation from their routine and that's how I feel sometimes.

There is so much build up/expectation to feel a certain way for the holidays, and sometimes, we just aren't there.

I'm thankful to be healthy, mostly happy and to have the gift of another year.

That's enough for me!

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Laura14 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:19:26 GMT

@Nonametoday That sounds so nice. I hope your family members do very well.

I was at my sister's house and her neighbors all go from house to house every New Years and get drunker and drunker until ending up at the final stop. At least they are walking the streets and not driving them.

I like your way better!

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Sweetbay magnolia — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:35:57 GMT

We have had an enjoyable season. Life goes on.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

deepwaterdotter — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:39:01 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
We have had an enjoyable season. Life goes on.

That's our attitude also. No hangover here, looking forward to a little romance with my Valentine in February.

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Ms tyrion2 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:50:12 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
We have had an enjoyable season. Life goes on.

Me too.

I love the season and the food and the parties . Lots of time with good friends.

I'm bringing in the new year today by having some girlfriends over to begin binge watching Game of Thrones from the beginning. Getting ready for the final season in April. We'll have some snacks and wine. It's cold here in AZ,

so there will be plenty of comfy throws to snuggle up in.

I live for all the little pleasures that are there if you take the time to enjoy them.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

cherry — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:24:18 GMT

No hang overs ,or high blood sugars for me. I avoid this stuff like the plague. We do our own thing ,very happily

I have attended mass, had my mile walk, and will eat our dinner out. I am so glad my husband and I like the same things

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september — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:42:51 GMT

I’m ready to get back to normal...whatever that is!

I’m not in a rush to pack up my Christmas decor, but will put some of it away today,then go out for a walk.

Working at my volunteer job this afternoon, something I signed up for. I do enjoy it.

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Laura14 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:13:12 GMT

Good for you @september. What a wonderful example you are.

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hayseed00 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:13:58 GMT

@PINKdogWOOD Your words were so well spoken, Happy New Year to you and your family !!!!

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drizzellla — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:30:43 GMT

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

QueenDanceALot — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:43:38 GMT

No hangover here. Had a glass of dry red wine last nite and that was it as far as alcohol. I am not a fan of New Year's Eve - I had my fill of drunken parties back in my youth and just don't enjoy that anymore. I never enjoyed the morning afters!!

The holiday season was low key for me because I wanted it that way. Spent time with people I love and enjoy and avoided those I don't. I didn't overeat for the mostpart as that's not something that serves me well either. I've learned that over the years.

I LOVE New Year's Day. I love the clean slate, the looking forward, not the looking back. I've been spending time organizing my closets and letting go of things that I own that don't serve me well either.

I went to the gym this morning as I usually do and started the New Year by lifting heavy things off the floor and putting them back down, feeling my body work, my lungs fill with air, and enjoying the music I chose to listen to. Then I went for an early brunch.

Happy New Year to all!

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software — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:55:26 GMT

Nursing a wicked cold here, hoping it doesn't go into my chest - so far so good.

But I feel miserable, stayed in bed SLEEPING pretty much the last 2 days.

Having the little grandsons close by make the holiday special.

I will never forget the excitement of watching The Polar Express with them and seeing their joy when they declare "I believe!" So precious!

Without them, it would be just another day. Except for the youngest, who was born on Christmas Day.

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FrostyBabe1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:05:22 GMT

No holiday hangover for me either. Like most things, I think the holidays are as stressful as you let them be. I enjoyed the things I choose to do and the people I choose to be with. If there was something I really didn't want to do or food I didn't want to eat, I just declined politely and that was the end of it.

Last night I was planning to spend the evening with a couple of neighbors and some of their friends, but their little boy seems to have been stricken with noro virus, so that put an end to that plan. I ended up ordering a small veggie pizza and enjoyed a couple of slices of that, along with a glass of wine as I watched the Red Wings blow a 3 goal lead and loose in a shoot-out.

This morning I went to the gym for a great, 60 minute body-weight workout class. My trainer has put together a great training plan for the year that includes an optional 30-day "no added sweetners of any kind" challenge that starts tomorrow. What a great way to start off 2019!

Re: Official holiday hangover thread

Laura14 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:30:01 GMT

@software Feel better and congratulations!