I hope you get the mini joke in my title…
anyway…christmas was a success :) dann and i stayed home and had family and friends over. i cooked traditional puerto rican food. yup. this newly puerto rican wife tried her hand at puerto rican cooking and it went pretty well! i made pernil (pork shoulder), spanish rice (rice with peas, olives, sofrito and tomato sauce), a whole chicken (for my brother in law who doesnt eat pork) and mashed potatos (for me!). the pernil was a hit! the rice was a little mushy because i added too much water. about 1 cup less of water and it would have been perfect :) overall, a success! one of our friends came over later and he kept raving about my food, asking who made it. i was prepping and cooking for 2 days, so im glad things went well! i also made sugar cookies with frosting and chocolate chip cookies, as requested from the husband. it was a nice, quiet day.
i got dann a nice bracelet from kay jewelers for christmas and he got me a jason witten jersey! (one of the captains from the dallas cowboys and my favorite player!) and yes, you read that correctly…dann asked for a bracelet and i asked for a football jersey lol. dann said he also is getting me another present that i need, but hes waiting to get paid this week. i also want to get him some shirts or something. i also go cowboy earrings to wear with my jersey, some cash from my grandparents as well as cowboy socks (it was a cowboy christmas!) and my in laws got us a coat rack that looks like a tree. its really cool! i absolutely love it.
some of our friends came over after dinner and hung out until about 2am. i went to bed around 12am. ive been fighting off a cold for a few days and it came to a head on christmas day. i took some nyquil and had to go to bed. yesterday, i laid on the couch all day. i slept in really late, then could barely move. i had a small fever and my body was a little achy. dann and i caught up on a bunch of tv shows and just hung out all day. my fever broke around dinner time and i didnt feel dizzy walking around anymore. i feel much better today. still took it easy on the couch, but cleaned up a bit today. glad i got sick now instead of when i needed to be at work! especially glad i wasnt this sick for my concerts.
dann and i have decided to eat better this year and start working out more. now that grad school is over with, i have no more excuses. its back to the gym, eating more veggies and fruits and less processed foods. we are also going to be cooking more at home. with dann now eating salads, this will be much easier! the next step for him will be to stop drinking soda. currently, hes drinking no calorie sodas, but im trying to explain to him that these are just as bad as regular sodas. i cut out soda a long time ago and drink seltzer water instead. i am hoping to start working out with dann after work. we’ve got P90X DVDs that we both enjoy and we have room for both of us to do it in our living room. might as well try! hopefully dann will be up for the challenge.
my big resolution is to eat less Starbucks. i know this seems silly, but ive been eating way too much there. im going to try to not have any starbucks throughout january and only have a chai once in awhile. this is going to be tough, since chais are one of my favorite things! i dont drink coffee (dont like the taste), but i enjoy tea. im going to switch to tea in the morning (better for my throat anyway) and have a chai once a week or as a dessert after dinner. hopefully, this will help with some weight loss.
alright everybody, i hope you had a wonderful holiday! trying my best to catch up with entries. talk to you soon!
~mana~
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