Thanksgiving.

For the last 11 Thanksgiving Days, my family has travelled to be with our friends-like-family, the Averitts. We watch movies, tell funny stories, relive the memories of previous years, have lots of fun, and make lots of pie. We make lots and lots of pie. This year's confections included pumpkin, apple, chocolate (I think we made three), and pecan. We also made buckeyes. Oh and cookies. Ummm Ummm Good!

In the beginning of the week, I did great: exercising, choosing veggies, drinking lots of water. But then, I'll confess, the temptation got the better of me and my resolve started to fade. I made the kind of choices I always live to regret.

What I don't regret though are making the memories I've made. I've enjoyed time with my loved ones. I've laughed a lot. These things I've done right.

So I messed up with food choices the last couple of days. I guess, in the end, I'd rather mess up with food than with people. Best at this point to forgive myself for my faults and move forward: away from mistakes and into success.

Tomorrow is a new day. Back to POINT-counting tomorrow.

And back to decreasing,
Aileen