Share 4 Somethings in December

Since it's the last Saturday of the month it's time for Share 4 Somethings with Jenn. As always we're sharing some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of. 


Some things I've loved: I had a fabulous time at my husband's executive Christmas party at Via. The food and company were so good (I only took food photos though!). 

 

We had fun at my in-law's house on the 21st, good food, family, fun games, and gifts!

 
(Alec was at work so he's missing from the photos)

This new cup game was so much fun! Two people work to be the first ones to toss the candy up in the air and catch it. The one that makes it to the end first wins. There was a cash prize so the teens were ALL in! 

My brother and two of his kids came over for Christmas eve and we had so much fun playing cards all night. But once again I only thought to take food photos!

 

Alec made us the most incredible almond croissants that we ALL LOVED! 

 

We had a very lovely and relaxed Christmas morning that I loved; we even watched Scrooged before opening gifts. Then spent the afternoon at an AirBnB with my mother in law, brother in law and kids playing games and enjoying the meal my mother in law cooked. I have very few photos from the day but it was very relaxed, fun and easy.

 

Some things I've learned: I wore a continuous glucose for 2 weeks this month and learned a lot about my blood sugar, proper eating, the importance of exercise, etc... I mean I knew a lot of it ahead of time but seeing the real time data of what different foods and exercises do to glucose and the body's response to it is really neat and undeniable.  The app gives you weekly reports as well and I found that my glucose levels were fairly good and consistent. 





 I also learned far more about replacing computer parts than I would ever want to as Evan tried to update his PC-- thank goodness for YouTube/Google and Best Buy!

 

Some things that went well: Ben's minor surgery went real well (he had a piece of metal shrapnel taken out of his neck). Evan got another college acceptance so he's 3 for 3 with merit scholarship offers all around.  


he's accepted Clark's offer so he'll be staying local

Some things I let go of: I knew going into this month that our Christmas was going to be so unlike any other so I let go of all expectations and my need to plan everything out and decided to just go with the flow and see what happened. Until December 12th we still had no plans for Christmas eve or Christmas day. Once we figured out Christmas we still had Christmas eve up in the air until the 23rd! But it all worked out rather well regardless. 

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  1. Amy ScottDecember 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM

    Do you follow Glucose Goddess on Instagram? She talks about the order of food you eat - start with vegetables instead of starches - I think. From another source I learned that keeping your bread in the freezer and baking your baked potato, then refrigerating it cuts down the glucose levels? Isn't that crazy? If I got all that right.
    I'm glad everything worked out! It seemed like it was lovely. I always feel the need to overplan and control things and I'm really working on that!

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    1. Joanne December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM

      Yep I do follow her and I read her book years ago; she's the one that got me looking into CGMonitors but the one she supports/offers/developed on her site is crazy expensive. I honestly didn't notice a difference eating my starches last but I did try that. I'm not sure how far she zooms in on her spikes and dips though as the app I used didn't really allow that at all. I mostly just stopped eating all carbs and sugar and lost a good 5 lbs while doing so... then Christmas came around and I feel like ALL I've been eating is sugar and carbs! LOL It is definitely all about balance.

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  2. GinaDecember 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM

    I do love the idea of letting Christmas flow naturally, and that's big for me as I have been the main Planner of Christmas for years and years. Feels good to let the season just BE. (:

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  3. Tamar SBDecember 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM

    Congrats on accepting Clark!! Such a wonderful schol!

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  4. Maria RineerDecember 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM

    Great family photos! We played some minute to win it games one year and I had Starbucks gift cards as the prizes- it worked like a charm to get the teens in game playing spirit :). I´m sure the cash prizes were a hit. I will look into the game that you guys played. Some of those types of games involve needing a lot of space or complicated things. We did a game with a cup and cotton balls if I remember correctly. How interesting about the glucose monitoring! Congrats to Evan´s scholarship, acceptance and decision!

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  5. Jenn LloydDecember 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM

    Your Christmas looks like it was lovely! Those croissants look amazing. I'm so glad everything turned out well for you this year; we all seem to be writing about expectations today. Funny, right?

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  6. MarilynDecember 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM

    It looks like your last minute Christmas plans were lovely. Congrats to Evan on his college decision!

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