What's Up Wednesday December 2025

I doubt Shay and Sheaffer are hosting today but I don't want to skip my monthly roundup as I enjoy these posts so much and often look back on them myself. 

What We're Eating: I wore a continuous glucose monitor for 1/2 of December and ate lots of delicious meals like:

protein packed berry and yogurt bowls

vegetables and eggs 

protein packed salads with an apple


 Then Christmas hit and I ate meals like this: 



Junior's chocolate mousse cheesecake

Alec's homemade almond croissants

What I'm Reminiscing About: Christmas pasts


 

This guy turning 20! (I mean he doesn't turn 20 until next month but we had an early birthday party for him last night).


What I'm Loving: We have had some really beautiful mornings on the lake! 
 



What We've Been Up To: Evan and I went to Nichol's for a shadow day, we went on a few short hikes when the weather was nice, my husband and I squeezed in a date night and went to his company Christmas party. We celebrated Christmas with the in laws, with my brother and two of his kids, and threw a 20th birthday party for Alec.
 
 


 


We had lots of game nights and afternoons


 

 


What I'm Dreading: The cold and ice and snow; we've already had quite a bit in December but it is definitely going to get worse before it gets better. 
 
What I'm Working On: Now that the holidays are over I want to get back to omitting sugar and carbs from my diet. I felt SO much better in early December wearing that glucose monitor so I plan to wear another one for the next 2 weeks. 
 
What I'm Excited About: Honestly?! I'm pretty excited that some great shows are releasing this coming month. 
 
What I'm Watching/Reading: Watching in December: Playdate (prime), Hotel Costiera (Prime), we've watched My Name is Earl with the boys (Hulu), Good Luck Chuck (Hulu), Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (Hulu), latest season of Homestead Rescue (HBO), Freakier Friday (Hulu),  The Hating Game (Hulu), Love The Coopers (Hulu), DMV (Paramount+), Oh. What. Fun. (Amazon), A Merry Little Ex-Mas (Netflix)
 
 
What I Read in December:
 

What I'm Listening to: I just started a new audiobook and I've been listening to that while driving or crafting. 

What I'm Wearing: We had a cold December so I wore lots of layers.
 
 
















 



 

 



What I'm Doing This Weekend: Helping Alec pack up his car to head back to school. 

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month: I hate to say nothing but nothing. We have zero plans for January. 
 
What Else is New: Evan got all his college acceptances and committed to Clark which surprised no one. Clark was his top choice since we toured last fall and that never wavered. 
 
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Comments

  1. JoyceDecember 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM

    You do such a great job with the fashion selfie. I have not mastered this. Or even come close lol. We were in ice the day after Christmas and I remembered how much I dislike being out in that. A quiet January sounds nice to me. Happy new year to you and your family!

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  2. HollyDecember 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM

    Congratulations to Evan! So so exciting and what a great school! The lake is just a beautiful place to live- you are blessed!

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  3. Maria RineerDecember 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM

    We have had a cold and snowy December, too. I would imagine our January will be much of the same. Your food all looks good. Did your doctor prescribe wearing the glucose monitoring device? I´ve been wearing layers, too. I pretty much always have two long sleeved layers on. And when I sit, I have usually two blankets over my legs! Happy new year!

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