The Big Three

I can't believe I missed the opportunity to write about the pitfalls of Halloween.  There is a lot of material there to blog about.  I think we pretty much all know it all though.  We know what to do.  We know that we shouldn't raid the kids Halloween candy stash.  We know that we should give away handfuls of the stuff just to get it out of the bowl that we can reach and put it in someone elses home ( That makes me think of this; Lord, if you can't make me skinny, please make all my friends fat.)  We know that we should keep healthy options around so we don't cave to the call of the mini chocolate bar.  We don't always do those things though.  So now that Halloween is over, lets that the time to start preparing for the next of the THE BIG THREE (Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). 

The three hardest months of the year for most of us are the last three.  October, November, and December.  There are so many reasons why.  We all have different ones, but for me a lot of it has to do with the seasons.  It has gotten cold, and it has gotten dark.  In a month from now I will drive to work in the dark and I will drive home from work in the dark.  It is very hard to get up earlier in the morning to go for a walk because the sun is still hours away from showing up.  I actually don't mind the cold as much.  I like to wear my warm fuzzy hats and mittens, knowing I can come home and warm up.  Which incidentally is another pitfall.  How do you come home and warm up?  Hot chocolate!!!  That's tradition right?  Come in from the snow and make cocoa?  I got out the Wii fit this weekend.  I can turn on all the lights in the living room and pretend it is light out as I take my walk around Wii Island. Then I can make a cup of hot tea instead of cocoa. 

Halloween is over, Thanksgiving comes next, then Christmas.  My sister has already started making her Christmas caramels to give away.  It's already time to start thinking about what to do with all the cookies and candies that your well intentioned friends and family leave on your table when they visit or drop by your house with their good cheer.  What I try to do is enjoy just one, I give the kids one or two, then I take them to work to share.  I hate to say that I end up throwing food away, but I do end up throwing a lot of holiday sweets away. 

Leave a comment here with your plans for how to survive the Big Three....  What are you plans??

I'm looking for input here folks!!