19 down, 99 to go...

Well, happy weigh-in Monday!  =)  I lost 3.4 on my first week of SmartPoints, so that puts me down exactly 19 in just over a month (started 11-12-15).  YAY!  I'm excited about that, and really happy about the SmartPoints being easier than expected.  I had more meals at home this week than past weeks, mostly because I can eat more that way!  A lot of pasta, sandwiches, cereal, ground turkey, bananas, clementines, green beans, baked potatoes with cottage cheese (may sound gross to you, but I've loved that combo for a while), etc.  Of course, I also went to Sam n' Ella's for pizza and found a chicken sandwich at Freddy's that I like for only 7 points! ...Finally, I made the bad decision to test myself by buying Reese's Bells as a dessert when the girls came over for a movie last night... it'd be so nice to be someone who could just have candy like this around the house and eat one or two pieces after dinner. #notthereyet  I'm way too aware that it's there, and that I could SO EASILY devour that whole bag right this minute! lol  

"Hark!  How the bells, sweet Reese's Bells, all seem to say, 'Eat us today'..." ;)  They're 2 points each, and I've been careful to track them and have not gone over my points thus far, but it's just too tempting and hard - and eating 16 points worth of these is obviously a poor choice because it's not at all filling, so lesson learned.  I won't be buying them again.  But look how cute and festive! lol

In other news, here's one more pic of our group at Saint Simeon's!  We sang 22 different Christmas carols, including a version of Oh Holy Night I'd never heard before, and it was definitely the most Christmasy thing I've done so far this season!  Tomorrow night, the women's LG is going to the Rhema Christmas lights, so that should be wintery cuteness fun, too!

This = a random fun fact about Elf that was news to me!!

Here is my awesome nephew, Carter-man, who earned a $100 gift card at LifeKids for collecting 1,000,000 Scripture memory points this Sunday!!  (Pretty sure my prize was a Precious Moments Christmas ornament. lol)

Here's my FREAKING ADORABLE niece, Kyndal Faith, in her Christmas garb! lol

Now with sparkly Ugg boots and pigtails for the full effect... preshface! :)

(Sidenote:  It's crazy the degree to which she knows how to navigate an iPhone at age 2!!)

This was Tiffany's FB post after our personality discussion last night. lol  ...After grabbing to-go food from Tulsa Hills and watching Christmas in Connecticut, Sarah read the 16 Personalities stuff to us... famous INFJs (me and Angie's personality type) include Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Alanis Morissette, and most excitingly, Rose DeWitt Bukater from Titanic! ;)  Famous ESFPs (Tiffany's type) included T-Swift and Jennifer Lopez.  And famous ENFPs (Chet and Sarah's type) included Robert Downey, Jr., Meg Ryan, Drew Barrymore, and not surprisingly, Phil Dunphy!!  Love it! I think that personality studies will always fascinate me! =)

And finally, a "Memory Monday" thought, courtesy of On This Day... nine years and one day ago, I found out that I got the job in Creek County and would be moving to Tulsa!! :)

I'm so thankful for God's grace, and that the Tulsa move was a great thing for me despite my poor motives at that time!  Anyway, happy Monday and happy moving week to my parents!  Hope the week ahead is wonderful!!