December Sanity Round Up

All good things must eventually come to an end…and so must our December Sanity Roundup. I always enjoy the Sanity retreats….writing, reading other posts, the FB group and just having it a little more on my radar.

So THANK YOU, all of you! Whether you hosted, posted, commented, lurked, or joined us on FB, I really appreciate your presence and support.

Our winners are below…

I had a pretty sane holiday season, and I think the retreat helped.

• Waiting at least 8 hours to see if I *need* to purchase something.Yep!
• Doing at least one compassion-focused meditation daily, at least 6 days a week Yes, until the last week of Dec. I got a bug and it disrupted my rhythm.
• Giving myself permission to have my own experience, and let people be who they are (I know this is non-specific, I’ll be posting more about this) Yes…I brought all my food for Christmas and did my own thing. And I was fine with it.
• Journaling on what I’m proud of for 2012 at least weekly Um, didn’t do it at all. I do want to do that before I set my New Year’s  Groundhog’s day resolutions.
• Spending at least 2 hours weekly figuring out where I want to be and coming up with my “grand master plan” for 2013, and contacting various people to find a good fit. Yep! Even starting yoga very soon.

Other posts in this year’s Sanity retreat:

• Intro Post for the Dec Sanity Retreat at Gluten Free Goodness
• Ginger Lemon Girl’s A Peaceful Holiday Season
• Sleep, Move, Dance, Stretch  from Valerie of City Life Eats
• Join the December Sanity Challenge here at The Daily Dietribe
• Kickoff Post at Gluten Free Goodness
• Kate of Eat, Recycle Repeat Shares her Do’s of the Season
• Zen of Candy Cane Marshmallows at Gluten Free Goodness
• Chacha’s gluten-free kitchen Sanity Goals and German Chocolate Bites
• “Being Gentle” at Gluten Free Goodness
• December Merriment at Yoga Twist on Life
• Dancing as Stress Relief from Valerie of City Life Eats
• Self-Care at Healthy Happy Vibrant
• Preciousness of Our Moments here at The Daily Dietribe
• On Self-Care and Compartmentalizing from Valerie of City Life Eats
• Gluten Free Goodness Takes “A Pause”
• On avoiding shame and guilt around New Year’s from Valerie of City Life Eats
• Embracing the Here and Now with Love at The Canary Files
• Change your Story by Iris of The Daily Dietribe
• A few more thoughts on guilt, and some delicious cupcakes by Valerie of City Life Eats (Check out those cupcakes!!!)
• 7 Goals for Staying Sane During December shared on The Daily Dietribe
• Sanity Goals Update from Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness
• A Sanity Challenge Update from Carrie of Gingerlemongirl
• My post on Letting Go of New Year’s Gremlins (technically post retreat)

And our winners!

*drumroll please*

The Nuts.com gift cert: Lillian of Happy, Healthy, Vibrant

Autographed copies of Carrie’s Mahvelous Book The Everything Gluten-Free Slow Cooker Cookbook: Includes Butternut Squash with Walnuts and Vanilla, Peruvian Roast Chicken with Red Potatoes, Lamb … hundreds more! (Everything Series)

• Kathryn AKA ChaCha’s gluten-free kitchen
• Yoga Twist on Life

If I don’t have your contact info (and I don’t for any of the 3) please do contact me