Yep, it’s New Year’s Eve/Day
Loved reading all your comments and wishes for a happy New Year. May 2014 be your best year, ever, in every way. Some of you asked for the Smoked Oyster Spread recipe: 2 Cans Bumble Bee Smoked Oysters, drained and chopped 2 8 oz packages of cream cheese, softened 2...
Is tomorrow REALLY New Year’s Eve? Plus, presents from a dog.
I received some fantastic Christmas gifts this year, including beautiful gemstones from my lovely daughter, Wendy, a sweater from my sister, Sally, aka Thankful Rose on Etsy. There were other wonderful presents, too--bubble bath, a new bathrobe, special spices, a...
Final Amazon/Barnes and Noble $50 gift-card winners for this year….
Ruby Norwood and Zola Udell, come on down!!! Happy book-buying, ladies. 🙂 Yesterday's first gratitude journal entry: Thank You, God, for Christmas and all it's meaning. Yesterday's second entry: Thank You that it's over for another year. 🙂 To quote my dear old...
Quotes of the Day
I think a lot of us face challenges to our emotional well-being around this time of year, when the holy hustle-and-bustle of Christmas is over and the lengthy winter sets in in earnest, so I decided to share this quote, which is one of my all-time favorites: "In the...
A lovely, quiet Christmas
I hope you're enjoying the same. Wendy, Jeremy, and Jeremy's mom, Sherri, joined me last night for Christmas Eve dinner. We had a wonderful time, and dinner, a prime rib roast from Schwan's (I wanted EASY) turned out well. It was late when we parted company so I...
Oh, Holy Night…
The stars are (or will be) brightly shining... It is the night of our dear Savior's birth... Christmas Eve is probably my favorite day in the year. Sure, there are the presents, given and received, too much delicious food, gatherings with friends and family, tinsel...
I’m debating…
Which Native American name shall I give myself? I mean, if Kevin Costner can be Dances-With-Wolves, well, couldn't I be Sleeps-With-Stones (lately, I've been waking up with two sizable moss agates snuggled close and YES, they sing :)--a lullaby, in fact ). Or,...
Winners!
Congratulations to Darilyn Larsen and Jeanette Garand, this week's winners. Each will receive a $50 gift card from either Barnes and Noble or Amazon, along with an autographed copy of "Big Sky Secrets". Cheers!
And so this is Christmas…almost
Ah, Christmas. It's my very favorite holiday, however frenzied and frazzled it may cause me to be. Like you, I'm choosing gifts, sending cards, and all the rest. And, like many of you, I've got a lot of other things to do, like work. 🙂 In all the hustle and...
Is my face red?
🙂 Well, actually, no. I had a great time at the show, and, since most or all of these guys could have been my son (and a late-life baby at that), I can't say I got terribly excited. (Bring on Sam Elliott, Clint Eastwood or George Strait and it might be a whole...
I was minding my own business when….
...I blundered at the Thunder Down Under show. 🙂 Friends Renae Kinsey and Bill Francis took me to see this wild male-stripper show at the Excalibur in Vegas. These guys (the performers, not Bill and Renae) are kids, really, albeit very athletic and well-built ones,...
Coming to you live from Lost Wages, Nevada….
🙂 Well, it's been a fun trip so far, with more excitement coming soon. Wednesday night, when we arrived (we being Jenni, Wendy and me), we checked in at the Venetian and basically crashed, we were all so worn out. The flights themselves were pleasant enough, but...