New Year's Resolutions and Friends You've Never Met

November and December of every year prove to be a blur for me. It's mainly due to so many good things that we celebrate as a family (Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). And, if you know me... I'm using this hashtag all the time on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest... #Family Matters because I hate to mess with quality family time!

2015 December 2of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: DECEMBER 2015

Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 :) GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

December 2015... 2 of 3 

Fri 12/11

4204. Snow Bear dishes out :)

4205. Bonge's w/new friends 

4206. an old James Bond movie w/the LOML

Sat 12/12

4207. a warm, warm December day - mid-60's and yard work!!

4208. more decorating for Christmas

4209. a tradition for our family - A Christmas Carol
(Second Spirit this year was Mary Poppins!!)

Going to Church in Your Pajamas

'Tis four days before Christmas and all through the house... not a creature was stirring... we hope NOT a mouse!!! There I sat in my jammies planning my day... scheduling my posts, wondering just what to say...

I could go on but, I won't bore you :) 

This, for so many of us, is an extremely blessed and yet, busy time of year. I don't have time to write... or do I... just a few words.

2015 December 1of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: DECEMBER 2015
Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 :) GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

December 2015... 1 of 3 

Tues 12/1

4174. starting the countdown for our 2 Colorado kids to come home... 14days...

4175. sunset walkabouts on my country roads

4176. our "little" shagbark hickory tree on the northwest

Wed 12/2

4177. the strong belief in LIFE after death (RIP dear friend Karen)

4178. memories of a kind - but very strong - woman who spoke into my life

4179. white chicken chili in the crockpot; lights on the house & cold weather

Thurs 12/3

4180. giving gifts when they aren't expected :)

4181. dental chair selfies

2015 November 3of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: NOVEMBER 2015
Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 :) GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

November 2015... 3 of 3

Sat 11/21
4144. drum solo

4145. playing outside with the Little

4146. first snow of the season

Sun 11/22

4147. what sunrise can do to the color of snow

2015 November 2of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: NOVEMBER 2015
Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 :) GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

November 2015... 2 of 3
Wed 11/11
4114. Jackie Corn - she's a real blessing!

4115. veterans... their service, their sacrifice

2015 November 1of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: NOVEMBER 2015
Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 and almost to 2016!!! GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

November 2015... 1 of 3
Sun 11/01
4084. met goals - ALL THE TITLES FROM the 2015 #write31days challenge :P)

4085. after-church adventures

4086. enjoying a GORGEOUS 1st day of November outside

2015 October 3of3 ONE THOUSAND GIFTS

Three Gifts A Day: OCTOBER 2015
Based on the book, One Thousand Gifts, (by Ann Voskamp) #1000Gifts #JoyDare
I took the 1,000 Gifts Dare for the year of 2012... continued in 2013... and 2014! Now, I'm into 2015 :) GOD IS FULL OF BLESSINGS...

October 2015... 3 of 3
Wed 10/21
4051. memory card full - seriously write31days

4052. leftovers for lunch

4053. my tireless joy when watching the sunset behind our shagbark hickory tree

Thurs 10/22
4054. sunrise selfie

4055. a cutie patootie (is that how to spell that word?)

From Death Into Life

Today I, along with many in my corner of the world, will celebrate yet another wonderful, loving woman who has stepped from death into life. As I was talking last night with the LOML (aka my hubby) about her, I told him:

"The wonderful things that I could stand up & proclaim about Karen as we celebrate her life are the very same words I would have stood up & proclaimed years ago & throughout the years that I knew her. She was a remarkable woman."