Welcome 2013

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Welcoming in the new year was a quiet affair with us hitting the bed well before the clock struck midnight.  What a lovely way to wake on the first of the month of 2013 ..... refreshed looking forward to a day at home, puttering around that might include some knitting or perhaps baking a loaf of cinnamon bread.....cinnamon bread and a cup of tea sounds divine.

I hope your day and the year ahead is all that you wish for.  A new beginning, a fresh start.  Do you have any resolutions this year?  I had two last January 1st and am proud to say that I have kept them throughout 2012.  I quit smoking cigarettes and lost 50 pounds.  Whoot!  This year my resolutions are less intense but not less important.  Spending less and saving more.  A bigger garden and decluttering are top priorities this year.

Simplify, simplify ..... that will be my goal for 2013.  What are you New Year's resolutions this year?  Do you make any?

Remember to give you loved ones a hug!

Good-bye 2012

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2012 held laughter, tears, joy and sorrow.  I am sad to see it go but at the same time the excitement and anticipation of a new year with new possibilities brings happiness.

Tonight we will get cozy.  Play a board game or two.  Spend the evening quietly, perhaps with a glass of wine to toast in the new year with our cats and old rottweiler.  The tree is down, the decorations put away so as I mentioned here, it is time for hibernation and rest.

Thank you for stopping here once in a while to read, laugh, encourage, cheer me on and lend, on occasion, a sympathetic ear.  Your thoughtfulness has amazed me and I clearly can not understand why our little part of the world is interesting enough to return time and time again.  For that, I thank you.  My readers.  You truly warm my heart.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and old lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

May 2013 bring much peace and love to you and yours and as a reminder for the last time this year, please remember to give your loved ones a hug!

It's Over

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Another Christmas has come and gone.  I contemplate wondering where we will all be at this time next year.  Time passes, things change and we can only be thankful for today and of years past.

The gifts have been exchanged and oh what lovelies were had.  The turkey and all the fixings filled our tummies along with so many wonderful baked treats that are only made this time of year.

Now comes rest.  Once family members return home, the tree and all the decorations will slowly be packed away.  The house tidied and items placed back in their pre-Christmas spots around the living room.  Once all this has been accomplished, which I like it to be done by the 1st of the new year, then the time to rest will come.  The settling in with knitting or to catch up on some reading or much needed napping.  The time to relax and the glorious hibernation after the flurry of activity and excitement in the month of December.  We have a long winter yet ahead of us.  Time to dream and plan for spring and gardens and flowers and waiting for the trees to begin budding ... but for now, for now, these old bones need to rest and rejuvenate.

From this old homestead to yours ... we hope your holidays were filled with family, food and fun and we hope your time to rest is close.  Enjoy those leftovers, those gifts and those moments of doing absolutely nothing and please always remember to give your loved ones a hug!

Happy New Year!!!

Pin It Just wanted to pop in quick and wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Blizzard Bertha hit us on the 23rd and we have been snowed in since Monday. We could not leave the property and no one could make it in. It has been horrible! Talk about a quiet Christmas!

I was suppose to pick up my Mom on the 26th but the dangerous roads held us off until yesterday. So I will be spending the next few days with her.



I hope the new year brings everyone much luck, good health and wealth!