December 2011

2011 In Photos

December 31, 2011

Well, friends – we made it to the end of 2011.  And what a year it was!  Bruce and I had dinner with some friends last night and, as we toasted the year, we all agreed that 2011 was a whirlwind, jam packed, hectic year (both personally and for the world). In other words:  Congratulations!  [...]

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Year Of Self Care – 2012 Resolutions

December 30, 2011

Well … it’s about that time, I suppose. Time to make some resolutions for next year. If anyone is curious, here is my post last year on resolutions. I actually started to look at each individual resolution and write about how I did with them but, to be frank, I started to bore myself and [...]

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What Are You Doing With Your Turkey Leftovers?

December 29, 2011

Last year I made this after Christmas … (ohmygoshamazing – recipe here – although it’s basically just a “make a pie crusts and fill it with holiday leftovers” kind of thing) This year I haven’t felt like making a pie crust, but I also got bored with just heating up leftovers on a plate pretty [...]

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Knitting Challenge

December 29, 2011

Whoa. I’ve been on vacation this week and it has given me the opportunity to absolutely indulge. It is safe to save I have been indulging in food, bad TV and hobbies. And chocolate chip muffins & peanut butter. Which totally deserve their own category. We had one of those “just add water” chocolate chip [...]

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Christmas Eve Homilies

December 28, 2011

I preached a homily at both Christmas Eve services this year.  I went in completely different directions for both of them because of the different tone of the services.  I think next year I might go a little bit shorter.  Actually, I’m sure I’ll adjust a couple of other things, too – this was my [...]

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Newport In December

December 28, 2011

When Bruce’s family was here last week we decided to take a day trip down to Newport.  It was really windy, but the sun was shining and the day was just beautiful.  I took lots of pictures, but life got so crazy that I only uploaded them to my computer yesterday.  I hope you enjoy [...]

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Christmas In Rehoboth

December 27, 2011

Friends – thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments, emails, messages, etc. that came after yesterday’s post.  It definitely helped to type the post and hit publish – almost therapeutic in a way. I thought I would try to get caught up a little bit over the next couple of days.  I [...]

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