70F degree weather for Christmas Day.

Having a good conversation with a friend of mine.

Playing with Sadie and her new "babies"

Making a banana pudding cheesecake...YUM!

Playing here on the Planet.

SNOW!!!!!

I don't know WHAT made me look outside early this morning, but I did and there it was. :)

It was like waking up on Christmas morning when I was a kid...

It's just a dusting, of course. No snowmen or women will be created and no snow angels for sure...but....

My lingering New Englander was very happy to see it :)

Beautiful sunrise out my windows, which means there will actually be SUN today (yey)!

Was last night, went to my best freinds Christmas party. Enjoyed that tremendously, beautiful night, not to cold outside,delish food. Homemade everything, tater soup chili, and all sorts of baked goodies and dips. FL was in rare form. He rarely drinks anymore but himand Jack got reaquainted last night. It always brings me joy to spent time with those I love

The BEST Christmas, Birthday and relaxing days before and after that I've enjoyed in a long time. So fun, happy, peaceful, content and comfortable!! Filled with good times, great company, fantastic, loyal friends, lots of treats and lots of laughter!!
I feel like I've been on an extended vacation.

A lovely conversation about champagne. Mmmm, Happy New Year's treat.

Getting my hair cut.. it's the small things....

Having some time off from certain things in life.

Finding a lil radio station in Western NC that first played Celtic music, then bluegrass....

Good music makes a lovely drive all the gooder :)

Awakening naturally after 7 hours of the soundest sleep I've had literally in years and feeling completely refreshed and ready to get out of bed and get moving.

I attribute most of it to my head facing north as I slept in accordance with good Feng Shui principles. Also, my room is totally white as are all my bed linens. There is nothing else in the room save a ceiling fan. It was like sleeping suspended in a cloud.

The dark rings under my eyes are almost completely gone.

This is not normal for me at all. But I like it.

The craziest coincidence ever. Thanks to Facebook, I found a childhood friend I went to camp with 40 years ago. She went to college with a high school friend of mine but neither of us knew that. And further coincidence, we're in the same field.

Finding out breakfast was cooked for me while I got ready for work and now dinner being cooked when I get home!

My goofy dog brings me joy every damn day. The way he plays with his toys, the looks he gives me, and the way he is such a baby even though he is over two years of age. I find myself smiling a lot more when I spend time with him. His brother makes me smile too but not in the same way that my little guy does. Sigh...

I've been out of town for business this week and have been pretty stressed out. It has just been a tough week in general. Tonight the CEO took us all out for dinner and bowling. He plays every week in a league, so he is pretty good at it. Well, he beat me by two damn points! I have not bowled in over 5 years, so I was pretty surprised at myself as was everyone else...lol. I may just have to take up bowling as a new hobby. :D Anyway, it relieved some stress, and I actually had fun with my coworkers and some new colleagues. What's really going to bring me joy, though, is when the plane lands back home tomorrow.

Dress shopping! Some lucky girl got four dresses and already has plans for where to wear two of them :-)

Waking up to this

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I should add, I'm still awestruck every time it snows...since I'm from GA!

heavenly creatures, the manatee

http://www.floridamarinetimes.com/ph...84_manatee.jpg

Yesterday:

I had had a pretty hard day at work...my water bottle was frozen and I was dying of thirst....I stopped at McDs to get a sweet tea...and the lady was sooo nice and called me sweetheart...and I nearly cried...lol Instead, I thanked her for being so nice, and told her not everyone had been today. She said, "well let me know who it was...I will go kick their butts!! I can you know..." that gave me a good giggle :)

Today:

My boss left me a nice message thanking me for my help. She hurt her wrist and couldn't do a job alone. She also said how great my work is and how happy she is to have me working for her. She said she feels like she won the lottery :)

Also Today:

I finally got my student ID number from the local college so I can see about taking the class I need (fingers crossed that there's an opening...hopefully not everyone feels a pressing need to take anatomy...)