Fun in the snow

We had a great day yesterday. Despite the cold temps we went for a walk and watched the kids sled. Then we were off to our favorite vintage stores for some browsing and a restaurant for dinner.

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Frosty is the morning;
But the sun is bright,
Flooding all the landscape
With its golden light.
Hark the sounds of laughter
And the voices shrill!
See the happy children
Coasting down the hill.
There are Tom and Charley,
And their sister Nell;
There are John and Willie,
Kate and Isabel - 
Eyes with pleasure beaming,
Cheeks with health aglow;
Bless the merry children,
Trudging through the snow!
Now I hear them shouting,
"Ready! Clear the track!"
Down the slope they're rushing,
Now they're trotting back.
Full of fun and frolic,
Thus they come and go.
Coasting down the hillside,
Trudging through the snow.

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Blog I love - Vanessa Jackman

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Things to do next week: Going to Indianapolis, planning our March vacation...

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Have a great week!



F*R*I*E*N*D*S

Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb

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Sabina (with the pretty red boots) and I had a great time in Chicago this past December. She sent this pic to me (taken by my husband)  yesterday. I knew then what this post would be all about...Cannot wait to see her again this coming Spring! We have known each other for almost 24 years. (So you know we must have been infants when we met, ha,ha...)

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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~Oprah Winfrey

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Enjoy your week!

Figure 8.....anyone?

The other night we went for a nice little walk through town. We stopped at Riverside Skating Center and had fun watching the skaters. It was a warm evening so we stayed a while so that I could shoot some pics. It's not that easy to catch anything in motion. I need more practice.

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I love the music by Lady Antebellum

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Book I am reading right now "The House of Bilqis" by Azhar Abidi.

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One of my favorite blogs Kaylovesvintage

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My other favorite blog aaaandreaaaa's Creative Memories. If you like arts & crafts and so much more, head over to Andrea's blog and become a follower. She is such a wonderful person.

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It is really cold out today and it has started to snow. The wind is howling and not even my little Gracie wants to go outside. So we will have a cozy day with lots of lounging on the couch.

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Well, tomorrow it's back to work. It's been nice having had these two three-day weekends, I could get used to that.

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Have a good first week of January!...See you soon!

Good-Bye 2011 - Hello 2012!

Downtown Lafayette

Tippecanoe County Courthouse

I’m writing this in a state of shock,
Watching the clock—tick tock, tick tock,
Advancing, approaching, relentlessly,
A brand new year; Oh, can it be?

The calendar says the same thing, too;
Time races, vanishes for me; Boo hoo!
No, wait! If time flies, I’m having fun!
A year of fun! It’s gone! It’s done!

I now embrace the blur of time,
Because it simply means that I’m
Too busy with pleasure, joy, delight
To mourn the passing days’ swift flight.

So I’m wishing you fast, happy days,
Pleasuring you in myriad ways,
Filled with happiness and cheer,
Oh Happy, Happy Bright New Year!

By Joanna Fuchs

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WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2012!

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

(Einstein)

Happy Holidays!

From my house to yours

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Merry Christmas

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Happy Hanukkah

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Happy Kwanzaa
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Winter Blessings

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When the snow falls wunderbar
And the children happy are,
When the Glatteis on the street,
And we all a Glühwein need,
Then you know, es ist soweit:

She is here, the Weihnachtszeit

Every Parkhaus is besetzt,
Weil die people fahren jetzt
All to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt,
Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
And the Christmasglocke rings.

Mother in the kitchen bakes
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks
Daddy in the Nebenraum
Schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum
He is hanging off the balls,
Then he from the Leiter falls...
Finally the Kinderlein
To the Zimmer kommen rein
And it sings the family
Schauerlich: "Oh, Chistmastree!"

And the jeder in the house
Is packing the Geschenke aus.
Mama finds unter the Tanne
Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
Everybody does frohlocken.
President speaks in TV,
All around is Harmonie,
Bis mother in the kitchen runs:
Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans.
And so comes die Feuerwehr
With Tatü, tata daher,
And they bring a long, long Schlauch
And a long, long Leiter auch.
And they schrei - "Wasser
marsch!",
Christmas now is in the ...

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits..

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Do the necessary
then do the possible
and maybe this way you can achieve the impossible.

Franz von Assisi

Winter Berries...

Yesterday I went to my favorite flower shop "Rubia" and purchased these winter berries. I love the bright red color. They were busy at the shop preparing Christmas bouquets. What caught my eye were two-colored pink tulips with cedar - so beautiful.

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Just got back from a trip to the Library. Can't be without books! Looking forward to reading "Ellis Island" by Kate Kerrigan.

What are you reading right now?

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Christmas time's for dreaming 
Thoughts of long ago... 
Holidays of childhood, 
Memories all aglow.

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by Alice Kennelly Roberts

Christkindlmarket Chicago

We had a great time at the Christkindlmarket in Chicago. Lots of vendors from Germany. The stand we enjoyed the most was the glassblowers from Zwiesel, Bavaria. My friend Sabina and I loved talking to our fellow Bavarians.

Also had lots of german food, like Leberkaes, potato pancakes, Curry Wurst and Bratwurst and gebrannte Mandeln. And it was sooooo good! And of course we had to have some Gluehwein.

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Have a wonderful Sunday!