Wishing everyone a healthy, prosperous and Happy New Year!

We bought this today, so I can use it for commuting back and forth to work, rather than running up the miles and wear and tear on Joe’s Porsche. It is so cute and I am so excited about drving it!! 

Reach deep into your hearts and work to ask yourself, each hour, every day, what you can do, to make this a better world.

Merry Christmas to you, may the selflessness of Christ, fill your heart in the coming year.

The tree is decorated. Here are some of my favorite decorations..

Megan and I spent some time today building a cardboard village, much like the vintage ones popular in the 50′s and 60′s. This was from a Martha Steward kit I found at Michaels.

The next step will be to add little wreaths, snow and lots and lots of glitter.

Even Milkway has joined in the decorating fun.

I hope everyone is doing well and that you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Today I turn 45. Half way to 90. Guess there is no way to try to logic that I am not middle age anymore, cuz I sure don’t expect to make it to 100!

It has been a good day. For the first time since I can recall, virtually everyone sent me a card or gift on or before my birthday, so there was a happy little pile of goodies to open this morning. From Joe, there was a beautful necklace and matching earrings and a tartan purse I had been drooling over in a Celtic themed catalog we recieved. Megan found me a two disk CD collection of Celtic Christmas music and Becca got me the DVD of Golden Compass, a book and movie I dearly love.

Mom sent a very cool book on retro aprons (I love all retro kitchen goodies), a needlework in blue and white for the kitchen and and a cool vintage decorative plate. From my sister Beth, a vintage style apron with embroidered teacups and from my other sister, a gift card or Kolh’s. And finally, at work, I was gifted with a gift card for the bookstore! Wow!

For dinner, Joe made his fantastic homemade spaghetti sauce. So it was a good day.

This weekend, after Thanksgiving, Joe and I went to Julian to just relax for a few days. The weather was picture perfect. Our room had a two-sided fireplace and I soaked in the whirlpool tub while enjoy the fire. We had wonderful meals by their cook, and enjoyed a crystal clear display of the moon, Venus and Jupiter, in their rare configuration.

And did I mention the sunsets were spectacular?

In town, we learned the little used book shop had a new shop kitty (as unfortunately,the previous one had recently passed on from old age.) They held a contest to name her, and she was dubbed “Page”. I had to take about 6 pictures before I got on that wasn’t a grey blur!

Her mother, lives at the nearby garden shop and have the good life. Mom is now neutered however.

I love her markings, not at all like Page. Doesn’t she have a wonderful face? Page does have one brown area, on the bottom of her back, left foot is a streak of her mother’s brown.

It was a very good weeknd. I read, did needlework, cuddled with Joe and slept in as late as I wanted!

Hope you are all well, and things are as good for you, as they are for me.