Hard: Honestly, I can’t say I had much hard this week…If i have to pick one thing- prepping to host 17 people on Christmas day, cooking,cleaning…but that’s also fun!

Fun: Christmas grab! So many laughs I will cherish until next year!

Beautiful. The excitement from my niece and nephew about all the wonderful things Santa brought this year. To be a kid again at Christmas.

Hi Tess, Hearing about friends’ tough times is difficult. I like how you practiced just being with the pain and joy.

Hi Sue, Being away from a loved one during the holidays is so very hard. Hopefully you’ll see each other soon. A good night of Rock Band can cure the blues. Hopefully you put it on easy.

Hi Evita, Dealing with the airlines is like pulling teeth. Good thing you had family to take away the stress.

Wonderful to hear about your week, and hoping you had a great time celebrating the season’s festivities.
My week was interesting indeed.

Hard: Booking a trip and than finding out that we are not going to have flights for it, at least not for the price specified. And than trying to deal with the little “issue”

Fun: Preparing some new meals this week. I love trying new healthy and unique recipes.

Beautiful: Spending nice time with family and friends. It was just beautiful to connect with people that we don’t have a chance to see all that often.

Have a great weekend!

I hope you had a really wonderful day celebrating Christmas yesterday–and getting caught up on some rest. I know when I have one or two really late nights it catches up with me very quickly and I notice the drained physical and mental energy levels.

Hard: Not being with my sweetie for Christmas this year, and not having been able to spend as much time together this year, overall, has been hard for both of us.

Fun: Playing with my sister and niece yesterday. Santa left one of those Wii rock band games so we spent the evening attempting to sing and play along with the Beatles. The funny thing is that I think playing a real guitar is actually easier than pushing color coded buttons on a “guitar”.

Beautiful: The little rainbow prisms in the dew drops as the sun shines on them, and the sparkling reflections from the frost on the roads.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Fun: My grandson’s first birthday party. He has never had any dessert or sweets. When he was given a piece of his birthday cake he played with it and never took a bite. I think everyone expected him to enjoy every last crumb.

Watching him open and play with his bright yellow, Tonka dump truck.

Celebrating and enjoying family and being together.

Beautiful: Practicing non-judgment and living in the moment allowed me to be with others in their pain and joy.