Happy Friday, friends and fam!!! ❤
We've exchanged gifts and cards, Christmas movies are being played, and Christmas candy is being eaten. Today is such a non-worky workday that it's kinda fun to be here. =)
Last weekend, Mom and I went to see Kristie's house (she is Mom's long-time nurse friend who was so amazing and helpful earlier this year)! ...I like it when people accidentally color coordinate. lol #bluechristmas
The giant nutcrackers, the Faberge egg, the tissue paper floral art, and their tree with ornaments from every year of their marriage all made me happy!
It was nice to catch up with Kristie a bit, and her home is really beautiful! My parents' former rug is now in their living room, so yay for seeing that again! lol
On Monday night, I joined Mom and Dad and Charlene at Tacos 4 Life - fun and tasty!
Shoutout to my concealer for working harder than usual these days... the unexplained rash/breakout is gradually improving a bit, but I did suuriously consider cutting bangs in the meantime. lol This = me at Restore on my last day of counseling work for 2023! What a gift this year has been. ❤
Last night, the whole fam + Bill and Jill met for dinner and dessert at The Ranch in OKC! Here's our pics around the table. =)
Jace teasing Dad and laughing at his own jokes, Miss K and I planning ahead for our "Try 24 new things in 2024" resolution, my spinach and berry salad, and Dad and Kyndal!
Rach with all four kids!
And Mom with all four grandkids!
Spider-Jace (in his best Spider-Man pose)!
My happy Christmas tree - the Amber Marie round snowflake ornaments are not hard to spot! lol I was just admiring it all and basking in the glow of the happy Christmas atmosphere the other night when Mom (pondering what she'd like to change) announced, "Man, we'll do your tree so much better next year!" lolol #whatarelief #lookatthistrash
An annual reminder from Annie... the metaphor that the light grows and grows starting today makes me even happier than the reality of more and more sunshine, but yay all around!!
I feel this one. I want a day of NOTHING but Christmas movies in pajamas. But I also want to see all the people and do all the traditional things and take all the pictures and bake all the cakes and get ready for Internship and read my new books and write all the essays and finish all my transcripts and more...
Not a Christmasy meme, but one that brought me a lot of joy as a big RDJ fan who needed this encouragement!! Past behavior is *not always* the best predictor of future behavior - our choices matter, and our trajectory is up to us... small changes, remarkable results! #atomichabits
Nearly choked on my water laughing at this meme. #accurate
Yippeekiyay! Must find this and watch it this weekend.
"Now I have a machine gun. Ho...Ho...Ho." lol
Speaking of Alan Rickman (the transition makes sense in my mind), I am listening to my favorite Harry Potter book this week, and I gotta say I just ADORE Neville! Christmas on the Closed Ward = one of the most poignant chapters ever, and the way he buckles down and improves dramatically when Bellatrix escapes - he's ready to fight for what matters to him, and I am SO HERE FOR IT.
And in the real life muggle world, I'm so here for my amazing friends who are fighting for their dreams goals!! ;-)
Sorry for the lengthy and fairly random post, but really, what else do you expect here?
Happy Christmas weekend, friends and fam!!
And Merry Christmas-Eve Eve tomorrow!
May we prepare our hearts by making room for a little time each day to pause and truly connect with Jesus! ❤
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