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Welcome to JOYFUL REFLECTIONS. Also welcome to SEPTEMBER. My header photo this month shows a gorgeous picture showing the Great Smoky Mountains from the Foothills Parkway. God's Blessings to YOU for an awesome month.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Merry Christmas 2015

2014  Christmas
From our home to yours,  we wish each and everyone of you a Blessed and Joyful and Happy Christmas.  We have had another great year --and I will put together a summary of our life during 2015,  for you next week--as we begin another year!!!

My blogging has definitely taken a back seat this year,  and I will admit that I do miss it --and YOU.  But--I still am enjoying Facebook,  more than ever before.  I do love to blog --but I also love Facebook since it is much easier to stay current with friends and family.  If you are on Facebook and are not following me there,  I'd love to add you to my list...  AND--maybe in 2016--I'll do a better job with my blogging also!!

Here are some pictures through the years of George and me at various Christmases.  I posted a similar blog 2-3 years ago---but have some newer/other pictures to share... Hope you enjoy them!!!!!

2001---our FIRST Christmas together



Two Crazies having fun in 2004



2005 Christmas



2009 Christmas



In 2011---right after my horrible hernia surgery, and when I made the ultimate decision to get the weight off and KEEP it off;  (Four years later,  it's still working!)



Collage of pictures we took at Christmas in 2012



Oh---how we LOVE to have fun!!!!  Silly People for sure!



Christmas 2013



Being silly in 2014----right before my 2nd knee surgery on that stinkin' left knee!!!



One of my favorite pictures of us EVER....2012
My hope for you is that in 2016,  you will get out and enjoy life, laugh a lot, and have oodles of fun,  whatever you do and wherever you go...  AND---like us,  do everything you can to stay as healthy as possible.  God Bless You.

Merry Christmas!

Hugs,

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Christmas at Callahan's in Calabash, North Carolina 12-1-15

Dear Blog Friends,   I just 'had' to share this fantastic Christmas Shop with you,  All of these pictures were taken at Callahan's in Calabash,  North Carolina during our visit on 12-1-15.   I have been to several Christmas Shops in my life ---but this may be the BEST of all!!!!!   They have room after room after room of everything you can imagine that can be used as Christmas decorations.  We only took a few pictures to share ---but there are also rooms full of Nutcrackers of all shapes and sizes.  They have a huge room/area with Christmas Villages/houses,  etc... There was an area with religious decorations --including angels--of all kinds.  The entire store was just so amazing ---so I wanted to share it with you.  I hope you can get there sometime! I was like a child in a candy store!!!!!  Loved it.































The UPSIDE-DOWN Christmas Tree  (I would NEVER have one of these. You?)





AND--- somehow,  for some reason,  one of their cute little snowmen ended up in our car..   AND---a cute little Cardinal  'flew' into the car also...  Guess the snowman and birdie want to be in our little home in Tennessee at Christmas-time...  How 'bout that?????

We have been traveling a lot recently----Tennessee,  North Carolina,  Florida,  South Carolina,  North Carolina,  Tennessee.......   CRAZY --but it was GREAT.

Hope all of you enjoy December ----and remember to keep the Christmas Love and Joy in your life all year --and not just in December!!!!!   God Bless You.  Merry Christmas.

Hugs,