Merry Christmas & Happy New Year ! ! !

Hope you all had a blessed Christmas and have had a good and holy start to the New Year! Life definitely picks up its pace during the holidays. This Christmas was another "first" for Dom and I as it was our first Christmas together. Some of you may know that we tried last year but due to the snowy weather in Syracuse and surrounding areas, I was un-able to fly out to spend the holiday with Dom - thats ok though. It made it even more special for us this year. :)

On Christmas Eve it began to snow about 11 o'clock in the morning and continued snowing all day and all night... in fact, I believe it snowed continually till the day after Christmas! For all those singing, "I'm dreaming of a white...Christmas!" you definitely got your wish this year! I had to admit, I was hoping for a white one as well. On our way to Mass we got stuck but thanks to some friendly folks passing by gave us a hand and we (well Dom) were able to help some others when Mass was over. It was definitly an added twist on the excitement of Christmas! Anyway, to make a long story short we had Christmas dinner at the parental units house and everyone was able to make it... so yes, it was a full house! It was a wonderful Christmas....

Next came New Years and my dear friend Meg was in town so we got to celebrate the end of the year with her and some other friends and then ventured back to town here and brought in the New Year with a holy hour at the Church - what better way to end a year and bring in the new one, right?

In the past, back in the younger days, I would always take a piece of Bristol (a thick paper) and draw the highlights of that year on it... I think I have about four of them. I would spend new years eve thinking of all the wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful things that had happened. This year was very easy for me... I got married to not only the LOVE of my life, but my BEST friend... It simply was the best of the year!

I hope you all have had a wonderful end of the year 2009 and hope that this new year of 2010 will bring you much happieness and will be a year of holiness and good health.

May our tiny King, born in the bitter cold, and for Whom there was no room at the inn, find a place in our hearts and fill our lives with gratitude and the gift of joy!

Merely a Monday

Today is Monday and let me tell you - I am in a mood today! After running a quick errand and Mass I came home with the intention to clean - aka Clean the sink of dishes, vacuumn the floor, put laundry from the weekend away, etc. Then the next plan was to tackle the pile of pants and shorts that need mending... yes, I have a pile... isn't that pathetic? Lol Well only three things but I have been putting them off and I really need to fix them. Anyway, I was not in a mood to clean or do anything productive today. So, I planned to listen to Christmas music (ONLY because its the first day of snow and it just made me in a Christmas time mood) and get in a good, cheerful, cleaning mindset so I could tackle my chores. So I dug out a cool bandana for my hair and some dangly's for my ears and an apron - just for looks. :) So, needless to say - I am almost done! Yay!

The First Snow

My Philosophy: If it's going to be cold then surely there should be snow!

The first snow of the year! How exciting - Isn't it?! I love the snow and the first snow is always so exciting and thrilling because of its beauty that is magnificently simple. For a moment even the dirtiest of cities can seem peaceful and quite and yet so beautiful with its first coating of fresh snow. I love the snow - I am sitting here by my window and I am LOVING the view of the big fluffy flakes just racing from the sky to find their little spot on the earth to rest upon!

My car is to the left down there. My car is dark blue - as you can see its currently all white... white with snow!!! :)