- The warm joy of family celebrating Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ - Immanuel, 'God with us'.
- A look back at the cards I received last year and thinking about the people near and dear to me. December was pretty hectic. I started my Christmas list 4 days before Christmas. A list is a mightily useful thing to have.
- Writing Christmas messages on paper source cards that I'd vowed to use this year...
- ...while my ham baked. A rather successful encore of the ham that I debuted last Christmas was warmly received and heartily consumed.
- In all, I did 3 spurts of Christmas shopping. Ending off an evening with hot chocolate and watching the world go by. My bedtimes went awry this past fortnight. It felt like I was on holiday in France again.
- Discovered what to do with all those calendar stickers. Created an impromptu treasure hunt for a good friend at work to hunt for her present.
- Supper at conrad's after christmas service. The place was beautifully empty and quiet. Talking. Reading Christmas cards. Unwrapping presents.
- Christmas day lunch at "nana's", an annual tradition. Devil's curry meets sushi rolls.
- Love the warm welcome at the door at lil's
- Buying capsicums for my "so raw" salad...
- ...for a delightful potluck get-together with friends at charlene's. Chocolate-dipped strawberries, Japanese ice cream (sea salt is incredibly nice) and iced wine, how very grown up.
- Amidst the candy canes, there was still time and space for good ol' sugar toast and tea at lil's
- An adventure, an escapade with Sheena after "the last service". Coffee and chatting late into the night.
- Welcoming the new year with champagne and kueh pie tee, a combination I find amusing
- Little hands grasp the brand new markers (an array of beautiful not-your-usual-colours and washable, mind you) that they received from yours truly
- Prawning with friends on new year's eve, AND I also managed to have some family time
- What to do with the prawns? Have steamboat, of course.
- A new work year dawns...and the story carries on. The cup was a gift from last year and I finally took it out to use. It is a nice glass gup with a good weight to it. There are challenges ahead but I will walk through it all with God.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
So much to be thankful for
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