Merry Christmas!

I have been such a slacker this week; sleeping in to past 8 o'clock, staying in my jammies until almost lunch, reading stacks of novels (most of the Sookie Stackhouse series last week), and eating nibbly treats whenever I feel like it. Hmmm, absolute decadence!

It has been a heavenly week, and I have been remiss in not sharing anecdotes. But I was on holidays. Holidays means doing what I want, when I want (except of course for snuggles with the Sprouts - which we never take holidays from).

So, a belated Merry Christmas to all our loved ones. I hope that you had as wonderful a Christmas as we did. Because it was Wonderful!

I have fallen asleep two nights in a row thinking about how happy I am and how incredibly blessed I feel. It is a really good way to fall asleep; I highly recommend it.

Blessings that I count for 2010 include;

• a husband that still makes my knees weak, even after almost 15 years of marriage!
• two healthy, happy, silly children who makes me smile, even when they are driving me crazy!
• family that, even though far away, I can feel close to thanks to the blessing of technology
• a home that is a safe, warm place to be especially when the weather is chilly
• a job that I love and enjoy waking up to go to every morning (and that has great holidays with my aforesaid family)
• friends near and far, old and new that bubble over with caring and love, inspiring me to do the same
• sanctification (the word of the day in the sermon yesterday) slowly, and sometimes painfully, being done in my heart and soul

What more could I ask for in life? What more is there?

As the movie title says, "Life is beautiful".

I hope that you all have hearts filled with joy at the richness of your blessings. I hope that 2011 brings an overflowing of that joy into the world around you. What a blessing that would be!