New Year's Resolutions 2011

                     My New Year's Resolutions

• Get a job
• Higher Education
• Enjoy Life More
• Get in Fitness
• Get Out of Debt
• Help Others
  
  
  

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2011 New Year Pictures

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Happy New Year 2011

I wish you the Happy New Year 2011, all your dreams come true in 2011. Have the best health and wealth.

Happy New Year 2011 !!!
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Wallpaper New Year 2010

Here are some fantastic Wallpaper New Year 2010. I am sure you will love it.

Merry Christmas!

It has been a very busy holiday season here at our house. My parents have been visiting from Florida since Nov. 18th and had planned on returning Tuesday Dec. 28th but the blizzard is probably going to delay those plans. We have been enjoying their company, eating way too much, and doing lots of holiday projects with the grandkids. One day I had Landon and Savannah over to make ornaments much like the ones their Mom made when she was little.

The next day they came over and decorated gingerbread houses for the table centerpieces for Christmas dinner. I took each one of them shopping to buy their own presents for their parents and siblings and then we returned home and each wrapped their own presents. They were both very proud and excited and kept repeating to themselves " I'm not going to tell them what i got for them, it's a secret"  There has been hot chocolate with french vanilla snowman marshmallows, and plenty of How the Grinch stole christmas, a personal favorite of mine. 

I had 15 for Christmas Eve dinner between the dining room and living room. I think i was feeling fairly overwhelmed this year and found myself muttering over and over, "I can't do this anymore, it's too much" but it all worked out in the end, as it usually does.

The kids table  ranged in age from 2 1/2 to 24 but they all had fun together. I always have a surprise at each place setting, usually an ornament for the tree, the little ones each had a real gingerbread ornament and the rest of us had a German marzipan called the lucky penny man, who is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.

It was a typical Virginia Christmas Dinner

The menu consisted of a 22 pound Whole Baked Ham

Fried Oysters ( from my husband's oyster grounds)

Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Baby Carrots

Steamed Fresh Green Beans

Steamed Asparagus

Baked Apples

Broccoli Salad

Fresh Pineapple

Celery and Cream Cheese, Olives and Stuffed Dates

Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits

(canned crescent rolls for those who don't eat biscuits)

Sweet Tea

Chocolate Cheesecake

Cream Puffs

Christmas cookies

We baked and cooked for 2 days! 

My daughter, her husband and our 3 grandchildren

Ray and I with the kids and grandkids.

 My husband's eyes were closed but this was the overall best shot with the kids.

Near the end of the night, a call came in from Santa making last minute checks to his list.

May the Peace of the Season be with you and your families. May you be Blessed with Love and Good Health.

May you also have good luck and prosperity in the New Year!

Greetings From The Snow Globe

I had hoped to post this morning about the holidays, but that progam has been interrupted with the snow.  We are in the middle of a blizzard, the likes of which we don't see around here. This is supposed to continue for about 18 more hours. These pictures were taken about 3 hours ago and are already obsolete. We had 6-7 inches on the ground when they were taken and I know there is at least another 3 on top of that now. All in all they are predicting over a foot for us.

We are the peninsula between Norfolk, VA and Salisbury, Maryland and the entire storm system is predicted to steadily pass over us on it's way north. It is picking up moisture from the ocean and is acting as a nor'easter which means we will get hammered.

This is a shot this morning around 9am from my front porch window before I decided to venture out for some pictures. We have all been enjoying the scene from this venue and I think it is where I will stay for the rest of the day. I plan on using the time to read my Nikon manual and learn to use the new camera now that the holiday rush is over, for the next photo shoot , hopefully!

The view from my kitchen window, pardon the screen, of the back yard around the same time.

Crepe Myrtle berries and the church across the street.

Sedum gumdrops

Jasmine wrapped rain chains

Hydrangeas

Here's hoping everyone who is in the path of this storm stays safe and warm and keeps power!