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Christmas, 2 years ago, our oldest Granddaughter became engaged.   This Christmas, our oldest Grandson proposed to his Sweetheart. 

They have been going together since they were 15 so it was not a surprise.  But he went down on one knee, proposed, and put the ring on her finger....  It was official.  😊

She has been part of the family, for a long time, and we love her.  It was delightful to have it become official.

She has always wanted to become engaged at Christmas, so it was extra special.

Both young women have lovely, simple settings, which makes me so happy.  For some time, the Engagement Ring Style has been small diamonds all around the main stone and all over the ring itself and ....  Well, I just did not like this Style.   And they didn't either!!!  So Nana is very happy!

No wedding date as yet.

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 So happy that many Dear Readers also enjoy the Hibernation Feeling of deep Winter.

Again, I have made my print the largest I can, to make it more readable on my screen.  Perhaps a bit too large.   Do hope you can adjust the size, which shows on your screen.  It's very easy on my new Mac laptop.  Just click on "command" key and on "+" key.   And to make it look smaller, click on command and "minus" key.

Same for my illustrations from Pinterest.  I'm making them Very Large.  I always love big pics, on blogs.  😊

Going to be looking for reading, which is in the Deep Winter Hibernation theme.  If you know of any, please share.

And maybe blogs, which delve into this, at this time of year.  Guess slow living blogs would be a good place to look.  

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Btw, that click-able link yesterday, which *wasn't*....  It came to me later!!!  Duhhhh!!!!  You use a *little thingy* right up on top of where you compose your post!!!

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I simply need to calm down, when trying to post and etc.  😉

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Happy Eve of Winter Solstice to you!!!

It is the celebration of The Return of Light.

Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year.  From now on, the sun will begin to shine longer and longer, day by day.   People who suffer from SAD, should love this celebration.

  For myself, I find longer evenings and nights, to be cozy.  In fact, I am happy that this time of year, also ushers in deep winter.  Because I love this time, when Nature is hibernating.  I like to adapt a form of hibernation for myself.  Keep warm.  Hunker down.  Take time for introspection.   Quiet reading and etc.

 https://thesmallestlight.co.uk/blog-posts/how-to-celebrate-winter-solstice/  is a link to lovely reading on this topic.   Sorry I can't do a click-able link yet.

Btw,  that link is also the source of my post illustrations today.

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 1.)  Still can not size pictures, but at least, my header is no long *super sized.*

 

 2.) Have this print set to huge, to show it big enough, on my screen.  PLEASE tell me, how does my print show, on your screen.....  Too big?  Too small?  Just right?

 

 3.)  Could not adjust size of below-header-gadget print....  Where I gave site I get my Header pics from.  It showed HUGE, so I deleted that gadget, for now.

 

 4.) Still can't size pictures in this new Photo thing on this new laptop, so my pics are still wonky sized.

 

 5.) Yes, I need to do Searches for each of my issues.  Just haven't had time to do them yet.

 

 6.)  One good thing, I have mastered typing properly, on this new to me keyboard!!!   Well....  mostly.  -grin-   But I am no longer having to peck with 2 fingers, for this kind of typing, and that is an improvement!!!!

 

Hope all are content with what you have accomplished, on your Christmas List.  Also hope you are not a slave, to your Christmas list.  Your Peace and Joy and Contentment, are much more important, than any *ding-dang* LIST!   Please remember this.  😊 🎄 😊

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after the hacking...

my old, old computer was not worth paying $$$$ to have it totally cleaned.   it was not going to last much longer.    so got a small apple laptop.  

since old, old computer was not able to be updated in any way, in years, learning to use this new and totally updated laptop, is a challenge.   Unbelievably i was able to get here, put a picture up, and write this.  but when i will have time to do it again, i don't know.

just saying i am (sort of) back.  😏  

and wishing all of you, 

a Wonderful and Happy and Peaceful Christmas!!!!

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Very cold last night....   Clear... so any daytime heat just wicked up into the sky...  The bird bath was frozen...

Don't you love these kinds of illustrations?  Snow on rooftops and golden light glowing in many windows?  😊

Made an "Impossible Pie" for dinner last night, and the rest will be dinner tonight.  I love meals in one dish, which make enough for 2 meals.  I really should look up a lot of recipes, for such.  If you have any suggestions for me, I would love to hear them!!!!!

Got something done and "off our plate," today!!!!  Yesssssssssssss!!!!  If we could drink, we would be having Champagne tonight, instead of non-alcoholic Eggnog.  🍷

Did you ever watch the movie "Michael"??? 

 

It's fun and I was so happy to find it, on one of our streaming channels.  The first part kind of drags, but it really picks up, after Jean Stapleton's character dies.  ~~~~  

It is *cheeky*, of course.  😉

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Isn't that the sweetest illustration.....  💕  She is so lovely and happy, and he is so handsome and smitten...  💕

I actually found Lactaid Eggnog!!!!!  How about that???  I get regular non alcoholic Eggnog for him, and have a sip.  It's delicious, which I never realized for years!!!

  So now, I can enjoy a small glass of it myself, without the regular Lactose Intolerance worry.  Actually, I still take a Dairy Relief tablet, just in case, there isn't enough of it, in Lactaid products.

Was able to get a Balsam wreath with red bow, where I pick up my groceries.  So at least, the front door looks nice.  Hope next door sickness has subsided by the weekend, and one of the Grands can bring our tree down.  And I need to get the mantle decorations down.

We went for a late lunch, at the little West Side neighborhood Bar and Grill, recently.  We were surprised to have only 1 parking place left!!!  When we got in, we realized why it was packed!!!!  The Iran/USA soccer (football, outside the US) game was on!!!   They have tv sets (for sports) all along the walls, and the game was on the HUGE one.  

The Bar was full...  The Grill was full...   Watching the game, while eating and drinking...  Some were VERY enthusiastic!   Chants of "USA"  "USA"  "USA"   It was so much fun!!!

When the game was over, and won...  The place cleared out.  -grin-

It turned very cold and windy and we had snow showers earlier.  Perfect for the first day of December.

 

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Love....  Togetherness...  Perfection...

 

We love William and Catherine!!!!

Today's Royalty can carry their own umbrellas.

It's now official!!!!  Flare bottom pants are back in style!

Of course, not all women will look as gorgeous in them, as Princess Catherine.  😏 

Oh and look!!!!!  His sweater matches the color of her pants suit!!!!!!   💗

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💗✨💗 Happy, Happy New Year!!! 💗✨💗

 Let's hope that 2022 will bring us Joyful Abandon, like the feeling of the above picture!  Let's do what we can, even with our attitude, to bring this into our lives.  

Perhaps not going all the way, to Joyful Abandon.   But at least, to Joy!  😊  

No matter what the Multi Source Media, and the Government, and long refuted people like Fauci try to scare us with.   

The world needs to throw off the Life Of Subservience, which has been laid on us.  

The people of the world, need to make their own decisions,  about how they, individually, will live with China-Covid.  

Happy New Year

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The bustle of Christmas is over.   New Years is a week away.  Some people call this, "The Week That Time Forgot."  Delightful days, in which to just sit back and relax.    Or to enjoy the new toys, both children's and adult's toys...    Read the new books...   Play the new games...  Nibble on the left overs of the Christmas Feast.

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And some, see this as the beginning of Deep Winter.   Yes, the days are officially getting longer.   But it will be awhile before this is obvious.   It is still dark, more than it is light.   It is still cold, more than it is even a hint of warm. 

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To me, this is the beginning of Deep Winter.  😊  Yes, a 😊.  Because I happen to like Deep Winter!

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Nature is sleeping and resting.   I welcome this Season.   Giving me the prompt, to Rest myself.    To have an attitude of hibernation.   To eat warm nourishing food and snuggle under a warm puff.   To be grateful for the warmth and coziness of home.

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We only have a little snow, at present...   Not all this beautiful snow, in the picture above.    But it is cold...!   So it is Deep Winter.  😊

 

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Well, it's the 23rd now.   No more time to fiddle around.  If anyone has been fiddling.  😉   I want to tie it all up today.   Thankfully, there isn't much to  *tie up*.

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All we need is to get 3 checks to 'Grands' next door.   All of them are old enough to simply like a check.   So much easier on me. 

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The youngest still gets a *real* gift.  "The Double Dangerous Book For Boys"...    He has loved "The Dangerous Book For Boys," which I got for his older brother.   Made an alarm bell for his bedroom door, from it.  -grinnnnn-     

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For Christmas Eve, we want to watch  "A Child's Christmas In Wales" DVD,  which I have had for years.  It is a total delight!  

🌟🌟🌟  Please click on that click-able link, for a delightful review of this DVD, with more stills, from "The Jane Austin Film Club" blog.  🌟🌟🌟   You will be so glad you did!!!       

 

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To nibble on, we have crackers, cheeses, grapes, 2 dips, Cheetos (which I have been *craving*), and Sparkling Apple Juice, in champagne glasses!   😋

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Christmas Day will be a complete Turkey Dinner.  Plates brought over, from son's, next door.    With me still tired, from pneumonia, and the "OM-Cold" going around, we decided to stay home.    Christmas Movies and Football, will keep us busy.  😊

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Wishing you a Lovely and Peaceful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!!!!!

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🎄🌕Happy Full Cold Moon🎄Happy Winter Solstice/Yule🌞🎄

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We are now experiencing the December 2021 "Full Cold Moon."    (December’s full Moon is most commonly known as the Cold Moon—a Mohawk name that conveys the frigid conditions of this time of year, when cold weather truly begins to grip us. ~ Source)

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And since the Winter Solstice/Yule will be on Dec. 21st, this Full Cold Moon nearly coincides with 'The Eve of Yule' on Dec. 20th.   Which I think is pretty neat!   😊

I like to celebrate Solstices and the other Turning Points of the Year. 

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"Why do we celebrate the winter solstice?"

"The hushed darkness of winter is at its deepest on the solstice, yet for thousands of years it has been celebrated as a promise of the brighter days ahead. The winter solstice is a tipping point, a moment of stillness when the balance of the seasonal scales will once again begin to tilt towards the light. Since long, long ago humans have been aware of this tipping point and celebrated the long night as a marker of new life and warmth returning." ~Source

I know, most everyone is busy....    But if you have a couple of minutes, this link takes you to some quiet (short) reading, concerning this lovely time of year.   -smile-   A bit of a respite, in the midst of all the Christmas Hoop-La.   -smile-

Wishing you a lovely Full Cold Moon, and a restful Winter Solstice/Yule.

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Just read this article, yesterday.    Did not know that there was another "Christmas Movie Ch."!!!  GAC Family is mostly reruns of "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched," etc.   But has been showing new Christmas Movies. 

And has even signed some of the usual Hallmark Ch. actors. 

Lori Laughlin will return this weekend, on it.   'Lori Loughlin returns to TV this week in 'When Hope Calls.'

I never watched those Series on Hallmark Ch. and am not a big fan of hers.  Like I am, of some of the Hallmark actresses.  And Tom is playing Sun. night, anyway. 😉

If you watch Christmas Movies,  are you interested to know, about this new happening in the Christmas Movie Area?

I had to look up, where this Ch. is, on my lineup.  Noticed that (at least here) it does not show on the full screen.   I am familiar with such, as one of my live horse racing ch. is this way.   Not the best for viewing, to me.....    After being used to all the ch., which fill the tv screen.....  😒   But view able...

 

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