Happy New Year darling Girlfriends! 🎊🎉 MUSICA
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! It went so fast, a blur of fruit cake, cookies, twinkle lights, and beloved faces!
We made it through another year! I stopped by to wish you all the most wonderful of New Year’s Eves, quiet or raucous, whatever your choice, may all your New Year dreams come true. My gift to you this evening . . . a little bit o’ Jack:
When we come in from shopping or walking . . . we are met by Jack, always waiting, he flops to the floor . . . I can see him through the window in the door before I even turn the key, he hears the car pull in and is busy rolling around in seeming ecstasy before we get inside.
… stretching ~ begging to have his tummy rubbed!
. . . squirming, wiggling, and yawning,
. . . cute-pawed,
. . . ridiculous, so-soft and furry, adorableness,
a flirty,
. . . precious boy. Worth going out just to come home. I’m humming, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas . . .🎵 Was just wondering, has everyone got a kitten? Or two or four? Or a doggie, or some sort of petty pet to take your minds off your troubles and meet the New Year in style? Go get yourself one! Make it your resolution! Worth their weight in gold! Anyone can tell you! They make you laugh every day. Read “Life of Jack” for more good kitty information. 💞
I’ll be back soon to show you pictures of Christmas! Our English people came over! It was so much fun! 
Already New Year’s Eve! 🎉We’re going to Lowely’s (girlfriend down the street) tonight to celebrate with dinner and champagne and a wild and crazy game of Pictionary with some of our nearest and dearest! I’m bringing a Blueberry-Lemon Angel Food Cake with Lemon Glaze . . . I just made it. All air and egg whites, to make up for the 
debauchery of the last couple of weeks: See’s Candy. Monks Fruit Cake. Pumpkin Cheesecake. Sugar Moon Brownies. Need I say more????? I don’t think so. (But you know I could very easily say a whole LOT more.)
Here’s the cake. . . waiting for me to turn it out onto a stand and drizzle it with glaze. I’m putting candles on it too, we’ll drink a cup o’ kindness and do the ring thing, everyone will put their rings around the candles, then we’ll make wishes for 2019 and blow them out,💫 counting our blessings that in all the world, we managed to find each other to go through this life with.💞
And you, thank you for your luv-lee friendship of the past years . . . it has been such a pleasure. I never imagined a blog would be such an important part of my life, but it is! Because of you, Girlfriends! 💞 I love sharing the planet with you! 🎊
S E E YOU NEXT Y E A R ! XOXOXOXOXO
Happy New Year to you, Joe, and Jack! Here’s to looking ahead, dreaming the dreams, and cherishing all the good things. Enjoy your party tonight! We’ll be chilling on the couch with our three kitties 😻😻😻🥂🎉
Georgia
Perfection. We’ll only be two doors down, practically the same thing! xoxo
Wishing you and yours a very happy 2019, Susan! Thank you for your beautiful heart and for always making our days a little brighter!
Thank you for being here Michelle, it’s been my honor. xoxo
Thank you for your lovely books and calendars and positive words! I wish the best to you and your husband and Jack! Have you thought about a book on how you decorate your home? I loved seeing your first little home in the Vineyard! Kathy and cat Orchid!
Yes, I have a book on the back burner about that. Would be so fun to do!
Happy New Year, Susan – wishing you and Joe a year filled with health, happiness, and peace. And winning at Pictionary – LOL! We are having a quiet night with neighbors and then a relaxing New Year’s Day planning for another wonderful year. Thank you for always reminding us to enjoy and cherish each moment!
Thank you, Susan, for making my day with your new blog post! It was a perfect way to usher in 2019! Cheers to you from the Ozarks!
Happy New Year to you! I squeed at the beginning of this post. I can never, ever get enough of Jack! Now, off to reread “Life of Jack.”
Sweet Jack. Happy New Year to all !
Happy new year to you!
Happy New Years to you and yours… including that adorable jack. Joes not bad either!
Thanks for your sharing and beauty…. it really warms my soul. Lin
Thank you Susan for always reminding me that goodness exists in the world and that we can share that goodness across time and space Here’s to an exciting New year
Happy new year to you Joe Jack, Susan! Thank you for the past year, your delightful happy caring blog, which had become such an important part if my life. I wish you happiness, contentment, and good health. Looking forward to seeing what you got up to over Christmas. Enjoy your evening it sounds like fun! Gill UK x
Happy New Year from the Central Coast! Cheers to a wonderful year to come!
Happy New Year! Thanks for another year of your wonderful blog! 😉
Happy New Year, Susan, Joe, & Jack.
I must thank you for some of your Girlfriends who have become real friends. In our difficult days we console each other and hug each other virtually. On days of celebration we celebrate with each other. Baking days we drool in envy and exchange recipes. We just bemoan the fact that we do not live anywhere near each other.
Your pictures of Jack wriggling are just so cute. He truly loves you.
* Needed…update on curtains and book to movie*
I love the plate with the May God in His wisdom poem. Coming to your shop soon????
Thank you again for blogging. LOOKING forward to more blogging in the new year. Love you.
💥🎉 💥 HAPPY NEW YEAR. 💥🎉💥
Thank you Peggy! I should try and get those plates made . . . I just made this one up, but maybe I can find something out there in the real world!
I’m popping up again to say I agree with Peggy and would LOVE a plate like this or a picture of the plate! Words to live by! Thanks for considering, Susan.
May I vote for the plate in some form other-I know I’ll love it however it comes. I’m thinking it would be my gift of choice for special friends.
Oh, I’ve just spied the perfect place for the one I gift to me😊
Happy New Year Susan, Joe & Jack! Thank you for all of your great “visits” through your blog in 2018 & especially for sharing the picnic on Beatrix Potter’s farm. It was fun to virtually attend! We’ll be celebrating New Year’s Eve at home with our four furbabies (Opie, Annie, Jasmine & Charlie).
Happy New Year dear friends! We will ring in the New Year quietly here in Long Beach CA. Lots of good wishes for a healthy and happy 2019 and much more peace on earth.
I hope that 2019 is the absolute best year ever, for you & yours, for me & mine, and for everyone!!
We are blessed with 5 cats and 6 little dogs – all but 1 are rescues. They bring incredible joy to our lives each and every day. Your Jack is so handsome. Love his little face! Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve and a blessed 2019.
HAPPY New Year to you, Joe and also a hug for Jack…I hag a cat named Buddy. He went to kitty heaven several years ago. But I still miss him. Take are…may 2019 bring u good health and happiness. Loretta/Calif.
Happy New Years, Susan and Joe!! Will be staying in and maybe stay up until midnight…but not likely!😂
4 kitties here; 2 barn cats (the Bad Boys) and two kitties in the house with two dogs! I could not live without my fur babies, they make life complete!
Thank you for the beauty and wisdom you so willingly share all year long. May you and yours have a wonderful 2019!
And to you Jack and Joe too!
Thank you. Your blog posts always bring so much emotion to me. Happy New Year to you all. Also, thank you for introducing me to Mairi Campbell, she’s beautiful.
Thank you for being a ‘life softener’ for me! Looking forward to reading your new book. Happy New Year 🎊🎉
Happy New Year Susan! Thank you for bringing beauty, fun, and and for sharing your stories. They always bring a smile to my face 😃
Getting ready to make your chocolate dipped coconut macaroons for the NYE party I am attending two doors down from my house.
Happy New Year to all!
I hope you have a delightful evening and a joy-filled New Year! My resolution is to add more joy and fun to my life and reading your posts will add to the fun!
What thoughtful and beautiful wishes. I don’t message too often, but must wish you, Joe and Jack a blessing-filled 2019. Always so lovely to read your blog!
Dear Susan,
Thank you for sharing so much with us as another year passes and into 2019 we go! Love the photos of Jack! We are blessed to have 3 kittys right now, but none will let us rub their belly, so I envy you snuggling in Jack’s warm belly!
mind how you go, YvonneJ
Happy New Year to you too! We will be staying cozy with our two cats, watching this winter storm blow through. Jack is adorable 🙂 and you are too
Susan, thanks for always making life a little brighter for all of us. It was really nice to see your post in my email. Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve and may 2019 be a great year for everyone. We can dream!! Brenda
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year. I will be ringing in the new year with my fur babies Puddles and Dudley. Thanks for bring joy and light into the past year of troubles.
Happy New Year!!!! Love the photos of Jack and his tummy!! We have Ms Lucy…..a calico who is 11 and queen of our home…….AND Shiloh, a cocker spaniel who is 3 and has learned that Lucy is indeed Queen. ♥️♥️😊
Wishing you both a very Happy New Year full of good health and many new memories to make. So enjoy your letters…..feels like a friend’s note even though we have never met! LilyAnn
Happy New Year’s Susan and Joe!!!! I’ve never heard of a ring thing. Sounds like fun….Thank you for spreading your special kind of love throughout the year. You’re the best!
Thank you for a steady stream of sweetness. I count it one of the blessings of the outgoing year and a comfort to look forward to this incoming year. 🙂 Is it possible for your blessings to increase? I send a wish and a prayer that they will!
New Year blessings to you and Joe, Susan! Thank you for being a beacon of hope, happiness and kindness our world especially needs these days. 🎉🎊
Best wishes for a happy, healthy 2019 to you and all your loved ones!! I’m already looking forward to another year full of your much-anticipated missives! Take good care, Alice
Happy New Year to you, Joe, and Jack ! I have enjoyed your blogs all year long always so positive and happy ….Love and happiness in 2019.
Happy New Year Susan, Joe, Jack and girlfriends here is wishing you all a very happy, healthy and wonderful new year. may it be a bit more peaceful than last year and a lot less sad and unhappy. well the 2 new little ones are doing fine, that totals our family kitties out to 6 now, anyone need to borrow a kitty for tonight??? we will be watching some classic old movies and then watching the countdown to the new year, champagne in hand and catnip for the kitties. they deserve a treat. right now just busy with laundry and taking down some Christmas things, they’ll be back next year for the holidays. looks like the kittens have the right idea for tonight… nappy time!!!! Happy New Year everyone, it has been a pleasure to get to know you all and one I plan to continue for the New Year. Happy New Year. hugs…. 😀
Have a lovely celebration and a festive new year! Thank you for bringing joy into my heart (and tummy).
Happy New Year Susan! Thank you for the beauty and awe you bring into the world!
As always you bring joy. Happy 7th Day of Christmas and a very Merry New Year (upon recovering from Pictionary)!
Happy New Year to you too, dear Susan, and to all the GFs!! Thank you for the beauty and balance and joy you bring to our lives. Every blessing to you and Joe in 2019! 🎉💗🌟
Patty
Blessings to all across this great land.
Here’s to the simple that you always remind us is our gold💝✨Laura
Your posts are always so adorable and warm! I really really want a doggie
or a kitty but can’t get my head around dragging a pet onto
airplanes back and forth to Mexico and Tahoe! Have to figure
something out! Seeing Jack makes me long for a cuddle
bug all over agin! Happy New Year to you and Joe!! 💕🍾🎉💃
Dear Susan, is this beautiful blessing that you ended your blog with an actual ornament that can be purchased?? It is absolutely beautiful and I would love to send this blessing to all of my family and friends next Christmas.
It’s just a painting right now, but maybe I can make it into a hanging plate. I’ll try! xoxo
Thank you for the Jack updates and photos ❤
Bonne Année! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Thank you for being a ray of sunshine, inspiring me in more ways than I can count. Looking forward to more adventures and thankful that you always leave room for me and the girlfriends to join in on the fun! Enjoy your evening, it sounds lovely.
Happy New Year’s eve and a blessed 2019 to you and your’s! I will spend the evening with my 3 indoor cats (we also have 2 outdoor cats,) watching one of the Hallmark Christmas movies I recorded and still haven’t had time to watch. Have a wonderful time at your party.
Wishing you and Joe a wonderful, healthy new year! Will be staying in with my kitties and dogs to watch the ball drop. Thanks for your wonderful, uplifting words throughout the year and all the cute pictures of Jack. Have a wonderful time tonight!!
May you and Joe (Jack, too) have comfort and joy all through the new year.
I really love Jack, but what has happened to the other Kitty? I miss her.
Happy New Year to you all!
May it a year with many blessings and many dreams coming true, a good health and lots of love to everybody!
I’m staying home with our two kittys and enjoying the little messages coming from our children.
Greetings Trudy from Holland
Happy New Year to you and Joe and Jack! I’m wishing you all good things and every happiness!
Susan…wishing you and Joe a very Happy New Year. I will be staying home this evening (with the exception of going to Mass tonight) to ring in the new year with my husband, son and my “granddog” Jasper. I hope the new year brings peace on earth to all. I am so glad my friend introduced me to your books; I feel as though I know you personally. I’m a big fan and am looking forward to reading your new book when it comes out. Thank you for your inspiring thoughts and words!!!!
I love Jack, but what has happened to the other Kitty? I miss her.
She went to Kitty Heaven in 2016. xoxo I think of her all the time. She was so soft and wonderful and sweet.
Happy New Year Susan!!🎊🎉🍷 Thanks for being a kindred spirit and sharing your blog with so many of us around the world! May 2019 bring you peace, good health, happiness, and continued friendships with those close to you and all the wonderful women who follow your blog.
Thank you so much for sharing your lovely pictures of Jack..just what we want to give us peace ..joy and happiness as we come to the end of the year and we greet 2019
Your calendar is ready on my kitchen table..still in the cellophane so I couldn,t take a peek..
Looking so forward to tomorrow…
Happy new year to you..Joe and Jack.
May you be richly blessed throughout the coming days ….
It will be the year of your new book…and who knows what else..
So much love and thank you
Sandra…from Bournville…Birmingham, uk..x
May the New Year bring you many blessings, wonderful surprises, unexpected pleasures of the sweetest kind!
The Wild Blueberry Ball Drop from the Kennebunk First Parish Church at midnight tonight will ring in the New Year here on the chilly Maine coast. Susan, thank you for making 2018 a lot brighter for us. Looking forward to following your adventures in 2019. Wishing everyone a Happy and Peaceful New Year!
What a wonderful post! You can never go wrong filling us with Jack! 🙂
Happy New Year to you and Joe!! May it be a year filled with blessings and all good things!!
And yes, we have 3 cats! Keke (a male), and Misty are a year apart but from the same parents. They are 12 and 13. And we have a rescue names Smokey Bear. He looks like a bear cub! lol so sometimes we just call him bear. If ever there was a cat who grateful for being saved, it’s him!! He’s so well behaved. We love him! 🙂
Happy, Happy New Year to you Susan, Joe & Jack. I wish you peace, joy and good health and love for 2019. I made your Cranberry Coffee Cake with vanilla sauce for Christmas dessert. It was a huge hit with the family. Requested it for a February celebration. Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes! Love ya! Oxox ❤️
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Wishing you, Joe and Jack the very best for 2019! Looking forward to another year of your wonderfully inspiring blog that is always full of love and kindness.
Julie
Sitting here with kitties and poodles, enjoying a cup of tea while loving the exploits of the ever adorable Jack. Happy New Year to you!
Happy New Year Dear Susan! She who warms are hearts and gives us sweet comfort in times of need. Peaceful thoughts when we need them. A toast to you!
Happy new year to you! Yes, we have four cats, three outside and the momma cat in the house most of the time. She lets us know when she needs to go out. She is precious but she likes my husband the best. He gives her a good head rubs and if he stops she pets his face with her paw. So sweet!
Thank you Susan for lovely pictures of Christmas and the wonderful Jack….
It’s what we need to keep us going…pictures full of joy,happiness .
Your calendar awaits tomorrow….still wrapped in cellophane ready for the new month..can,t wait to see it…
A very happy new year to you..Joe and Jack..
Have a wonderful evening..it’s going to be an exciting year…your book and who knows what else.
Blessings abound every day.
Thank you again for all the joy you bring us.
Sandra from Birmingham uk x
Jack makes my day. What a great way to be greeted when you arrive home. Happy New Year to you all.
Annie
Happy New Year to you, Joe and Jack… Love and Happiness in 2019
Happy New Year, Susan…to you, Joe, and Jack! You make the world a better place, and I’m so glad to share the planet with you! xoxo
I think Jack is fabulous. But I miss hearing about Lady. Is she still with us? Do give her a hug for me.
Tiah Foster
Sun Lakes, AZ
It’s Girl Kitty and she went to heaven a little over 2 years ago… thank you for asking. xoxo
This evening, I’ll be organizing my 2019 Susan Branch calendar for the upcoming year! Your works and thoughts make me happy. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year — Jack is the cutest cat. 😊
Susan, I really really need to meet you one day perhaps in the Merry Month of May………..please come to Syracuse or Rochester, New York so my buddy Debbie and I can come and hug you………..meanwhile Happy New Year I can hardly wait to hang my new calendar after I text my buddy Rabbit Rabbit………….enjoy your dinner party friends are simply the best…. we’ll be home with our Corgi and our grandchildren’s Cockapoo to ring in the new year in which I will look forward to more of your lovely artwork and words
Happy New Year to you and your lovely family! I am blessed to have had you in my life for many many years!
Happy New Years Susan, Joe and Jack! Your little tribe brings more joy to my life than you could ever possibly know. I hope 2019 is filled with love, laughter adventure and just a little more sanity. All my best~Nina
Happiest of New Years to you and Joe!! I’m feeling a little melancholy today. It usually happens around this time during the holidays. But then, there you are!! And I am reminded of the pure joy of “just being”! Looking forward to wonderful things in 2019 and counting my blessings 🙏🙏🙏❣️
Happy New Year to you and Joe and Jack and thank you for all the beauty and joy you bring to us through your work. I have followed you from your first cookbook and had the pleasure of meeting you in Bucks County, Pa. Peace, love and good health to you, Susan!
Happy New Year !!! I hope 2019 is a wonderful year filled with love, luck, and beautiful dreams come true!!! All the best to you, Joe, and adorable Jack!!!
Smiles and hugs….
Liz
I will be alone tonight. Thank you for sharing your joy with me! Happy new year. xo
I really really need to meet you Susan perhaps in the Merry Month of May you can find your way to our beautiful Finger Lakes so my buddy Debbie and I can come and Hug you. We appreciate you and your work so very much.
I can hardly wait to hang my new calendar tomorrow after I text her Rabbit Rabbit! Happy New Year to you and your beloved. the dinner party will be awesome as there is no better way to ring in the new year than with wonderful friends
You and your blog are such a delight! Thank you for sharing it all with us…
Muah!
Couldn’t read your posting today. Our beautiful Gertie, a calico from the Animal Shelter, died on Sunday morning. We had her over 15 years. She was diagnosed with a thyroid condition but we thought she was getting better. We still have another cat and 2 dogs but there is a hole in my heart.
I’m sure there is Patty. I’m so very sorry. Worst days are when our beloveds go to heaven without us. xoxoxoxo
Hubby & I will be chilling here at home with our 2 dogs and 3 kitties, after a nice dinner of steaks, baked potatoes and salad and for sweets, sugar cream pie. We will be cracking open a special bottle of bubbly, gifted to me for Christmas from one of my best friends. It came from a special little food and beverage shop in our hometown that has been in business for over 80 years and has been passed down generation to generation by the same family it is called Collins Fine Foods. Lovely shop, they always have baskets piled out front of the large glass windows that are covered by a red & white striped canvas awning.
Love & Thanks for all of your inspiration that you share, always a bright spot in my day when I read a new blog or your tweets.
Wishing you, Joe and Jack, love and blessings for the New Year 2019! XOXO
So I just had to find out where in Ohio Collins Fine Foods is located! Van Wert, and I know right where that is!! My love Jim is from the Findlay area and we used to visit there every year. Collins Fine Foods sounds like a delightful store and the next time I get to that side of the state I am going to seek it out!!
Happy New Year Candice in Ohio!!
I always look forward to seeing that you have another blog waiting for me! It is a warm cozy spirit lifting experience for me. I always look for pictures of Jack! I just adore him. I am owned by two fifteen year old tabby girl kitties, one is silver and the other is gold. Quite the ladies at this age- one is the upstairs cat and one is the downstairs cat!
Happy New Year Susan!🎉🥂 Thank you for always brightening up our day!❤️ We will be home celebrating with our Border Collie rescue dog Maggie, who has similar black and white coloring like Jack.
Dear susan , you bring so much joy and hope to all your many followers ! Thank you for your unwavering positivity! I wanted to also ask you if the adorable plate pictured today is avaible for purchase. I would like 6 if they are! With warm regards, Lucie Miller
Thank you Lucie! Maybe I should see if I can make some of those plates . . . right now it’s only a figment of my imagination! xoxoxo Happy New Year!
Yes, please try!
Happy New Year!! May 2019 be kind and gentle to us all. We have three beauties, all grey and white fluffy kitties. They bring so much joy to our lives. I agree Susan, find a pet, hopefully more than one who really needs a home ~ you will NEVER regret it. Thank you for the joy you bring us through your lovely blog!! Love and blessings one and all.
Donna xxx
Merry New Year, Susan, to you and yours! A happy 2019 to you!
Happy New Year to you and your family. YOu are so right……animals bring such joy. We started 2018 with 2 yellow lab sisters (14 plus years), a coon hound, and a 3 year old yellow lab. The 2 sisters passed away of natural causes. Our coon hound was always following her nose ( and climbing trees). She climbed a tree and got out onto the road with disastrous results. Our hearts are still breaking. For Christmas, we bought our 3 year old lab a puppy. Really it was for us but we told Mazie it was her baby. Within 6 days that beautiful baby was sick with parvo. All very heart breaking. We have bleached everything…..including our grass twice! We are not deterred. Our plan is to go through our hot summer ( ultra violet rays kill the parvo virus) and then adopt an adult dog. We live on 2 acres so people assume we have dogs because of the size of our place. But our pups bring so much joy into our lives and they are in our house more than they are outside……..they sleep inside too.
Love your blog and being taken along on your vacations! Thank you for letting us into your home. Patty McDonald
Huge losses! I’m so sorry Patty. Seems to come with the territory. All that love. I hope you have more success in 2019. Never give up. They love you so. xoxoxo
This year sometimes the real world became too much so thankful for your posts and tweets that kept our sprits up. We love See’s candy too but didn’t get to the shopping center kiosk in time (sold out of Bordeaux bars waaaahhh) and too late for mail order by Christmas, but hey Easter is doable! Happy New Year to you, Joe, and Jack and all the Girlfriends!
Hi Susan
Happy Holidays to you and Joe. May the New Year be overflowing with Blessings 🌹
Oh, this is the loviest New Year’s wish, Susan! Yes, everyone needs a four legged furry friend in their lives. Golden, indeed!!! Our Sadie is the joy of our lives, always patiently waiting by the upstairs window till we return, then rushing down the stairs to dance around in excitement as we come through the door. Oh, to be so loved!!! Yes, everyone should give themselves this joy in 2019 if they don’t have a pet. Love seeing these cute photos of Jack. His sweet face is enough to melt ten thousand hearts! The ring thing??? I don’t know about that tradition. Tell me more. As for the cake, I’m rushing to find the recipe. I must make this. Yes, there it is! Page 137 in the 30th Anniversary book. Oh, this sounds delicious. A dozen egg whites! My kind of cake!!!
Enjoy your celebration with your friends. I look forward to seeing more of your Christmas celebration. I love seeing photos of inside your home! Please do share more. Merry, Merry and Happy New Year to you and Joe and Jack!!! 😘😘😘
Buy the egg whites at the store instead of whole eggs! Faster! xoxoxo Merry merry and happy to all!
Happy & Healthy New Year 💫
“Looking back May we be filled with gratitude
Looking forward may we be filled with Hope
Looking upward may we be conscious of strength
Looking inward may we find deep Peace.”
Penny Cooper
Ahh, New Years Day IS my oldest son’s real birthday! I wonder if Charles Lamb is related to our marina owner Larry. The Lamb’s have been in NC since the 1600s! In 2018 we finished the outside of our house and sold our Trawler. 2019 will be serene!!
My sister gave me your book about England for my birthday and I have been hooked ever since. Your books, recipes, pictures and blog have brought me much joy. Thank you for what you do and your outlook on life, taking notice of all the little things. God bless you, Joe and the kitties for the New Year!
Please give Jack an extra belly scratch from me. He is so adorable. Blessings to you and Joe. You make my world a much happier place
Happy New Year to you and all your beloveds, sweet Sue! You are surely a blessing to me, and for that I am truly thankful. Hubby and I are awaiting the arrival of another blessing, our 10 year old grandson…he’s spent every New Years Eve with us since he was born, and we cherish the tradition. We’ll have steamed shrimp tonight, and tomorrow’s dinner will be pork and sauerkraut…another tradition here in PA Dutch country! Hugs to you, dear heart❤️
How fun. What a memory for all of you! Happy New Year Shannon, your dinner sounds delicious! xoxo
Yummy Sharon!
I’m looking forward to hearing about Christmas with your friends from across the pond! Your table setting in the candlelight is so lovely. I love candlelight and old crystal or glassware. We keep our window candles lit through the winter – cozy and welcoming and speaking of love in our home. Jack is a sweetie! He knows how to be the center of attention. Thank you for sharing your life with us. May 2019 be a year of peace, good health and kindness for all.
I have that post half-done . . . suddenly realized I couldn’t finish before we go out, so I stopped, started over, because I really wanted to say Happy New Year on New Year’s Eve! Will do Christmas soon! Thank you Ann! xoxoxo
HAPPY NEW YEAR Dear Susan, Joe and Jack, I am STILL feeling very contented now that you are back home safe after all your worldly travels and enjoying your lovely home, your friends, your girlfriends, and just “every day living”!! 🙂 It’s been so fun reading about all your holiday preparations.
Like my Thanksgiving card said, You are definitely one of my blessings!! 🙂
May 2019 be good to you! HAPPY NEW YEAR HUGS, Ruthie (in Minnesota)R
Thank you darling Ruthie! Happy New Year!