Thank you angel friends, for making our Christmas special :) Pictures of our gifts, and goodies :)
Happy Cool Thursday :) A sweet Christmas holiday to remember, with lots of great memories, and heart-warming moments :) It's a nice day, with sweet reflections back upon a nice Christmas holiday,with family, friends,and the spirit of the season :) Thank you angel friends, for making our Christmas holiday,and season very special, and memorable :) We enjoyed a very special time, sharing in the Christmas holiday with everyone, and enjoying all of the festive spirit of the holiday season :) it's a gift to our hearts, getting to share in the season and holiday with everyone :) i'm happy and excited to share in my journal today, pictures of our nice Christmas gifts, and goodies we recieved :) We enjoyed a very nice, and fun time opening our Christmas presents :) Holly and i look forward to using our new toaster, we got lots of nice goodies, shirts, collectibles, and more :) i'm excited to open my topps holiday ornament tin,with baseball cards :) i took some nice pictures of our gifts, and goodies to share with everyone :) We're happy our family loves the gifts we gave them :) We enjoyed a nice Christmas dinner yesterday evening , my mom and dad cooked ham, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and biscuits :) it was a delicious dinner :) Tiger girl enjoeyd some pieces of ham, she loves it :) We've been taking it easy today, doing some light organizing, and reflecting back upon the holiday,and many heart-warming moments throughout the season :) We put some movies on today, and also keepig up with the sports news :) We have a fun, happy countdown to new year, themed baking friday adventure planned for tomorrow,and also looking forward to a great football weekend :) Holly got these awesome Washington Commanders shirts for us, we're gonna wear the shirts on football sunday, and looking forward to cheering for the Commanders :) We love hearing about your holiday, festivities, traditions, and sharing ours :)Very special thanks :) During the holiday season, my family ,Holly ,and i recieved very nice gifts, goodies, cards, and treasures from our dear family of friends, all around the states and world :) We love all of our wonderful Christmas cards, gifts, and goodies :) We deeply appreciate everyone's special kindness, and generousity with all of the love of our hearts :) Thank you angel friends,for sharing in and celebrating the season with us :) We love you all bunches and bunches :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the holiday season, a happy countdown to the new year,and our warmest wishes ,wishing everyone a healthy, happy,and nice upcoming new year :) Tomorrow's baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)
Sweet Christmas Reflections, after a very nice Christmas holiday, shared with many heart warming moments, with family, friends ,and the spirit of the season :)Hi angel friends, my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, keeping warm, enjoying a peaceful day, and we hope everyone enjoyed a Merry and Happy Christmas holiday :) We enjoyed a very special time, sharing in the Christmas holiday with everyone, and were with eachother in spirit ,throughout the day :) We love hearing about your Christmas holiday, and sharing ours :) It's one of our favorite joys of the season :) We were thinking of you all often yesterday, and enjoying sharing in many heart warming moments throughout the day, visiting with family, enjoying our holiday home,opening presents, and enjoyed a nice Christmas dinner yesterday evening :) We'll always treasure the great memories made, from Christmas :) Today, we've been reflecting back upon the Christmas holiday, and i also took some nice pictures of our Christmas gifts ,and goodies we recieved :) Holly and i are very excited to enjoy our new toaster, it's our first toaster for our downstairs apartment :) We're very proud to have a toaster :) i look forward to sharing lots more pictures in my journal today, and we also have a fun baking friday adventure planned for tomorrow :) We've been hanging out today, enjoying some time with Tiger girl, she loves her nice football blanket Holly crocheted for her :)thank you angel friends, for sharing in all of the joys of the season with us,and for making the season very special for us : )We appreciate you all very much :) Happy sunny caring friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, from our hearts ,and holiday home to yours :)
Thank you angel friends, so very much for your beautifully heart warming comments, and thank you all again ,for your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes :) my family ,Holly ,and i are happy and excited, that everyone enjoyed our Christmas journal, and our pictures :)That warms our hearts, and brings us smiles :) We were into the sweet, festive, and heart warming moments with everyone yesterday :) it was so nice, going to visit family, having family over to visit, opening presents, sharing Christmas smiles, and seeing our Christmas trees glowing on Christmas Evening : )During the evening yesterday, we enjoyed a very nice Christmas dinner my mom and dad prepared :) They cooked a ham, turkey, and also cooked stuffing, mashed potatoes, and biscuits :) We enjoyed the delicious foods :)a special thank you for my mom and dad, for the very nice dinner they prepared :) We have lots of nice leftovers to enjoy :) We were settled into the evening, resting up and had the Celtics basketball game on :) i kept my Christmas town lights glowing, until about 9:30pm :) Holly and i thanked my mom and dad again, and we all wished eachother a good night :) We all went to sleep a bit earlier last night, and got good sleep :)
This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) The day after Christmas, we love to take the day to reflect back upon the Christmas holiday, we love hearing about the holiday times you all shared with your family's, and very soon looking forward to ringing in the new year together :) 2025 is almost here :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) our nature friends have been enjoying some nice feasts this week, with the Christmas holiday week :) It's been very nature active in our yard :) i bundled up warmly, gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends, and the sunrise sunshine greeted me :) there's been bluejays,sparrows, and squirrels visiting our yard :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They're enjoying the goodies :) The sky had a nice golden glow to it this morning, the winter season has been settling in. it was so nice seeing the Christmas eve morning snowfall in our area, it was like a gift from nature ,during Christmas time :)Holly and i are looking forward to putting another suet cake outside, for our nature friends, and all of our nature walks, adventures throughout the winter season :) happy sunny nature smiles : )
It was a sweet peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water, and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and having some treats :) Tiger's so happy and excited, she was running back and forth yesterday, she loves to jump up onto her chair :) Holly and i checked in on the sports news, we love keeping up with our favorite sports ,and are looking forward to the upcoming football weekend, with 3 games on saturday, and lots of games on sunday :) We look forward to having a football party ,and having some foods, snacks, drinks, and treats : )the playoffs season is almost here, in a few weeks :) We look forward to all of the big games, and are very excited our Washington Commanders team has a chance to make the playoffs, and would have a chance of going to the superbowl :) We've been doing some organizing today, and enjoying reflecting back upon the Christmas holiday :) one of my favorite joys after the Christmas holiday ,is reflecting back and taking pictures of the very nice Christmas gifts, and goodies we recieved :)
Christmas Presents :) my family, Holly, and i had a very nice and fun time opening our Christmas presents we got for eachother yesterday :) Holly and i are happy our family loves their gifts and goodies :) We were into the spirited moments, and all of the cool surprises of opening gifts :)We love everything we recieved :) Holly and i are proud to have our first toaster :) We also got some very nice new t-shirts :) Holly got these cool Washington Commanders, Hail Mary Touchdown shirts, for us featuring the big play, where the Commanders got a game winning touchdown on a hail mary pass earlier this season :) the play is drawn up on the shirt, showing how the play unfolded :)We're going to wear the shirts on sunday, and cheering for the Commanders :) We love our shirts ,and new pajamas, popcorn tins, cookies/treats platter, i also got a nice new hair trimmer/shaver from Holly :) my mom and dad gave me this awesome Topps holiday ornament tin, with 59 baseball cards inside, that are holiday theme :) i'll display the ornament tin each holiday season :) Holly loves her arts and crafts ,yarn, and more, she loves creating nice items :) She made some nice crochet crafts for some family members this season :) We love our nice gift cards, we'll treat ourselves to some nice items with the gift cards, i love to buy collectibles on ebay :) our nice gift sets, fleece blankets, and more :) We love and appreciate everything :) our family loves all of the gifts Holly and i gave them :) i had a fun time today,taking pictures of our gifts ,and goodies we recieved, and gonna include the pictures in this journal :)
It's a nice day, with sweet Christmas reflections, taking pictures of our gifts, and goodies, and enjoying the warmth of our holiday home :) my family, Holly, and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) We enjoyed a nice lunch, and gonna have some foods for dinner :) We've been enjoying some of our Christmas goodies and treats, we also put a couple movies on today :)The sports radio hosts are on Christmas vacation, and gonna return in the early new year :) We look forward to all of the upcoming football games :) it's been a sweet stretch of days, sharing in the Christmas holiday week, and lots of great memories being made :) Holly and i are going to watch Knight Rider show tonight :) Tomorrow's baking friday :) We have a fun, happy countdown to the new year themed baking friday adventure planned :)We're looking forward to some baking, cooking, and sharing our adventure, and also looking forward to the weekend, with shopping, watching movies, and football :) Thank you angel friends, for all that you do for us, and for always being here for us : )We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you :) Big group caring, happy sunny warm friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)
-never lose hope :)
my mom, Holly, and our family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a peaceful day :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're enjoying sharing in the holiday season with everyone, and looking forward to a nice countdown to the new year :) Wishing everyone many continued joys, of the holiday season :)
Christmas gifts, and goodies :) Holly and i, and our family enjoyed a nice and fun time opening Christmas gifts yesterday :)We love everything we recieved,and will enjoy all of our nice gifts, and goodies :) We're very thankful,and appreciative of everything we recieved :) i love taking pictures of our nice gifts, and goodies we recieved :) Holly and i are happy ,and excited our family loves their gifts we gave them :) Sharing lots of heart warming moments, and Merry Christmas smiles :)
my mom and dad gave Holly and i a nice toaster :) We're so proud to put our toaster on our microwave stand :) 
Holly got us some cool Washington Commanders shirts, featuring the play that featured the Hail Mary game winning touchdown pass earlier this season :) this is awesome cool :) We're going to wear the shirts on football sunday :) 
Gifts, goodies, and treats i gave Holly ,including arts and crafts supplies, t-shirts, candy, snacks, popcorn bucket, and more :) 

Gifts, goodies, and treats Holly gave me, including a nice new hair trimmer/shaver, fleece blanket, goodies, treats, and snacks :) 

Jenn, Mike, Mikey ,Hunter, and Carter gave us some nice mugs, treats, tea and a cool baking friday bear that's wearing a chef hat :) 
Lisa, her bf, Kayla, family gave us this nice cookies and goodies platter :) 
Bobby, Stacey,Ryan, Miranda, and Bristol gave us, a nice hickory farms goodies and treats gift set :) 
Alyssa, Aj ,Brayden, Jacob, Colby,and Brody gave us, some nice tumbler cups with hot chocolate kits, and some candies :) 
Nice baking and cooking supplies, from my mom ,dad, and Holly :) 
Fleece blanket, Pajama's, socks, and chamomile tea, from my mom and dad :)

my mom, dad, and Lisa gave us some nice popcorn tins :) We love popcorn :) 
Close up picture, of the cool Hail Mary, Commanders touchdown play, as it appeared on the field, from the snap of the football, to the running, to eventually touchdown pass, it was an incredible play, we saw it as it happened,one of the best plays we've ever seen :)

Jenn and family gave us this cool baking friday bear :) our bear will be joining us in the kitchen tomorrow for baking friday :)

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Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well enjoying a nice Thursday Happy to hear you're all enjoying your gifts and resting up. I enjoyed seeing all your photos. You received some nice gifts and goodies I know you'll enjoy them all Your Commanders shirts are really cool and different and your baking bear is very cute. Glad you're having a wonderful holiday week. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
We are so happy to hear you had such a wonderful time during the Christmas Holiday! What a great example for others to follow....all positive, helpful, joyful, and peaceful, and happy! Your Commanders will soon be in the playoff's and I will be rooting for them! May the peace and Joy of Christmas be with you every day of the New Year!
God Bless
I love Baking Friday Bear!! So cute:). Your gifts are all so sweet:). I’m glad you had a wonderful Christmas:). I love seeing all your gifts:). I got a new toaster too!! It’s yellow:). It goes with my newly spruced up kitchen:). We can toast each other on New Year’s Eve, hahaha!! Love you all:). Have a good night:)
I’m so glad that you and your family had such a wonderful Christmas and it looks like you got some really nice gifts, the T-shirts that Holly got for the both of you are really cool and I love that you now have your very own toaster :-) Looks like you got lots of goodies too :-)
I hope you and the family all got to relax and take it easy yesterday and I hope everyone enjoys your baking Friday today. Your new teddy bear will make a nice addition to your baking Friday table. :-) it’s adorable!
Dear Chris so happy to see that you had such a good Christmas with gifts and good food , so nice of your Mum and Dad to cook such a feast . Thank you very much for the Christmas Card and for thinking of me , it is nice to get a card from you , I have been away for so long life has not been good in the last 5 years but I am a surviver and I am here now . Love that you got so many gifts and like your toaster ,all are going to be useful , I too got some slippers , chocolate , biscuits , socks and a track suits . We too had a nice dinner with turkey and all the trimming , roast potatoes , vegetables , stuffing , lots of delicious food , we had dinner at my daughter house and spent time with my Grandchildren , they are all grown up , have a granddaughter , they are just my darlings .
Chris I read that your brother passed , so sorry to hear , wish you and family peace and comfort . Give my love to your parents , much love to you and Holly , keep well , and i still feed the Birds , Sparrows , don't see the sqirrel often but feed them when they visit the garden . Peace and joy , best wishes for the new year , much love **