Category Archives: year in photos

The final picture of my year-long event!!! My favorite Christmas present ( that I bought for myself!!!)

It’s been a long year and as I look back on all the daily photos I’ve put up, I can remember some great times and some sad ones. Here’s hoping 2023 is a better, healthier, richer, and safer year than 2022! Thanks for taking this photographic journey with me!

I’m so making these next year for the nieces and nephews! Little candy sleighs. So cute

So, for the holidays this year, we decided to take Maple Leaf with us instead of putting her in a kennel because of her torn ACL. She’d never traveled so far in the car before, and she reacted well. I did feel, though, like someone was always watching me while we were driving, LOL

So I had to post this picture because this angel just came to me right before Christmas. My dear friend, Jill, was recently in Italy and brought this angel back for me knowing 1. I love angels, and 2. I collect ornaments from wherever we go. She truly is a ride or die friend!

So I bought myself this little alarm clock so I could do writing sprints. If you look at the top of the clock, between the two bells, is a hammer. This is how it chimes when you set it. If I don’t get frustrated and throw the thing against the wall, this might truly pan out for me! LOL

So, two pictures today – a before and after, of sorts, lol!

35 years ago on a veryveryvery cold December 26, I said “I DO” to this man for life.

We’ve had a lot of laughs, a lot of tears, and a couple of relationship crises, but through it all, we can truly say, we made it.

One beautiful daughter, an amazing son-in-law, and a grandson who is the love of our lives later, and we are still here, together, stronger than ever.

Literally, my ride-or-die for eternity.

and aside from my huge arm, I think we look pretty damn hot!

The 2022 Jaeger scrawny tree! Complete with family dog to the left of the tree!

From my family to yours: The happiest of Holidays, and Merry Christmas !

Tomorrow is Christmas.

Seems like it came fast this year, but that’s because I’m getting older. I used to laugh when “older folks” said the years got quicker as they aged. Now, I’m one of the older folks, and I’m sorry to say, it’s true.

Amid all the shopping, and cooking, and baking; during the wrapping, sending out cards, and decorating; holiday parties, and holiday dressing, let’s not forget the real reason for Christmas.

We’re celebrating a birth tomorrow. And, while any new baby is a celebration, this one was – and continues to remain – one of the most important and influential in the history of mankind.

This baby was conceived so we could be forgiven our sins; this baby came into the world to spread love and light and teach the word of God, his father; this baby was born to show us the path to everlasting peace and joy.

Humble beginnings, a poor existence, and then a tragic death. This baby suffered it all for us.

So, when you are opening presents and loving that new piece of jewelry or toy, while you are eating until your pants stretch angrily across your waist, while you are spending time with the people you love most in the world ( hopefully, lol!) remember this: a child was born, and gave up his life, so you could live that life, be free of sin, and spend your everlasting life in paradise.

I fully understand not everyone believes in Jesus Christ and I respect that. But this is my belief.

Merry Christmas. Happy Hannukah, Joyous Kwanza.

Go in peace, my friends, and love one another.

My sister-in-law Mary gave this to me many years ago and it always has a center spot on the tree.