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December 15, 2021 · 3:53 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments Day 15

I’ve made so many new friends since I became a published author. I can truly say I’ve been blessed that those friends are also readers of my work – a great two-fer in the relationship department. One of those friends, the lovely Jennifer Kerfien, sends me a hand-made ornament that she constructs every Christmas. They are so beautiful and they all sit in a place of honor on the tree. This one is my fav – made of pages of one of my books!

Honestly, every year she outdoes herself.

Jennifer and I share a love of reading, labradors, and having fun!

I am so blessed, peeps.

~Peg

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December 14, 2021 · 12:04 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments, day 14

Eons ago my daughter won the New Hampshire State Spelling Bee and competed in the Scripps National Spelling bee in Washington, DC.

It’s fairly impossible to explain how proud her father and I were of her.

Her entire extended family took a trip to Washington DC for 4 days to watch her compete. Thrilling doesn’t begin to describe it. Back then I was a frequent patron of a paint-your-own-pottery store in my home town and to commemorate the event, I made this ornament:

Every year when I put it on the tree my daughter groans. Too bad, I always tell her. This was an event so profound in her parents’ lives that it has to be remembered every year.

She still groans, but at least she lets me put it up, hee hee.

Such a happy memory, just what an ornament should be.

More tomorrow, peeps.

~Peg

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December 13, 2021 · 3:54 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments day 13

I like pop culture, not gonna deny it. I’m a little out of the times this year because I’ve been busy with other stuff, but when my daughter was little, we had a ton of ornaments from tv shows, pop icons, etc.

Today I’ve got a trio of ornaments that I still put up on the tree because they are so stinkin’ cute and they represent girl empowerment to me.

The PowerPuff Girls was a TV show back in the day about 3 little girls who possessed extraordinary powers. But they were still little girls even though they flew around protecting the world from bad guys and that I think that was the greatest part of their charm. Even though they were superheroes they still had sister fights, little girl tantrums, and still needed to learn life lessons on each episode.

Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles were the cuties’s names and I bought these for my daughter when she was 7 years old.

They’re tiny, but they’re mighty.

Hee hee.

More tomorrow, peeps.

~Peg

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December 12, 2021 · 3:55 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments day 12

Professions are easy to turn into Holiday ornaments. The other day I showed you one set of the nurse/doctor ones I’ve received over the years. Today is my retirement career.

You all know I retired from my job in 2015 when I got my first writing contract with The Wild Rose Press. The day I turned in my resignation was one of the happiest – and scariest – of my life. Happy because I was finally being given an opportunity to do what I loved, full-time. Scariest because…no income. The potential for income was there, but I knew it was going to take a few years ( read: several!) before I saw any substantial cash in the royalties department. I still can’t support myself to this day on what I make as a full-time writer each year, but it’s way better than when I first started out in 2015.

That year, for Christmas, I bought myself this ornament as a testament to my new career:

It’s perfect in so many ways, but mostly because it’s a. a typewriter, and b. pink.

LOL

I wish I had my own pink typewriter in real life. I have a writing friend who actually does. I’ll need to save up to get myself one, one of these days.

More tomorrow, peeps.

~Peg

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December 10, 2021 · 12:00 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments day #10

Do you believe in angels? I do and have since I was a child.

There’s something magical about believing in a being who is looking out for you from a distance. Everyone who knows me knows I love these celestial beings. And, because they also know I’m obsessed with tree ornaments, most of my friends have gifted me angel ornaments over the years. Here are just a few on the tree this year.

This one my girlfriend gave me several years ago. It’s a breast cancer fundraiser ornament.
I got this little lass in Ireland.

This one is made of glass and I wrap it in six sheets of paper each year when I store it because I don’t want anything to happen to it.

And of course, the Anna Lee angel that tops my tree that I’ve had for almost 30 years:

And that isn’t even all of them, kids.

Angels: they’re a good thing to have on your holiday tree.

Until tomorrow ~ Peg

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December 9, 2021 · 12:00 am

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments day 9

Hubster and I met at a hospital where I was working as a nurse and he was interning. Yes, we are that quintessential Doctor/Nurse relationship older romance book lovers adored, heehee.

When my husband discovered my love ( not obsession!) of holiday ornaments, it stood to reason at some point we would get a few that espoused our professions.

We weren’t wrong.

One of my best work friends who had watched us all through our courting years and through our long-distance engagement, gave us these the year we got married.

My sister-in-law Mary gave Larry this one eons ago. I love it sosos much!!!

DO you have any profession-themed ornaments? I’ve given a glass blow-dryer to my hairstylist and one year to my manicurist I gave a tiny replica bottle of polish. Cute, you know??

More tomorrow, peeps.

~Peg

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