Out with the Old, In with the New

Hello Dear Blog Peeps:

One week ago, the unfathomable happened.

My computer quit!

All blog writers know the kind of feeling that makes in the pit of your stomachs, right?

It still turned on and off but showed only a fuzzy gray and white screen.

No blog!

No gmails!

No documents!

No Facebook!

No on and on and on.

It was terrible.

 

Granted, compared to the atrocities and horrors happening in our world, it is less than small potatoes.  It's more like pin pricks.  

But, to me, it was a big deal and made me soooo sad. 

Thanks to my son and daughter-in-law in another state, the computer is now back in full function.

They ordered me a new computer battery since the one being used was many years old.

I am SO THANKFUL to them for helping me. 

They are today's little angels!

This morning, the USPO person brought a long box to the front porch, I ran with it into the kitchen and wildly cut it open, and inserted the new battery into the computer, once I removed it from its hiding place.

It worked!

Hope you each have a fabulous day.

It'll take quite an event to make my day better than it is right now but, as always, hope springs eternal.

WHAT IS THE LAST WONDERFUL THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?  CAN YOU TELL US?

All Good Things to Come....

As I write this, a fire is crackling in the fireplace.

 The rotating Christmas tree is still doing its slow, sparkly twirl and the white lights of the mantel look like little stars twinkling in the green garland.

It is now 2017. 

Just to write that makes me feel a little old. Yikers. The years are flying by faster than Santa's reindeer.

There are always lots of mixed feelings at the end of one year and the start of another. 

Enthusiasm, a bit of fear, joy, anticipation, a tad of nervousness, gratitude----and many more feelings do dances in my heart.

This new year, I'm going to do something one of my nieces said she was going to do......love myself more. 

That's not in a conceited or selfish way but in a kind and tender one. 

After all, if we can love ourselves more, we'll have much more love for others. 

If we are able to do just that one thing, love ourselves more, everything else will fall into place.

To all my dear blog peeps, I wish you deep peace and true contentment in 2017. 

Never forget how very special you are!

WHAT IS ONE WAY YOU CAN LOVE YOURSELF MORE?