The joys of winter!  It does sound romantic to people who get snow once a year, they all wait anxiously to go out sledding, and take those perfect big chunks of snowflakes falling photos. In reality, when you do live in some parts of Canada, when comes February, the romance has long gone.  The snow is brown.  Mixed with abrasives and all the dirt from cars.  The ground is still frozen solid this year.  We’ve had a very cold one.  Trouble is you can’t predict winter.  It could be a mild one, and you get to see some grass by March or, you can freeze your butt off until the end of April.

Last week I got hit by sudden anxiety.  I felt like all the memories I had captured over the years would somehow evade me.  I started thinking, what if my hard drives crash?  What if my boys don’t remember all the good time we had?  What ifs started to drive a hole in my mind and I could see myself getting drowned in it (anxiety, I’m well aware by now, is fuelled by my out of control hormones, been trying to regulate those damn glands for years, but it still has hiccups.  But I’m not writing a health blog, so moving on…).  So, I decided to print.  As many images as I could. A batch for every year that’s on my drives or DVDs, in order to create a memory box.  Just like in the past, where albums or boxes would be found in a closet and cherished like an old friend you reconnect with.

I mentioned in my last post that I had set myself a challenge of reading 40 books in 2015.  So far, so good.  I might extend it to a 52, one book a week.  I set it lower because life always gets in the way of a good book, but overall I managed to balance it out.  I’m currently at 11 out of 40, and January’s not over!!  It helped that I selected a couple of cozy mysteries, mind you, but I do love them!  Not award winning literature, but highly enjoyable when you need to switch your brain off.  So, in this post I’m going to share with you some books I enjoyed and helped me get through the coldest month of the year.  Don’t worry, I’m not going to give you spoilers!

Hello 2015!  First post of the year and it feels like it’s been such a long time!  The Holidays were so good, two whole weeks off, lots of blanket, movie and reading time.  I received a Kindle paperwhite for Christmas, and I did put it to good use already.  It had been so long since I had time to indulge in books for as long as I wanted. I’ve reactivated my Goodreads accounts and set myself a challenge of 40 books for the year, I’ve already read 7 so it’s looking good!

It’s our last post for this year!  We made it through a second year! I’m so thankful for this group of ladies that blog with us.  We’re a small bunch, but we’re a good one!  We don’t know yet how many changes our circle will go through for 2015, but one thing for sure, we plan to keep on posting.

I want to take this moment to wish everyone a very merry Christmas!  May your hearts be filled with delight and wonder, and may you enjoy the family time and keep the traditions alive.  May they bring you many happy memories to make you anticipate the next holiday season.