Dear Friends,
What a year right? I can’t believe we are so ready to wrap this one up but here we are. The last two weeks I’ve actually been a bit of social butterfly which is something I have not done since the start of the pandemic but I’ve been to a couple of small holiday celebrations with work friends and book group friends and that’s been so much fun.
Now it’s time to enjoy Christmas. For us it is a quiet celebration, sharing some good food (probably too many treats) and being together. I’ve wrapped up work to enjoy some downtime this upcoming week and make the most of this holiday season.
These past few days have been very cold and blustery but I hope the temperatures even out a bit so we can go out to one of our favorite state parks for a picnic and hike.
Of course one of the major things I’ve got to get done this week is put together my end of year post. How many books have I read, which ones were the favorites and all those other fun stats we all like to see. For now, though it’s time to open some gifts.
I know this time of the year can be filled with joy but can also be quite hard for so many people. I hope this season is kind to you and brings you peace and joy.
Warm hugs,
Iliana
Hope you had a Merry Christmas, Iliana. 😀
I also hope you had a nice Christmas, Iliana! That cold! Well, at least it didn’t come with moisture this time. I’m glad that today will be warmer and the cold overnight temps are about gone. I’m finding I really don’t like cold at all. LOL
We’ve been pretty social this past month or so, too. I hope you had a lovely Christmas day and that this week leading up to 2023 is relaxing for you. We’ve had some rough weather and I’m hoping things calm down soon. Enough with the high winds and power outages! I’m looking for your year-end summary! I love getting recommendations for books I might have missed hearing about. Not that I’ll ever run out of books!
It sounds like you’ve had a nice holiday season. I am glad you were able to get together with friends and coworkers. I met with my team for an early holiday celebration earlier in the month and am glad now we did it when we did. It seems like everyone is sick with the flu or COVID right now. We had a small quiet Christmas, just the four of us (and the two cats). I hope your weather cooperated enough with you so you could go on your picnic and hike! I have tomorrow off from work, but no plans. I haven’t even though of a year end wrap up for my blog yet. I may skip it or do something small.
I hope you have a great rest of your week and Happy New Year!
Lark – Thank you, Hope you had a lovely holiday!
Kay – Wasn’t that cold front crazy? I think I had PTSD from the last crazy freeze storm we had so. we were prepared with extra blankets, food, etc. And, of course now its Spring weather! haha..
Lesley – I’ve seen the photos you’ve posted of the weather. So wild and yes, definitely hope you get more nice, temperate weather! I know what you mean about reading the year end summaries. As if we need more books for the wishlist!! Can’t wait to read yours too!
Literary Feline – I hope you guys. have had a wonderful Christmas! It’s so nice to have get togethers and feel some normalcy although I admit I still wonder when I hear people coughing or sneezing. I’m like don’t get near me! I’ve become a germaphobe! Hope you enjoyed your break and can’t wait to read about your book favorites over the year.