Good Bye 2011.....

GOOD-BYE 2011....your times run out....I stand beside these time worn hands...as the last hours fall like sand....I shed no tear to see you go...no ol lang sine will I sing tonight....your hold on us is all but shadows in our sight...so hurry up...mount your star....2012 is not so far....at midnight when the clock strikes last....A BRAND NEW YEAR ....we'll toast to her with smiles and hugs....a kiss or two ....at long last....

We hope 2012 will be a BLAST....

I know ....my poem is a "CHEESY" indulgence but I have given myself permission to take risks....indulge myself a little...so the following post is really just a mix of things I'm thinking about this afternoon....

Like moving into our house a year ago...

Getting our "Cabin in the Attic organized"....

Finding collections we hadn't seen for some time...

Seeing the Anniversary of 9-11....the death of Bin Laden....the beginning of our troops coming home.... 

All the storms ...earthquakes....tornadoes....etc....we seemed to survive ....with  the Lords help...

Dinner's in our new home....

And the knowing place deep in our heart's .....of who we have to thank for  the celebration tonight when a BRAND NEW YEAR....is finally here........hugs everyone....Karena

Opening My Heart To "Possibilities".....In 2012....

As I was thinking about the coming New Year....it crossed my mind that this is the time  some of us begin pondering  a Resolution to mark our HOPES for the months ahead....we begin diving into the "Thing's" in our lives we would be glad to say good-by to...extra pounds perhaps...our attitudes on one thing or another...maybe we'd like to be more "Present" in our daily lives...it can be a mixed bag of should do's....I was watching TV over the Christmas Holiday and saw a commercial for Jane Seymour's ..."OPEN HEARTS" pendant...I fell in love with the  look of this piece of jewelry....and with the saying she came up with when she created it...."IF YOUR HEART IS OPEN ...LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND IT'S WAY IN"...I am not typically a jewelry loving kind of gal...but the deeper meaning I found in her creating this pendant sparked a thought....... I've decided to forgo any resolutions this year....I am going to try and LIVE  2012 with an open heart....

To look around as the year begins to all the beauty ....all the perfect everyday  things I so many times take for granted 

To stop straining against the clock....time is a wonderful  thing if we  look at it as our friend...

I want to smile more....laugh every day....find kind words to share with the faces the Lord  brings  into my  life...

Pamper myself and my loved ones more....I want to love luxuriously....find the  Peace our  Lord intends for us everyday...

Oh yeah....and I will take time to indulge my love of...creating... designing ...and finding  ways to  use my treasures...I hope you girls have a splendid day today...thank you for stopping by.....blessings and hugs till next time....Karena

Looking Forward To A New Year......

Good Morning beautiful girls....well ....I don't know about you but I am thinking of ...NEW YEARS EVE...we will say good-by to 2011...this year has been a mixed bag of blessings and challenges for me...I think I look forward to 2012...I've always liked the even years better then the ODD ones....the hint might be ... they're called odd for a reason....have you all made big plans for this Saturday night....I think we will be at my daughter's with the whole family to greet the new year I'm really looking forward to it...I wanted to ask you girls a question....have you all heard the rumor that 2012 is the last calendar year recorded...I think they say some cultures through history believe the world will end by 2012...now of course I don't believe that for a second...but I thought it makes for interesting conjecture as to why the calendar would stop this coming year...I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...the family came to our house to be with us...I was so thankful to have all my faces here....we had fun...ate good food...everyone chipped in ...it was nice...the day is calling me girls so I better say so long....I pray blessings on you this day....big hugs from me to you...till next time Karena