Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- Christmas 💚☺️🤍💃❤️.
2- Rain, sweet rain 🎶 🌧️💃🌧️🎶.
3- Litsy book📚 clubs that I have joined (so far, four).
#ChunksterChallenge2026
#antifabookclub
#overcomingevilempires
#SeriesLove2026
Thank You
@Amiable
@Chrissyreadit
@TheEllieMo & @Susanita
for hosting 🥳📚💝...my apologies for being a sluggish reader.
👇🏼
For #5joysfriday, my mom and I went and walked through this thing called Path Of Lights. It‘s in the neighborhood next to ours. It‘s beautiful. It‘s been winning awards since 2023 and they keep adding on to it every year. My mom and I even took pictures with some of the inflatable decorations. These lights will probably stay up until January.
Christmas joys for #5JoysFriday!
🎷Christmas jazz concerts from the groups my husband directs
🐑 Living Nativity with tiny grand-niece—when the angels appeared, her little voice exclaimed “Oh, WOW!” in the silence right before the music kicked in, and she loved meeting the sheep
🕯️Discovering tiny grand niece knows Silent Night—a surprise to all until she started singing along at the candlelight service: “Si-ent Niiiight, Woly Niiiiight…” ⤵️
With Dad‘s diagnosis of Alzheimer‘s it‘s been a difficult year and sometimes hard to find joy. But he was having a brilliant day on Christmas and he and I had the best talk we‘ve had in years. God gave me and Mom a very special Christmas present with one of Dad‘s best days. And in other #5joysFriday, 2) remembering husband‘s surprise gift of book art this morning for him to unwrap, 3) reaching 600 consecutive days on Duolingo, 4) reliving my ⬇️
@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
1. They way my dog looked at me.😂🤣
2. Doggy kisses.
3. Me at a Christmas dinner.
4. My favorite Christmas gift.
💛 Visiting family for Christmas celebrations
💛 Beautiful weather & time outside to enjoy it with Luthien
💛 Helping out family with some farm work
💛 A Christmas puzzle
💛 Holiday meals and treats
#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. The card swaps hosted by @TheBookHippie. 💙🤍🩵
2. #LittenLove. 💚🤍♥️
3. Pippa eating her food her way. 🤣🐾🤣
4&5. (Matt, always) and ... Kate and Pip devouring their goodies from Santa Paws. 🥰
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii @Kshakal
1. Successful holiday all around
2. Both kids under our roof for a sleepover
3. Fun bookmark from @JenReadsAlot
4. Kevin slow blinking
5. Leo
1. Christmas Eve with @KLyn1 and that sign that just makes me laugh
2. Christmas day with another friend
3. Frankie
4. New coffee shop today - yum
5. Vacation days
Thanks @Kshakal @DebinHawaii #5joysFriday
Happy Boxing Day & #5JoysFriday! I‘m ensconced at the coffee shop on this Friday midday, happy not to be working & here are my joys:
1. Probably my biggest joy this week was indulging in a Monday overnight in a nice hotel with harbor views, room service & big soft king bed. Restful renewal joy.💙
2. I finished my OUABC 40-Book Challenge (+ all my Goodreads & Amazon challenges). A joyful feeling & free book coming.📚
3. This cute, personalized⬇️
5- Litsy & HaikuHive & Beautybreak 📚🐝🤩💝.
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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