It’s that time of the year… time to kiss another one good bye, reflect on the past year and gear up for another one starting soon!!! Have fun tonight, whoop it up and by all means be safe!!!

A chilly, but beautiful, afternoon for a serene winter stroll along a semi-frozen creek on my way out to another family holiday gathering. Plenty of blue sky and quietly trickling water.

Don’t you love it when the sunlight streaming in through a frozen window hits that plate just perfectly?!

So much fun last night with the Krenz clan playing with the clay & getting all muddy at the studio last night. As always, some were better than others… but all of them had a great time!

Suddenly not as easy as it looks…

“Maybe if I watch him doing it… it might make more sense?”

Uh… Kel’s bowl is flopping… save it… save it…

But it looks “someone” found the Mystery OREO’s a bit more enticing than throwing on the wheel.

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And as if the gift-giving couldn’t get any better, THIS box of amazingness showed up!!!
So remember back when my favorite restaurant closed last year after 25 years?…
and along with it went the amazing Rose Angeli’s Bread Pudding with the even more AMAZING hot caramel sauce!!!

Well, my friend Pam pulled out all the punches and had the chef of the now defunct restaurant whip up a batch of the infamous caramel sauce JUST FOR ME!!! So now my freezer has been re-stocked… and Pam has been nominated for “holiday-gift-sainthood”!!!

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Just spent a wonderful day with friends for some post-Christmas festivities.
And some fun gift exchanges… like this handmade beauty from Roscoe my favorite canine friend… err, well… okay my guess is that maybe his momma had a hand in it. Thanks to my talented friend Sarah Chapman for the amazing new IRONMAN necklace… and Roscoe too!!!

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Whew! Made it through another Christmas… kinda.
Just a few more festivities with friends and then another “12 Days”
according to my favorite Allan Sherman… and yes, I’m showing my age!

Click here for the “12 Days” video on YouTube.

Wishing you & yours a wonderful holiday season!
Spending time with loved ones, sharing the holiday spirit
and quite possibly singing a few Christmas carols along the way!
Have yourself a very Merry Little Christmas!

Here’s to hoping that you’re headed towards a wonderful holiday
filled with family & friends. Be nice, give gifts, be gracious and have FUN!

They say small things come in small packages… and they’re right!
But who knew that Continental Clay had smaller boxes?
I’m so accustomed to lugging around those 50lb. boxes!!!

Special thanks to my cousins in Minnesota for the mini clay box…
and the Holiday Gift Card enclosed!!!

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