A Happy New Year's Eve YEEHAW for Y'all!

Can we even wrap our heads around the fact that 2012 is tomorrow? Seriously?

A year ago this past September, I discovered the book Glynis Has Your Number, by Glynis McCants (see She’s Got Your Number, Babe-y! in June). I shared my thoughts on Numerology and Astrology in that post. I love getting Glynis’ monthly email newsletters and, in one of those, learned about “The Glynis Has Your Number Numerology Calendar.” I ordered TLC and I both one for 2011.

This would be the PERFECT time to pick up her book—so you can figure out your Life Path Number. This is the number you’d use to order a 2012 calendar. You can also visit Glynis’ website and order an Individual Reading.

The calendar tells you what the numbers look like for each day of the year—in  regard to your specific Life Path Number. I’m a 6. TLC and Her Hubby are both 5s. My Hubby is a 4 (although he keeps trying to make himself a 7!) I didn’t get the Hubbies a calendar. I had/have an intuition they’d never consult them. But each day, TLC and I check to see if we’re going to have an “Extra Sunny” Day, “Great” Day, “Good” Day or “Challenge” Day. Glynis suggests you use this information to help you make some decisions in your life, like setting up important appointments, including surgeries.

If you know, in the morning, that the day you’re about to face is a “Challenge” Day, you can remind yourself to be extra-cautious. To slow down. To focus. To think twice. Or three times—before making critical assumptions or choices.

To me, as a Christian, it’s about using every possible philosophy and ancient theory/science to enhance my life experience. Consulting Glynis’ calendar each day reminds me I’ve been given an opportunity to be a valuable member of our World. It helps me remember to be patient, hopeful, cautious and, most of all, grateful.

To find out more about Glynis, her books, her readings and this FUN calendar, go to http://www.numberslady.com/.

Have a Safe, Happy, and Fabulous New Year’s Eve!

PLEASE… DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!

Champagne Hugs and Caviar Smooches...

ELC

B is for...

Bacon (duh)… Bakeshop (double duh)…

Ballerina… Basketball…

Balloons… Banjos…

Beaches… Bears...

Bedazzling… Belonging…

Bicycles…Biscuits…

Blessings… Bliss…

Blocks… Books…

Bouncing... British…

Bubbles… Bumblebees (buzz buzz)…

Busy… Butter...…

Buttons…

and...

B is for…

B A B Y!!!!!

TLC and Her Sweet Hubby are having their

FIRST BABY!!!

(Grammy ELC and Pa-Daddy are BEYOND BONKERS...)

Behold

Christmas waves a magic wand

over this world, and behold,

everything is softer and

more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale

MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS,

To All Y’all…

EVERYWHERE!

Love,

The Leightons

It's the Most Wonderful Time...

Y’all know by now this is my FAVOURITE time of the year!

Please allow me to count down The Top 25 Things I Love, Love, LOVE About Christmas (they're in no particular order, with the exception of the first five!):

25. Snow. We don’t see a lot of it in Texas, of course. But when we do, it’s magical.

24. Christmas carols and songs, especially:  Silver Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. I had a Sesame Street Christmas cassette tape when I was a little girl. I distinctly remember their version of We Wish You A Merry Christmas being major fun.

23. Santa. (I Believe!)

22. Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies. Fifteen years ago, Mom and I decided it would be our “tradition” to bake these yummies every year. You know ‘em—they’re the cookies that have a Hershey’s Kiss in the middle!

21. Decorating my tree.

This year, I put our tree in the dining room.

We had Hubby's family over last night to Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

20. Hot cocoa. With a peppermint stick to keep it stirred.

19. Chick-fil-a’s Peppermint Shake.

18. Blue Bell Peppermint Ice Cream.

17. Dairy Queen’s Candy Cane Blizzard.

16. Giving gifts. I love that shopping part.

15. Getting our first Christmas card in the mail! And then being excited, every day after that, to go to our box to gather the others. I truly enjoy the cards that have pictures of cutie-patootie babes, kids and sweet families.

14. MC’s Strawberry Bread. She’s been making it for her family and friends for years and years. When I moved away after college, she was kind enough to start making me my own little loaf every year! It is HEAVENLY. (Poor ELC and Dad. They have to share one. NOT MOI! I admit it: I sometimes don’t tell Hubby we have it. I want it all to myself. That’s bad. I know. I’m sorry.)

13. Christmas Vacation.  It’s a classic.

12. All things reindeer! From the cute ones at Pottery Barn—on plates, napkins, etc.—to the precious ones at Hobby Lobby. I adore reindeer!

11. Christmas lights. Specifically the little, white, twinkle ones. They always seem to have an extra “sparkle!” Dad used to wrap the trees at our old house with strings and strings of those tiny white lights—the house I lived in (and that "Built Me") for the first sixteen years of my life. I learned, about ten years ago, that My Sweet Dad would DREAD the Sunday after Thanksgiving. That was THE day to hang the lights. He’d usually do it by himself, as Mom would be inside, decorating our tree. Although he would have rather skipped a year—or five—he did it for me. Because that process, to me, meant Christmastime was here!

10. Thinking about past, treasured (or humorous!) gifts. From Santa. From my parents. From family. From friends. Most especially, from My Darling Hubby.

9. Anticipating this year’s gifts! LOL. J/K. No, sorry, again. I'm not.

8. The adorable Christmas doormats at Target. I love splurging on a new one every other year.

7. Did I mention MC’s Strawberry Bread?

6. Etsy! For those one-of-a-kind gifts!

5. Christmas Eve with my Hubby’s family.

4. Christmas Day with ELC and Dad.

3. Traditions. My Family’s. Hubby's Family’s. Ours. The ones we’ve made together and the ones we’ll continue to make—every year for the rest of our lives.

2. Stockings! Especially Henry’s. (We cherish our Prince Henry!)

1. The Celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ. The Reason for this Glorious Season.

May God bless each of you with peace, joy, happiness, warmth, and, most of all, love.

I wish you a Merry Christmas!!!