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Loving Presence Surround Yourself With Love In our everyday life we are surrounded by a variety of people. Some of the people we deal with on a daily basis are a joy to be with, and their loving presence nurtures and encourages us. Others may have the opposite effect, draining us of our energy, making us feel tired and exhausted. Our well-being can be easily influenced by those around us, and if …

We are having a very nice X-mas today. Gramma Irene is here, and Gramma Linda and Grampa Frank will be flying in later today. We are having snow, so it is a beautiful white X-mas. Carrie and Erin are trekking in Nepal, so we are wishing them a happy holiday from afar. Johnnie got plenty of Thomas stuff and a National Geographic Tent. Here are a few photos of the day

“Money can help you and help people. But I’m against the idea that having money is the only way to be happy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

This was one of those things I came across recently going through “stuff.” It is something my dad cut out for me years ago that I had saved. I thought it was a pretty good list:

Santa (who has lost a lot of weight, I must say) made a special trip to Joanne’s to see the kids yesterday. Johnnie was the first one to tell him what he wants – and you wouldn’t believe it – he wants Thomas and more train stuff!

I have had one of my photos put into the Schmap Travel guide. The photo is this one I took at Roxborough State Park in the Denver area: They found my photo from my Flickr! site! The Schmap guide, and my photo can be seen here (under Roxborough State Park)

Here are a few mindless but addictive games: Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out Shake The Globe Yes, I’m Working North Pole Dancing

May you find many good excuses to say what physicist Niels Bohr once did: “Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.”