9/365 Icicles

Icicles? In Central Florida? At 4:00 pm in the afternoon??????????

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it's cold!!!!!!

These lovely creations were hanging off the magnolia tree in our front yard.

These are in our backyard

8/365 Godiva goodness

Enjoyed another Godiva Truffle - a gift from Matt for Christmas. This one was Gingerbread - so yummy!

7/365 A frosty cold birth day

Today was frosty and cold. Ice on the car and a deep chill in the air.

But it turned into a wonderful day!

Today Jack Robert entered the world. His parents are thrilled to have him and so is his older brother Eric. Jack is currently in the NICU because his breathing was a little worrisome, but I have faith he'll be home in no time.

Congrats Jes on your newest son - can't wait to see him grow! Even though I know you hate cake, here's hoping Jack might enjoy it someday.

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Since it's Three Kings Day, I thought I'd enjoy just our Christmas decorations just a little longer.

This little guy is one of my favorite snowmen decorations. I found him years ago in an after Christmas sale and he was 90% off. No one wanted him because his arm broke off. But I think he's absolutely adorable and I scooped him up. Now he gets a place of honor along side his two brothers (who have both arms).

More snowmen

Each year I gather the pictures taken during previous Christmas' and display them around the house. Here are a bunch

I love Christmas cards. I love them all - the simply ones that say "Merry Christmas" and the photo ones. The ones with glitter and especially the ones were a child has signed their name in big careful letters. I also love how every year they provide a source of colors and designs to enjoy throughout the season.

While I took pictures, the Wonder Cat enjoyed a nap.

5/365

One of my goals for the new year is to learn to knit. I took a knitting class tonight and managed to create this.

Book run

4/365

Colors really takes winter seriously. With the cold snap that has descended upon us (really, 24 degrees in Florida is not funny), she has barely moved from our bed.

Book run to the library

How clementines make me feel

Playing with the nifty fifty

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On a chilly winter day, my pintas as surviving in the garden.

This is my favorite part of winter - Clementines!

2/365

The Wonder Cat was bound and determined to enjoy the patio, even though it was like 50 degrees today. He sat on top of our grill, huddled up and poofed out and defied me to make him move.

Can't you just hear him?

"I'm not cold, I'm not looking at you, I'm not cold, I'm not looking at you..."

Every bit of him was poofed out trying to stay warm.

Here's the 2009 ornament my mom had made for us. She's given us a snowman ornament with the year on it nearly every year we've been married.

1/365 Happy New Year!

The first day of 2010! A whole year successfully photographed and blogged and now onto a new year.

Here's one of the first photos of the evening - our friend Charles and Aubrey who joined us for NYE.

And our first portrait of 2010.

We began our day (after sleeping in) with brunch at First Watch. It's a great little cafe with chains all over the country. I'm not a breakfast person, but I love this place.

Here's my sleepy husband perusing the menu

My favorite (so far) - Eggs Benedict. I got mine with sliced smoked turkey and tomato with avocado on the side

Doesn't it look good????

Matt got a Reuben with a salad

Afterwards, we got into our first (and hopefully only) car accident of the year. A woman rear ended us going about 5 mph. No one was hurt, but it did knock one of our lights out and it no longer works. Here's hoping we can get it fixed quickly and cheaply.

And because I'm loving playing with my nifty fifty, here are a few ornaments from our tree

This was a gift from my family - SO generous. Talk about great expectations!!!!

An entire year done!

As of 12/31/09 I completed my goal - a photo (actually 2) every single day of 2009. That is a bare minimum of 730 and in truth the number of photographs taken is thousands of thousands.

Here is my mosaic for Project 366-1

And Project 365!

Believe it or not - I've signed up to do it again. Wish me luck!