Year in Review

Cindy at My Romantic Home is having a Year in Review party. I chose some of my favorite photos from the past year to share. If you want to see more year in review head over to Cindy's blog and check out the links. Lots and lots of eye candy to end the year. (Click on the picture for a better look!)

Just a note to all of you who may have your own cottage industry through etsy or other venues. I was at Kroger today and all their USPS shipping supplies were marked 75% off! I stocked up on tape and things last year at Kroger right after Christmas too, so it might be worth your while to give the supplies a look next time you are there. I am all for keeping my shipping costs as low as possible and passing the savings on to my customers. Also, a big thank you to everyone who has ordered from me this year. Your kindness is so appreciated:>) There are still a few sale items left in etsy, take a look and get them while you can!

A Clean Sweep

We had a wonderful Christmas, but, dare I say it? I'm ready for a new year. Glad to see the old one go and ready to start new. I have already begun packing away the Christmas decor. Slowly. I don't want it to feel like a chore so I think a little tweak each day where I take down some Christmas and leave a cleaner feel will be just fine. I am also ready to start new in my etsy shop. New year, new projects, so until January 1, everything in the shop will be up to 50% off. I am marking it all down so get it while you can because after January 1, it won't be seen again!

I am excited about what the new year may bring. I have a surprise to announce the beginning of February, and we keep hoping that a new year will bring a change for the better in the economy and job opportunities. What about you? What are you looking forward to? Do you have any dreams for the coming new year? I would love to hear them!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder~

I will be visiting blogs over the next few days , but I wanted to say Merry Christmas to each of you. You are a never failing source of kindness, encouragement and inspiration to me. You are all Christmas gifts that give all year:>) I wish you all God's peace, joy and love and the happiest Christmas imaginable!

Fourth Sunday, Love~ The Angels Candle

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I Corinthians 13:4-7

Pheasant Soup

Earls Uncle Arthur is quite the hunter. This week he brought us 2 pheasants for a dinner party we had on Thursday. I had never had pheasant before. Earl roasted it and it was good. We had some leftovers and made this soup. It is supposed to be pheasant and wild rice soup but we were out of wild rice and substituted plain white rice instead. The recipe calls for mushrooms and we had some dried morel mushrooms from this spring (Thanks again to Uncle Art!) so we threw some in.
All I can say is this is why God made pheasants. Oh yeah. This creamy filling soup was one of the best things I have ever eaten. You can find the recipe here. We also substituted a little white wine for the Sherry and half and half for the cream. Just so you know. Hot soup is perfect on a snowy, blustery day. We got 12 inches yesterday. It is still snowing now and I think we are having the rest of this with fresh crescent rolls for dinner:>) YuM!