A Blessed Time of Year!

Why do so many people  come here?

Could it be the tropical beauty of the area?

The gorgeous sunsets?

The colorful characters you meet?

All I know is that our wonderful Winter Texans are here in full force and I am so happy! You want to talk about sweet, kind, wise people? They are here! Yay! What a wonderful time of the year!

Spectacular Skies

These clouds reminded me of a Rorschach ink blot test. You know the one where you “see” something that tells a lot about you. For example, I saw flames of fire leaping but I know my friend, Sam, would’ve seen Farrah Fawcett in these clouds. (He could see Farrah in a palm tree.) Rob, a surfer, would have immediately seen waves and headed out to the beach to see if the sky was reflecting what was going on in the surf.  Everyone here has their own different perspective on life but we all agree on one thing: We are blessed because we get to live our lives here.

 

 This is why we don’t need drugs down here. What for? Life blows you away without drugs here.

That’s MRS. Betty Crocker to you.

I said that this next year was going to be my best year. I said that I  resolve to try new things and this is what happens when you actually do go for it.

I entered a cookoff today. I had only made this cake once before and had even modified the recipe so I gambled.

It was a pumpkin-caramel cake with pecans on top and pumpkin/Cool Whip filling in between the layers.

There were other desserts as contenders.

There were lots of different types of entries.

but people seemed to like mine.

 

“You like me, you really, really like me,” was Sally Field’s most stupid line uttered so I didn’t say it.

Betty Crocker called. She is not happy. She wants her cut.

I hope everybody reading this blog takes the challenge to live the next year with more gusto and willingness to take that extra step and really involve yourself in living life. I refuse to passively watch others living life actively and enjoying it. I plan to go for it and relish every moment I can. It feels great to try and win, instead of not try and let life pass you by. May we all enjoy this next year as best we can.