Last week I shared my home Christmas decorations. Today we’ll look around several of the condominium buildings outside holiday decorating. Last year I focused on the lights at night. This year I am enjoying all the live poinsettias and flowers. I hope you have a great New Year!! See you again in 2026!!
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This is my second year celebrating Christmas in the condo in Lakeland, Florida. Many of you may remember 2 years ago I was madly giving away, throwing away, and packing to move in January 2024. I can’t say I exactly did much in terms of decorating for the holidays. I was undecorating my home period. Last year I put up my tree and decorated. I was still feeling a little unsettled after a year in my new home. The truth is moving by yourself in your 70’s is hard, and I don’t recommend it. It took me a year to come back from that move.
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I’m going to start with a soft pink sunset. I hate how early sunset is in December. Coming out of classes or jobs at 5 PM in the dark always bothered me. At least being retired gives me the option to watch the sunset almost any day.
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Last week I shared charcuterie board ideas for the holidays. Today I’m just surveying fun appetizers and desserts that look like something else. I’m always reading posts and pins with cute and tasty food. The Christmas holiday is a special season for food presentation. Let’s take a look around for inspiration.
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Lakeland, Florida’s Christmas Parade was on Thursday, December 4th. Over 50,000 people gathered to enjoy and support the 44th community parade for Christmas.
The streets were decorated going to downtown.
The streets were packed to enjoy the lights and excitement. Lots of floats went down the downtown streets each representing a local community organization.
I love that they had lots of kids on floats. It’s an experience they’ll always remember.
And the most popular float of all finishes the show!
I hope you have a wonderful December filled with time with family and friends!
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Energy-based wellness is not often discussed in the mainstream, but it can have many benefits. Some folks don’t believe it’s real. Others think it’s a miracle. I’ve been reading about what energy-based wellness is and how it can work with traditional western medicine to improve your health. It offers effective ways to add to your self-care and is based on scientific principles.
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I’m always reading posts and pins with cute and tasty food. The Christmas holiday is a special season for decorations and food presentation. Christmas platters offer festive fun with themed boards like charcuterie wreaths, Christmas tree shapes, or snowman snacks, using red/green fruits, cheeses, meats, and holiday sweets (cookies, candy canes).
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Today is a little catch-up with my nephew, James, and his wife, Heather. Both are teachers up in Michigan. If you’ve visited before, you might have seen posts from their various vacation trips. First, I’d like to introduce a new addition to their family, shy rescue, Celia the cat. She spends a fair amount of time watching Benny get into mischief.
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