My 2025 Christmas Bucket List

I can't believe it is the holiday season again. The year seemed to just fly by!

I have been thinking about what I would like to do for Christmas, and while most of these things are the same every year, there are a few that are new for this Christmas (like making a t-shirt quilt).

Hopefully, I can do at least half of these this year. I want to make Christmas as memorable, enjoyable, and as beautiful as possible.

In no particular order, here is what I would like to do this Christmas season:

• Drink hot chocolate
• Watch Christmas movies
• Paint 
• Listen to Christmas music
• Sew second t-shirt quilt
• Bake Christmas cookies
• Go to a Christmas festival
• Make an ornament
• Make and send handmade Christmas cards (or send premade cards, if unable to make my own)
• Make paper snowflakes (I haven't done this in years, and would love to make them again)
• Go ice skating
• Build and decorate a gingerbread house
• Make an advent calendar
• Make a garland
• Go sledding
• Put a puzzle together
• Attend a Christmas church service
• Make/decorate scrapbooks
• Paint my nails Christmasy colors
• Make a snow globe
• Make cinnamon rolls
• Do random acts of kindness
• Read A Christmas Carol
• Learn at least one Christmas song on the violin
• Have an indoor picnic
• Play card, board, video games
• Make Christmas ornaments
• Have a spa day
• Do one thing out of my comfort zone
• Work on my baking, cake/cookie decorating skills
• Visit a pottery studio and paint ceramics
• Make a charcuterie board
• Bake an apple pie
• Binge watch at least one season of a TV show

There you have it. My Christmas bucket list for 2025. I am looking forward to the holidays, and what it has in store for me.

If you celebrate, what is on your bucket list? I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

What I Am Thankful For in 2025

Wow, it's been quite a while since my last post. So sorry about that! 

It is the holiday season again, and I have thought about what I am thankful for this year. I love to make a list of all the things that I am thankful for, as it reminds me of all that I have in my life.

This time of year is also bittersweet for me, as it includes the anniversary of my mom's passing. I do enjoy the holidays, but there is a part of me that wishes she were still here to enjoy them with the family.

I am thankful that I still have other family to spend time with, though, and that is what's most important.

So, here is what I am thankful for in 2025

1. My family
2. My friends
3. My faith
4. My home
5. My clothes
6. Video games
7. Board, card games
8. Books/audiobooks
9. My library and all that they offer
10. Jigsaw puzzles
11. My favorite music/songs
12. My favorite movies
13. My favorite TV shows
14. My violin
15. Joni and Friends
16. Baking
17. Knitting
18. Crochet
19. Photography
20. Journaling
21. Holidays/birthdays spent with friends and family
22. Central air
23. Local holiday festivals/events
24. Stickers (I LOVE stickers!!)
25. Warm showers, especially during the Fall and winter
26. Memories with family and friends
27. Naps (yes, naps!!)
28. Family videos
29. Cuddling with my cats
30. Sensory/fidget toys
31. Bullet journaling
32. Text messages from friends and family
33. Scrapbooks/photo albums
34. Clean, running water
35. Chocolate
36. Sudoku
37. Arts and crafts supplies
38. The sound of my cats purring
    
39. Water bottles
40. Loop earplugs and noise cancelling headphones
41. Canva (I love to be creative, but I'm not the best at free handing things, so Canva is one of those things that is such a big help)

Well, there you go. What I am thankful for this year. This time of year makes me realize just how much I have, and I am so thankful for all of it. 

What are you thankful for?

To those who celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving