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Impression of Life

Over the last month there has been this one solitary commercial that has not left my mind. It wasn't about Christmas, it wasn't about spending money or a super savings deal. It was about life. It brought me to tears and made my heart swell with love and pride.

I decided I had to share it, just in case you haven't seen it.


(a few of) My Favorite Things!

Julie Andrews aka Mary Poppins aka Maria has invaded my head this month with the song "My Favorite Things" – it mentions snowflakes and packages so that must be why it's been deemed a Christmas song.

I started to draw the items from the song, but how do you draw "schnitzel with noodles" and it actually look good? I gave that up pretty quickly. Instead I began a list of some of my favorite things.

That was much easier.

Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy my list and find at least a thing or two on there that is your favorite too. I mean really, who doesn't love Girl Scout Cookies?!


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MOST computers allow you right-click to choose an option like "Set as Desktop Background" which makes the whole process so much easier! Just make sure you open the large image first. Otherwise: Click on the desired image above, then right-click on the image, and choose either save image as/save target as/save as.