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Happy Friday! I’m back from my travels, into the warmth of Florida (and it’s a gorgeous 70+ out today!)
This is a quick note because of, well, this…
But, I wanted to give you a couple of warm Friday Fuzzies…
First… This girl. Who loves her puppy. I mean seriously,
I’m in snowy North Carolina today, with these lovely people, brainstorming projects for 2026. I’m surrounded with fabulous story ideas.
As I’m writing this, I believe Minnesota is under a blizzard warning, and we’re currently brainstorming a “trapped in a snowstorm” story.
(I love a trapped in a snowstorm story…and by the way,
So, as you heard on Tuesday, I was deep, deep, deep into the final chapters of the final book in the Minnesota Kingston’s series.
I love this series. It’s based on the hymn And Can It Be, That I Should Gain (by Charles Wesley) about God’s amazing love,
My senior year in high school, in the month of February, I caught a wicked case of strep throat. Or so I thought. I kept going to the doctor, they kept swabbing my throat, the tests kept coming back negative. But I kept running a low-grade fever, and my throat swelled up.
I lost fifteen pounds.
So we did a thing this weekend.
We love our backyard in Florida. What we don’t love is the hot hot sun on our deck. So…I convinced hubs to build a patio cover for the deck. He was thrilled.
Just to be clear, I helped too. I held stuff. And cleaned stuff.
So, I know it’s not Tuesday, but let’s pretend. I was buried deep in writing a novel on Tuesday, looked up around 5pm and said…oops. No newsletter today.
So…let’s make up for that with ALL the news. ALL the pictures.
What’s fun today?
Well, there’s this…
One year ago I was at my daughter’s home,
Oh, it’s cold out there! 55 degrees in Florida! I have some guys at my house today taking down a couple trees in anticipation of an addition we’re building on the house.
Right now, my yard looks like a jungle.
One of the tree guys showed up in a parka. But I get it—we accidentally left our fireplace in Minnesota and now we’re freezing!
Surprise! It’s me!
Right now, Susie is currently packing up her suburban for the long trek back to Florida, so I’m stepping in for the day. Well…me and the new friend Santa dropped off for me.
Meet Gerald.
Gerald is my judgement turkey. He sees everything, and he does not approve.
The countdown has begun.
On Friday…they arrive.
These people.
I CANNOT WAIT.
Because Saturday the Epic Tree Hunt commences.
Every year we trek out into the forest (or nearby tree farm) and cut down the biggest tree in the woods (or one that fits in our house) and commence the Tree Decorating Wars where everyone vies for the perfect branch.