A DECEMBER❄️TO REMEMBER, 🤔OR JUST A💭BLUR?...
- Sarah Martin White
- Jan 6
- 3 min read
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, THAT 2024 IS ALMOST OVER. I FOR ONE, AM GLAD TO SEE IT GO! THIS YEAR HAS BEEN VERY CHAOTIC, DIFFICULT AND STRESSFUL YEAR FOR US!
ME AND THE HUBBY MOVED EARLIER THIS MONTH TO MIDWAY CITY (CALI) JUST OUTSIDE OF HUNTINGTON 🏖️BEACH. MY HUSBAND, VEL ALSO HAD TO TRAVEL BACK TO CLEVELAND FOR 1 WEEK TO HELP HIS MOM WITH HER HOUSE.
WE HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON WAS AMAZING AND YOU GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
FOR US, THE HOLIDAYS WERE JUST A BLUR!!! EVEN THOUGH, IT WAS CHAOTIC WITH MOVING, VEL AND I WANTED TO SPREAD SOME CHRISTMAS' CHEER THIS HOLIDAY🎄SEASON. SO, I PUT TOGETHER THESE CHRISTMAS GIFT BAGS FOR ALL EIGHTY-EIGHT OF MY NEW NEIGHBORS, THREE OFFICE STAFF AND OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD MAILMAN 📬IN OUR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. WHEW... WHAT A FEAT!!!!😰
I BASICALLY COMPLETED THESE IN SIX DAYS! BUT MY NEIGHBORS WERE EXCITED TO OPEN THEIR DOORS AND SEE THESE GIFTS! IT IS THE SEASON OF GIVING, AFTERALL!
OUR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY DECORATED THE ENTRANCE VERY BEAUTIFULLY AND I WANTED TO SHARE THE PICS WITH EVERYONE! IT LOOKS SO NICE AT NIGHT, WITH ALL THE LIGHTS TWINKLING!
MY HUSBAND SPENT TIME IN CLEVELAND TO HELP HIS MOTHER WITH HER HOUSE, BUT HE WAS GIFTED A TICKET TO THE CAVS PLAYOFF BASKETBALL GAME FROM HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, JESSICA SO HE COULD GO TO THE GAME WITH HIS BROTHER, SHAWN. VEL HAD AN AWESOME TIME! AND... THE CAVS BEAT THE WIZARDS!
ON CHRISTMAS 🎄EVE, WE VENTURED OUT TO SHIPLEY NATURE PRESERVE IN HUNGTINGTON BEACH. IT IS DECEIVING WHEN YOU SEE IT AT FIRST. THE PARK AND NATURE CENTER IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE NATURE PRESERVE IN ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE OPTED TO GO TO PRESERVE SIDE, BECAUSE WE WERE SHORT ON TIME AND I WANTED TO SEE THE HUGE LAKE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA SURROUNDED BY TREES, SQUIRRELS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DUCKS, BIRDS AND SWANS. WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME AND A GOOD WORKOUT WALKING SO MUCH!
OUR NEXT ADVENTURE THIS MONTH WAS TO SANTA MONICA (BEACH AND PIER). IT WAS BUSY ON FRIDAY, BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE ON WINTER BREAK AND EVERYONE HAD THE SAME IDEA TO GO TO SANTA MONICA. DESPITE THE CROWDS, WE HAD AN NICE TIME!
AFTER WE WALKED ON THE BOARDWALK, WE GOT LUNCH AT BUBBA GUMP SHIMP. IT FELT LIKE WE WALKED ALL DAY. THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND IT WAS ON TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION FOR THE DAY.
AFTER WE LEFT SANTA MONICA, WE HEADED TO THE VENICE CANALS WALKWAY NEAR VENICE BEACH. WALKING THE PATHWAY, VIEWING BEAUTIFUL HOMES ON THE CANALS WAS AN UNEXPECTED TREAT. AFTERWARDS, WE STOPPED AT JAMBA JUICE FOR A COLD TREAT.
OUR LAST OUTING OF THE MONTH WAS TO ANAHEIM GARDEN WALK, NEAR DISNEYLAND. THIS IS AN OUTDOOR PLAZA WITH SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS. IT WAS DECORATED IN CHRISTMAS DECOR AND LIGHTS. THERE ARE TWO LEVELS TO THE PLAZA. ON THE TOP LEVEL IS AN OUTDOOR GARDEN WHICH LEADS YOU INTO THE J.W. MARRIOTT ANAHEIM. WE HAD DELICIOUS BLACKENED MAHI-MAHI FISH TACOS AND WINGS.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY🎄CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A BLESSED NEW🍾 YEAR IN 2025 AND... MERRY STOMPMAS! PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM @ADVENTURINGWITHNALA (MERRY STOMPMAS). IT IS SO CUTE! https://www.instagram.com/p/DDe45QfOwWp/
