Saturday, Dec 7
Tonight is the night! Lake City Holiday House Tour. This year I am blessed with being a part of it! That’s right, I am one of five houses on the tour.
I am very excited and waiting for the hour friends arrive to help with the tour. Then the tour begins! I am praying and hoping it all goes ok.
Sunday, Dec 8
The day after the Holiday House Tour.
Last night was great. It was so wonderful to have two friends helping out. One of us was upstairs and two were downstairs all night. We answered questions learned about the house history and spent a nice evening together.
I think there were around 100 people that came through the house last night according to one of my friends. I am really bad at knowing how many people came through or are in a place. I never correctly counted the number of gumballs in the jar 🙂
I saw a few people I hadn’t seen in a while and I met a few new people. It was greatly rewarding to hear everyone liked the decor, the setup, and the original wood. I was told a few times “I am glad you didn’t ruin the original woodwork.”
Tuesday, Jan 7
So about the above…I didn’t realize I never posted that blog. Oops!
For the past few years (I do not know the exact amount) Lake City has hosted a Holiday House tour. It consisted of multiple houses in the area for people to walk about and admire both the architecture and design as well as the wonderful holiday decorations. This year I was blessed to be a part of it. I learned so much and had just a blast of a time. I am looking forward to next year, perhaps I will be the one touring 🙂
Episode 1
It’s Season 2!!!!
As of January 2nd, we have been in Season 2 of Simply Living Podcast. We posted our first episode and it was so much fun! Amanda came back to talk about the highlights of 2019 and what we are looking forward to in 2020. We have an absolutely lovely chat about her admirations for the coming year as well as a little chit-chat pointing towards future episodes 🙂
If you listen to the episode on a listening platform you will get an extra little treat at the end. If you have already listened to the episode you know what I am talking about 🙂
Amanda talked about how this year, she wants to work on her mental health. She wants to train her body to digest stress better.
I talked about wanting to focus on the outside of the house and yard this year. I have a few projects up my sleeves that I am looking forward to sharing with all of you.
We also talked a little about how we don’t like making “New Years Resolutions” because most people don’t stick to them. If you remember from last year I did an “NYR” and we discuss my progress a little bit. We both agreed that I did stick to the resolution and followed through on it to the end. This resolution was becoming a better friend. Reaching out to more people not waiting for them to reach out to me first. I am not saying that because I did a year of this that I am done now but I am saying, last year was a great start. I was able to get myself into the mindset of being a friend and looking out for people, reaching out to them when I thought of them and so on. It isn’t my “NYR” but it is now a part of my daily life.
Do you make “NYR’s” or do you make a “Year Checklist?” What are your big plans for the new year?! I would LOVE to hear from you all!
Till next time, see the blessings in every day.
P.S. Can we look at my Christmas Village from the beginning of last year to near the end of this year? Wow, thank you salvation army and my family! You guys have no idea how excited I am about this!!
Christmas Village 2018 
Christmas Village 2019