Christmas, a New Year, Mozzarella Cheese (+more)

Although I haven't posted in AGES (well, it seems like that to me! ) I've still been here--just behind the scenes. I have something really exciting that will (Lord willing) be upcoming in a couple of months, but I can't tell y'all about it just quite yet. There are several things that need to be worked out first, sadly. But I'll tell you just as soon as possible! I promise. 

Merry Christmas...

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I couldn't resist this one...too cute!!! 

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Nor this one....I love it!  

(if you're wondering what "God Jul" is all about, it means "Merry Christmas" in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.)

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Happy New Year...

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and Mozzarella Cheese...

Hopefully, Lauren at A Corner Pillar won't mind me using her picture! 
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Yup, I've been making that stuff. YUM. And it's SO easy! (Especially when you use goat's milk, but it works well with cow's milk, too.) Here's a pdf I created from the three pictures Lauren sent me (I tried to re-create it as close to the original as possible--please tell me if you can't see it! ):

You can view the PDF here if you can't see the embedded PDF.

Sunburn...

How many times have you been sunburned between Christmas and New Year's? I haven't been...very many times. But this year, I was. I worked for our landlord with my brothers, and one day I spent about six hours working in the beautiful sunshine! It was a wonderfully warm summer day, but... ouch. My neck got it the worse, and my arms were a pretty red colour. My face reminded me of a lobster. 

This morning when I woke up (two days after the sunburn), my arms had finally returned to their usual temperature. And they weren't near as red. My neck is still sore, but not as bad. Thank you, Lord, for healing! 

Two Last Things...

These are things I want to remember a minute, a day, a year, and a decade from now.

This picture...

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...and this quote.

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

― Neil Gaiman

I hope you haven't minded my long-winded and many-pictured post! 

P.S. A big storm is in progress here tonight--all we are having is rain, but look at these news articles!:

Rivers remain high

Floods, heavy rain cut off South Island roads

Hundreds stranded as wind disrupts flights

Phew! I'm sure glad I live a little ways away from those places! And the rain is wonderful...we needed it!