Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
I
feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin
Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I
was....
I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
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In my last post, I shared how I decorated the last area of my Den, the China Cupboard, for Winter....
Along with the 4th decorated Tree in my Den...
Click HERE if you missed that post!!
Thanks to Jennifer, over at Studio 57- by Jennifer Adams, for choosing my Blog post, A Blue Winter Wonderland with Heart in the Powder Room, as one of her features from last week's Wednesdays in the Studio Link Party!!
Thanks so much, Jennifer!!
Please stop by and link up to this wonderful party!!
And now for a few Personal Notes...
For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....
On THURSDAYS,
I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local
cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...
I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....
On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...
Since it is Thursday, What have I been Cooking and Eating over the past week?
Last Friday, my son Joey treated to Take Home of Buffalo Wild Wings....
Even though the mozzarella sticks are in front of Joey, he did share them with me!! LOL!!
This time, they surprised Joey with a side of Mac N Cheese along with it on his Bacon Mac N Cheese Burger!
My Mushroom Swiss Burger...My meal of the day as I only do one meal a day
For a Chicken place, they sure do make a mean burger....
A $10.99 pizza with sausage on it was Saturday's dinner...
I added 2 cans of mushrooms to it....
I have made this before and it is quite tasty....
We have been having quite a Winter here in NEPA....
And this was not counting the snow we got in November as they
considered it in the Fall and not Meteorological Winter which started on December
1st....
More snow than in the last few years with a "plowable snow storm" predicted now for Sunday into Monday....
The Weather Channel currently is predicting this for NEPA!!
Saturday night....1 inch
Sunday....8-12 inches
Sunday night....3-5 inches
Monday...1 inch
WOWZA!!!!!!
And to top off all of that , check out the temps. for Saturday and Sunday....
Yep!
You are seeing that right....low's of 5 degrees and high's of 12 over the weekend with a snow storm on Sunday.....
I will be going to the grocery store today but not for the usual "Bread, Milk and Eggs" which everyone seems to run for when a snow storm is predicted for NEPA!!
I will be going for the ingredients to make chicken soup and noodles for it...
It is going to be a perfect weekend for a hot bowl of soup....
Out of an abundance of caution....
I rescheduled my monthly hair cut on Monday to Wednesday....
And I rescheduled an eye Dr. appointment for very early on Tuesday morning til March!!
I was going to share some snow pics from last weekend but I think I will wait to see what we get this weekend!!
LOL!
Last year, I joined a group of Bloggers who were setting Quarterly and Monthly Goals......
My Goals are more of a To Do List for each Season.... 
And I do so love my To Do Lists....
And I do so love my To Do Lists....
I
need to keep myself focused and my To Do Lists definitely help to keep
me moving and on track so I am now back into making out a weekly list
that includes a list for each day of the week...
It also helps me to live with INTENTION, which is my Word of the Year for 2026!!
" Living intentionally means consciously aligning your daily choices and actions with your personal values, beliefs, and vision for your life, rather than being passively influenced by external forces or circumstances. "
"It involves identifying what truly matters to you, taking ownership of your decisions, and using that clarity to create a life of purpose, meaning, and satisfaction on your own terms..."
Now that I am a widow, I have been working on redefining what the rest of my life will look like and what purpose I have now....
And I will be posting about my general INTENTIONS for this year soon....
This year, I will only be doing Monthly Goals as I feel that will be easier to post about....
But before I get into my Monthly Goals for January, along with giving you an update on those goals as it is already January 22nd, I want to take a look back on how I did with my December Goals.....
DECEMBER
My December Goals were mostly what I would call Social Goals due to the Holiday Season...
Watch my grand pups for a week when my son, DIL and the twins go to Disney World...YES!!
Faye
Azumi
I loved having them here and they sure enjoyed catching up on their sleep....
Get my Christmas baking done....YES!!
I made 12, yes 12, batches of cookies!!
And 3 batches of fudge!
Enjoy watching TV Christmas specials and listening to Christmas music... YES!!!
I especially loved watching You Tube Christmas Home Tour and Decorating Videos and even did a blog
Host family and friends for Christmas Get Togethers.....YES in that I did have my Nieces over .....
And my Sister, Barb, also came over for a Christmas visit....
Host my son Jim's pizza Birthday party.... YES!
Volunteer at my church's Annual Children's Christmas party on December 14th....YES!
And Jim and Danielle and the twins surprised me and showed up for it!!
Attend my Senior Social Club's Christmas party on December 17th...YES!!!
Get all gifts ready for Christmas and 3 Birthdays on the 29th...YES!!!!
Make sure I have everything I need for the 4 upcoming Holiday dinners... YES!!
Host my Family Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners.....YES! even though Jim, Danielle and the twins were ill, Joey and I celebrated with nice dinners on Christmas Eve and Day and than we celebrated all together on the 30th....
Host my family New Year's Eve and Day dinners.....YES!!!
Host my son Joey and my twin grand daughter's pizza Birthday party.... YES!!!
So I am Happy to say that I accomplished all my Goals for December!!
I even added in a nice lunch with members of my Senior Social Club.....
I did a post over on my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas, that summed up my 2025 Christmas Season that goes into a bit more detail, if you want to read it...
Now let's get to my January Goals....
January is a "working" month for me where I am giving myself the ENTIRE month to change the downstairs over from Christmas to Winter/Valentine's decor....
I want to take my time and enjoy the process and fuel my creative juices by not being in a hurry and maybe change things up a bit....
I will also share throughout this post some pictures of an amazing Sunset taken after some snow on the weekend....
So here are my January Goals....
Along with an Update on how I am doing with them so far....
Change over the Front Porch and Yard to Winter.....YES! Already did so
Change over the Living Room from Christmas to Winter/Valentine's,,,Working on it now...
Change over the Dining Room from Christmas to Valentine's....Will start soon...
Change over the Powder Room from Christmas to Winter/Valentine's.....Yes! Already did so...
Change over the Kitchen from Christmas to Winter/Valentine's...YES! Just finished it!!
Will be doing posts on the Kitchen soon....
Change over the Den from Christmas to Winter/Valentine's....YES!!!
Get everything ready to have my income taxes done...Working on it..
Plan for the January meeting of my Senior Social Club...YES!
We had a speaker and ordered pizza for lunch!
Create a new Face Book Page for my Senior Social Club....YES!!!
Click HERE if you are on FB to see it
Attend and help host the monthly Breakfast at my Church...NOPE!! It was cancelled because of the snow we got last weekend...
Start daily reading of 2 books about about changing one's life with Gratitude and Romancing your life......YES!
Being more diligent in keeping my Gratitude Journal....YES!
Eye Doctor's appointment and picking out new glasses...NOPE! rescheduled it for March due to the predicted snow on Sunday into Monday!
Working on a new Financial Plan for the year...Started....
Will be posting about this soon....
Go through the drawers in my bedroom and reorganize and purge anything I have not worn recently....YES!
So far, I have been doing pretty good in January, all with giving myself Grace and honestly, taking my time....
As I mentioned, I am giving myself til the end of January to take down Christmas and redecorate for Winter/Valentine's in the downstairs...
I used to try to get done by the 3rd week of January which caused a lot of stress that I do not need....
I hope to post February's Goals sooner than I did this post about January's goals but I was still recovering from Christmas, which was a busy time for me and honestly, a bit harder than I thought it would be....
I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY when I will be continuing my Winter/Valentine's Decor Series and starting my tour of the Kitchen, decorated in mainly a Winter theme with Snowmen and Red Cardinals....
Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!
And try to find JOY in every single day! 
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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