Stacie's Place

   What. A. Year 2023 turned out to be.  Full of more traveling than we imagined would happen + lots of family time, hot air balloon events, and many new experiences!

I feel like it's been quite awhile since a really really good Christmas movie has come out in theaters. Do you feel this way too? If so, the wait is over because the movie Journey to Bethlehem is coming to theaters November 10 and I couldn't be more excited about it. Truly. It's a movie I've seen a couple times now and will definitely be seeing it again with any friends and family who want to go.

  It's a new year which means it's time to give an update on the birthday deals I got in hopes that you want to get some (or all!) of them too. Let's get started!

  Someone mentioned to me last week that March 15th was when the US went into lockdown for the pandemic. Another friend made a blog post talking about how if you feel off, it's due to a dramatic shift 3 years ago. It was interesting to read the comments. I am not sure I have felt off, maybe a little? But I chalked it up to the fact I have been on trips and it always takes me a day or two or three to readjust when I get back home and try to slide back into my routine.  But it also got me thinking of the last 3 years. I don't think I really blogged a whole lot during covid about my actual thoughts and feelings about being locked down and the never-ending bad news I listened to daily for a while. So since this blog is also like my journal in a way, I figured it better late than never for putting down some of what I remember especially in 2020.

Impact-Site-Verification: 725347919   I can't believe the new year is here, again. This means I am back, with my one-little-word I want to work on this year. And it will be work ! I put that graphic on my Instagram stories and nobody sent me a guess. I suppose it was too hard of a word to unscramble? I am kidding... So let's get to it. My word for the year is