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It's New Year's Eve , and my puppy Jack and I are waiting for the ball to drop. We are more than ready for a New Year. 2012 was a year of many losses for me following the Nashville Flood of 2010 in May and then my washing machine hose breaking in October 2010. After the massive water damage, seeing my house gutted, living in a tiny room at the Microtel for 9 months with a sick dog, having to pay for mold remediation and other repairs out of pocket, then having Landmark Construction cash their check and not finish the work, I lost my precious dog and faithful companion of 17 years, my dear little Miss Katy. Then I received so many damaged possessions back from the ServiceMaster in Nashville which did such a negligent job of packing out and storing my goods, it was just one devastating loss after another throughout 2012. But 2012 was also the year I got my little dog Jack (who looks very sleepy in this photo), started a new job at Sears, got to be an extra on "Nash...

Have a Happy New Year's Eve! New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are traditionally celebrated with parties and fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the old year ends and the new year starts. January 1 on the Julian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. More at: Have a Happy New Year!

As 2011 draws to a close and 2012 begins, let me wish all my readers a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!   Have a Happy New Year! It is hard not to feel a surge of excitement when someone wishes us a Happy New Year! The New Year has traditionally been a time of new beginnings and resol... New Years John Wesley's New Year Prayer 12/31/2011 I am no longer my own, but thine. Nashville, TN Artist New Year's Resolutions for 2007 12/30/2011 Michelle Tumes, Fernando Ortega, Bonafide, Bryan Duncan, Janna Long and many more Christian artists shared their New Year's Resolutions for the coming year in December of 2006. Dec. 29, 2009 Top 10 Christian Love Songs of the Decade 12/29/2011 As the first decade of the 21st century is winding down to a close, I thought it would be appropriate to look back at the best Christian love songs recorded during the past ten years. Nashville, TN Make Healthy New Year's Resoluti...

Once again I have wasted part of a day waiting for Landmark Construction in Nashville to show up to finish the small kitchen tile job they were hired to do in July of 2011 and started on November 3. It's been one delay after another since then, with one mistake after another added in for good measure. As I mentioned in my last post , when I asked the tile guy on Monday if he thought the 3 bad areas I found after the tile was laid were all the bad places, he said, "Oh yes. Those were the 3 places I found when we were laying the tile, so that was all of them." What? They noticed the three areas with missing and cracked drywall BEFORE they laid the tile and just put the tile up with large bad areas behind them hoping I wouldn't notice? The tile guy was supposed to finish this job on Monday and Tuesday of this week after repairing the drywall on Monday, but didn't have enough tile to finish the job, so he didn't come on Tuesday and had to come back on Wednes...

How to avoid gaining weight over the holidays - top 6 weight loss tips  The holiday weeks between Thanksgiving and the New Year are the worst time of the year for weight gain. Several factors are at play. Obviously there are all the December holiday gatherings with their smorgasbords of tempting holidays foods, but there is also a change in the weather that can signal our bodies to slow down and hibernate indoors if we are not careful. via How to avoid gaining weight over the holidays - top 6 weight loss tips - Nashville Skin, Health & Beauty Examiner For more holiday weight loss tips, read Top 10 Ways to Avoid the Holiday Weight Gain Blues and see the video below. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYP9sYvUP4k] While you are outside exercising, don’t forget your broad-spectrum sunscreen. For a little color plus sunscreen I recommend the Rodan + Fields Mineral Pepties SPF Powder . Find out more about the Rodan + Fields products HERE . Find out more abou...

Nigh Draws the New Year: The New Year is that traditional time of year when people take stock of their lives and make New Year's resolutions. Here is an acrostic poem for the New Year. New Year Acrostic - a Poem for the New Year A poem in the acrostic form about the New Year By Kathryn E. Darden   |  Published 12/27/2009

As I mention in my article, I have a brother whose favorite holiday is New Year's Eve, and I made my first list of top tunes for the New Year in the mid-1990s when I made a mixed tape of New Year's songs for him. Because of my brother, I always make a mental note of any new New Year songs I hear, so it was an easy thing to put together this list! Top ten New Year's songs: songs for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day (with videos) Friday, December 25th, 2009 Songs for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Celebrate New Year 2010 in style with these great songs for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day featuring songs from Robert Burns , U2 , Barry Manilow , Relient K , Dan Fogelburg , Stacy Orrico , Ella Fitzgerald , Cliff Richards , Kutless and more!... Keep Reading »

I've been busy! New Year's Content: 2009 New Year's Resolutions of Gospel Artists Featuring: DecembeRadio, Bob Halligan, Stephen Hinkle, Joanne Cash, Lyrycyst, Carried Away, Beloved, Kevin Levar, Mission Six, After Edmund, and Eliot Sloan (Blessid Union of Souls) By Kathryn E. Darden | Published 12/28/2008 | Top Ten Songs for New Year's Songs from Robert Burns, U2, Barry Manilo, Relient K, Dan Fogelburg, Stacy Orrico, Ella Fitzgerald, Sir Cliff Richards and more By Kathryn E. Darden | Published 12/6/2008 | Lord of the Rings Content: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Complete Recordings Almost four hours of music on four CDs, containing the full score of the 2003 film, the final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score earned with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, etc By Kathryn E. Darden | Published 12/30/2008 | Nashville Symphony Scores with Lord of the Rings Led by guest cond...