New Year

The Feast of the Epiphany is here and time to take down the boughs of holly and other assorted stuff that has been fun to look at the past few weeks. I will remove all the bits and bobs, but will keep the big tree up in the corner because it is heavy and we have a hard time finding the connection plugs. I purchased some bird ornaments to put on it that look like they will do for the rest of the year.
La Bufana arrives on her Testa Rosa broom. She brings giocchi e dulce to all the good bimbi in Italia. After her arrival, everyone goes back to work. I get a few more days until I start slogging away at the University. This is my last semester of coursework. I will have to take one last class in the summer session, but it will be the last. In the fall I look forward to writing my proposal and taking comps.
Outside of school, I've been asked to help with an education mission to Ghana. Because of the last class, I may not get to go with the team, but I will help them out with the work they plan to do in May. It's also been assumed that I will help get a scrapbooking group started at church as an outreach/encouragement project. Those who have assumed know me and I look forward to being part of the fun.
It will be a busy year.