Merry CHRISTmas! I've missed you!!

Hello fellow bloggers...it's been awhile (again) sorry but you know me if I don't have something nice to say I should just keep my fingers still. ;-P

I am happy to say my sons were here with us for some time this holiday season! Being an empty nest mama is not all it's cracked up to be sometimes ~ LOL. I'm sure it has a lot to do with new area, not connected locally, no friends here....etc. You know the drill. No dwelling on that subject. Mama bear has been happy to have her cubs with her.

So I've been pondering over my word for 2012....again. hhhhhmmm since I want my JOY back I'm thinking very hard on that word. We drove around looking at lights tonight and I saw the word twice in two different yards.

JOY noun
1.
the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son's success.
2.
a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated: Her prose style is a pure joy.
3.
the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety.
4.
a state of happiness or felicity.

Thoughts?? Have you set a word yet?? I think I need to go read and get caught up on my favorite bloggers!!