People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln

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Things I have been happy/grateful for this week:

Dinner at the Beach House Restaurant.
Trip to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, CT. It's all decorated for the holiday.
Attending a Christmas party.
The live music at the party.
Homemade Appletinis.
Seeing Midnight in Paris.
Swings.
Spicy shrimp and corn chowder.
Shadow Boxes.
Warm sweaters.


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