Happy New Year, friends! I am spending it soaking away my cold in my bathtub with sea salts, wine, and chocolate. ..milk chocolate. Because my palate never matured beyond juvenile when it comes to chocolate 🤷🏻♀️
Anyway, I hope everyone’s New Year is everything they need it to be this year.
Xoxo
-L
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My name is Larisa--a very common Slavic name that was either derived from the Latin word hilaris, meaning "cheerful," or from the Greek city of Larissa, meaning "strong fortress."
Born in Ukraine, I emigrated with my family to America when I was still a small child and now make my home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Growing up immersed in two vastly differing cultures led me to have a burning curiosity about people all over the world. Stemming from said curiosity, I have fallen in love with traveling to other countries, meeting new people and delving into their culture, exploring new cities, and of course, dining on the local cuisine!
If I cannot escape into a different country, then my next favorite method of adventure is to lose myself in a spectacular book. I enjoy books of all genres--from fiction and novels, to biographies and ethnographies. As long as it captures my fancy and holds me spellbound the entire time, I will burn through the book like a forest fire! Because of this penchant for reading and travel, coupled with my love of deep and mysterious things, I have been often called a dreamer and I find the title suits me.
With that being said, I invite you to stay a while, perhaps make yourself a cup of tea and linger through my posts and feel free to comment or share a thought :-)
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Happy New Year to you too. Hope it is a wonderful one for you.
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Thank you, mysterious stranger ☺️ I appreciate your kind wishes. I hope it is too!
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Dark chocolate was invented by elitists to lord over common folk with good taste. Probably. I don’t think I can provide sources for that.
Anyway,, hope you get to feeling better and happy new year to you!
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Haha! I’ll stand by that 😌 In fact, I just drank some wine to that!
Thank you! I haven’t been sick with a cold in several years, but I did stop drinking all my superfood powders this year, so I suspected I’d fall prey to some nasty bug at some point. It’s my impetus to go back to being super healthy. Hope yours is wonderful, C. D.!
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Lol
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Счастливого Нового Года! – 🥂
[scha-sleè-va-va nò-va-va gò-da]
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Omg 🤣 do you actually understand Russian?! This made me laugh!
It ended up in my spam for some reason, but I heroically galloped in there and rescued this beaut!
Лучших пожеланий в новом году! 🥂😊
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No. I just like to google 😎
But I do like Tolstoy & Vodka
(In moderation, of course.
Too much Tolstoy could disturb
the peace ☮️ )
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Hahaha but not too much vodka, I take it!
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Nyet! 😎
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Happy New Year! 🖤
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Thank you, you too!
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Happy New year to you and your crows! 🖤❤
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Thank you Harley! Wishing the same to you and I hope you find the job of your dreams this year!
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Thank you so much!
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You too! xo
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Thank you Soul ☺️ Xo
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Happy New Year !
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Thank you so much!
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You are most welcome !
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♥️♥️♥️
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Happy New Year! 😀 Hope 2020 brings you blessings and good fortune! 🥂
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Thank you Tom 😩🙏🏻 I wish the same to you! Xo
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Happy new year Larissa. Missed you. Enjoy a wonderful day and blessed year ahead🥰
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Dara! I miss you too ♥️♥️ Thank you for the kind wishes—I pray that God pours out His favor and abundant grace on this upcoming year for you! (And for evermore 😊)
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Wishing you all the best in writing and in life for the new year ahead! 🙂
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Thank you for such the beautiful wishes!! I desire the same for you 💕
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Happy New Year!! xoxoxo
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And to you, Nikki! 💞
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Looking good! 🙂
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Thanks Robin ☺️ I was just being a little silly and sent that snap out to friends last night.
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Happy New Year!
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Thank you River! Wishing you all the best in this new year ✨
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Thanks.
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I hope you have the best 2020 possible!
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I appreciate that so much! I hope you do as well!
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Happy New Year, Larisa. Such a beautiful photo 😍
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😁 Thanks Rob! But don’t forget that I have a Snapchat filter on in this photo lol Happy new year to you too ♥️
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Happy new year Larisa! A soak in a bathtub while eating chocolate (and drinking wine) sounds like the perfect way to have rounded off 2019. I hope this year is a wonderful one for you xoxo
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Thank you Rachel! Sometimes I feel like New Years celebrations are an afterthought at the tail end of the busiest holidays, so I don’t always go out to celebrate. Thanksgiving and Christmas were incredibly busy and joyous for me and I had to travel back home both times, so by the time New Year came around, I was like, “meh, I can take it or leave it.” I hope you enjoyed yourself no matter what you were doing and I am sending those beautiful wishes right back atcha!
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😘❤💖
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A little belated, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sorry for shouting.
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Haha! It’s okay shouting is allowed for at least one more day when bestowing Happy New Year’s wishes upon everyone 😁 Thank you! Do have a lovely new year as well!
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I don’t know if a bath, wine and chocolate will work on a mild hangover, but I’m willing to give it a try! Happy New Year to you Larisa, I wish you all the best:)
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I think it just might! That prescription is a pretty good balm for a lot of ailments, Tim. I hope you had a fabulous New Year’s Eve celebration and even more of a wonderful new year going forward!
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I greeted the new year with good company, good beer and a bonfire. all within a short walk home! It doesn’t get much better than that. 2020 is going to be amazing! Thanks for the script Doc!
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Wow I’m a little envious. A bonfire sounds seriously amazing. With good company to boot! *heart eyes*
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And good beer!
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How could I forget?!
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Chocolate poisoning!
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Lol! I prefer “chocolate wasted” 😋
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Happy New Year. May all your dreams come true.
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Thank you Gabriela! The WordPress gremlins have been naughty with people leaving comments on this blog post, I keep finding comments in my spam! But they’re such a lovely treat to find 😊
I pray all your wishes come true in this new year and into the ones that come after, as well. Xo
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I am so glad you got my comment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful wishes and prayers. You really touch my heart.
Love and blessings forever and ever and ever…
xoxo
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♥️♥️♥️
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Hi Larisa!
Wishing you a Happy New Year! 🎉
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Hi Ken! I sincerely wish that this new year brings with it health, hearts desires, and joy for you!
p.s. When I typed “hi Ken,” the “I’m a Barbie girl” song instantly roared to life in my head 😅
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Talking of songs, Larisa,
Did you ever watch Ukrayina maye talant?
There were some good singers on that show.
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I have only seen that show in passing. I don’t really ever watch reality shows, it’s not my cup of tea. You could find me reading a good book though!
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Me too. I prefer reading. Don’t have TV.
Never watched the actual show, but saw a few clips from it on You Tube.
When I was looking for different versions of certain songs.
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I grew up without a tv and now I can’t really get into it all that much. Sometimes I’ll get hooked on a show and actually watch the series. But that’s pretty few and far between, to be honest. But I think I am ready to start something new. I’ve been meaning to check out Game of Thrones since last year, but never got around to it. Maybe I will today. This evening, in fact.
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I think writer’s may be better off without TV, Larisa.
It’s a terrible time-suck.
Some people waste every spare moment hypnotised in front of it.
Glad I stopped watching years ago.
(But I’m still not free: because You Tube is almost as addictive (LOL!).)
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Haha I do listen to a lot of podcasts on YouTube, I will admit. Lately, I’ve been watching documentaries on it too, or watching informative videos about space/stars/solar systems. But those are actually informative, and to me, it’s a different form of absorbing knowledge so I don’t feel like I’m wasting my mind.
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I’m a bit more “Jazz Club”, myself (LOL!).
😎
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It feels a lot like last year but here’s hoping it’s not all. 😋
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Haha! Yeah here’s to writing ‘19 and then crossing it out and putting ‘20 for the next few months 😉
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Happy belated New Year. Bathtub, chocolate, good music would be perfect place for lucky lady.
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Thank you! ☺️ I had a really busy holiday season with a lot of traveling, so by the time New Year came around, I was pretty wiped out (not to mention sick.) Wishing you a fabulous year too!
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Thank you and I wish you great happiness and great success in 2020.
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Well I definitely accept your kind wishes and appreciate them much!
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I got you’ve had a great start to the new year and you’re feeling better now
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Thank your Simon, I wish the same for you as well! Believe it or not, I’m still coughing 😦 It’s as if this cold was particularly brutal to make up for the past several years that I had not been sick with colds at all.
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Oh I hate it when the cold lingers, I hope you get over it soon. I had the same thing a couple of years back.
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The month is half over and the cough is still taking its dang time 😦
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Really? It’s hanging about? I hope you get well soon. I’ve not been well this week
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Sending healing vibes your way!
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Thank you and I’m sending some to you as well. That cough sounds bad.
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Chocolate goes with everything. Hope you have a fantastic year.
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Thank you, you as well 🙏🏻
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Thank you so much! I sincerely wish the same for you ☺️
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