SimplyLife's Top Ten for 2012

It seems like everyone has a top ten list for just about anything this time of year. The best, the worst, the most popular, unpopular, obscure, and whatever you can think of. So...in keeping with popular culture for this week only, SimplyLife offers its own top ten list for 2012. Here are the most read and commented on posts at SimplyLife for 2012:

10. A tie between A Taste of Bisbee and The Arts and Crafts Show -Western Style.
9.    Tuesdays at Care Net.
8.    Unleashed Living
7.    Oh Look!There's Another Nest!
6.    Book Giveaway
5.    The Family Fruitcake
4.    Smores Anyone?
3.    The Dress
2.    Wild Blue Yonder

And now for Number One....drum roll....clearing of throat, and opening of envelope.

1. Under the Circumstances or Above Them

Got some time for reading? Check out some posts from the top ten in 2012 and join me in the new adventure of 2013. Follow SimplyLife either through Networked Blogs or Blogger and be automatically entered in the next book giveaway which will be early January. You could win a copy of the devotional, Gardens of the Heart to start the new year off with encouragement to cultivate a heart that's devoted to the Master Gardener.

Happy New Year!

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