Now it’s getting scarier. Took two of these from my house and then I got in my car and drove a few blocks away, and you can see what it looks like down that street. Pretty terrifying. I am packing as I am typing this. Good luck everyone and please keep sending your prayers. If it’s in God‘s plan so be it but I hope it doesn’t get my house. It’s strange how I’m walking through from room to room and picking up random items that mean the most. Mostly photos and mementos. Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it. Let’s see what happens, but I am trusting. The main thing is to save lives. Everything else is just stuff. Thank you to the brave men and women who are fighting this fire and all who are responding with 1000% effort!! And thank you for your support and your prayers for all of us here. God bless you 🙏❤️ #wildfires #losangeles
Now it’s getting scarier. Took two of these from my house and then I got in my car and drove a few blocks away, and you can see what it looks like down that street. Pretty terrifying. I am packing as I am typing this. Good luck everyone and please keep sending your prayers. If it’s in God‘s plan so be it but I hope it doesn’t get my house. It’s strange how I’m walking through from room to room and picking up random items that mean the most. Mostly photos and mementos. Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it. Let’s see what happens, but I am trusting. The main thing is to save lives. Everything else is just stuff. Thank you to the brave men and women who are fighting this fire and all who are responding with 1000% effort!! And thank you for your support and your prayers for all of us here. God bless you 🙏❤️ #wildfires #losangeles
Now it’s getting scarier. Took two of these from my house and then I got in my car and drove a few blocks away, and you can see what it looks like down that street. Pretty terrifying. I am packing as I am typing this. Good luck everyone and please keep sending your prayers. If it’s in God‘s plan so be it but I hope it doesn’t get my house. It’s strange how I’m walking through from room to room and picking up random items that mean the most. Mostly photos and mementos. Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it. Let’s see what happens, but I am trusting. The main thing is to save lives. Everything else is just stuff. Thank you to the brave men and women who are fighting this fire and all who are responding with 1000% effort!! And thank you for your support and your prayers for all of us here. God bless you 🙏❤️ #wildfires #losangeles
So many of you have been asking how my family is doing in the fires. Thank you for your prayers and your concern. So far I am safe in my area. It was way too close for comfort and I stayed up for two nights monitoring the evacuation areas, but we did not have to evacuate. My daughter and her family are safe too. New fires popped up yesterday though so we just have to stay vigilant. The winds are supposed to get stronger again, they have started again already. I have watched the news in horror, just like you, and it feels and looks like the apocalypse. Thank you to the firefighters and to the first responders, and everyone who has literally moved mountains to help us. My heart is breaking for those who lost everything. I don’t know why it touched some and left others. I’m beyond grateful, but devastated for those who are not so lucky. Please keep them in your prayers and help however you can. We truly need each other. There for the grace of God go any of us. 🙏💔 #losangeles #wildfires #prayers
We’re back #Sleuthers! 🕵️♀️ “Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery,” premiers February 6 at 8/7c on @hallmarkmystery, (the next day on @hallmarkplus!) Be sure to mark your calendar! 🔎 #hannahswensen #hallmarkmysteries
I have been having back problems and I think I need to replace my mattress at home. Just tried out the mattress in this hotel, and it feels fabulous. Going to give it two nights to test it out, then order it when I get home. Ahhhhhh – just right. I feel like Goldilocks!! (If you ever have a sore back, you know how big of a deal this is.) Ahhhhhh again 👍👏👏👏😜
Update at 8:30 pm: Life right now feels so random. Huge highs and lows… and for me, really honing in on the meaning of life. What is precious, and what is okay to let go. YOU are precious to me. Thank you for jumping in with your prayers. They are working for me, but unfortunately, that means others are not so lucky. Because as the wind shifts from my direction, it goes to hurt someone else. It’s devastating. All of those who are left standing will definitely have survivor guilt. I think I’m a bit in shock, going on very little sleep for several days now. I can hardly open my eyes. Everyone is exhausted, because we stay awake all night to listen to the fire alerts on our phones. But by the grace of God, my family and I are safe here for the time being. The winds are starting again tonight, though, and are predicted to be strong this weekend and then worse on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. So who knows what will happen. But right now, we are safe. Underneath the shock, I am utterly grateful to see the love and kindness you have shown me and others here. You have given me much strength. Thanks again for your prayers, and thanks to the firefighters and responders who are defending us at their own peril. Please continue to be kind to each other. God bless, and stay safe wherever you are. 🙏❤️ #wildfires #losangeles
Look who I sat next to on the plane. Brennan Elliot himself! Fastest flight ever, we never stopped talking. Love this guy! ❤️
Post Sunday update Again, thank you for your support and prayers from all of us here in Los Angeles. Whether our homes were torched or not, we all feel like we have been living in a war zone. I can’t help but think of all the people and families around the world who are actually living in war zones. Gaza, Ukraine and so many more. This is their normal. I can’t imagine parents who go to sleep not knowing if their kids will have enough to eat or a safe place to sleep. There is no rhyme or reason to a natural disaster. And it can happen to any one of us. They have been increasing because of climate change. These new extreme weather conditions and events will be increasing throughout the world unless we do something. And when a disaster does happen, it is up to the rest of us as world citizens to help, however and wherever we can. Let us start in our own neighborhood today. Look around your own neighborhood. What can you do to help? Do a kindness, spread a smile, call someone who lives alone. The world is full of fear and hate and blame right now. But we each have a choice to contribute to that or to help ease it. I choose to help by spreading love. I hope you will too. I cherish each one of you. Thank you for coming together on this site. If you are here, we are kindred spirits. And together we can create change in this world. I love you dearly. God bless you and your family and stay safe. ❤️ #losangeles
Home sweet home with my babies. Didn’t get to bed till 3am, so it felt great to sleep in. Brando is giving me side eye 👀 because it’s noon and I’m still not up. They do get judgey. Notice the unpacked suitcases in the corner. And how many animals do you see? 🐾 Starting in the upper left corner are my black cats George and Henry. Tinker Bell is the little dark spot nestled in her soft green blankie. Norma Jean is on the upper right. Brando has claimed his space on my stomach, silently urging me to go make breakfast. Alas, I’m hungry too, so I think I will. What a fabulous weekend it was getting to meet so many of you. I will remember it forever. Thank you for sharing this journey with me. 🙏❤️ #homesweethome #dogsofinstagram #catsofinstagram
Just got to my hotel room in New York and turned on the TV while I’m unpacking. I always check out what’s on the Hallmark channels and look at what’s playing in an hour. Merry Christmas 🤣❤️:) #MsChristmasComesToTown
#Sleuthers, have you ever discovered that someone you once admired didn’t live up to your expectations? See how Delores handles this kind of revelation in “Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery,” premiering Thursday February 6, 8/7c on @hallmarkmystery! Streaming the next day on @hallmarkplus! #hannahswensen #hallmarkmystery
These are my first Headshots I ever took, in about 1986. Wow, what a baby I was – I had no idea what I didn’t know yet. But I have learned a lot since then. Today, as this #LaborDay comes to a close, I want to share what I have been thinking about: I am so grateful, lucky and proud to be a #UnionMember. I joined the #screenactorsguild years ago when I booked my first big movie #Promise for #HallmarkHallOfFame. It won the Emmy for Best MOW that year, about the same time I took these headshots. I remember holding my first SAG card in wonder. I was just happy to have a real acting job! I did not understand how important my union would be to me all these years later. But being a union member has helped me in every stage of my career. My union has ensured that I have had better working conditions, got paid a better wage, got health insurance and eventually a pension, and so much more. When I got older, I spent three years on the National Board of Directors for #SAG, because by then I realized how lucky I was and I wanted to pay it forward to other actors. Wow… that word “Pension”. When I was young, I never even had a concept of what a pension was, or why it would be important. I couldn’t ever imagine becoming older and retirement age! But now, because of my union, I have a pension that I can count on to help me through the rest of my days. I wish this for everyone. That is why I stand with, and support, union workers. No matter what job we have, we all deserve dignity and the opportunity to grow and thrive. Individually, our voices are small. But when we work together, we are stronger together, and we can achieve so much more. It is our responsibility to help lift each other up, and then pay it forward. So, happy Labor Day. Are you in a union too? And has it made a difference in your life as it has mine? Love you xo
These are my first Headshots I ever took, in about 1986. Wow, what a baby I was – I had no idea what I didn’t know yet. But I have learned a lot since then. Today, as this #LaborDay comes to a close, I want to share what I have been thinking about: I am so grateful, lucky and proud to be a #UnionMember. I joined the #screenactorsguild years ago when I booked my first big movie #Promise for #HallmarkHallOfFame. It won the Emmy for Best MOW that year, about the same time I took these headshots. I remember holding my first SAG card in wonder. I was just happy to have a real acting job! I did not understand how important my union would be to me all these years later. But being a union member has helped me in every stage of my career. My union has ensured that I have had better working conditions, got paid a better wage, got health insurance and eventually a pension, and so much more. When I got older, I spent three years on the National Board of Directors for #SAG, because by then I realized how lucky I was and I wanted to pay it forward to other actors. Wow… that word “Pension”. When I was young, I never even had a concept of what a pension was, or why it would be important. I couldn’t ever imagine becoming older and retirement age! But now, because of my union, I have a pension that I can count on to help me through the rest of my days. I wish this for everyone. That is why I stand with, and support, union workers. No matter what job we have, we all deserve dignity and the opportunity to grow and thrive. Individually, our voices are small. But when we work together, we are stronger together, and we can achieve so much more. It is our responsibility to help lift each other up, and then pay it forward. So, happy Labor Day. Are you in a union too? And has it made a difference in your life as it has mine? Love you xo
The magic continues—day 2 of the @hallmarkchristmaskc extravaganza begins! See you soon! 🎄☃️✨🎅 #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
And that’s a wrap! ✨ Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the Hallmark Christmas Experience! Your festive spirit and warm smiles made it truly magical. Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas filled with love, joy, and unforgettable moments.🎄✨ xoxo #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience #HallmarkChristmas #MerryChristmas
Hi from Kansas City!! I can’t wait to see everyone! ❤️🎄🎅☃️ #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
I LOVE ‘A Biltmore Christmas’, a perfect movie to have on while I finally start my gift wrapping! What are some of your all-time favorite Christmas movies? Let me know down in the comments! 🎄 And be honest—has anyone actually finished wrapping gifts yet? 🤭😜🎁🎅 #ABiltmoreChristmas #KristofferPolaha #hallmarkchristmas #hallmarkchristmasmovies #CountdownToChristmas
Comfy shoes are always a necessity! 😘👠 Hope you’re enjoying these little sneak peak behind the scenes! 🎄✨ #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
Here we go!! ❤️🎄☃️🎅 #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
It’s time for some reindeer games! Wish me luck! 🤞 ✨🎄☃️🎅🎉 #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
Starting the “Merry Mysteries” panel with Victor Webster, Brennan Elliott and Aimee Garcia! #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
A little peak behind stage before we do more meet & greets. ❤️🎄☃️🎅 #hallmarkchristmaskc #hallmarkchristmasexperience
Hero dog Torque and his Huey Vets crew just sent me this video. They were doing some reconnaissance yesterday for Santa to make sure his route was safe! 🎅🏼🐾🚁 Merry Christmas to all the brave soldiers, two-legged and four-legged, who are keeping us safe this holiday season. God bless you and thank you for your service! 🙏❤️ @hueyvets @herodogawards #merrychristmas
