DECEMBER 13th thru DECEMBER 16th

 Monday was a beautiful sunny, warm day after a cold 22 degree early start.  It was a routine Monday with getting IR to pre-school and getting laundry done.  We went to the feed store for chicken feed and then spent the afternoon relaxing with the girls. 

On Tuesday IR had stomach issues from  something she ate and stayed home from pre-school. Her and CA were in construction mode this morning.

Another 22 degrees at chore time created some eerie looking scenes with the frosty fog hanging low in the neighboring fields.

After chores and breakfast we loaded up all the furniture and bed covers and throw rugs and took them to the local laundry. IR and CA got to come inside and have snacks while the washers ran in an almost totally empty laundramat.

We came home and got all the laundry hung on the lines to dry in the nice warm sunny mid 60's day.

We spent the afternoon entertaining the girls and doing routine chores.

On Wednesday IR was able to go back to pre-school just in time for her Christmas program and she did great with all the motions and sang her little heart out.

The church sanctuary was big enough for the folks who came to watch the program to be able to spread out . Hubbie and I sat in the large balcony just to be safe.

After we picked IR up we stopped for donuts on the way home for a reward for her doing so good.

We came home to see how #2 son and d-in-love-T had done with CA , EA and NP here at home. Since CA is still technically under quarantine they were good enough to come to our house to take care of the 3 youngest girls.  They did fine and after we got lunch fixed for IR and CA they left to go have some lunch themselves.  We spent another warm afternoon playing inside and outside with the girls and the day ended with a beautiful sunset .

Today started out with a warmer morning, the first this week with no ice to break off the water pans. I took IR to pre-school and then came home to grab breakfast and load up in hubbie's truck for errand day.  We made stops at the PO, the dump/recycle center, Ingles , the bank, met a cake customer at market, stopped at Johnson's produce for tomatoes and a thrift store to get hubbie a pair of jeans then we picked up IR and came home. 

We all had lunch and then IR and CA played outside in the upper 60's sunshine with hubbie while EA napped and put away laundry and did paperwork. 

RL brought the gingerbread house she made at school in to share with her cousins this evening.

The sky was really pretty this evening as the sun went down and even when the moon rose in the white fluffy clouds.

I have been baking and icing cakes each evening and will continue that through the next several days to fill the many Christmas orders we have gotten. Daughter is also busy baking as tomorrow is the last day of school before Christmas break. 

Hopefully things will slow down and I can do a better job of daily posting soon.   

Thankful for all the blessings of this day and thankful that God sent His Son to live among men and become the greatest Gift of Salvation ever known.

God Bless,  Good Night and Merry Christmas 

A CHRISTMAS FILLED WEEKEND

 Well here I go once again jotting down memories from several past busy days.  Saturday December 11 was the first rainy day we have had in a very long time but it sure dampened our plans. Daughter and her girls and d-in-love-T and NP had planned a trip to main street to let the kids pick out some candy in Mast General store and let them take in all the store decorations as we walked up and down the street. When we got up to the street the rain seemed to get heavier . We went into Mast General and IR and CA picked out candy from their vast selection of old and new varieties. When we headed back out onto the street the rain picked up cutting our street walking out. I was very surprised to see such a large crowd of people out in the rain today.  These two didn't seem to mind the rainy weather but the babies had different ideas !!!

I had to make a cake delivery to a caterer friend who drove up from Greenville, SC so after a quick stop for a hot drink and some delicious bread from Underground Bakery I made the delivery and then met everyone here at home for lunch.   After a nice visit the girls all left and hubbie and I watched it rain for the afternoon. 

On Sunday we had our regular Sunday lunch with all the family except #2 son who was golfing in the nice warm sunshine of today. I had craft time planned for the kids and they made marshmallow snowmen and hot chocolate cups.  They all had a blast doing this together. I love spending time with all these kidos.  I made samples last night for them to go by.

This was a perfect Christmas weekend filled with family and kids excited for the season.  

Thankful for the blessings of these days and for the Reason for the season, Jesus Christ.

God Bless , Good Night and Merry Christmas

DECEMBER 3rd thru DECEMBER 10th

 NO !  I didn't die or anything bad that you might have imagined since I haven't posted on here in over a week !!!    As I get older I have realized I need to prioritize things instead of using late night hours or energy that I don't have to get everything done in the timely manner I usually hold myself to.  So when the seasons of extra work come along I have decided to let some things just sit until I have time to catch them up without the two preciously mentioned efforts to keep every single thing on a tight schedule.  Blogging is usually done later in the evenings when everything is done so when "everything" else runs into that later evening time blogging gets put off.  I have blogged for over 14 years and rarely missed a day so I am not hopefully ever going to completely abandon my blog but there will be breaks like this last week and maybe more as I feel the need to poor more of myself into my grandkids and family life especially around busy holidays.  I hope all my followers understand and keep coming back.

Over the last week I have not felt great with a nasty head cold and my Christmas decorating also suffered a time delay but hopefully by tomorrow night I will have everything decorated that is going to get decorated this year. The girls have been big helps with the trees and any other things they are big enough to help with and it has been really special to watch them come together to get things done. 

                                               

I have also been spending time making photo calendar gifts for all my girls which takes a lot of time and I am not a person who can spend an extensive amount of time starring into a computer screen.  
CA's entire class at preschool was put under a 2 week quarantine when one of the teachers received a positive covid test . CA was tested several times and doesn't have it thankfully but it has been a hard week of pre-school as CA can't understand why she can't go to school and IR has had a hard time without her sister going because she is also too young to understand the details.                                        IR, CA and EA got to visit Santa.

G-son had his Christmas concert at the local college and we were able to attend that. He did great as usual and had a solo that he did great on. I love that he has the outside seat in his row as a freshmen.

All these kids keep me hopping and I am so grateful to be able to be a part of their lives and watch them grow up.                                                             NP

                                                                            EA

                                                                     BB, RL, CA, EL, IR

                                                                           G-son

This week ended with these two celebrating 16 years of marriage , they attended a Chris Stapleton concert last Sunday night while RL and G-son spent the night with us to celebrate #1 son's birthday and their anniversary. 

                                                            December 10, 2005

Hopefully I can keep up with the blog next week but we will see how things go I still have a lot of cakes to bake, ice and deliver and I want to be present in every aspect of Christmas with all the family.

Thankful with a full heart for all the blessings and for the health that we are blessed with but most of all for the real Reason for this season, Jesus Christ.

God Bless, Good Night and Merry Christmas