Christmas Eve

We had a beautiful day here...it snowed most all of the day. We probably got about 4" of snow - not too bad considering!! I must admit it is beautiful tonight especially. All of the lights are reflecting off the snow. It makes you think that Santa Claus is coming...HoHoHo!!!

I cooked chili this morning and made spicy oyster crackers. Dave "played" in his garage all day...he's rebuilding his little trailer. It's fun having him home all the time! This evening we went to Christmas Eve services at our church. We sang lots of carols and had a look back at our Christmas pageants of the past...remembering with Pastor David! The choirs did a wonderful job. PraiSing is VERY talented!! Melanie (who is 17) sang a solo while processing into the church!! The bell choir did a fantastic number called, "Fum Fum Fum"!! It was so impressive having a full church and all of us holding lighted candles, singing Silent Night without accompaniment!! It's always good to hear the real Christmas story!

After church we picked up the chili and crackers and went to Bob & Ann's. We didn't get there until 7:15 and I was pretty hungry by then! But, instead of eating right away, we each had a drink (Dave, Ann, and I all had margaritas whereas Bob had his spiced whiskey) and had cheese and crackers. Ann had fixed oyster soup, so everyone but me had both kinds of soup. After supper, we taught Bob and Ann how to play "Wild Card" and then they got out the Farkle set and we played Farkle. It's now midnight and we just got home!! We put a beef roast in the slow cooker for tomorrow...Bob & Ann will join us for dinner about 1:00. Since we're not having our family Christmas until Tuesday, there's no sense in us eating Christmas dinner alone - we may as well be together.

I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I hope that you will all remember the true meaning of Christmas and that there will someday truly be Peace on Earth and Good Will to ALL! Merry Christmas and good night! More later...