Christmas and New Year Blessings...

Wow! It's only been about a week since I've been able to blog, but it seemed like such a long time. This is certainly addictive. I've had a great time reading all your Christmas entries this evening. I hope all your wishes came true and that you are all ready to enter this new year with joy and excitement!
Will and I had a very nice Christmas. Christmas Eve was spent at Mom and Miranda's where we enjoyed a delicious dinner with all the gang. Watching the girls open gifts was so much fun. They truly are the high lights of the holidays for me. Aung Gigi could not be prouder. Christmas morning was spent with Everett and Becky eating a delicious breakfast and exchanging gifts with them. Then it was a quick trip back to our house to heat up the Christmas ham and back off to John and Amy's for Christmas dinner. Our heads were whirling, but we are just so thankful for all our loving family that we would not have it any other way. God has truly blessed us with such love and devoted families.
Backtracking a little, the Candlelight service went very well. We were very pleased. All the singing and the readings were great along with the candlelight, you could just feel the Spirit of the Lord with us in celebration. All the worrying I did over the whole thing was really just useless. I should have known that God would take care of everything! Oh, "me" of little faith!
Well, just another couple of days of 2007. Time is flying by so quickly. I know understand that what all the grandparents said is true. The older you get, the faster it goes... how true. The bright spot is that it's one day closer to Jesus return. Praise the Lord!!!
I hope everyone has a safe and blessed New Year.

Candles, songs and Peekaboo

Is everyone ready for Christmas? Wow, not me. Everytime I think I'm winding down and ready, I remember something else that needs done. But that makes life interesting. Right now, Will and I are busy planning for the Christmas Candlelight Service on December 23rd starting at 6:00. Hope any and all can come. We have special music lined up, as well as some readings, and even a couple of singers from somewhere other than Pickaway. You'll just have to come and find out who for yourselves. We are planning cookies and hot chocolate, punch, afterwards. I hope everyone has a good time. This is the first time Will and I have been in charge of this.
Oh, this is too funny. Not to change the subject, but my kitty, Peekaboo, who I call Peekie is trying to type with me right now. At first I didn't realize she was there, then I thought I saw a little white paw reach up through the back of the computer desk where the keyboard sits, but thought I must be seeing things. Then I saw it again and then two little white paws reaching up trying to catch my fingers, or maybe she has a message she wants to type, who knows. You'd have to be here to see it. She's probably trying to keep me focused on all the things I still have to do. So on that note, I'll say so long for now.

Here I Glow Again...

WOW, have I been tired! Trying to catch up on my rest after the weekend of Christmas parties, then back to the grind stone on Monday. But anyway, Aunt Helen's party was very nice. We stayed at their condo in Reynoldsburg and we were a little crowded, but it was still fun. She gave out a stocking full of "stuffers" for everyone this year. Deda, your artistic eye would love the way they are remodeling. You'd especially love the kitchen, very fancy schmancy and right out of a magazine! Very cool way of utilizing small spaces. I ended up spending much of the evening sitting on the stairs with a some others and talking, and my rump got super stiff, as well as my legs. I would situate over and over so as not to be in such pain, but then my pant leg would ride up and expose my ever glowing, (and I do mean glowing in the dark)skin. Oh well, I'm proud of the fact that when the electricity goes out, we can still see by the glow from my legs... hmmm...
Ok, enough of that. Anyway, today, I found out that the report I get every three months at work shows I'm below average these past two months. The real stink of it all is I've been feeling like i've never worked harder! So, I guess I'll just be myself, do my best and if that's not good enough, well, then, let what comes come. As long as I do the best I can, that's all I can ask of myself, right? It won't matter once I'm a famous writer and public speaker, and have regular singing gigs, and all, huh? LOL!

Parties..Parties Galore

We had a really nice time at the Pickaway Christmas party. The food was delicious, we had a potluck, and every lady brought a dozen cookies, which of course were wonderful! Doris had games ready to play for everyone. One game had three of us ladies with Vaseline slathered all over our chins, cheeks and necks. (I was one of the lucky ones) The teams stuck cotton balls on our faces and the one that looked the most like Santa Clause won. It was a really cute game, but I've had a sticky neck every since. After a couple more games, we finished out the night singing Christmas carols. It was a really nice time.
So many plans, so little time. After church tomorrow, we have the Spires family Christmas party to be held at Wills Aunt Helen and Uncle Bill's condo. Helen is known for her big parties. She's taken the family to Oglebay on a chartered bus, thrown the Christmas party at the Columbus zoo where she gave each family and each single person a Longaberger Picnic basket, which is why Will and I have one. Last year the party was held in the Fireside room of their church building, where she had everyone pick a gift out of a book and she ordered the gift for delivery, then she had everyone act out a play. While everyone was telling her what they wanted, she had Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer playing on the big screen tv. Never a dull moment.
Well, I'm getting sleepy and should get ready for bed, so I'll sign off for now.