Looking like winter, feeling like Christmas

It's definitely looking like winter.   I think this is already the third time we've had snow this season.  As always, I can't help but take pictures of the snow on the evergreens right outside my window.

I managed to get somewhat caught up this week after our big Thanksgiving family weekend.  Dick and I are singing with the Fillmore Choir's Christmas cantata, Sing a Song of Christmas, which will be performing tomorrow afternoon.  One of the ladies will be doing a medley of songs on her bell tree.  I took this very short video at Thursday evening's practice.  Nothing like bells to put you in the mood!

At Houserville we're preparing a children's mini-musical called Christmas Carol Special Report.  It's only 20 minutes long, so we'll be performing it next Sunday morning.  It does have a manger scene, so this week I made a trip to Goodwill to buy sheets, scarves, etc. to make some quick costumes.  I miss having all those already-made costumes at Manheim Christian!!  

I discovered online yesterday morning that Goodwill had actually taken $77.64 from my checking account, instead of the $11.64 I had spent!  That required a trip to the bank and then to Goodwill yesterday to get things all fixed up.  I think they should have given me an extra $10 for all that extra trouble, don't you??  

And then I shopped for some groceries for Anthony and Lori before going to their place to cook dinner.  I discovered after I got to their house that there were only 11 eggs in the carton!  I guess someone stole an egg!   So that required an extra trip back to Giant to get a new dozen of eggs.  It was raining a very COLD, almost on the verge of icy rain by then.  I was so glad to get home later.   

So I posted on Facebook last night about the eggs, and it started a conversation about checking inside the egg carton before buying.  That honestly never occurred to me!!  Where have I been?  Upon thinking on it, I realized that I haven't used store-bought eggs most of my life.  I grew up on eggs straight from the chicken house, and during most of our years in Lancaster County we either had our own chickens or got our eggs from friends who had chickens.  So I guess that's how I missed out on that "Always check the eggs before buying" advice!

My house has no tree and no Christmas lights or decorations yet.  Oh dear.  Maybe after today's practice with the kids at Houserville we can do something about that.  But I have costumes to make too…..   Yes, it's beginning to feel like Christmas.