On Saturday I had a practice with the kids at Houserville from 12 - 2. I had to drive to Bellefonte (just 5 miles from here) to pick up one of the girls. It was a beautiful drive.
After the practice Dick and I helped to clean up from the toy sale that the Mommy Shoppe had, then we went to Walmart and did something for the first time ever. We bought a fake Christmas tree. There just was not going to be any time this year for us to make that wonderful trip to the tree farm to cut down our own tree. Besides, Dick was getting tired of the hassles of watering, needles falling, etc.
We came home and started decorating. What a mess. I had my sewing machine and stuff for making costumes all over the place, and then Christmas decorations too. We thought we would not have any time to work on it Sunday, so it felt pretty overwhelming when I went to bed Saturday night.
On Sunday we had church in the morning, then the cantata at Fillmore at 2:00. The snow had started before we went to Fillmore, and while we were doing the cantata it really was coming down. Our plans were to go to Anthony and Lori's afterward to babysit Austin and his little friend while the two couples went out to dinner. But those plans were cancelled due to the snow.
So it ended up that we did have time to work on the mess here at home. And another unexpected blessing was that while we were doing the cantata, I was looking at the costumes the shepherds, wise men, angels, etc were wearing and was very impressed with them. I asked Judy afterward where she had gotten them. She said she had bought them from Oriental Trading and was glad to let me use them. She has no idea how much time and hassle that has saved me this week. I still have to make a few things, but not nearly as many as I expected.
Here are some tree pictures.
I enjoy this view from my kitchen.
I have never had a CD player at home that could play more than one CD at a time. I always missed the way I used to put a stack of my Christmas records on. Sometime during the year Dick got a CD/cassette player/radio and speakers at a garage sale. He used it out in his shed! I got the bright idea on Saturday that we should bring it into the house for the Christmas season. I think he was pretty surprised that I wanted it in here. But I LOVE it! I can put 3 of my Christmas CD's in it and just listen away to my heart's content. And it has really great sound too. He loves when his need to collect things turns out to produce something I actually like!
2 comments:
The snow on the trees is beautiful and your house looks great too. It's been snowing like crazy here too. Most everything was cancelled here tonight because of bad roads.
I love listening to different Christmas music to. We've been listening to online radio - Real Remnant Radio, which was started this year by a couple from our church. They have a great Christmas music mix. If you're interested, here is the address:
http://www.christiannetcast.com/listen/player.asp?station=rrr
Your snow pictures are lovely. I have no woods around me and I miss getting snow pictures in the woods. One question....how did that American flag get out there in the woods?
You certainly did good (as they say in PA) by picking out a perfectly shaped tree at W*l-m*rt. I LOVE it! You will never be sorry. It is beautiful. Your angel on the shelf is pretty too! Everything is lovely!
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