Christmas Week

I've gotten things a little out of order but suffice it to say that I stuffed an activity in to every corner of Christmas. December 19 was the Senior Adult Joy Fellowship and it was very well attended. December 20 was the party at the Riviera and December 21 was another of my favorite Christmas parties: the Bryson's open house. They host this lovely party so graciously that it just makes you feel like family. There's always good food, including a coffee bar, dessert table and kid friendly snacks

My boss was now gone on vacation and I tried to concentrate on getting the masses of clutter and paperwork out of my office. (Doesn't everybody have a bottle of chocolate syrup on their desk?) We had a candlelight service on Christmas Eve and we provide nursery for birth to three years old. My car was already packed so that I could head to my sister's house immediately after the service. Although we talk on the phone almost every day, it was very good to see her. She made lasagna for our Christmas dinner and I contributed salad and bread. We arrived at Mom's house around 10 AM on Christmas Day, expecting that Mom would not let us in the door before she put us to work on projects that she could not accomplish with her arm broken. It was fun to come to her rescue. I have no pictures of Christmas Day. We returned to Carol's late Christmas night and after a good night's rest, Dennis gave me the gift of new brake pads and an oil change - just what I always wanted. I returned to Daytona later that evening because I had an overnight babysitting job the following day. "Ben" and I were scheduled to fight some bad aliens beginning at 12 noon on the 27th. In between the intergalactic encounters we managed to go to the public library and get a pizza from Little Caesars.