That’s me on the left!
Ready? What happened to the man who stole an Advent Calendar? He got 25 days!
Zoom, zot, zap! A loud noise awakened us; my shoe horn was knocked off the table as Mr. Swishy Tail, aka Scout, came over and wanted to go outside.
Mary saw the time and quickly got out into the shower and, was dressed by 7:30 am and headed to the gym.
I had some spare time and decided to hang up the clothes. We have been swamped lately, and I used Robin’s Nest (one of the guest bedrooms) as a temporary storage space. However, when the pants and shorts started to pile up and touch the ceiling, I realized it was time to hang them up. After doing so, the room looks much more organized and spacious.
While Mary was away, I finished the last two Christmas event web pages so we don’t fall behind. You can keep up with our Christmas activities on our website.
Mary is off to the races!
When she returned, we walked through the garden, which is doing quite well. We need one day to trim the berries and grapes and another to plant half of the large garden where we usually grow corn and melons.
The plants are doing well after a week of being transplanted.
Colleen texted us their “Christmas Photo,” we plan to enlarge it and put it in “The Family Way” hallway with other family photos.
Mark and Colleen sent us a photo.
We left at noon to go to Newport and meet with my current ophthalmologist, Dr. Dan Kline. He was doing a follow-up on my eye operation and decided that a minor laser adjustment would bring my left eye to 20/20.
Getting my pressure checked!
The operation was scheduled for 2:00 pm, and we had to wait about an hour for a follow-up test. He said that the issue would be fixed by morning. At 3:30 am, my eye was perfect!
We got a bite to eat at the coffee shop adjacent to this office and took it with us when we departed. We arrived home and enjoyed our avocado toast (Mary) and Caesar salad with chicken (Paul).
We decided to finish decorating the Christmas tree and other decorations after watching a cute Christmas movie at 6:00 pm.
We had a large move-around flatscreen TV upstairs, so we watched another Christmas movie. Journey Back To Christmas has Candace Cameron Bure as a 1945 war widow who gets caught in a garage, knocked out in December 1945, and then wakes up in 2016, some 10 days before Christmas in her small town.
We removed the ornaments that remained since the last holiday and brought out our box of hearts.
It’s not about the look or the theme of your tree. It’s about making memories together.
I asked Mary, “What is green, covered in Christmas lights and Christmas bulbs, and goes ribbit?” While she pondered the question, I blurted out the answer, “A mistle-toad.”
Before
My fantastic wife is now adding our heart collection, which I have been collecting for years. Mary pointed out that if we leave the hearts on the tree and change the lights to red, we will have our Valentine’s Day tree ready. I love the way she thinks!
It’s not a Christmas tree; it’s a beacon for Santa.
How do Christmas trees get their email? They log-on.
After
We added Uncle Claude Parchman’s hand-made manger, which dates back to the 1950s. He made it in his shop and even added a light in the back. We have all the original animals and people that were in the manger, although some have come unglued over the years. We keep it in a special heavy-duty plastic box labeled “Handle With Care”.
However, we can’t plug it in just yet because the rubber insulation on the power cord is falling apart (After all, it is almost 70 years old!) and needs to be changed.
I remember this display at my aunt and uncle’s house, and my Aunt Edith gave it to me many years ago as she knew how much I always admired it. I will always cherish this work of art and remember the Christmas’s of yesteryear surrounded by loving aunts and uncles and family!
Uncle Claude’s manager is seventy years old this year.
We straightened things up and headed for bed at 10 pm. We have another busy day tomorrow.
