Just 13 days until Christmas... Paul and I had decided that we would only buy presents for our kids this year to me more prudent financially. It's a good thing because I paid the bills last night and whew, the money is where? I don't know, but it isn't in our checking account! Fortunately, we get paid once more before Christmas so I can finish shopping for Colin and Marley but our hoped for post-Christmas trip to Oklahoma is a goner.
Colin is cruising through school so far. He had two big projects coming up before the end of January so I hope he will do well on those. He and I met up with some of his former elementary school classmates on Sunday. I really enjoyed visiting with the moms. Colin isn't too big on the organized get togethers but I think it was good for him to connect, even briefly, with a lot of the kids he's known since he was 2 1/2 and in preschool.
Marley starts basketball tonight. It is through a local church. She isn't all that excited about any sport with a ball because she says she can't do it. Well, we're gonna try. We never replaced gymnastics with anything and she needs the exercise, to keep busy and it doesn't hurt for her to try something new. In addition to the sports scene, she is busy working hard on her mouse part for the class play. She and the other three mice actually do a really cute job. Aunt Monica and Grandma Bogan slaved over four mouse heads for the costume, plus a cat head and some tails to boot! Paul will be doing sound for the five performances so it is an all around family affair.

I had my usual collapse after a longish trip. My CPAP treatment wasn't going all that smoothly for a few days so I was in worse than usual form. The last three or four nights have been better and I can see the difference. Viva la difference! I've been reading quite a bit and just finished a book called Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. It is a fictional story about a town in England that quarantined themselves when the Plague reached their village. It is based in historical fact but because it happened in 1665-66, there is very little known about what happened during that year in the village. The story is very interesting and I did really enjoy it. If I wanted to go all Lit Major on it, there were some things that didn't fly with me but all-in-all a thumbs up.
Born Once
Born once.
That's enough.
Jesus was born once,
for us.
That's enough. That's love.
Love is once for all
for all of us.
Jesus will come
He who was once born.
He will come when he will
Love is once for all
For all. That's enough.
Madeleine L'Engle
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Release Date 1939
Directed by Victor Fleming
Starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable
2 comments:
This is me...Lindsey from So Much To Do...for some reason I can't log into your feedback as myself, so I'm anonymous today! I love that you want to kick back and remember the true meaning of Christmas. It's so important. I catch myself loosing sight of that all the time, trying to figure out how to spend the holidays with both my parents, my boyfriend's family, and everything in between. I have to keep reminding myself what it's all about. I feel the lull in the checking account as well. I hear so many people saying that, and we need to stop spending money and start spending TIME with each other!! I LOVE your tree!! Is that a string of beads around it?? I'm obsessed with beads....it's giving me an idea right now!!
Hey Linds... Thanks and the garland is some glass beady stuff from target. The beads are different shapes and in red and goldish colors. It does look nice and they came with cool hooks on the ends to connect them to each other.
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