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Top Ten December Events to Anticipate

Top Ten December Events to Anticipate

December10. Not paying an arm and a leg to fill the gas tank on the way to visit rellies over the holidays.

9.  Fixing hearty, hot meals that include mashed potatoes and gravy because winter is about food like that.

8.  Catching up with family and friends when their Christmas cards arrive.

7.  Celebrating Eternal Optimist Day on December 21. Because for the next 6 months, the daylight hours keep increasing. Yes!

6.  Stringing Christmas tree all over the house to make it feel like Eternal Optimist Day is arriving early.

5.  Continuing our tradition of watching the Lord of the Ring movies throughout Christmas break.

4.  Enjoying the heated seats in our new car on the chilly drive to Wisconsin this weekend.

3.  Watching our grandson’s eyes light up when he opens the ukulele his Papoo made for him as a Christmas gift…one of the perks of having a papoo who makes guitars!

2.  Going to Des Moines for supper and a movie with my sweetie…in our new car with heated seats.

1.  Singing Silent Night at church during the Christmas Eve service at our church. A holy moment that moves me to tears each year.

Three Thoughts for Thursday

Three Thoughts for Thursday

Wow, it’s Thursday already and Christmas is only two days away. Here’s what’s rattling around in my head as the holiday approaches.

  1. Tuesday, Mom explained why she loves the song White Christmas. “I was with her dad the first time he heard it in the 40s. He said, ‘That’s a pretty song,’ something he didn’t say often. I think of his words whenever I hear the song.”
  2. Yesterday was eternal optimist day in the northern hemisphere. For the next six months, the minutes of daylight will increase. Can already feel the extra vitamin D turning you into an optimist?
  3. After a week of spray painting an old metal stool, sanding off the drips and runs, applying new coats of spray paint, and sanding off new drips and runs I’ve removed professional spray painter from my list of dream jobs. It’s time to move on to professional bon bon eater.