December 11th

Fallen angels?

A drive by blessing?

I think it was the wise man in the stable with the pitchfork...

He was pushed! I swear!

Sorry - a strange sense of humor today.

December 10th

I brought 9 packages to the post office today. It was crazy there and I hadn't thought about how I was going to get all 9 packages into the post office! Lol! I finally brought in half, stacked them in a corner, and then went for the other half. I kept sliding them along with my foot in line. These 9 packages are addressed specifically to Ben's squad. Tomorrow I'm going to mail out 2 big boxes for his whole unit (there are 31 guys in the unit). I got a chance to IM him today. His touch down in Kansas is set for April 16th. Then he has leave from April 25th - May 25th. He'll probably be sent to Maryland for his training for 3 months and then is requesting to be stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. We'll have to see what happens. But that would be wonderful since he would be relatively close!

December 9th

I sent out an email this week letting everyone at church know that I was sending out Christmas packages for the soldiers. I can't believe all of the gifts. Nancy at work also donated a bunch of stuff. Tomorrow I'll bring it all to the post office. I worked 1 -5 today. It was pretty quiet. Then Arthur and I went to Fargo Cattle Company for steak. It's been awhile since just the 2 of us went out.

December 8th

I had to work today. It was surpizingly busy. Arthur went to the Men's breakfast at church and then cleaned out the garage. Wow! It looks fantastic.

December 7th

Ssshhhh.... Christmas presents in hiding amongst my shoes! Lol!

I had today off since it is my weekend to work. I almost completed my Christmas shopping. Just a couple gift cards are left. Ironically, I mostly bought small items or stocking stuffers today. I found most of the other stuff on-line and it was cheaper and had free shipping.

December 6th

New Tires!

I took my van for an estimate and it would cost around $650 plus a rental while it was being repaired. Since the dent was not a big thing, I asked the manager if he would just give us new tires instead. He checked with corporate and they were all for it. So today I brought the van down and he put 4 brand new tires on and balanced and aligned them for me. The manager told me that he put the best tires he had on - the same tires that his wife has on her car. My car doesn't know how to behave with expensive tires!

December 5th

Sunset

December 4th

Decorating at work

December 3rd

You know that you are in North Carolina when...

You have to stop at 3 different stores to buy an ice scraper and finally end up at Auto Zone where the salesman gives you 2 of 4 in the box and says that they "never sells out of scrapers". Lol!

December 2nd

Today got changed slightly. We were supposed to have our Crown Ministry class over after church but it just wasn't going to work for most people so we had the afternoon to continue the lights! We did get over to Jenn & Mike's house to plan the youth Christmas party which is going to be at our house. But mostly we put up decorations.

Arthur making sure that Dan doesn't fall.

What do I do with all these lights??

Sam and I handled the important jobs such as hanging up the bells,

Putting up a new flag,



And decorating the mail box.

Ta Da! It doesn't look like too much in the daylight. I was hoping I could put a video of the house all lit up but blogger won't let me. All the lights are coordinated with Christmas music!

December 1st

We were supposed to go to Fairmont today for the family "Thanksgiving" but Arthur's cousin Wyman is in the hospital so they've postponed it. Please pray for quick recovery for him. Since we aren't going anywhere, we decided to decorate the outside of the house. It isn't completed yet so you'll have to wait for tomorrow for the final pictures but here's some of the fun.

Daniel is trying to very carefully hang the lights up with his father directing.

You want the lights to go where? Remember I voted for the one story house!

Oh, this looks safe!

November 30th

I picked up a new wreath for over the fireplace. I've got only a few things left to put up in the house now.

November 29th

Charlie's Angels? The Three Musketeers? Larry, Moe and Curly? Hmmm... Ok so it's Rose, Nancy and me at the Christmas Party. The Apartment Book had a party at Briar Creek Country Club tonight. Other than getting lost in the neighborhood of McMansions, we had a lot of fun. Both Rose and I decided that they needed to have it on a Friday though. It wasn't late but we were some what useless the next day. Oddly enough, this is supposed to be our quiet time. After all ,who wants to move in December. It has been so busy! Not good when your already dragging! Lol!!

November 28th

I had to go to the courthouse again. I'm very good at getting in and out now! I was parked on the high level of the parking garage so this is the view from above.

November 27th

Christmas Flag!