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story of Christmas... from Luke 2... each kid got to
read several verses... it was SO cute! And we all
wore our JAMMIES!
(I LOVE my church!!!)

I am still busy busy busy - who isn't? It's Christmas time! LOL! I DID get the little family moved into our little slum house. It's still coming along. We've had some issues with the pilot light blowing out on the gas furnace... but my "plumber/heating/handyman" guy has shown Nina how to light the pilot light now, so at least she should be able to get the heat back up and going on her own from now on. Having lived "all electric" for the last 44 years of my life, I FORGET about things like pilot lights!!! I do remember them being a nuisance to the adults in my life as a child though. And I remember how HAPPY my mother was when we moved to our first all electric home. ALL EXCEPT for the part about electric COOKING! Gas stoves are definitely a PLUS! But I've decided that gas heat is too -- it is sO much WARMER than heat pump heat!

Anyway - Christmas EVE is TOMORROW and I am sooooo excited! Tonight I worked the Live Nativity up at church for 2 hours and barely even noticed it was only 27 degrees out! I just had FUN! I will be at church tomorrow night from 6:00 pm until midnight -- and my Mathew and his girlfriend, Megan, are joining me for the 11:00 pm service! I'm so excited! I told him that was what I wanted for Christmas, and he is obliging me. He's a good boy!

Since the baby has not arrived YET, now I am hoping he holds off just until after tomorrow! (I had this same desire LAST weekend...) Luz desperately wants him to be born ON Christmas -- none of the rest of us do, although recently I have come to decide that if Jesus decides to share HIS birthday with MY grandbaby, who the heck am I to complain? That would make him a MIGHTY special baby in my opinion! As far as celebrating his birthday in future years... I'm sure we'd work something out! But... honestly... only God knOws when that baby is going to make his entrance, and I will be happy to see him whenever it is! Jen wishes it was a month ago! Amanda just wants it to HAPPEN already! (though she really IS anti- the-whole-Christmas-thing!) I keep reminding her that when SHE wished for a baby brother, she GOT one. And when she then wished for TWINS she got THEM too! Big sister wishes can be MIGHTY powerful! (especially when they are turned into prayer!)

Now... I really MUST get to bed and get some sleep. I have a loooooong day tomorrow - ending with HELPING Santa to deliver some toys to some good little boys long after midnight tomorrow night!!! OY!

Everyone have a very BLESSED and Merry Christmas! Oh!... *hangs head*... MANY thanks to those of you who have remembered me with Christmas cards this year. Sadly I have NOT finished addressing my own cards this year. I DID manage to get about half of them sent out earlier this week - they will arrive after Christmas I'm afraid... but I have not gotten them all done, so please forgive me. Surely my life is going to settle down soon... it HAS to... doesn't it? I keep thinking it does... but I'm not seeing SIGNS to that effect. I will TRY ... really and truly TRY to get around and catch up with everyone on MONDAY!

Love you!
Me