Another Christmas gone so fast
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I can't seem to keep track of the days lately. I had my daughter help me put out the trash for today, and it was the wrong day due to the holiday. Oh well, at least they are out on the curb. New Years will come and go and I won't even realize 2012 is gone!
My daughter came in last Saturday from Michigan. She is always a big help to me getting the food ready and helping wrap presents. We went to church Christmas Eve at the 5 p.m. service. Our church is large and they had 4 services Christmas Eve. We use to go to the candlelight service at 11 p.m., but Larry cannot stay up that late so we go early. The church was packed, and I was grateful my daughter drove, as she parked while I got Larry into the church in bitter cold weather. It's not easy navigating someone walking with a cane in large crowds. The service was very nice but we had a screaming child in back of us. The mother finally took her to the nursery room. Duh! The service was livestreamed on the internet so I hope they were able to edit her cries out. We came home and ate pizza and salad. It was the first time I did not cook something for Christmas Eve dinner. So nice! lol My son had to work so came over after church to join us.
Christmas Day I had all the kids and plus a couple more. Larry's daughter's stepdaughters came over also. This was unexpected, but their mother was worried about an upcoming snow storm coming, so they came early from southern Missouri. Louis brought a new girlfriend, and so we had some new faces, but it all worked out. We had plenty of food, but I forgot to put three kinds of candy out with the cookies in all of the goings on. Hate that! We unwrapped presents and got a big surprise. The kids all chipped in on a new flatscreen TV. I had the cable company come the next day to hook it up. It is nice, but still having problems with the picture freezing now and then. I called the company twice. One time it was a service rep from Massachusetts who said she could set the signal. It seemed to work and then acted up later, so I called again and got someone from Canada. She couldn't seem to fix it so I have the cable guy coming tomorrow. I haven't figured out the DVD yet but the Wii is hooked up. Larry seems to like the new set so that is good.
My daughter's flight was canceled yesterday so I had to take her to the airport today. We had no snow and light traffic so that worked out. I was able to get to lunch with some friends at a local Tea Room. It was nice to see them and have someone cook and wait on me!
Tomorrow we are to get freezing rain so I don't know if I will get out. I need to get our prescriptions and run to the grocery store. I also need to start undecorating! Ugh!
A Happy and healthy New Year to all my StrokeNet friends.
Julie
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